Gene Reynolds
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gene Reynolds (born Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal, April 4, 1923 - February 3, 2020) was an American actor, television writer, director, and producer. He was one of the producers of the TV series M*A*S*H. Reynolds made his screen debut in the 1934 Our Gang short Washee Ironee, and for the next three decades made numerous appearances in films such as In Old Chicago (1937), Captains Courageous (1937), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Boys Town (1938), They Shall Have Music (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Adventure in Washington (1941), Eagle Squadron (1942) and The Country Girl (1954), and on television series like I Love Lucy, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Whirlybirds, and Hallmark Hall of Fame. He was contracted to MGM between 1937 and 1940. He was in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1957, Reynolds joined forces with Frank Gruber and James Brooks to create Tales of Wells Fargo for NBC. During the program's five-year run he wrote and directed numerous episodes. Additional directing credits include multiple episodes of Leave It to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, The Farmer's Daughter, My Three Sons, F Troop, Hogan's Heroes, Room 222, and Many Happy Returns. As a writer, director, and producer, Reynolds was involved with two highly successful CBS series in the 1970s and early 1980s. Between 1972 and 1983, he produced 120 episodes of M*A*S*H, which he co-created with Larry Gelbart, and for which he also wrote 11 episodes and directed 24. During that same period, he produced 22 episodes of Lou Grant, for which he wrote (or co-wrote) five episodes and directed 11. Reynolds has been nominated for twenty-four Emmy Awards and won six times, including Outstanding Comedy Series for M*A*S*H and Outstanding Drama Series twice for Lou Grant, which also earned him a Humanitas Prize. He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series twice for his work on M*A*S*H and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series once for his work on Lou Grant. Reynolds was elected President of the Directors Guild of America in 1993, a post he held for four years until 1997. He died on February 3, 2020 at age 96.
The Mortal Storm
(Rudi)
Santa Fe Trail
(Jason Brown)
The Country Girl
(Larry)
Boys Town
(Tony Ponessa)
Diane
(Montecuculli)
99 River Street
(Chuck)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
(Jimmy MacMahon Jr.)
Bad Little Angel
(Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks)
Babes in Toyland
(Boy (uncredited))
Dead End Kids Go To War
(Eddie Holden)
In Old Chicago
(Dion O'Leary (as a boy))
Of Human Hearts
(Jason Wilkins as a Child)
Slattery's Hurricane
(Control Tower Operator (uncredited))
They Shall Have Music
(Frankie)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
(Ru)
The Big Cat
(Wid Hawks, Gil' Son)
Gallant Sons
(Johnny Davis)
Jungle Patrol
(Lt. Marion Minor)
Adventure in Washington
(Marty Driscoll)
The Flying Irishman
(Young Douglas Corrigan)
The Crowd Roars
(Tommy McCoy, as a boy)
The Spirit of Culver
(Carruthers)
M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
(Self)
Madame X
(Raymond Fleuriot, Age 12-14)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
(Self)
The Penalty
(Russell 'Roosty' Nelson)
The Penalty
('Roosty')
Sins of Man
(Karl Freyman as a Boy)
The Blue Bird
(Studious Boy)
The Real M*A*S*H
(Himself)
Edison, the Man
(Jimmy Price)
Thank You, Jeeves!
(Bobby Smith)
Captains Courageous
(Boy in Print Shop (uncredited))
The Californian
(Ramon as a Child)
Junior G-Men of the Air
(Eddie Holden)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
(Jimmy McMahon)
Eagle Squadron
(The kid)
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
(Himself)
Memories of M*A*S*H
(Self)
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
(Himself)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
(Tommy's Friend (uncredited))
Down Three Dark Streets
(Vince Angelino)
Washee Ironee
(Football Player)
Omnibus
(Archie Goodwin (segment "The Fine Art of Murder"))
General Electric Theater
(Gas Station Man)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(George Eastman)
Highway Patrol
(Henry Corey)
I Led Three Lives
Lux Video Theatre
(Coke)
Climax!
(Hank)
Public Defender
The Man Behind the Badge
Studio 57
Dragnet
Annie Oakley
(Steve Bailey)
The Lone Ranger
(Jim Andrews)
The Ford Television Theatre
(Cpl. Kalinsky)
Studio 57
(Pvt. Peter Hunter)
Whirlybirds
(Hal Neilson)
I Love Lucy
(Mr. Taylor (uncredited))
The Living Christ
(Blind Man)
Doing Life
(Director)
The Whereabouts of Jenny
(Director)
In Defense of Kids
(Director)
The Whereabouts of Jenny
(Producer)
Memories of M*A*S*H
(Producer)
The Andy Griffith Show
(Director)
The Munsters
(Director)
Lou Grant
(Writer)
Lou Grant
(Director)
Lou Grant
(Executive Producer)
Life Goes On
(Director)
Mister Roberts
(Director)
Love on a Rooftop
(Director)
Many Happy Returns
(Director)
Hotel Malibu
(Director)
Margie
(Director)
Second Chances
(Director)
In the Heat of the Night
(Director)
Room 222
(Producer)
Room 222
(Writer)
Room 222
(Director)
77 Sunset Strip
(Director)
M*A*S*H
(Director)
Roll Out
(Producer)
Anna and the King
(Director)
Anna and the King
(Producer)
M*A*S*H
(Writer)
Promised Land
(Director)
M*A*S*H
(Executive Producer)
Hogan's Heroes
(Director)
F Troop
(Director)
The Farmer's Daughter
(Director)
Peter Gunn
(Director)
The Duck Factory
(Director)
The Donna Reed Show
(Director)
Karen
(Director)
Karen
(Producer)
Monty
(Director)
Occasional Wife
(Director)
Touched by an Angel
(Director)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
(Director)
Blossom
(Producer)
My Three Sons
(Director)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
(Director)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
(Producer)
Mr. President
(Producer)
Wendy and Me
(Director)
Gidget
(Director)
Christy
(Director)
Mannix
(Director)
Leave It to Beaver
(Director)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Director)
The Second Hundred Years
(Director)
Father of the Bride
(Director)
N.Y.P.D.
(Director)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(Director)
Studio 5-B
(Director)
Captain Nice
(Director)
HeartBeat
(Director)
A Fine Romance
(Director)
Vacation Playhouse
(Director)
M*A*S*H
(Story)
The Fitzpatricks
(Director)
The Cara Williams Show
(Director)
Lou Grant
(Creator)
Roll Out
(Creator)
Karen
(Creator)
Mr. President
(Creator)
Tales of Wells Fargo
(Creator)