Cast & creator
Gene Reynolds
Best known for M*A*S*H, M*A*S*H, M*A*S*H
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.
Also known as: Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal
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film credits
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television credits
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1934–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (135)
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M*A*S*H
Director
1972M*A*S*H
Writer
1972M*A*S*H
Executive Producer
1972M*A*S*H
Story
1972
The Andy Griffith Show
Director
1960
Touched by an Angel
Director
1994
Mannix
Director
1967
Climax!
Hank
1954
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Director
1993
My Three Sons
Director
1960
Dragnet
1951
The Donna Reed Show
Director
1958
Hogan's Heroes
Director
1965
I Love Lucy
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Director
1958
The Lone Ranger
Jim Andrews
1949
Leave It to Beaver
Director
1957
Lou Grant
Writer
1977Lou Grant
Director
1977Lou Grant
Executive Producer
1977Lou Grant
Producer
1977Lou Grant
Creator
1977
The Munsters
Director
1964
Omnibus
Archie Goodwin
1952
77 Sunset Strip
Director
1958
Blossom
Producer
1990
In the Heat of the Night
Director
1988
Peter Gunn
Director
1958
Life Goes On
Director
1989
The Ford Television Theatre
Cpl. Kalinsky
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
1955
Highway Patrol
Henry Corey
1955
Studio 57
1954Studio 57
Pvt. Peter Hunter
1954
Tales of Wells Fargo
Creator
1957
Room 222
Producer
1969Room 222
Writer
1969Room 222
Director
1969
Public Defender
1954
The Flying Irishman
Young Douglas Corrigan
1939
The Farmer's Daughter
Director
1963Lux Video Theatre
Coke
1950
Annie Oakley
Steve Bailey
1954
Promised Land
Director
1996
F Troop
Director
1965
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Director
1968The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Producer
1968Vacation Playhouse
Director
1963
The Second Hundred Years
Director
1967
I Led Three Lives
1953
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Gidget
Director
1965
Christy
Director
1994
Occasional Wife
Director
1966
Captain Nice
Director
1967
Wendy and Me
Director
1964
Whirlybirds
Hal Neilson
1957
The Cara Williams Show
Director
1964
Mister Roberts
Director
1965
N.Y.P.D.
Director
1967
The Fitzpatricks
Director
1977
Monty
Director
1994
Mr. President
Producer
1987Mr. President
Creator
1987
Father of the Bride
Director
1961
Anna and the King
Director
1972Anna and the King
Executive Producer
1972
Love on a Rooftop
Director
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
George Eastman
1951
The Duck Factory
Director
1984I Led 3 Lives
Comrade Dan Ellman
1953
The Living Christ
Blind Man
1951
Run, Buddy, Run
Director
1966
General Electric Theater
Gas Station Man
1953
Margie
Director
1961
HeartBeat
Director
1988
Many Happy Returns
Director
1964
A Fine Romance
Director
1989
Second Chances
Director
1993
Thunder Trail
Richard Ames - at 14
1937
Roll Out
Producer
1973Roll Out
Creator
1973
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Soldier (uncredited)
1956Hotel Malibu
Director
1994Studio 5-B
Director
1989
Karen
Director
1975Karen
Producer
1975Karen
Creator
1975
Captains Courageous
Boy in Print Shop (uncredited)
1937
Babes in Toyland
Boy (uncredited)
1934
The Country Girl
Larry
1954
Boys Town
Tony Ponessa
1938
Edison, the Man
Jimmy Price
1940
In Old Chicago
Dion O'Leary (as a boy)
1938
In Defense of Kids
Director
1983
Down Three Dark Streets
Vince Angelino
1954
Santa Fe Trail
Jason Brown
1940
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Jimmy MacMahon
1938
The Blue Bird
Studious Boy
1940
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
2004
The Mortal Storm
Rudi
1940
Diane
Montecuculli
1956
Memories of M*A*S*H
Self
1991Memories of M*A*S*H
Producer
1991
Of Human Hearts
Jason Wilkins as a Child
1938
Junior G-Men of the Air
Eddie Holden
1942
M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
Self
2024
They Shall Have Music
Frankie
1939
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Ru
1942
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Himself
2002
99 River Street
Chuck
1953
Madame X
Raymond Fleuriot, Age 12-14
1937
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Jimmy McMahon
1941
The Whereabouts of Jenny
Director
1991The Whereabouts of Jenny
Producer
1991
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Tommy's Friend (uncredited)
1935
Sins of Man
Karl Freyman as a Boy
1936
Gallant Sons
Johnny Davis
1940
Doing Life
Director
1986Dead End Kids Go To War
Eddie Holden
1942
Eagle Squadron
The kid
1942
The Crowd Roars
Tommy McCoy, as a boy
1938
Slattery's Hurricane
Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
1949The Real M*A*S*H
Himself
2010
The Spirit of Culver
Carruthers
1939
Bad Little Angel
Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
1939
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Self
2009
Thank You, Jeeves!
Bobby Smith
1936
The Penalty
Russell 'Roosty' Nelson
1941The Penalty
'Roosty'
1941
The Big Cat
Wid Hawks, Gil' Son
1949
Adventure in Washington
Marty Driscoll
1941
The Californian
Ramon as a Child
1937
Jungle Patrol
Lt. Marion Minor
1948
Washee Ironee
Football Player
1934