![Gene Reynolds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6yDAz8JMGw04ndeFhAxb1NR4OqC.jpg)
Gene Reynolds
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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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.407 |
Birthday | 1923-04-04 |
Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As | Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal, |
![The Mortal Storm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xPvS7UVrJuCyE5NsiDkW39ABLGX.jpg)
1940
![The Mortal Storm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xPvS7UVrJuCyE5NsiDkW39ABLGX.jpg)
The Mortal Storm
7.2/83
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The Mortal Storm
![Santa Fe Trail](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uBtJzonmF9uOFrDXlqQuxTfMwl7.jpg)
1940
![Santa Fe Trail](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uBtJzonmF9uOFrDXlqQuxTfMwl7.jpg)
Santa Fe Trail
5.7/48
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign...
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![The Country Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7LdXybdZcTdZo7lkkrFQKf7byZf.jpg)
1954
![The Country Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7LdXybdZcTdZo7lkkrFQKf7byZf.jpg)
The Country Girl
6.9/81
An ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent it from happening.
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![Boys Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jGwKOZvPItNSocHFAg1USbhKR6c.jpg)
1938
![Boys Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jGwKOZvPItNSocHFAg1USbhKR6c.jpg)
Boys Town
6.733/90
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being tre...
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![Diane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t61tZcGo4JG7arcCAdKIeL3qFKk.jpg)
1956
![Diane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t61tZcGo4JG7arcCAdKIeL3qFKk.jpg)
Diane
5.7/9
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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![99 River Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sJ4kX89iD0Ne8cdlVAFCsAn0kbe.jpg)
1953
![99 River Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sJ4kX89iD0Ne8cdlVAFCsAn0kbe.jpg)
99 River Street
6.8/71
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
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![Love Finds Andy Hardy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eemy6iN41zgrKFmPUZo49SaJVbo.jpg)
1938
![Love Finds Andy Hardy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eemy6iN41zgrKFmPUZo49SaJVbo.jpg)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
6.1/26
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
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![Bad Little Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zDoo8pUGF1ZL0oBk05CjMR60Shm.jpg)
1939
![Bad Little Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zDoo8pUGF1ZL0oBk05CjMR60Shm.jpg)
Bad Little Angel
4.9/4
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![Babes in Toyland](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iN8B54ymwiLJmnbz5iluqbsit1e.jpg)
1934
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6.4/139
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![Dead End Kids Go To War](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1942
![Dead End Kids Go To War](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Dead End Kids Go To War
0/0
The Dead End Kids join the war effort in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men of the Air. The fiendish Black Dragon Societ...
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![In Old Chicago](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/s3DPtiEGx4thHOGcIjdgBlWp8D0.jpg)
1938
![In Old Chicago](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/s3DPtiEGx4thHOGcIjdgBlWp8D0.jpg)
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6.4/39
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
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![Of Human Hearts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tZaet6DUhDh4pKRHRovdVXokJfd.jpg)
1938
![Of Human Hearts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tZaet6DUhDh4pKRHRovdVXokJfd.jpg)
Of Human Hearts
5.8/22
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![Slattery's Hurricane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kZPW7VlZ93TiHzBwNyIziKL0gwT.jpg)
1949
![Slattery's Hurricane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kZPW7VlZ93TiHzBwNyIziKL0gwT.jpg)
Slattery's Hurricane
5.389/9
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![They Shall Have Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/haCxpkR4kN1ZgimDIyjz5Lbm3Jn.jpg)
1939
![They Shall Have Music](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/haCxpkR4kN1ZgimDIyjz5Lbm3Jn.jpg)
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6/8
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![The Tuttles of Tahiti](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qcD0u4vFsktqFY37okqF9fJioaI.jpg)
1942
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5.5/6
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![The Big Cat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A2yUA9JHILwjOOdcyRnKkJOBN6a.jpg)
1949
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4/5
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![Gallant Sons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ryWxQ6wpTX4UCwwErtY8teQX4rb.jpg)
1940
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Gallant Sons
7.2/5
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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![Jungle Patrol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/Aqo4dO8KFZvMa4ISterwUQZ3M0.jpg)
1948
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Jungle Patrol
5/2
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in New Guinea.
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![Adventure in Washington](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7EJrtyOgJYH2wetw1bgHHjSk829.jpg)
1941
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Adventure in Washington
6.5/2
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![The Flying Irishman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a2quyujg0GeAL0P3Dhxc0tMDNnn.jpg)
1939
![The Flying Irishman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a2quyujg0GeAL0P3Dhxc0tMDNnn.jpg)
The Flying Irishman
4.6/5
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...
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![The Crowd Roars](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xF4T4dzCLl3RjjFMy31zdeJ2JJV.jpg)
1938
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The Crowd Roars
6.5/6
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![The Spirit of Culver](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ow4UMWlOvtdrboW2dHeajLTlDRn.jpg)
1939
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The Spirit of Culver
0/0
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he c...
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![M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eMdfYYcO7XLwfJ0LhpQQCtA9gvM.jpg)
2024
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8.8/6
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![Madame X](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lKCZQEJGzUf7lIGQuRhyOYxh2jp.jpg)
1937
![Madame X](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lKCZQEJGzUf7lIGQuRhyOYxh2jp.jpg)
Madame X
6.2/5
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her i...
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![Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gj7qebk2FyqhP2hrwr30rPwRWFJ.jpg)
2004
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6.5/13
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with...
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![The Penalty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zfKk60twYBO7K2dVEUtMXXKyrnh.jpg)
1941
![The Penalty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zfKk60twYBO7K2dVEUtMXXKyrnh.jpg)
The Penalty
6/3
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...
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![The Penalty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zfKk60twYBO7K2dVEUtMXXKyrnh.jpg)
1941
![The Penalty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zfKk60twYBO7K2dVEUtMXXKyrnh.jpg)
The Penalty
6/3
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...
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![Sins of Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n0eyJxqeYXEEQFEe1U7L73Ep704.jpg)
1936
![Sins of Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/n0eyJxqeYXEEQFEe1U7L73Ep704.jpg)
Sins of Man
0/0
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the secon...
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![The Blue Bird](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MLru2banKCbCC5iGOmqon3h569.jpg)
1940
![The Blue Bird](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MLru2banKCbCC5iGOmqon3h569.jpg)
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5.7/40
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're...
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![The Real M*A*S*H](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2010
![The Real M*A*S*H](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
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0/0
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![Edison, the Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zSWK3tOYDnCe2YEnQRpcV7R9bTn.jpg)
1940
![Edison, the Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zSWK3tOYDnCe2YEnQRpcV7R9bTn.jpg)
Edison, the Man
6.6/21
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![Thank You, Jeeves!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A48nLOotbgCmm5s3BV2FUuNkkLb.jpg)
1936
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Thank You, Jeeves!
6/7
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![Captains Courageous](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qhJNHLwIcMqDKBwsr9uMDOumO33.jpg)
1937
![Captains Courageous](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qhJNHLwIcMqDKBwsr9uMDOumO33.jpg)
Captains Courageous
7.448/163
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![The Californian](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eCTXj2VruZoo8ggZo73n5w7kJvB.jpg)
1937
![The Californian](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eCTXj2VruZoo8ggZo73n5w7kJvB.jpg)
The Californian
0/0
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a s...
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![Junior G-Men of the Air](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kljXgYSyEGX3RTmrbs7miruyTaz.jpg)
1942
![Junior G-Men of the Air](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kljXgYSyEGX3RTmrbs7miruyTaz.jpg)
Junior G-Men of the Air
6/1
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![Andy Hardy's Private Secretary](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tp3OlQIkPd3NZl2Lt2OXLbnvAaP.jpg)
1941
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5.3/7
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![Eagle Squadron](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cC9GBFfscxQ6H1hkIILKvjeqIk4.jpg)
1942
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Eagle Squadron
0/0
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
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![Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hale37gYmCCn4vDh4WLNsB4tW6L.jpg)
2009
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7.5/2
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![Memories of M*A*S*H](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1hiV5gCQWi4dI1potWoaKu0bVh6.jpg)
1991
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Memories of M*A*S*H
0/0
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2002
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M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
5/2
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![The Calling of Dan Matthews](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/z7YrlSZrVpag29ZDuEJoauf2R8.jpg)
1935
![The Calling of Dan Matthews](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/z7YrlSZrVpag29ZDuEJoauf2R8.jpg)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
3/1
Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a...
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![Down Three Dark Streets](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/x2JMsqltTw25UbEcdFk8QGCYrP6.jpg)
1954
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Down Three Dark Streets
5.6/22
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![Washee Ironee](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3C8p2SJBK4rzkT7dDAS72fR9caA.jpg)
1934
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Washee Ironee
6.8/5
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