1. Bruce Richard Reynolds was an English criminal who masterminded the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
16 Facts About Bruce Reynolds
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Bruce Reynolds wrote three books and performed with the band Alabama 3, for whom his son, Nick, plays.
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Bruce Richard Reynolds was born at Charing Cross Hospital, in Hammersmith, west London, the only child of Thomas Richard and Dorothy Margaret.
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Bruce Reynolds found it difficult to live with his father and stepmother, choosing often to stay with one or other of his grandmothers.
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Bruce Reynolds then embarked on jewellery thefts from large country houses.
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Bruce Reynolds joined a gang with a future close friend Harry Booth and his future brother-in-law John Daly.
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Bruce Reynolds organised a gang of 15 men to undertake the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
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Bruce Reynolds subsequently spent six months in a mews house in South Kensington waiting for a false passport.
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Bruce Reynolds then travelled via Elstree Airfield to Ostend, and was driven to Brussels Airport, before flying to Mexico City via Toronto.
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Bruce Reynolds then moved to Vancouver, before returning that summer to the South of France.
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The Metropolitan Police realised that Hiller was Bruce Reynolds, and arrested him in Torquay on 9 November 1968.
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Bruce Reynolds then published his autobiography The Autobiography of a Thief.
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Bruce Reynolds died in his sleep on the afternoon of 28 February 2013 at the age of 81.
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Examples featuring Bruce Reynolds include: Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse which aired on ARD in 1966 and featured Horst Tappert as Reynolds, Robbery with Stanley Baker as a character based upon Reynolds, and Buster with Larry Lamb as Reynolds.
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In 2012, Bruce Reynolds was portrayed in the television series Mrs Biggs by Jay Simpson.
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Bruce Reynolds was the subject of the song "Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds", originally by Nigel Denver and later covered by the UK band Alabama 3.