1. Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor.
11 Facts About Gene Reynolds
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Gene Reynolds served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Gene Reynolds served on ships including a destroyer-minesweeper the USS Zane.
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Gene 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 Captains Courageous, Love Finds Andy Hardy, Boys Town, They Shall Have Music, Santa Fe Trail, Adventure in Washington, Eagle Squadron and The Country Girl and on television series like I Love Lucy, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Whirlybirds, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.
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Gene Reynolds was contracted to MGM between 1937 and 1940.
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Gene Reynolds did this for Ricardo Cortez in 1937's The Californian, Tyrone Power in In Old Chicago, James Stewart in 1938's Of Human Hearts and Don Ameche in Sins of Man.
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In 1957, Gene Reynolds joined forces with Frank Gruber and James Brooks to create Tales of Wells Fargo for NBC.
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Gene Reynolds' additional directing credits include multiple episodes of Father of the Bride, The Farmer's Daughter, F Troop, Hogan's Heroes, and Many Happy Returns.
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Gene Reynolds was the Executive Producer for Room 222, a breakthrough comedy-drama on the ABC network which was about an African American school teacher, and which dealt with subjects such as drugs, prejudice and dropping out of school.
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Gene Reynolds was elected President of the Directors Guild of America in 1993, a position he held until 1997.
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Gene Reynolds died at the age of 96 of heart failure on February 3,2020, at Providence St Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.