Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds (born Eugène Reynolds Blumenthal, 4 Avril 1923 - February 3, en 2020, ce qui 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 apparences de film such as Old Chicago (1937), l'un des Capitaines Courageux (1937), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Boys Town (1938), They Shall Have Music (1939), Le Santa Fe Trail (1940), L'Aventure dans l'état de Washington (1941), Eagle Squadron (1942) and The Country Girl (1954), et on television series like I Love Lucy, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Whirlybirds, and Hallmark Hall of Fame. He was contractuel to MGM between 1937 and 1940. He was in the U. S. Army during World war II En 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 crédits 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 qu'est-ce involved with two highly successful CBS series in the 1970s and early 1980s. Entre 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 (co, 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 donc 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 qu'est-ce elected President of the Directors Guild of America en 1993, a post he held for four years until 1997. He died on February 3, 2020 at age 96.