What is Gene Reynolds?
{{Infobox person | name = Gene Reynolds | image = Gene Reynolds in Gallant Sons trailer.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birthname = Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|04|04}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|3|1923|4|4}} | death_place = [[Burbank, California]], United States | occupation = Actor, producer, writer and director | spouse = Bonnie Jones <br>(1967-76; divorced) <br>Ann Sweeny <br>(1979-present; 1 son) | yearsactive = 1934–99 | awards = 2 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s<br />2 [[Directors Guild of America Award|Directors Guild Awards]]<br />[[Writers Guild of America Award]] }} '''Gene Reynolds''' (April 4, 1923 &ndash; February 3, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] actor turned award-winning [[television writer]], [[television director|director]], and [[television producer|producer]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Archive of American Television Interview with Gene Reynolds, Chapter 1|url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/gene-reynolds | publisher=Archive of American Television | date=August 22, 2000 | access-date=November 8, 2011}}</ref> He was one of the producers of the popular TV series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''. Reynolds appeared in ''[[In Old Chicago]]'' (1937), ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 movie)|Captains Courageous]]'' (1937), ''[[Love Finds Andy Hardy]]'' (1938), ''[[Boys Town (movie)|Boys Town]]'' (1938), [Of Human Hearts] film (1938) by Clarence Brown with Walter Houston and James Stewart]''[[They Shall Have Music]]'' (1939), ''[[Santa Fe Trail (movie)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' (1940), ''[[Eagle Squadron (movie)|Eagle Squadron]]'' (1942) and ''[[The Country Girl (1954 movie)|The Country Girl]]'' (1954) and on television series like ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]'', ''[[Whirlybirds]]'', and ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]''. Reynolds died of [[heart failure]] on February 3, 2020 at a hospital in [[Burbank, California]] at