Anecdotes

Is best known for directing, producing and/or writing two hugely successful TV shows: Lou Grant (1977) and M.A.S.H. (1972). Produced and directed numerous episodes of other TV hits, including My Three Sons (1960), Papa Schultz (1965) and Room 222 (1969).

He quit acting to become a producer-director.

Has been nominated for 24 Emmy Awards and won six, including Outstanding Comedy Series for M.A.S.H. (1972) and Outstanding Drama Series twice for Lou Grant (1977), 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".

(1993-1997) President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).

Gene Reynolds passed away on February 3, 2020, two months away from what would have been his 97th birthday on April 4.

As a boy, was an actor in the movie Adventure in Washington (1941) along with friend, actor Tommy Bond who also was "Butch" the bully in the original "Little Rascals".

In 1993 Reynolds received the DGA's Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award for extraordinary service to the guild.

Son of Maude Evelyn (Schwab), a model, and Frank Eugene Blumenthal, a businessperson. Gene's father was of half Polish Jewish and half British Isles descent, while Gene's maternal grandparents, Edward Schwab and Anna Cohen, were Jewish emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine.