Gene Reynolds, the prolific director, producer and writer who was a driving force behind such socially conscious television series as M*A*S*H, Lou Grant and Room 222, has died at age 96
that Reynolds was the one who "got Larry Gelbart involved and got the cast together … he was not only wonderful with the camera, he was wonderful with actors. You don't always get that combination. He got the actors to bring out what it was about themselves that was human and genuine and not just give them slick, external, comic performances. He knew what was funny but also what was human.", Reynolds was "the one who taught me the value of research," Brooks said.
Reynolds served as DGA president from 1993-97 and was the recipient of the guild's prestigious Robert B. Aldrich Award in 1993. "Gene’s influence on the modern Directors Guild of America was significant and lasting,” DGA president Thomas Schlamme said Tuesday in a statement.
Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was born in Cleveland on April 4, 1923, and spent his first 10 years in Detroit. His father owned a fleet of gas stations, and his mother, a former department store model, nudged her son into acting. He worked in local radio and commercial spots that aired around town. When the Depression hit, the family moved to Los Angeles. Within days of their arrival, Reynolds landed at Hal Roach Studios and was an extra in Laurel & Hardy's
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