Gene Reynolds, a former child actor who went on to be a TV director and producer who worked on M*A*S*H, Lou Grant and others and was a two-term DGA president, died Monday at Providence St. Joseph M…
and others and was a two-term DGA president, died Monday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Centerin Burbank. He was 96.
Reynolds won six Emmys — from nearly 30 nominations — three DGA Awards and a WGA Award during a six-decade showbiz career that began as a preteen actor. He would continue with onscreen roles through the 1950s before segueing to producing and directing.and soon began directing episodes of such enduring TV series asMy Three Sons.
“In directing, I’m always looking for the little humane touch — something that is real,” Reynolds said in a 2000 interview with the TV Academy Foundation. “It could be very, very small. It could be a hand on the shoulder. It could be just an extra lingering look on somebody you care about and so forth, for just a fraction. It could be a reaction from somebody. … I’m looking for humanity, really. And that goes with comedy or drama.
DGA president Thomas Schlamme said: “Gene’s influence on the modern Directors Guild of America was significant and lasting, … He was passionate about this Guild, spirited in his beliefs and dedicated until the end.”
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