Eugene "Gene" Reynolds Blumenthal (born April 4, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former actor turned writer and television director.
Gene grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and spent the first ten years of his life there. His father, Frank Eugene Blumenthal, was a businessman and entrepreneur. He is married to the former Ann Sweeny, a veteran stage and screen actress; they have a son, Andrew Reynolds.
Gene Reynolds' most prominent work includes his writing on the CBS television series M*A*S*H from 1972-1977.
Reynolds directed John McGiver's Many Happy Returns CBS sitcom in the 1964-1965 season. The program was based on humorous activities in the complaint division of a fictitious Los Angeles department store.
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Peter Tewksbury (1959) · Ralph Levy / Bud Yorkin (1960) · Sheldon Leonard (1961) · Nat Hiken (1962) · John Rich (1963) · Jerry Paris (1964) · William Asher (1966) · James Frawley (1967) · Bruce Bilson (1968) · Jay Sandrich (1971) · John Rich (1972) · Jay Sandrich (1973) · Jackie Cooper (1974) · Gene Reynolds / David P. Powers (1975)
Complete list: (1959-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Gene Reynolds / Dave Wilson (1976) · Alan Alda / David P. Powers (1977) · Paul Bogart / David P. Powers (1978) · Noam Pitlik (1979) · James Burrows (1980) · James Burrows (1981) · Alan Rafkin (1982) · James Burrows (1983) · Bill Persky (1984) · Jay Sandrich (1985) · Jay Sandrich (1986) · Terry Hughes (1987) · Gregory Hoblit (1988) · Peter Baldwin (1989) · Michael Dinner (1990) · James Burrows (1991) · Barnet Kellman (1992) · Betty Thomas (1993) · James Burrows (1994) · David Lee (1995) · Michael Lembeck (1996) · David Lee (1997) · Todd Holland (1998) · Thomas Schlamme (1999) · Todd Holland (2000)
Complete list: (1959-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
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Presidents of the Screen Directors Guild and the Directors Guild of America
King Vidor (1936) · Frank Capra (1939) · George Stevens (1941) · Mark Sandrich (1943) · John Cromwell (1944) · George Marshall (1948) · Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950) · George Sidney (1951) · Frank Capra (1960) · George Sidney (1961) · Delbert Mann (1967) · Robert Wise (1971) · Robert Aldrich (1975) · George Schaefer (1979) · Jud Taylor (1981) · Gilbert Cates (1983) · Franklin Schaffner (1987) · Gene Reynolds (1993) · Jack Shea (1997) · Martha Coolidge (2002) · Michael Apted (2003)
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