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2021: Dilip Kumar, pseudonimo di Mohammed Yusuf Khan, attore indiano. Si sposò con Saira Banu nel 1966. (n. 1922)
2021: James Hampton, James Wade Hampton, attore statunitense. Sposò l’attrice Mary Deese. (n. 1936)
2021: Robert Downey Sr., nato Robert John Elias, attore, sceneggiatore e regista statunitense. Padre di Robert Downey Jr. Figlio di Elizabeth McLauchlen, modella e Robert Elias Sr.,…
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Ekaterina Enokaeva
Ekaterina Zlobina
Elif Musa
Elinda San
Eliza Rose Watson
Elizabeth Jade
Elizabeth Oceans
Ella Bella
Elle Johnson
Ellen Munday
Ellie Lou ❤️
Elly Clutch 💙
Emily Elizabeth
Emily Sears
Emma Kotos 💙
Emmi V.
Ennid Wong
Erikah Marie
Erzabel
Estephania Ha
Eva Padlock
Eve J Marie
Everly Lanes
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Fabiana Britto
Filippa Fransson
Francielli Fontana
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Genesis Lopez
Georgina Gentle
Gia Macool
Grace Boor
Gwen Singer
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Jenna Berman
Jenny Poussin
Jessica Bartlett 💙
Jessica Edstrom
Jessica Sunok
Jessica Weaver
Jessy Marquesa
Jia Lissa
Jilissa Zoltko
Jojo Babie
Joselyn Vallejo
Juanita Belle ❤️
Julia Corbridge
Julia Rose
Julia Yaroshenko
Julianne Kissinger
Julieta Rodriguez ❤️
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Kaelee Rene
Karina Garcia
Karla Denize
Katarzyna Bucko
Kate Sharp
Kathryn Celestre
Katie Bell
Katie Valentine
Katy Jo Raelyn
Katya Kotaro
Katya Sambuca
Keilah Kang
Kelsie Jean Smeby
Kiki Passo
Killer Katrin 💙
Kindly Myers ❤️
Krissy Taylor
KT Lordahl
❤️ = Won vote in 2023 for Jaw Dropper of the Week
💙 = Won vote in 2024 for Jaw Dropper of the Week
Sources [usually films or television shows - anything else will have notation] will be in bold. Characters will be formatted with their in-universe name, followed by the original character in italics.
Name formatting will be [First Name] [Middle Name] ["Nick Name"] [Maiden Name/Original Surname] [Married Name/Taken Surname] as applicable.
I will probably also be adding links to everything, but later.
Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958-1961
Joshua Everett "Josh" Randall - Josh Randall
Rawhide 1959-1965
Randolph Jacob "Rowdy" Yates - Rowdy Yates
The Magnificent Seven 1960
Franklin Vaughn "Frank" Randall - Vin
Giovanni Vittorio "Gio" Auditore - Bernardo O'Reilly
Brittony "Britt" Calvin - Britt
Byron Allen Lee III - Lee
Carlos "Chico" Hernandez - Chico
The Dollars Trilogy 1964-1966
Jonas Blake "Joey" Yates - The Man With No Name / Joe/Manco/Blondie
Hang 'Em High 1968
Jeremy Cooper "Jed" Yates - Jed Cooper
Rachel Warren - Rachel Warren
Once Upon a Time in the West 1969
Emilio "Harmonica" Arman - Harmonica
Jorge Gutierrez - Cheyenne
Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985
Revelin "Rex" O'Houlihan - Rex O'Herlihan
Peter Twist - Peter
Silverado 1985
[to be honest I'm taking almost all the characters, but main characters/love interests:]
Emmett Martell - Emmett
Paden Cassidy - Paden
Tyree Ransom Ekker - Tyree
Hannah Kincaid Weslan [Cobb] - Hannah Weslan
Malachi "Mal" Johnson - Malachi "Mal" Johnson
Jacob "Rattlesnake Jake" Martell - Jake
Stella Bonneville - Stella
Rae Johnson - Rae Johnson
Phoebe Hartshorne - Phoebe
Quigley Down Under 1990
Matthew Quigley - Matthew Quigley
The Marshal 1995
Veronica "Ronnie" Davis - Veronica Cole
The Quick and the Dead 1995
Jessamy "Jessie" MacIntyre - The Lady / Ellen
Cameron "Cam" McPhee - The Kid / Fee Herod
Cortney "Cort" Cobb - Cort
The Magnificent Seven 1998-2000
[much like Silverado I'm taking almost all the characters, but main characters/love interests:]
Christian "Chris" Larabee - Chris Larabee
Vincent Ulysses "Vin" Tanner - Vin Tanner
Nathan Jackson - Nathan Jackson
John Daniel "J.D." Dunne - J.D. Dunne
Buck Wilmington - Buck Wilmington
Ezra Phineas Standish - Ezra Standish
Mary Travis - Mary Travis
Casey Welles - Casey Welles
Inez Recillos - Inez Recillos
Firefly 2002
Robert Malcolm "Bobby" Reynolds - Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
Zoe Martinez - Zoe Alleyne Washbourne
Jayne Cobb - Jayne Cobb
Eleena Vasquez - Inara Serra
Simon Morgan - Simon Tam
River Morgan - River Tam
Kaylee Frye - Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye
Sheppard Book - Derrial Book
Supernatural 2005-2020
John Winchester - John Winchester
Dean Winchester - Dean Winchester
Samuel "Sam" Winchester - Samuel "Sam" Winchester
3:10 to Yuma 2007
Daniel "Dan" Evans - Daniel "Dan" Evans
William "Will" Evans - William Evans
Benjamin "Ben" Wade - Ben Wade
Charles "Charlie" Prince - Charlie Prince
Six of Crows 2015
Caspian/Casimir "Caz" Zima Winters - Kaz Brekker
Haruko - Inej Ghafa
Christophe "Kit Benny" Benoit - Jesper Fahey
Wyatt Vanderbilt - Wylan Van Eck
Hannah "Nan" Gallagher - Nina Zenik
The Magnificent Seven 2016
Samuel "Sam" Chisolm - Sam Chisolm
Joshua "Josh" Faraday - Josh Faraday
Manuel Vasquez - Vasquez
Goodnight "Goody" Robicheaux - Goodnight "Goody" Robicheaux
Billy Rocks - Billy Rocks
Red Harvest - Red Harvest
Emma Cullen - Emma Cullen
The Hunters 2020 [a series I am currently working on writing]
Elias Hawkins - Elias Walker Hawkins
Lucas "Luke" Hearne - Faolan Lucas "Luke" MacTiernan
Auryon "Aury" Hearne - Auryon "Aury" Hearne-MacTiernan Hawkins
Sebastian "Owl Eyes" St. James Cheyenne - Sylvain Alistair
Abigale "Abby" McKenzie - Kindra Arden
Jessta James Music Videos 2021-2022 [specifically Hell's Coming With Me, Loaded Gun, and War Cry]
Josiah "Josey" James - Jessta James
Original Characters 2023+ [that I've made for the project]
Melissa "Missy" Ekker - Tyree's mother
Bethany "Beth" Skinner - a love interest
Welcome to a new season of Gayest Episode Ever. It will be a Saturday Night Live-centric season. Among the regular, sitcom-focused episodes, we will be doing periodic deep dives into the LGBTQ-focused sketches that ran on the show during its various eras.
To kick it off (and to kick off the new season), we are starting with a two-part look at the various queer-adjacent recurring sketches from SNL. This first episode covers the launch of the show until the mid-90s, and next week’s episode will get us through the current era. Enjoy? Maybe? It’s a lot to take in, honestly, but we swear it’s worth discussion.
Here are this episode’s sketches:
Anita Bryant (s5e16 — Burt Reynolds, April 12, 1980)
Dion (s9e8 — Flip Wilson, December 10, 1983)
Nancy Reagan (s11e2 — John Lithgow, November 16, 1985)
Coffee Talk (s16e13 — Roseanne Barr & Tom Arnold, February 2, 1989)
It’s Pat (s17e3 — Kirstie Alley, October 12, 1991)
Lyle the Effeminate Heterosexual (s17e16 — Mary Stuart Masterson, March 21, 1992)
Mickey the Dyke (s22e8 — Martin Short, December 7, 1996)
Ambiguously Gay Duo (s23e20 — David Duchovny, May 9, 1998)
Jeffrey’s (s26e12 — Sean Hayes, February 2, 2001)
Mango (s27e9 — Ellen DeGeneres, December 15, 2001)
You can watch the sketches on Patreon. You can see Drew’s master list of LGBTQ-focused SNL sketches here.
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the old people Facebook universe of me and my friends
THE FACEBOOK GEEZERS:
Jerry Thompson (me)
Bartholomew Jones (@evil-trailmix aka Bex)
Lindsey Crocker (Alex [currently not friends])
Harold Johnson (Bee)
Francesca Romano (Molly)
Albert Williams (Mary)
Gerald Harrison (Tobey/Toby/Tobi)
Dorothy Williams (Clem [Dorothy's account got deleted by Clem])
Frank Reynolds (@stupid-billy)
Timmy Bob [Rufus] Thompson (@bungholio37 aka Doog)
FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS:
Jerry Thompson is married to Gerald Harrison and they have a dog named Hoggleboggle. Jerry has two daughters named Susanne and Ellen, as shown in the photo below
Bartholomew Jones is Jerry Thompson's step-son
Jerry Thompson has a gay son named Chad, as show in the photo below
Francesca Romano is Jerry Thompson's Italian aunt who loves cooking meatballs and she owns a sea lion named Eddy, as stated in a Facebook post, shown below
Albert Williams is Jerry Thompson's brother-in-law
Dorothy Williams is Jerry Thompson's sister
Lindsey Crocker is Jerry Thompson's ex-wife
Albert Williams and Dorothy Williams have a son named Jaxon, but he's trans and Albert stated in a post that Jaxon was requesting to be called Lapis.
Bartholomew Jones has a son named Billy
Jerry Thompson has a brother name Timmy Bob Rufus, as show in the photo below
Jerry Thompson has a brother named Kevin, as shown in the photo below
JOBS:
Jerry Thompson currently works at Walmart. He worked at Radioshack for some periods of time
Albert Williams works at J&S Pawn and Guns in Ridgeley, West Virginia
Francesca Romano works at Killing Fields (The TV show)
Lindsey Crocker is an accountant
Harold Johnson worked at Home Depot. He is currently a small business owner
Frank Reynolds works at Claire's
Bartholomew Jones works at The White House
LOCATIONS:
Jerry Thompson is from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and he currently lives in Owensboro, Kentucky
Gerald Harrison is from Scunthorpe and he currently lives in Kingston upon Hull
Albert Williams is from Ridgeley, West Virgina and he currently lives there
Dorothy Williams is from Ridgeley, West Virgina and she currently lives there
Harold Johnson is from Springfield, Illinois and he currently lives in Owensboro, Kentucky
Francesca Romano's location is unknown
Lindsey Crocker lives in New Orleans, Louisiana
Bartholomew Jones' location is unknown
Frank Reynolds lives in Kansas City, Missouri and is from Hays, Kansas
any suggestions for roles or reboots that would fit 30+ muses well? either existing or new ones!
we would love more older muses around here. some ideas for older muses in existing reboots are listed under the cut since it's quite a long list. however some other reboots that could definitely fit 30+ muses are : 13 going on 30, legally blonde, american psycho, mamma mia, how i met your mother, the office & desperate housewives !!
the vampire diaries: alaric saltzman, jenna sommers, john gilbert, meredith fell, sybil, liz forbes, lillian salvatore, josette laughlin, isobel flemming, carol lockwood, abby bennett, pearl, mikael mikaelson, zach salvatore & esther mikaelson.
the oc: alex kelly, sandy cohen, kirsten cohen, julie cooper, jimmy cooper
one tree hill: dan scott, keith scott, deb scott, karen roe, quinn james.
sons of anarchy: jax teller, opie winston, donna winston, gemma teller-morrow, clay morrow, tara knowles, juice ortiz, tig trager, chibs telford, happy, wendy case, half-sack epps.
gilmore girls: sookie st. james, christopher hayden, emily gilmore, richard gilmore, max medina, michel gerard, mrs. kim.
pretty little liars: ezra fitz, melissa hastings, wren kingston, ashley marin, meredith sorenson, veronica hastings, ella montgomery, byron montgomery, ian thomas, tom marin.
sex and the city: samantha jones, charlotte york, miranda hobbes, mr. bing, aiden shaw.
supernatural: dean winchester, sam winchester, jo harvelle, bobby singer, john winchester, mary winchester, ruby, lilith, castiel, ellen harvelle, jessica moore.
friends: phoebe buffay, ross geller (ross gang), janice hosenstein, gunther, mike hannigan, carol willick, emily waltham, susan bunch, kathy, jill green, amy green.
criminal minds: spencer reid, derek morgan, penelope garcia, emily prentiss, hotch hotchner, jason gideon, david rossi, elle greenaway.
grey's anatomy: lexie grey, mark sloan, derek shepherd, amelia shepherd, izzie stevens, george o'malley, cristina yang, alex karev, miranda bailey, callie torres, arizona robbins, april kepner, jackson avery, owen hunt, addison montgomery.
true blood: bill compton, eric northman, lafayette reynolds, sam merlotte, tara thorton, pam, alcide heveraux.
jennifers body: nikolai wolff
resident evil: chris redfield, albert walker, jill valentine, ada wong, barry burton, rebecca chambers, ashley graham.
Happy birthday darling I have no presents and fantasy cake but I hope I make you happy with everything I made like this edit right here with all of your pictures in it Shirley Jane Temple Black 1928-2014 April 23rd 1928-February 10th 2014 and special rest in peace to those who passed away Bishop Rance Allen, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Lisa Loring, Bob Saget, Betty White, Heather O'Rourke, Judith Barsi, baby Leroy, baby Peggy Montgomery, Peggy cartwright, Darla Jean Hood, Jean Darling, Peaches Jackson, Mary Ann Jackson, Dorothy DeBorba, Mary Kornman and Mildred Kornman, Kenny Rogers, Patsy Cline, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Eazy-E, rest in peace Ana Ofelia Murguía December 31st 2023, Jim James Edward Jordan, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton and Terry and Pal, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Sue Page, Pat Buttram, Joe Flynn, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Richard Belzer, Richard Harris, Bernard Fox, Raymond Burr, Perrette Pradier, Jeanette Nolan, Larry Clemmons, Bing Crosby, John Candy, John Heard, John Fiedler, Beate Hasenau, Billie Burke, Roberts Blossom, Billie Bird, Bill Erwin, Ralph Foody, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton, John Wayne, Clara Blandick,Charley Grapewin, Buddy Ebsen, Angelo Rossitto, Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, Bridgette Andersen, Dominique Dunne, Dana Plato, Robbie Coltrane, Lance Reddick, Betty Ann Bruno, Betty Tanner, Elizabeth Taylor, Helen McCrory, Ray Liotta and Tom Sizemore and Burt Reynolds, Zari Elmassian, Frank Cucksey, Vyacheslav Baranov, Vladimir Ferapontov, Carol Tevis, George Shephard Houghton, Irving S. Brecher, Richard Griffiths, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, Joe Conley, Alan Arkin, Jerry Heller, Fred Willard, Mary Ellen Trainor, Morgan Woodward, Anna Lee and John Ingle, David Lewis, Ken Curtis, Ed Asner, James Caan, James Arness, Amanda Blake, Avicii, Jane Withers and Virginia Weidler, Milburn Stone, Natasha Richardson, Joanna Barnes, Cameron Boyce and Tyree Boyce, Cammack"Cammie"King, Denny Miller, Jane Adams, June Marlowe rest in heavenly peace to all of them actors and actresses this is Shirley Temple birthday edit of the year
Kubert, Johns, Fabok, Hitch Headline Talented Comic Creators Attending FAN EXPO Philadelphia
Batman/Superman #8 - Andy Kubert and Ghost Machine #1 - Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Bryan Hitch
A vast array of talented comics artists and writers, spanning more than a half century of work and encompassing dozens of the most popular franchises in the history of the medium through the present, will be on hand as FAN EXPO Philadelphia today announced the Artist Alley headliners for the convention, set for May 3-5 at the Pennsyvlavnia Convention Center. Among the superstar writers and artists are Andy Kubert (“Batman: The Dark Knight III,” “X-Men”), Geoff Johns (“Geiger,” “Junkyard Joe”), Jason Fabok (“Rook: Exodus,” “Batman: Three Jokers”), Bryan Hitch (“Redcoat,” “The Ultimates”), Francis Manapul (“The Rocketfellers,” “The Flash”), Peter Tomasi (“The Rocketfellers,” “Hornsby and Halo”), Ryan Ottley (“Invincible,” “Amazing Spider-Man"), Frank Cho (“Liberty Meadows," “Wolverine"), Jae Lee (“Seven Sons,” “Stephen King’s Dark Tower”), Stephen Platt (“Moon Knight,” “Wolverine”), and Joe Wos (“Mazetoons,” “Charlie the Tuna”).
Just about every franchise imaginable will be well represented, and comics fans will revel in meeting the creators who have made them possible. Q&A’s, interactive demonstration sessions, autographs, commission opportunities, and more make the experience a can’t-miss for comics lovers.
The FAN EXPO Philadelphia field of creators also includes talents such as Rodney Barnes (“The Boondocks,” “Killadelphia”), Yanick Paquette (“Wonder Woman,” “The Incal”), Tom Grummett (“Thunderbolts”, “Superman”), Brad Anderson (“Geiger,” “The Rook: Exodus”), Heather Antos (Group Editor Licensing/IDW Publishing), Russ Braun (“The Boys,” “Jimmy’s Bastards”), Hailey Brown (Dark Horse Comics, Brink Literacy Project), Chris Burnham (“Unstoppable Doom Patrol,” “Batman, Inc.”), Jim Calafiore (“Exiles,” “Aquaman”), Joe Corroney (“Star Wars,” Lucasfilm), Mike DeCarlo (“The Simpsons,” “Archie”), Guy Gilchrist (“The Muppets,” “Nancy”), Jonathan Glapion (“Batman,” “King Spawn”), Scott Hanna (“Amazing Spider-Man,” “Superman: Lois and Clark”), Ben Harvey (“Star Wars: Darth Maul,” “X-Men”), Mike Hawthorne (“Batman,” “Deadpool”), Tim Jacobus (“Goosebumps,” “Spinetinglers”), Bob McLeod (“New Mutants,” “Superman”), Jonboy Meyers (“Venom,” “The Inhumans”), Rags Morales (“Identity Crisis,” “Batman Confidential”), Carl Potts (“Alien Legion,” “Punisher War Journal”), Aaron Reynolds (“Effin’ Birds”), Alex Saviuk (“Spider-Man,” “The Phantom”), Keith Williams (“The Hulk,” “Action Comics”), Ron Wilson (“The Thing,” “Marvel Two-in-One") and many others.
See the full list at https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpophiladelphia/comic-creators/.
The quality of the creators in Artist Alley mirrors that of the FAN EXPO Philadelphia celebrity roster, which features a first-rate list that includes the National Lampoon’s Vacation foursome of Chevy Chase (“Clark Griswald”), Beverly D’Angelo (“Ellen”), Randy Quaid (“Cousin Eddie”) and Dana Barron (“Audrey”), Hayden Christensen (Star Wars franchise), Rosario Dawson (“Ahsoka,” Rent), Rainn Wilson (“The Office,” “Lessons in Chemistry”), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler), Adam Savage (“MythBusters”), Danny Trejo (Machete, The Book of Boba Fett), Alan Tudyk (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,”), Mario Lopez (“Saved by the Bell,” “Access Hollywood”), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (“Ahsoka”), Kate Mulgrew (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Orange is the New Black”), Rose McGowan (“Charmed,” Scream), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed,” “Picket Fences”), Felicia Day (“The Guild,” “Dragon Age: Redemption”), Emily Swallow and Gina Carano (“The Mandalorian”), and more.
FAN EXPO Philadelphia will also feature a variety of comics creators who have written and drawn many favorite stories over the past half century, exhibitors featuring classic and unique pieces from the thousands of memorable characters and scenes that Star Wars and all of its offshoots have produced, and programming panels and special events to help fans across any empire show their love of one of pop culture’s most enduring series.
Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, and Ultimate Fan Packages for FAN EXPO Philadelphia are available now. Advance pricing is available until April 18. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for additional headline celebrities, comic creator guests, voice actors and cosplayers.
Philadelphia is the eighth event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.
Monica Elizabeth "Mona" Freeman (June 9, 1926 – May 23, 2014) Film and television actress and painter.
Freeman's appearances in films ended in the 1950s, but she continued to work in television. Among her appearances were seven guest roles on The United States Steel Hour from 1960 to 1962 and three on Perry Mason, all of them roles as Mason's client: Jane Wardman in "The Case of the Lurid Letter" (1962), Rosanne Ambrose in "The Case of the Illicit Illusion" (1964), and Ellen Payne in "The Case of the 12th Wildcat" (1965). She appeared in two episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Steve McQueen titled "The Fourth Headstone" (Season One, Episode 9, air date 11/1/1958) and "Breakout" (Season 2 Episode 4, aired 9/26/1959), and two episodes of Maverick titled "The Cats of Paradise" (1959) and "Cruise of the Cynthia B." (1960), both starring James Garner, in which she played a recurring role as crazy-eyed swindler Modesty Blaine. She also appeared in an episode of Riverboat titled "The Boy from Pittsburgh" (1959) starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds, an episode of Checkmate titled "Don't Believe a Word She Says" (1961) starring Doug McClure and Sebastian Cabot, and an episode of The Tall Man titled "Petticoat Crusade" (1961) starring Barry Sullivan as Pat Garrett and Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid, Wagon Train, The Red Skelton Hour (2 episodes), Pursuit, Playhouse 90 (3 episodes), The DuPont Show with June Allyson and Johnny Ringo.
Freeman was a portrait painter and concentrated on painting after 1961. Her best-known portrait is that of businesswoman Mary See, founder of See's Candies. (Wikipedia)
7 aprile … ricordiamo …
#semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic
2021: Dilip Kumar, pseudonimo di Mohammed Yusuf Khan, attore indiano. Si sposò con Saira Banu nel 1966. (n. 1922)
2021: James Hampton, James Wade Hampton, attore statunitense. Sposò l’attrice Mary Deese. (n. 1936)
2021: Robert Downey Sr., nato Robert John Elias, attore, sceneggiatore e regista statunitense. Padre di Robert Downey Jr. Figlio di Elizabeth McLauchlen, modella e Robert Elias Sr.,…
Marilyn Miller, Photo by Baron Adolph de Meyer, 1918.
Marilyn Miller (1898-1936) was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was an accomplished tap dancer, singer and actress, and it was the combination of these talents that endeared her to audiences. On stage she usually played rags-to-riches Cinderella characters who lived happily ever after. Her enormous popularity and famed image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was marred by disappointment, tragedy, frequent illness, and ultimately her sudden death due to complications of nasal surgery at age 37. (x)
Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was born on April 4, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised in Detroit, before the family relocated to Los Angeles in 1934. He is best known for directing, producing and/or writing two hugely successful TV shows: “Lou Grant” (1977) and “M*A*S*H” (1972) which, along with his work on “Room 222″, earned him six Emmy Awards.
Reynolds served in the United States Navy during World War II. Following the war, Reynolds received a degree in history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and picked up his acting career.
He made his screen debut in the 1934 Our Gang short Washee Ironee. That same year he was an uncredited extra in March of the Wooden Soldiers with Laurel and Hardy. He made his television debut in May 1949 in an episode of “Your Show Time” on NBC.
Just before working with Lucille Ball, he worked for Lucille Ball doing a January 1957 episode of Desilu’s “Whirlybirds”
On “I Love Lucy” he played the role of Mr. Taylor, the man who rents the Ricardo apartment when they move to Connecticut in “Lucy Hates To Leave” (S6;E16) filmed on December 13, 1956 and aired on February 4, 1957. His wife was played by Mary Ellen Kay.
Around the same time, Reynolds started to transition to off camera work, like writing and directing. He directed 75 episodes of “My Three Sons” (filmed at Desilu Studios), from 1962 to 1964. He also directed three episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” filmed on the Desilu backlot.
Gene Reynolds died on February 3, 2020 at age 96. He was married to Bonnie Jones from 1967 to 1976. In 1979 he married Ann Sweeney. They had one child together.