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Craig Reynolds (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1907–1949)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Craig Reynolds

| image = Craig Reynolds in Slander House (1938).jpg

| caption = Reynolds in Slander House (1938)

| birth_name = Harold Hugh Enfield

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|07|15|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|10|22|1907|07|15|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1933–1949

| spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Pepper|1943}}

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Craig Reynolds (born Harold Hugh Enfield, July 15, 1907 – October 22, 1949) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba318dc65|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915022241/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba318dc65|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2016|title=Craig Reynolds|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/craig-reynolds-p59780|title=Craig Reynolds - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|publisher=}}

Early life and career

Reynolds was born in Anaheim, California, in 1907, the son of Leila Maybelle (née Goold) and Oscar Davenport Enfield.{{cite web|url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughlemmon/d0000/g0000044.htm#I601|title=I601: Harold Hugh ENFIELD (15 Jul 1907 - 21 Oct 1949)|publisher=}} Reynolds enjoyed a film career spanning the 1930s and 1940s, although the majority of his roles occurred during the first decade of his career.

In 1933 the actor signed with Universal Pictures, playing supporting roles in features and a Buck Jones serial. During this period he was billed as Hugh Enfield. The serial unit gave him a starring role in the 1934 version of The Perils of Pauline, billing him as Robert Allen.

After his tenure with Universal, he appeared in three features for Paramount Pictures in 1935 before being signed by Warner Brothers that same year. Warners rechristened him Craig Reynolds and groomed him as a rising star. He played second leads and featured roles in "A" pictures, and leads in "B" pictures. It is for these 27 Warner films that Craig Reynolds is best known.

After his Warner contract ran out, Reynolds kept busy freelancing for other studios including Columbia, Republic, Monogram, and PRC. He interrupted his career to enlist in the armed forces during World War II, and he was awarded a Purple Heart, then released from military service. He resumed his career in 1944 and worked in occasional features for the next five years. He died in October 1949, age 42, in an accident while riding a motor scooter in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/381189632/?terms=%22%22Craig+Reynolds%22|title=23 Oct 1949, 1 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}

Personal life

He married actress Barbara Pepper in 1943, with whom he had two sons, John and Dennis. After his death in 1949, she never remarried.

Filmography

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  • {{IMDb name|0721660|Craig Reynolds}}

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Category:1907 births

Category:1949 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from Anaheim, California

Category:American male film actors

Category:American military personnel of World War II

Category:Motorcycle road incident deaths

Category:Road incident deaths in California

Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)