Steve "Peg" Reynolds

{{Short description|One-legged African-American actor (1892–1945)}}

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Steve "Peg" Reynolds (1892–1945) was an actor and stuntman in the United States. He was African-American.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721961|title=Steve Reynolds|publisher=IMDB|access-date=February 10, 2025}} Despite missing most of his right leg, hence his nickname Peg, he performed in many action sequences, often as comedic relief, but also in heroic roles.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/arts/the-flying-ace-review/|title=Our film critic travels back in time to see ‘The Flying Ace’|author= Odie Henderson|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=February 4, 2025}}

Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, on July 7 of 1892. It is not clear how he lost his leg. His 1917 World War I draft registration card lists the leg as missing. He became a friend of silent filmmaker Richard Norman, founder of Norman Studios, and appeared in all of Norman's race films, which featured an all-Black cast. Reynolds was billed as "the one-legged marvel" "who does stunts that no two-legged man can do." His stunts include "hopping moving trains, climbing on to rooftops and chasing a villain’s speeding car down a dirt road riding a bicycle while shooting at the car with a rifle hidden in his trusty crutch."{{cite web|url=https://normanstudios.org/films-stars/norman-players/steve-peg-reynolds/|title=Steve “Peg” Reynolds|publisher=Norman Studios|access-date=February 10, 2025}}

An advertisement for the 1922 film The Crimson Skull describes him as "the one-legged Marvel."

Reynolds died in 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida.