Lynn Reynolds


Lynn Fairfield Reynolds was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Death

Returning home in 1927 after being snowbound in the Sierras for three weeks, Reynolds telephoned his wife, actress Kathleen O'Connor, to arrange a dinner party at their Hollywood home with another couple. During the dinner, Reynolds and O'Connor engaged in a heated quarrel in which each accused the other of infidelity. With his guests following in an attempt to calm him down, Reynolds left the table to retrieve a pistol from another room where he shot himself in the head.

Selected filmography

It Happened in Honolulu The Secret of the Swamp Up or Down? Broadway Arizona The Greater Law The Gown of Destiny Southern Justice God's Crucible The Show Down Mr. Opp Mutiny Fast Company Western Blood Ace High Mr. Logan, U.S.A. Fame and Fortune Treat 'Em Rough Overland Red Bullet Proof The Texan Trailin' Sky High For Big Stakes Up and Going Tom Mix in Arabia Brass Commandments The Huntress The Gunfighter The Last of the Duanes The Deadwood Coach Riders of the Purple Sage The Rainbow Trail Durand of the Bad Lands Chip of the Flying U The Combat The Man in the Saddle The Texas Streak The Buckaroo Kid Prisoners of the Storm The Silent Rider