Craig Reynolds (born Harold Hugh Enfield, July 15, 1907 – October 22, 1949) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.

Early life and career

Reynolds was born in

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, in 1907, the son of Leila Maybelle (née Goold) and Oscar Davenport Enfield. Reynolds enjoyed a film career spanning the 1930s and 1940s, although the majority of his roles occurred during the first decade of his career. As an actor with

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he was seen as a rising star and played second lead in several films throughout the 1930s. These included '' Paris in Spring'' (1935), ''

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'' (1938) and '' The Mystery of Mr. Wong'' (1939). However, his career stalled after he left acting to join up during World War II. He was awarded a

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for his military service, and returned to acting following the war. However, he was killed in October 1949, aged 42, in an accident while riding a motor scooter in Los Angeles.

Personal life

He married actress

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

Filmography

*1929: '' Coquette'' - Young Townsman at Dance (uncredited) *1933: '' Phantom of the Air'' - Blade (uncredited) *1933: '' Don't Bet on Love'' - Reporter (uncredited) *1933: '' Gordon of Ghost City'' - Henchman Ed (as Hugh Enfield) *1933: ''

Saturday's Millions ''Saturday's Millions'' is a 1933 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Robert Young, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams and Johnny Mack Brown. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is an a ...

'' - Football Player (uncredited) *1933: '' Only Yesterday'' - Hugh (uncredited) *1933: '' The Perils of Pauline'' - Robert Ward (as Robert Allen) *1934: ''

Cross Country Cruise ''Cross Country Cruise'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code romance film directed by Edward Buzzell and written by Elmer Blaney Harris. The film stars Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, and Eugene Pallette. The film w ...

'' - First Bus Driver (as Hugh Enfield) *1934: '' I'll Tell the World'' - Aviator (as Hugh Enfield) *1934: '' Let's Be Ritzy'' - Clerk *1934: '' Millionaire for a Day'' - Clerk (as Hugh Enfield) *1934: '' Love Birds'' - Bus Driver *1934: '' Million Dollar Ransom'' - Eddie (as Hugh Enfield) *1935: ''

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'' - Bromley (uncredited) *1935: ''

Four Hours to Kill! ''Four Hours to Kill!'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Richard Barthelmess. Plot Taft, a policeman, has fugitive murderer Tony Mako in custody and in handcuffs, two thousand miles from the prison from whi ...

'' - Frank (as Hugh Enfield) *1935: '' Paris in Spring'' - Alphonse (as Hugh Enfield) *1935: ''

The Case of the Lucky Legs ''The Case of the Lucky Legs'' is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer. Plot Margie Clune wins the "Lucky Legs" beauty contest concocted by Frank Patton, but has trouble c ...

'' - Frank Patton *1935: ''

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'' - Mr. Harry Adams *1935: '' Dangerous'' - Reporter (uncredited) *1936: '' Ceiling Zero'' - Joe Allen *1936: '' The Preview Murder Mystery'' - Actor (uncredited) *1936: '' Boulder Dam'' - Dam Worker (uncredited) *1936: '' Times Square Playboy'' - Joe Roberts *1936: '' His Best Man'' - Joe Roberts *1936: '' Treachery Rides the Range'' - Wade Carter *1936: '' Sons o' Guns'' - Lieut. Burton *1936: '' The Golden Arrow'' - Jorgenson *1936: '' Jailbreak'' - Ken Williams *1936: '' Stage Struck'' - Gilmore Frost *1936: '' The Voice of Scandal'' - Rex Marchbanks *1936: ''

The Case of the Black Cat ''The Case of the Black Cat'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by William C. McGann and an uncredited Alan Crosland, based on the 1935 Perry Mason novel '' The Case of the Caretaker's Cat'' by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Ricard ...

'' - Frank Oafley *1937: ''

Smart Blonde ''Smart Blonde'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, a fast-talking wisecracking female reporter, teaming up with her boyfriend detective Steve McBride, to solve the killing of an ...

'' - Tom Carney *1937: '' The Great O'Malley'' - Motorist Honking Horn *1937: ''

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'' - Roy 'Dude' Hanson *1937: '' Melody for Two'' - William 'Bill' Hallam *1937: '' The Go Getter'' - Sailor on the Macon (uncredited) *1937: ''

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop ''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'' is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It is t ...

'' - Gordon Bixler *1937: ''

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'' - Gambler *1937: ''

The Footloose Heiress ''The Footloose Heiress'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Robertson White. The film stars Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Hugh O'Connell and Teddy Hart. The film was releas ...

'' - Bruce 'Butch' Baeder *1937: '' Back in Circulation'' - 'Snoopy' Davis, a Reporter *1937: ''

The Great Garrick ''The Great Garrick'' is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Melville Cooper, and future s ...

'' - M. Janin *1937: '' Under Suspicion'' - Nelson Dudley *1938: ''Romance Road'' (Short) - Flood *1938: '' Making the Headlines'' - Reporter Steve Withers *1938: '' Female Fugitive'' - Jim Mallory *1938: ''

Romance on the Run ''Romance on the Run'' is a 1938 American comedy crime film directed by Gus Meins and starring Donald Woods and Patricia Ellis. Plot A very expensive necklace known as the "Czarina's Tears" is stolen from Phelps' jewelry shop. The next morn ...

'' - Charlie Cooper *1938: ''

'' - Larry Cummings *1938: ''

Slander House ''Slander House'' is a 1938 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film's producer was Ben Judell of Progressive Pictures, known for low-budget exploitation films with provocative titles; other films released by Progressive the same year ...

'' - Pat Fenton *1938: '' I Am a Criminal'' - Clint Reynolds *1939: '' Navy Secrets'' - CPO Jimmy Woodford *1939: '' The Mystery of Mr. Wong'' - Peter Harrison *1939: '' Wall Street Cowboy'' - Tony McGrath *1939: ''

The Gentleman from Arizona ''The Gentleman from Arizona'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Earl Haley and written by Earl Haley and Jack O'Donnell. The film stars John 'Dusty' King, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Barclay, Ruth Reece, Craig Reynolds and Nora Lane ...

'' - 'Van' Van Wyck *1940: '' Mr. Wong at Headquarters'' - Frank Belden Jr. *1940: ''

Son of the Navy ''Son of the Navy'', also known as ''The Young Recruit'' in the United States, is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jean Parker, James Dunn, and Martin Spellman. Plot Racing to his battleship the USS ''Fl ...

'' - Brad Wheeler *1940: ''

I Take This Oath ''I Take This Oath'' is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Sam Newfield under the pseudonym of Sherman Scott. Featuring Gordon Jones and Joyce Compton, it was the first release by Producers Releasing Corporation. In 1952, Pictorial F ...

'' - Joe Kelly *1944: ''

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'' - Cash Burridge *1945: '' Uncle Harry'' - John Warren *1945: ''

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'' - Bill Endicott *1945: ''

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'' - George - M.M.'s Escort (uncredited) *1946: '' Just Before Dawn'' - Jack Swayne (uncredited) *1946: '' Queen of Burlesque'' - Joe Nolan *1946: '' My Dog Shep'' - W. D. Stanfield, Attorney *1947: ''

The Fabulous Texan ''The Fabulous Texan'' is a 1947 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Lawrence Hazard and Horace McCoy. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, John Carroll (actor), John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Albert Dek ...

'' - State Policeman (uncredited) *1948: ''

The Man from Colorado ''The Man from Colorado'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Henry Levin, produced by Jules Schermer for Columbia Pictures, and starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing during the American Civil War, Willi ...

'' - Parry (uncredited) (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Craig 1907 births 1949 deaths 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Anaheim, California American male film actors American military personnel of World War II Motorcycle road incident deaths Road incident deaths in California Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)