Don Reynolds (May 29, 1937 – January 9, 2019) was an American child actor and later an animal trainer.
Born on May 29, 1937, in
Odell, Texas, he began his film career with a small part in ''
The Yellow Rose of Texas'' in 1944. He is most known for playing a Native American boy, "Little Beaver", in four pictures between 1948 and 1951. He was often billed as ''Little Brown Jug''. After appearing in an episode of ''
The Adventures of Kit Carson
''The Adventures of Kit Carson'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series that aired from 1951 to 1955 and consisted of 104 episodes. While airing, the show was shown in over 130 markets and was sold to the Coca-Cola Bott ...
'' in 1951, he ended his professional acting career.
In later life, Reynolds trained animals in movies such as ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' and ''
Santa Claus: The Movie''.
His father, Fess, and half-brother
Sled Reynolds were camel trainers on the made for television movie ''The Three Kings'' (1987). He starred as (Doc Brown) in the western TV web series ''Sundown''.
In 1960, Reynolds married Cynthia Kieschnick.
In 2015, Reynolds was inducted into the
Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame
The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame in Fort Worth, Texas, dedicated to the sport of rodeo.
History
This hall of fame was founded by Johnny Boren. Also contributing to the foundation were a group of Belton, Texas, b ...
.
Filmography
References
External links
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1937 births
2019 deaths
American male child actors
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
Male Western (genre) film actors
Western (genre) television actors
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