Craig Reynolds

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 Anaheim, California, 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.

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.

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

1929: Coquette - Young Townsman at Dance (uncredited) 1933: The 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 - Football Player (uncredited) 1933: Only Yesterday - Hugh (uncredited) 1933: The Perils of Pauline - Robert Ward (as Robert Allen) 1934: Cross Country Cruise - 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: Rumba - Bromley (uncredited) 1935: Four Hours to Kill! - Frank (as Hugh Enfield) 1935: Paris in Spring - Alphonse (as Hugh Enfield) 1935: The Case of the Lucky Legs - Frank Patton 1935: Man of Iron - 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 (movie AKA:Here Comes Carter) 1936: The Case of the Black Cat - Frank Oafley 1937: Smart Blonde - Tom Carney 1937: The Great O'Malley - Motorist Honking Horn 1937: Penrod and Sam - 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 - Gordon Bixler 1937: Slim - Gambler 1937: The Footloose Heiress - Bruce 'Butch' Baeder 1937: Back in Circulation - 'Snoopy' Davis, a Reporter 1937: The Great Garrick - 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 - Charlie Cooper 1938: Gold Mine in the Sky - Larry Cummings 1938: Slander House - 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 - 'Van' Van Wyck 1940: The Fatal Hour (1940 film) - Frank Belden Jr. 1940: Son of the Navy - Brad Wheeler 1940: I Take This Oath - Joe Kelly 1944: Nevada - Cash Burridge 1945: The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry - John Warren 1945: Divorce - Bill Endicott 1945: The Lost Weekend - 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 - State Policeman (uncredited) 1948: The Man from Colorado - Parry (uncredited) (final film role)