Introduction
Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed 81 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
- Fast Company (1918)
- Western Blood (1918)
- Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918)
- Treat 'Em Rough (1919)
- Overland Red (1920)
- Bullet Proof (1920)
- The Texan (1920)
- Sky High (1922)
- For Big Stakes (1922)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
- Chip of the Flying U (1926)
- The Man in the Saddle (1926)
- The Texas Streak (1926)