Don Reynolds (actor)

Don Reynolds
Born	Don Kay Reynolds May 29, 1937 Odell, Texas, United States
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1944-2003

Don Reynolds (born May 29, 1937), is an American retired child actor and 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 1948-1951. He was often billed as Little Brown Jug. After appearing in an episode of The Adventures of Kit Carson in 1951, he ended his professional acting career.^[1]

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.^[2] Don Reynolds currently stars as (Doc Brown) in the western TV web series Sundown.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1944	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Pinto
1946	Song of Arizona	Brown Jug
	Romance of the West	Little Brown Jug
1947	The Last Round-Up	Indian boy
1948	Whirlwind Raiders	Tommy Ross
1949	Ride, Ryder, Ride!	Little Beaver
	The Red Pony	Little Brown Jug
	Roll, Thunder, Roll!	Little Beaver
	The Fighting Redhead	Little Beaver
	Cowboy and the Prizefighter	Little Beaver
1950	Beyond the Purple Hills	Chip Beaumont
	Streets of Ghost Town	Tommy Donner
1951	Snake River Desperadoes	Little Hawk
1951	The Painted Hills	Red Wing

References

1. "Saddle Pals & Sidekicks". B-westerns.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
2. "Don 'Brown Jug' Reynolds". Memphis Film Festival. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
3. Sundown, 2013-06-07, retrieved 2016-05-31

External links

• Don Reynolds at the Internet Movie Database
• Brown Jug Reynolds at the Internet Movie Database