William de Clerq Reynolds (né Regnolds; December 9, 1931 – August 24, 2022) Television and film actor best known for his role as Special Agent Tom Colby in the 1960s television series The F.B.I. and his film and television roles during the 1950s through the 1970s.
Reynolds became tired of his dull, stereotyped roles in the movies and began his move to television in 1958 when he guest starred in the episode "Holiday at Hollow Rock" of the Maverick TV series with James Garner. He also played the lead actor in another episode, The Cure For Johnny Rain.
In 1959, he played the title role in Pete Kelly's Blues. During this series, he developed a close friendship with actor and producer Jack Webb. In 1960–1961, he starred as Sandy Wade on the ABC/Warner Bros. television series The Islanders. He also guest starred in 1961 as Jerry Bolton on the episode "Nobody's Millions" of another ABC/WB drama series, The Roaring 20s.
In 1961, Reynolds appeared as Johnny Tremayne in an episode of Cheyenne “The Brahma Bull”. In 1962–1963, Reynolds costarred on ABC's The Gallant Men. He then played Hoodoo Henderson as an adult in 1966's Walt Disney film Follow Me, Boys!.
Two years with no acting jobs led Reynolds to enhance his education, and he passed the examinations to become a lawyer specializing in real estate.
Reynolds caught his big break co-starring with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., in another ABC series, the long-running The F.B.I.. Reynolds first made guest appearances in seasons one and two in 1966, before he appeared as series regular Special Agent Tom Colby from 1967 to 1973. He was replaced by actor Shelly Novack for the final season, because the network considered Reynolds, then at the age of forty-one, too old for the part. Still, he managed to make two appearances as Colby in the ninth season (1973–74), which included the final network-aired episode, a rerun of "The Animal," on September 8, 1974.
He also appeared in guest roles in Jack Webb-produced shows such as Dragnet, and in other series of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, starring in the episode "The Purple Testament" (Season 1, Episode 19).
Reynolds left show business after The F.B.I. ended its run and became a businessman. In 2004, he made an appearance at a Twilight Zone convention in Los Angeles. (Wikipedia)
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Play ▶ The F.B.I.-S1-E11: All The Streets Are Silent (1965)
The role of Michael Murtaugh in this episode, played by Burt Reynolds, was played by Leonardo DiCaprio's character Rick Dalton when this episode was recreated for Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (2019). Ironically, Burt Reynolds was supposed to play the part of George Spahn in Tarantino's film, but he died before it was shot and Bruce Dern took over the role.
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Vintage board and card games:
G-Men, 1936, a card game by Carolyn Wells, named after the gangster slang for “government men,” the feds
F.B.I., 1958, by Francisco Rosselló, published in Barcelona
The F.B.I. Game, 1963, by Tansogram, 2 alternate box covers & shapes, from a series of games themed around Random House’s Landmark books for children (The F.B.I. was Landmark book #46 by Quentin Reynolds, 1954)
FBI Crime Resistance Game, 1976, from Milton Bradley, including the “FBI Crime Resistance” self-help booklet to teach you how to “Be aware of burglary--street crime--fraud. Don’t be a VICTIM!”
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