Don Reynolds
Actor · Died January 9, 2019, aged 81 · Odell, Texas, USA
Don Reynold, 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. 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
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 29, 1937
- January 9, 2019 (aged 81)
- Odell, Texas, USA
- Actor
- 6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Don Reynolds' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Little Beaver in The Fighting Redhead (1949)
- Allyas Little Beaver in Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Don Reynolds' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Don Reynolds' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Kaleidoscope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Snake River Desperadoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Beyond the Purple Hills(1950)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Fighting Redhead(1949)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Roll, Thunder, Roll!(1949)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Red Pony(1949)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Ride, Ryder, Ride! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Whirlwind Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Romance of the West(1946)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1946 to 1987.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Don Reynolds' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Don Reynolds work with?
People who share at least 2 of Don Reynolds' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Emmett Lynn shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Lewis D. CollinsShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Lewis D. Collins
Writers
- Fred HarmanShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Fred Harman
Actors
- Emmett LynnShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949), Romance of the West (1946)See all 4 shared titles with Emmett Lynn
- Forrest TaylorShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949), Romance of the West (1946)See all 3 shared titles with Forrest Taylor
- Jim BannonShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Bannon
- Lane BradfordShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Lane Bradford
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Gilbert WarrentonShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Gilbert Warrenton
- Joseph GluckShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Gluck
- Raoul KraushaarShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Raoul Kraushaar
Producers
- Jack SchwarzShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Schwarz
- Jerry ThomasShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Jerry Thomas
- Bartlett A. CarreShared titles: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), The Fighting Redhead (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Bartlett A. Carre