Steve "Peg" Reynolds
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Steve "Peg" Reynolds (1892–1945) was an actor and stuntman in the United States. He was African-American.[1] Despite missing most of his right leg, hence his nickname Peg, he performed in many action sequences, often as comedic relief, but also in heroic roles.[2]
Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia, on July 7 of 1892. It is not clear how he lost his leg. His 1917 World War I draft registration card lists the leg as missing. He became a friend of silent filmmaker Richard Norman, founder of Norman Studios, and appeared in all of Norman's race films, which featured an all-Black cast. Reynolds was billed as "the one-legged marvel" "who does stunts that no two-legged man can do." His stunts include "hopping moving trains, climbing on to rooftops and chasing a villain’s speeding car down a dirt road riding a bicycle while shooting at the car with a rifle hidden in his trusty crutch."[3]
An advertisement for the 1922 film The Crimson Skull describes him as "the one-legged Marvel."
Reynolds died in 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida.[1]
