Career
He was also an on-air spokesman (on both radio and television) for several local businesses. He was also an extra in the wedding scene of the Academy Award winning movie, The Godfather (1972). Professional wrestling
Nationally, Reynolds was known for being a professional wrestling play by play voice.
His first stint announcing wrestling came with the short-lived International Water Association promotion in 1975, which had attempted to establish a national wrestling promotion years before Vince McMahon had done southern
He also worked alongside Pedro Martinez"s son Ron announcing for the Buffalo, New York-based National Wrestling Federation. This experience had apparently served him well, as Reynolds joined the World Wrestling Federation"s broadcast team in September 1984.
He replaced Vince McMahon as the play-by-play announcer for the World Wildlife Fund"s syndicated program All-Star Wrestling, which was being taped at various venues in southern Ontario and repackaged and aired in Canada as Maple Leaf Wrestling. Reynolds and Ventura were also the original hosts of World Wildlife Fund Prime Time Wrestling when it debuted in January 1985 on the United States of America Network.
In addition, during his time with the World Wildlife Fund, Reynolds was the regular play-by-play announcer, paired with Billy Red Lyons as color commentator, for matches taped at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto that aired on Prime Time Wrestling or other World Wildlife Fund programming.
In July 1985, Gorilla Monsoon replaced Reynolds as the play-by-play announcer for All-Star Wrestling and Reynolds left the World Wildlife Fund. Monsoon had also replaced Reynolds as host of Prime Time Wrestling. Post World Wildlife Fund (now WWE) Reynolds continued to work in wrestling, traveling around the world on tours with former World Wildlife Fund stars such as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, King Kong Bundy, Kamala, Brutus Beefcake, and others all throughout the "90s and into the 2000s. Reynolds died at age 71 on Thursday, October 16, 2008.
