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Kelly Reno (born June 19, 1966)[1] is a former child actor, rancher, and trucker. At age 11, he was cast in the role of Alec Ramsey, the young boy who is marooned on a deserted island along with an Arabian horse,[2] in The Black Stallion (based on the novel by Walter Farley).

Kelly Reno
Born	(1966-06-19) June 19, 1966 (age 56) Pueblo, Colorado, US
Occupation	Actor, rancher, trucker
Years active	1979–1985
Spouses	Lynette Tuttle ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1996)​ Annette Crump ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2005)​ Dawn Hickey ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	4

Early life, family and education

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Reno was born in Pueblo, Colorado. His parents, Bud and Ruth, were cattle ranchers.[2] He graduated from high school in 1984.[2]

Career

After responding to an open casting call, he was cast at age 13[2] as the main character, Alec Ramsey, in The Black Stallion. Directed by Carroll Ballard and co-starring Mickey Rooney and Teri Garr, the film was made in 1979. Reno did nearly all of his own action scenes in the movie.[3] He reprised the role in the 1983 film adaptation of Farley's The Black Stallion Returns much of which was filmed in Morocco.[2]

He performed as an Alamo messenger who travels through time in "Alamo Jobe", a 1985 episode in Steven Spielberg's anthology TV series Amazing Stories.

After graduating high school, Reno was driving a pick-up truck that was hit by a semi-truck. The resultant injuries were severe, and the long recovery time squelched his acting career. After 20 years as a cattle rancher, Reno became a semi-truck driver.

Personal life

Reno married in 1986 and had three children Ryan, Raelyn, and Justin with Lynette Tuttle. They divorced in 1996.[4] They were reported to be residents of the Pueblo, Colorado, area.[2] He later married second wife Annette Crump in 1994 and divorced two years later. He married his current wife, Dawn Hickey in 2007.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Notes	Role
1979	The Black Stallion		Alec Ramsey
1983	The Black Stallion Returns
	Brady's Escape		Miki
2021	No Man's Law		Kelly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Merv Griffin Show	Himself
1985	Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)	Alamo Jobe

References

Bibliography

• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 372–373.

External links

• Kelly Reno at IMDb

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