Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds
Reynolds in 1991
Born	Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (1936-02-11) February 11, 1936 Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer, football player
Years active	1958–present
Spouse(s)	Judy Carne ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1965)​ Loni Anderson ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1993)​
Children	1

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (born February 11, 1936) is an American actor, director, producer and former American football player.

His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of box office films, including The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Boogie Nights (1997).

Early life

Reynolds as Quint Asper in Gunsmoke

Reynolds is the son of Fern H. (née Miller; 1902–1992) and Burton Milo Reynolds (1906–2002). He has Dutch, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and is also said to have Cherokee roots. In his 2014 autobiography But Enough About Me, Reynolds said his mother had Italian ancestry. During his career, Reynolds often claimed to have been born in Waycross, Georgia, but confirmed in 2015 that he was born in Lansing, Michigan. He was born on February 11, 1936, and in his autobiography stated that Lansing is where his family lived when his father was drafted into the United States Army. Reynolds, his mother and sister joined his father at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and lived there for two years. When Reynolds's father was sent to Europe, the family moved to Lake City, Michigan, where his mother had been raised.

In 1946, the family moved to Riviera Beach, Florida. His father became Chief of Police of Riviera Beach, which is adjacent to the north side of West Palm Beach, Florida. During 10th grade at Palm Beach High School, Reynolds was named First Team All State and All Southern as a fullback, and received multiple scholarship offers.

After graduating from Palm Beach High in West Palm Beach, he attended Florida State University on a football scholarship and played halfback. While at Florida State, Reynolds roomed with college football broadcaster and analyst Lee Corso, and also became a brother of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Reynolds hoped to be named to All-American teams and to have a career in professional football, but he suffered a knee injury in the first game of his sophomore season, and later that year he lost his spleen and injured his other knee as a result of a car accident. These injuries hampered Reynolds' abilities on the field, and after being beaten in coverage for the game-winning touchdown in a 7-0 loss to North Carolina State on October 12, 1957, he decided to give up football and pursue a career in acting.

Ending his college football career, Reynolds thought of becoming a police officer, but his father suggested that he finish college and become a parole officer. To keep up with his studies, he began taking classes at Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) in neighboring Lake Worth. In his first term at PBJC, Reynolds was in an English class taught by Watson B. Duncan III. Duncan pushed Reynolds into trying out for a play he was producing, Outward Bound. He cast Reynolds in the lead role based on having heard Reynolds read Shakespeare in class, leading to Reynolds winning the 1956 Florida State Drama Award for his performance. In his autobiography, Reynolds refers to Duncan as his mentor and the most influential person in his life.

Career

Stage

Reynolds with the Citrus Queen at Garnet and Gold Football Game, Florida State University, 1963

The Florida State Drama Award included a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse, a summer stock theater, in Hyde Park, New York. Reynolds saw the opportunity as an agreeable alternative to more physically-demanding summer jobs, but did not yet see acting as a possible career.

While working there, Reynolds met Joanne Woodward, who helped him find an agent, and was cast in Tea and Sympathy at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.

After his Broadway debut Look, We've Come Through, he received favorable reviews for his performance and went on tour with the cast, driving the bus and appearing on stage. After the tour, Reynolds returned to New York and enrolled in acting classes, along with Frank Gifford, Carol Lawrence, Red Buttons and Jan Murray.

After a botched improvisation in acting class, Reynolds briefly considered returning to Florida, but he soon got a part in a revival of Mister Roberts, in which Charlton Heston played the starring role.

After the play closed, the director, John Forsythe, arranged a film audition with Joshua Logan for Reynolds. The film was Sayonara (1957). Reynolds was told that he could not be in the film because he looked too much like Marlon Brando. Logan advised Reynolds to go to Hollywood, but Reynolds did not feel confident enough to do so. He worked in a variety of different jobs, such as waiting tables, washing dishes, driving a delivery truck and as a bouncer at the Roseland Ballroom. While working as a dockworker, Reynolds writes that he was offered $150 to jump through a glass window on a live television show.

Early Television & Riverboat

Reynolds began to guest star on television series such as Flight, M Squad, Schlitz Playhouse, The Lawless Years, Playhouse 90 and Pony Express.

His first big break was a recurring part on the TV series Riverboat (1959-61), starring Darren McGavin. Reynolds appeared in twenty episodes before leaving the show.

He also appeared as a guest on Johnny Ringo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lock Up, Ripcord, The Blue Angels, Michael Shayne, and Zane Grey Theatre.

Early Films

Reynolds made his feature film debut with a part in Angel Baby (1961), a low budget drama starring George Hamilton.

He continued to mostly work in television, appearing on The Aquanauts, and The Brothers Brannagan, then made his second feature, the low-budget war film Armored Command (1961).

Reynolds guest starred in Naked City, Everglades, Route 66, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone.

Gunsmoke and Early Film Leads

Reynolds got another break when given a regular role on the hugely popular series Gunsmoke playing Quint, a blacksmith. He was on the show from 1962-65.

Reynolds was cast in his first feature lead in Operation C.I.A. (1965). He returned to guest starring on TV shows such as Branded, Flipper, and 12 O'Clock High.

Reynolds' second film lead was in Navajo Joe (1966), playing the title role, a spaghetti Western.

Hawk & Growing Stardom

Reynolds was given his own TV show, playing the title character in Hawk (1966). It ran for 17 episodes.

He continued to guest star on shows such as Gentle Ben, The FBI, and Premiere

Saul David considered Reynolds to star in Our Man Flint, but Lew Wasserman rejected him.

He was in an independent film, Fade-In, that was barely released. More widely seen was the Western 100 Rifles (1969), where Reynolds supported Raquel Welch and Jim Brown.

Reynolds was given the lead role in a comic western, Sam Whiskey (1969). He had the lead in Impasse (1969) and Shark!, the latter with director Sam Fuller who disowned the rough cuts.

Neither of these films were particularly successful. Nor was Skullduggery (1970). Reynolds made some TV movies, Hunters Are for Killing (1970) and Run, Simon, Run (1970).

Dan August

Reynolds returned to regular television with Dan August (1970-71) which only ran 26 episodes.

Albert R. Broccoli asked Reynolds to play James Bond, but he turned the role down, saying "An American can't play James Bond. It just can't be done."

Deliverance and Film Stardom

Reynolds made his breakout role in Deliverance and gained notoriety when he appeared in the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan. Reynolds claims the centerfold in Cosmopolitan hurt the chances for the film and cast to receive Academy Awards.

He followed it with Fuzz (1972) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1973) (in which he only had a small role), then had another hit with Shamus (1973), playing the title role.

Reynolds was in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) then had a big hit with White Lightning (1973), an action film. Reynolds called the film "the beginning of a whole series of films made in the South, about the South and for the South. No one cares if the picture was ever distributed north of the Mason-Dixon line because you could make back the cost of the negative just in Memphis alone. Anything outside of that was just gravy."

Reynolds had another success with The Longest Yard (1974), a comic sports film directed by Robert Aldrich. He followed this with a notorious flop, the musical At Long Last Love (1975) directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), a comic action film, was more popular. Lucky Lady (1975) was another notorious flop, despite co-starring Liza Minelli and Gene Hackman. He bounced back commercially with Hustle (1975) directed by Aldrich and had a cameo in the popular Silent Movie (1976).

Director

Reynolds made his directorial debut with Gator (1976), a popular sequel to White Lightning.

He made a second film with Bogdanovich, Nickelodeon (1976) which was a flop.

Smokey and the Bandit and Career Peak

Reynolds was established as a popular star, but soon became the number one ranked star in the country. The film that put him there was the comic action film Smokey and the Bandit (1977), directed by his friend and former stunt man Hal Needham.

From 1977 to 1981, Reynolds topped the Quigley Publications poll of movie exhibitors, who voted him the top box-office attraction in the country. Only Bing Crosby won the poll more consecutive years.

He made Semi-Tough (1978) with Kris Kristofferson, then returned to directing with The End (1978), a black comedy.

More popular was an action comedy done with Needham, Hooper (1978).

Reynolds tried a romantic comedy, Starting Over (1979) written and directed by James L. Brooks, and a heist movie from Don Siegel, Rough Cut (1980). Neither was as popular as two films he did for Needham, Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) or The Cannonball Run (1981), both huge successes.

Reynolds tried romantic comedy again with Paternity (1981) and went back to directing with the action film Sharky's Machine (1981).

Reynolds co-starred with Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), a popular musical. Also well received was a romantic comedy with Goldie Hawn, Best Friends (1982), directed by Norman Jewison.

Stroker Ace and Career Decline

Then came what has seen to be the turning point in Reynolds' career. Brooks offered him a support part in Terms of Endearment (1983) but he turned it down to make Stroker Ace (1983) with Needham. The latter flopped while the former was a box office hit; Jack Nicholson won an Oscar playing the role originally offered to Reynolds. "That's where I lost them," he says of his fans.

Reynolds starred a flop, The Man Who Loved Women (1983) directed by Blake Edwards. The Cannonball Run II (1984) for Needham was a commercial disappointment, as was City Heat (1984) despite co-starring Clint Eastwood.

Stick (1985) which Reynolds directed from an Elmore Leonard novel was a flop, as was Heat (1986), Malone (1987), and Rent-a-Cop (1987) with Liza Minelli.

Reynolds was called in to replace Michael Caine on Switching Channels (1988) and received some good reviews.

Physical Evidence (1989) was poorly received but Breaking In (1989) earned in some good reviews as well.

Return to Television: BL Stryker and Evening Shade

Reynolds and Loni Anderson at the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards

Reynolds returned to television with the lead in B.L. Stryker (1989-90). He had more success with the sitcom Evening Shade (1990-94) which ran for 98 episodes.

In between he had a support role in Modern Love (1990) and a cameo in The Player (1992). He had the lead in a family comedy, Cop and a Half (1993) which was a moderate box office success. The Maddening (1995) was a straight-to-video thriller.

Supporting Actor: Striptease and Boogie Nights

Reynolds had a small role in Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth (1996) and a notable support part in Striptease (1996). He was in Meet Wally Sparks (1997), and Bean (1997), then was cast in Boogie Nights (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.

Reynolds did not get along with Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson and turned down a role in Anderson's next film, Magnolia.

Return to Directing

He had the lead in Big City Blues (1997) and support parts in Pups (1999), and Mystery, Alaska (1999). He was the lead in The Hunter's Moon (2000), and The Crew (2000), as well as The Last Producer (2001) which he also directed.

Reynolds was second lead in Driven (2001) with Sylvester Stallone and Tempted (2001). He was in Hotel (2001), The Hollywood Sign (2001), Time of the Wolf (2002), and The Librarians (2001).

He had support parts in Without a Paddle (2004), the remake of The Longest Yard (2005) and The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), and had the lead in Cloud 9 (2006) and Forget About It (film) (2006).

He supported in Grilled (2006), Broken Bridges (2006), Randy and the Mob (2006), and In the Name of the King (2007). He was second billed in Deal (2008) and the star of A Bunch of Amateurs (2009).

The Last Movie Star

Reynolds received considerable critical acclaim for his lead performance in The Last Movie Star (2017). He played the lead in Miami Love Affair (2017).

Music

In 1973, Reynolds released the album Ask Me What I Am and in 1983 sang along with Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Theatre

On March 15, 1978, Reynolds earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and built a dinner theatre in Jupiter, Florida followed by other franchise locations of the Reynolds Celebrity Dinner Theater including the Beacham Theater in Orlando. His celebrity was such that he drew not only big-name stars to appear in productions, but also to sell out audiences. He sold the venue in the early 1990s, but a museum highlighting his career still operates nearby.

Bankruptcy

Despite much success, Reynolds' finances expired, and he filed for bankruptcy, due in part to an extravagant lifestyle, a divorce from Loni Anderson and failed investments in some Florida restaurant chains in 1996. The filing was under Chapter 11, from which Reynolds emerged two years later.

Author

Reynolds co-authored the children's book Barkley Unleashed A Pirate, a "whimsical tale [that] illustrates the importance of perseverance, the wonders of friendship and the power of imagination". In 2002, he voiced Avery Carrington in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Personal life

Relationships

Reynolds in April 2011

Reynolds' close friends have included Johnny Carson,James Hampton, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tammy Wynette, Lucie Arnaz, Adrienne Barbeau, Tawny Little, Dinah Shore and Chris Evert. Reynolds was married to Judy Carne from 1963 to 1965, and to Loni Anderson from 1988 to 1993. He and Anderson adopted a son, Quinton. He had a relationship for many years with actress Sally Field.

Atlanta nightclub

In the late 1970s, Reynolds opened Burt's Place, a nightclub restaurant in the Omni International Hotel in the Hotel District of Downtown Atlanta.

Sports team owner

In 1982, Reynolds became a co-owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits, a professional American football team in the USFL, whose nickname was inspired by the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy and Skoal Bandit, a primary sponsor for the team as a result of also sponsoring Reynolds' race team. Reynolds also co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team, Mach 1 Racing, with Hal Needham, which ran the #33 Skoal Bandit car with driver Harry Gant.

Health

While filming City Heat, Reynolds was struck in the face with a metal chair and had temporomandibular joint dysfunction. He lost thirty pounds from not eating. The painkillers he was prescribed led to addiction, which took several years to break. Reynolds underwent back surgery in 2009 and a quintuple heart bypass in February 2010.

Financial problems

On August 16, 2011, Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers, claiming Reynolds owed $1.2 million on his home in Hobe Sound, Florida. Reynolds owned the Burt Reynolds Ranch, where scenes for Smokey and the Bandit were filmed and which once had a petting zoo, until its sale during bankruptcy. In April 2014, the 153-acre rural property was rezoned for residential use and the Palm Beach County school system could sell it to residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Angel Baby	Hoke Adams
1961	Armored Command	Ski
1965	Operation C.I.A.	Mark Andrews
1966	Navajo Joe	Joe
1969	100 Rifles	Yaqui Joe Herrera
1969	Sam Whiskey	Sam Whiskey
1969	Impasse	Pat Morrison
1969	Shark!	Caine
1970	Skullduggery	Douglas Temple
1972	Fuzz	Detective Steve Carella
1972	Deliverance	Lewis Medlock
1972	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)	Sperm Switchboard Chief
1973	Shamus	Shamus McCoy
1973	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	Jay Grobart
1973	White Lightning	Gator McKlusky
1974	The Longest Yard	Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
1975	At Long Last Love	Michael Oliver Pritchard III
1975	W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings	W.W. Bright
1975	Lucky Lady	Walker Ellis
1975	Hustle	Lieutenant Phil Gaines	Also executive producer
1976	Silent Movie	Himself	Cameo
1976	Gator	Gator McKlusky	Also director
1976	Nickelodeon	Buck Greenway
1977	Smokey and the Bandit	Bo "Bandit" Darville
1977	Semi-Tough	Billy Clyde Puckett
1978	The End	Wendell Sonny Lawson	Also director
1978	Hooper	Sonny Hooper	Also producer
1979	Starting Over	Phil Potter
1980	Rough Cut	Jack Rhodes
1980	Smokey and the Bandit II	Bo "Bandit" Darville
1981	The Cannonball Run	J.J. McClure
1981	Paternity	Buddy Evans
1981	Sharky's Machine	Sgt. Thomas Sharky	Also director
1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
1982	Best Friends	Richard Babson
1982	Six Pack	Man walking in front of Brewster and Lila	Uncredited cameo
1983	Stroker Ace	Stroker Ace
1983	The Man Who Loved Women	David Fowler
1983	Smokey and the Bandit Part 3	The Real Bandit	Cameo
1984	Cannonball Run II	J.J. McClure
1984	City Heat	Mike Murphy
1985	Stick	Ernest "Stick" Stickley	Also director
1986	Uphill All the Way	Gambler	Uncredited cameo
1986	Heat	Nick Escalante
1987	Malone	Richard Malone
1988	Rent-a-Cop	Tony Church
1988	Switching Channels	John L. Sullivan IV
1989	Physical Evidence	Joe Paris
1989	Breaking In	Ernie Mullins
1989	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
1990	Modern Love	Colonel Frank Parker
1992	The Player	Himself	Cameo
1993	Cop and a Half	Nick McKenna
1995	The Maddening	Roy Scudder
1996	Citizen Ruth	Blaine Gibbons
1996	Striptease	Congressman David Dilbeck
1996	Mad Dog Time	"Wacky" Jacky Jackson
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Lenny Spencer
1997	Bean	General Newton
1997	Boogie Nights	Jack Horner
1997	Big City Blues	Connor	Also co-producer
1999	Pups	Daniel Bender
1999	Stringer	Wolko
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Judge Walter Burns
1999	The Hunter's Moon	Clayton Samuels	Direct-to-DVD
2000	The Crew	Joey "Bats" Pistella
2000	The Last Producer	Sonny Wexler	Also director
2001	Driven	Carl Henry
2001	Tempted	Charlie LeBlanc
2001	Waterproof	Eli Zeal
2001	Hotel	Flamenco Manager
2001	The Hollywood Sign	Kage Mulligan
2002	Time of the Wolf	Archie McGregor
2003	The Librarians	Irish	Uncredited
2004	Without a Paddle	Del Knox
2005	The Longest Yard	Coach Nate Scarborough
2005	The Dukes of Hazzard	Boss Hogg
2005	The Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Narrator (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2006	Cloud 9	Billy Cole
2006	End Game	General Montgomery
2006	Forget About It	Sam LeFleur
2006	Grilled	Goldbluth
2006	Broken Bridges	Jake Delton
2007	Randy and the Mob	Elmore Culpepper	Uncredited cameo
2007	In the Name of the King	King Konreid
2008	Deal	Tommy Vinson
2008	Delgo	Delgo's Father (voice)
2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Jefferson Steele
2011	Not Another Not Another Movie	C.J. Waters
2014	A Magic Christmas	Buster (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2015	Pocket Listing	Ron Glass
2015	Hamlet & Hutch	Papa Hutch	Direct-to-DVD
2016	Hollow Creek	Seagrass Lambert	Direct-to-DVD
2016	Elbow Grease	Grandpa Barnes
2016	Shangri La Suite	Narrator (voice)
2017	Apple of My Eye	Charlie	Direct-to-DVD
2017	The Last Movie Star	Vic Edwards
2017	Miami Love Affair	Robert
2017	Henri	George Duncan
2018	Shadow Fighter	Paddy Grier	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Flight	Captain Sam Allen / Captain Jack Hilyard	2 episodes
1959	M Squad	Peter Marashi	Episode: "The Teacher"
1959	The Lawless Years	Tony Sappio	Episode: "The Payoff"
1959	Pony Express	Adam	Episode: "The Good Samaritan"
1959–60	Riverboat	Ben Frazer	20 episodes
1959–60	Playhouse 90	Ace / The Actor	2 episodes
1960	Johnny Ringo	Tad Stuart	Episode: "The Stranger"
1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Bill Davis	Episode: "Escape to Sonoita"
1960	Lock-Up	Latchard Duncan	Episode: "The Case of Alexis George"
1960–61	The Blue Angels	Chuck / Corman	2 episodes
1960–61	The Aquanauts	Leo / Jimmy	2 episodes
1961	Ripcord	The Assassin	Episode: "Crime Jump"
1961	Michael Shayne	Jerry Turner	Episode: "The Boat Caper"
1961	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Branch Taylor	Episode: "Man from Everywhere"
1961	The Brothers Brannagan	Abelard	Episode: "Bordertown"
1961	Naked City	Young Man	Episode: "Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon"
1961–62	The Everglades	Trask / Lew Johnson	2 episodes
1962	Route 66	Tommy	Episode: "Love Is a Skinny Kid"
1962	Perry Mason	Chuck Blair	Episode: "The Case of the Counterfeit Crank"
1962–65	Gunsmoke	Quint Asper	50 episodes
1963	The Twilight Zone	Rocky Rhodes	Episode: "The Bard"
1965	Branded	Red Hand	Episode: "Now Join the Human Race"
1965	Flipper	Al Bardeman	2 episodes
1965; 1968	The F.B.I.	John Duquesne / Michael Murtaugh	2 episodes
1966	Hawk	Detective Lt. John Hawk	17 episodes
1967	Gentle Ben	Pilot	Episode: "Voice from the Wilderness"
1968	Premiere	Pete Lassiter	Episode: "Lassiter"
1968	Fade In	Rob	Television film
1970	Love, American Style	Stanley Dunbar	Episode: "Love and the Banned Book"
1970–71	Dan August	Dan August	26 episodes
1986	The Golden Girls	Himself	Episode: "Ladies of the Evening"
1987–91	Out of This World	Troy Garland (voice)	95 episodes
1989–90	B.L. Stryker	B.L. Stryker	12 episodes; also co-executive producer and director
1990–94	Evening Shade	Wood Newton	98 episodes; also co-executive producer and director
1993	Beverly Hills, 90210	Himself	Episode: "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"
1993	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "The Grand Opening"
1993	The Man from Left Field	Jack Robinson	Television film; also director
1995	Amazing Grace	Josiah Carey	Episode: "Hallelujah"
1995	Hope and Gloria	Himself	Episode: "Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me"
1995	Cybill	Himself	Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone"
1996	The Cherokee Kid	Otter Bob the Mountain Man	Television film
1997	King of the Hill	M.F. Thatherton (voice)	Episode: "The Company Man"
1997	Duckman	Judge Keaton (voice)	Episode: "Das Sub"
1998	Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms	CIA Deputy Director Mentor	Television film
1998	Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business	CIA Deputy Director Mentor	Television film
1998	Hard Time	Detective Logan McQueen	Television film; also director
2001	Emeril	Himself	Episode: "The Sidekick"
2002	The X-Files	Mr. Burt	Episode: "Improbable"
2002	Miss Lettie and Me	Samuel Madison	Television film
2003–04	Ed	Russ Burton	2 episodes
2005	The King of Queens	Coach Walcott	Episode: "Hi, School"
2005	Robot Chicken	J.J. McClure / Himself (voices)	Episode: "Gold Dust Gasoline"
2005	Duck Dodgers	Royal Serpenti (voice)	Episode: "Master & Disaster/All in the Crime Family"
2006	Freddie	Carl Crane Pool	Episode: "Mother of All Grandfathers"
2006–07; 2009	My Name Is Earl	Chubby	3 episodes
2010	Burn Notice	Paul Anderson	Episode: "Past & Future Tense"
2011	American Dad!	Senator Buckingham (voice)	Episode: "School Lies"
2011	Reel Love	Wade Whitman	Television film
2012	Archer	Himself (voice)	Episode: "The Man from Jupiter"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Avery Carrington
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Himself (The Mayor)

Discography

• Ask Me What I Am (1973)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album	Songwriter
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1980	"Let's Do Something Cheap and Superficial"	51	88	33	Smokey and the Bandit II Soundtrack	Richard Levinson

Accolades

Awards and nominations for acting

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1971	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Dan August	Nominated
1975		Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Longest Yard	Nominated
1980			Starting Over	Nominated
	American Movie Awards	Favorite Film Star – Male	—	Won
1991	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Evening Shade	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series		Won
	Viewers For Quality Television	Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series		Won
	Golden Boot Awards	Golden Boot		Won
1992	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series		Won
1993	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated
1997	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Boogie Nights	2nd place
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor		Won
1998	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture		Won
	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Cast		Won
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture		Won
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated

Other honors

• 1978: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
• 2000: Children at Heart Award
• 2003: Atlanta IMAGE Film and Video Award

Further reading

• Reynolds, Burt. (1994) My Life. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-6130-4
• Anderson, Loni. (1997) My Life in High Heels. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-380-72854-1
• Reynolds, Burt. (2015) But Enough About Me: A Memoir. G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-3991-7354-4

External links

• Burt Reynolds at IMDb
• Burt Reynolds at the TCM Movie Database
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• Burt Reynolds on Charlie Rose
• Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum
• "Show Business: Frog Prince" 'Time' August 21, 1972
• "Burt Reynolds" at Florida State University
• Pictures and commentary on Burt Reynolds filming the episode of Zane Grey Theatre titled Man From Everywhere on the Iverson Movie Ranch
• Iverson Movie Ranch: History, vintage photos.
• Burt Reynolds' promotional photo shoot for Gunsmoke in 1962
• Zeman, Ned. "Burt Reynolds Isn’t Broke, but He’s Got a Few Regrets," Vanity Fair, December 2015 – interview and photographs