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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director, and producer, considered a sex symbol and icon of American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in several different television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). Although Reynolds had leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe (1966), his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played the leading role – often a lovable rogue – in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Semi-Tough (1977), The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and Cannonball Run II (1984), several of which he directed himself. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Reynolds was voted the world's number one box office star for five consecutive years (from 1978 to 1982) in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, a record he shares with Bing Crosby. After a number of box office failures, Reynolds returned to television, starring in the sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), which won him a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His performance as high-minded pornographer Jack Horner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) brought him renewed critical attention, earning him another Golden Globe (for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture), with nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director, and producer, considered a sex symbol and icon of American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in several different television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). Although Reynolds had leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe (1966), his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played the leading role – often a lovable rogue – in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Semi-Tough (1977), The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and Cannonball Run II (1984), several of which he directed himself. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Reynolds was voted the world's number one box office star for five consecutive years (from 1978 to 1982) in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, a record he shares with Bing Crosby. After a number of box office failures, Reynolds returned to television, starring in the sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), which won him a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His performance as high-minded pornographer Jack Horner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) brought him renewed critical attention, earning him another Golden Globe (for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture), with nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Reynolds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Raw
Gunsmoke
Perry Mason
CHiPs
The F.B.I.
Golden Globe Awards
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Twilight Zone
King of the Hill
E! True Hollywood Story
Beverly Hills, 90210
The X-Files
Route 66
The Carol Burnett Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Golden Girls
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
The King of Queens
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Larry Sanders Show
American Dad!
Cybill
Archer
The Oscars
Branded
The Flip Wilson Show
Burn Notice
Johnny Ringo
My Name Is Earl
The Aquanauts
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Daily Show
Playhouse 90
30 for 30
Flipper
Robot Chicken
Emeril
Ed
Silent Movie
The American West
Without a Paddle
Broken Bridges
Gentle Ben
Riverboat
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Dukes of Hazzard
Hope and Gloria
The Longest Yard
The Cherokee Kid
Boogie Nights
Michael Shayne
Striptease
Deliverance
Paternity
Smokey and the Bandit
The Cannonball Run
Fade-In
Hustle
The Longest Yard
Cannonball Run II
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Hooper
Starting Over
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Rough Cut
Evening Shade
Navajo Joe
Production Credits
Amazing Stories
Evening Shade
Hooper
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hustle
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