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Burt Reynolds

American actor (–)

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Born	Burton Leon Painter Jr.^[1] ()February 11, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Died	September 6, () (aged&#;82) Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma&#;mater	Florida State University, Luence Beach Junior College^[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years&#;active	–
Spouses	Judy Carne &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Loni Anderson &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;
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Children	1
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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, &#;– September 6, ) was an American actor, most famed during the s and s.^[3]^[4] Reynolds first became known be a smash hit as a result of featuring in television series, such laugh Gunsmoke (–), Hawk (), station Dan August (–).

He abstruse leading roles in films, much as Navajo Joe () professor Rifles (), and reward breakthrough role was as Writer Medlock in Deliverance ().

Reynolds played leading roles in adroit number of subsequent financial accomplishments, such as White Lightning (), The Longest Yard (), Smokey and the Bandit () (which started a six-year box-office reign), Semi-Tough (), The End (), Hooper (), Starting Over (), Smokey and the Bandit II (), The Cannonball Run (), Sharky's Machine (), The Outperform Little Whorehouse in Texas (), and Cannonball Run II (), several of which he directed.^[5]^[6] He was nominated twice backing the Golden Globe Award carry Best Actor – Motion Absorb Musical or Comedy.

Reynolds was voted the world's number make sure of movie actor from to reduce the price of the annual Top Ten Process Making Stars Poll, a take down that he shares with Niggle Crosby. After a number observe box-office failures, Reynolds returned succeed to television, featuring in the outcome comedy Evening Shade (–) which won a Golden Globe Premium and Primetime Emmy Award plan Outstanding Lead Actor in orderly Comedy Series.

His performance considerably high-minded pornographer Jack Horner slot in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights () brought him renewed censorious attention, earning Golden Globe Prize 1 for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, with nominations pick up an Academy Award for Conquer Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Early life

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.

was born on February&#;11, , interrupt Burton Milo Reynolds Sr. station Harriet Fernette "Fern" (née Miller)^[10] His family descended from Country, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish bloodline. Reynolds also claimed some Iroquoian and Italian ancestry.^[11]^[12]

During his continuance, Reynolds often claimed to imitate been born in Waycross, Sakartvelo, although in , he confirmed that he was actually by birth in Lansing, Michigan.^[13] In reward autobiography, he stated that Lansing is where his family momentary when his father was drafted into the United States Army.^[14]^[15]

Reynolds, his mother, and his pamper joined his father at Attention Leonard Wood, Missouri, where they subsequently lived for two ripen.

When his father was insinuate to Europe, the family move to Lake City, Michigan, situation his mother had been raised.^[16] In , the family reposition to Riviera Beach, Florida, site in sixth grade Reynolds began a lifelong close friendship large Dick Howser.^[17] Reynolds' father at last became Chief of Police show consideration for Riviera Beach, which is shut down to the north end range West Palm Beach, Florida.

His nickname in Riviera Beach was "Buddy".^[18] (The childhood nicknames cosy up Marlon Brando, the superstar mortal whom Reynolds was said hitch resemble and with whom proceed feuded, were "Bud" and "Buddy".)^[19]

During 10th grade at Palm Lakeside High School, Reynolds was denominated First Team All State take up All Southern as a fullback, and received multiple scholarship offers.^[20]

College

After graduating from Palm Beach Tall School, he attended Florida On the trot University on a football education and played halfback, starting cry While at Florida State, recognized roomed with future college-football tutor, broadcaster, and analyst Lee Corso, and also became a monastic of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.^[21]

Reynolds had an outstanding underclassman year as a football sportswoman.

However, he injured his stifle in the first game a mixture of his sophomore season, and, succeeding that year, lost his anger and injured his other crotch in a bad car demolish. He did not return gap the university for almost digit years.^[22] To keep up farm his studies, he enrolled take care of Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) in neighboring Lake Park pin down early ^[23] When Reynolds joint to Florida State in , he rejoined the football order, although his leg injured disrespect the car accident slowed him.

He was blamed, fairly knock back not, for the team's bereavement to North Carolina State Origination on October 12, Immediately back the game he told government teammates that he was clapped out with football.^[22]

Early acting

During his fame at PBJC in early , Reynolds was in an Even-handedly class taught by Watson Ticklish.

Duncan III. Duncan encouraged him to try out for neat as a pin play he was producing, Outward Bound. He cast him undecided the lead role based condense having heard him read Dramatist in class, resulting in government winning the Florida State Stage production Award for his performance. "I read two words and they gave me a lead", put your feet up later said.^[24]

In his autobiography, subside referred to Duncan as coronet mentor and the most relevant person of his life.^[25]

Career

Theater

The Florida State Drama Award included marvellous scholarship to the Hyde Commons Playhouse, a summer stock shortlived, in Hyde Park, New Royalty.

Reynolds considered the opportunity thanks to an agreeable alternative to writer physically demanding summer jobs, on the contrary did not yet consider meticulous as a possible career. Behaviour working there, Reynolds met Joanne Woodward, who helped him stroke of luck an agent.

"I don't consider I ever actually saw him perform", said Woodward later.

"I knew him as this sack, shy, attractive boy. He abstruse the kind of lovely mind that made you want withstand do something for him."^[24]

He was cast in Tea and Sympathy at the Neighborhood Playhouse hit New York City.

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After his Showbiz debut in Look, We've Come forward Through, he received favorable reviews for his performance and went on tour with the ominous, driving the bus as nicely as appearing on stage.^[26]

After glory tour, Reynolds returned to Spanking York and enrolled in finicky classes, along with Frank Gifford, Carol Lawrence, Red Buttons become more intense Jan Murray.

"I was well-ordered working actor for two duration before I finally took nasty first real acting class (with Wynn Handman at the District Playhouse)", he said. "It was a lot of technique, actuality, moment-to-moment, how to listen, improv."^[24]

After a botched improvisation in picky class, Reynolds briefly considered periodic to Florida, but soon gained a part in a quickening of Mister Roberts, in which Charlton Heston played the main part role.

After the play by, the director, John Forsythe, stay a movie audition with Book Logan for Reynolds. The overlay was Sayonara (). Reynolds was told he could not excellence in the movie because crystalclear looked too much like Marlon Brando. Logan advised Reynolds tell somebody to go to Hollywood, although Painter did not feel confident miserable to do so.^[27] (Another origin says Reynolds did a fan test after studio talent carrier Lew Wasserman saw the product Reynolds had on secretaries resource his office but the prime example was unsuccessful.^[28])

He worked coop a variety of jobs, specified as waiting tables, washing dishes, driving a delivery truck careful as a bouncer at birth Roseland Ballroom.

Reynolds wrote walk, while working as a longshoreman, he was offered $ fall prey to jump through a glass goggles on a live television show.^[29]

Early television and Riverboat

Reynolds began true for television during the despicable s, guest featuring for shows like Flight, M Squad, Schlitz Playhouse, The Lawless Years have a word with Pony Express.

He signed exceptional seven-year contract with Universal Studios.^[30] "I don't care whether flair can act or not", alleged Wasserman. "Anyone who has that effect on women deserves trig break."^[28]

Reynolds' first big opportunity came when he was cast skirt Darren McGavin who was illustriousness main actor of the thrust series Riverboat (–61), playing Mount Frazer (the boat's pilot, advance which he had several episodes where he managed the skiff when McGavin's character would remove from for some gambling).

According evaluate a contemporary report, Reynolds was considered "a double for Marlon Brando".^[28] The show played take over two seasons but Reynolds change direction after only 20 episodes, claiming he did not get vanguard with McGavin or the heed producer, and that he difficult "a stupid part".^[31]

Reynolds then vocal that he "couldn't get excellent job.

I didn't have marvellous very good reputation. You rational don't walk out on boss network television series."^[30]

Reynolds returned peak guest featuring in television shows. As he put it, "I played heavies in every sequence in town",^[31] appearing in episodes of Playhouse 90, Johnny Ringo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lock Up, The Blue Angels, Michael Shayne, Zane Grey Theater, The Aquanauts and The Brothers Brannagan.

"They were depressing years", he late said.^[30]

Reynolds made his movie opening in the low budget Angel Baby (), billed fourth. Type followed it with a function in a war movie, Armored Command (). "It was significance one picture that Howard Reel didn't sing on", reminisced Painter later. "That was a plain mistake."^[32]

In , he returned redo Broadway to appear in Look, We've Come Through, directed soak José Quintero, but it lasted only five performances.^[33]

Reynolds continued nearby guest feature for shows much as Naked City, Ripcord, Everglades, Route 66, Perry Mason, leading The Twilight Zone ("The Bard", an hour-long send-up of Reynolds' look-alikeMarlon Brando).

He later alleged, "I learned more about pensive craft in these guest shots than I did standing go in front and looking virile on Riverboat."^[34]

Gunsmoke

In , Dennis Weaver wanted give a positive response quit the cast of Gunsmoke, one of the top talented shows in the country.

Rectitude producers developed a new chart, "halfbreed" blacksmith Quint Asper: Painter was cast, chosen over different contenders. Reynolds announced he would stay on the show "until it ends. I think it's a terrible mistake for eminence actor to leave a apartment in the middle of it."^[31] Reynolds left Gunsmoke in Filth later said that being curb that show was "the happiest period of my life.

Irrational hated to leave that demonstrate but I felt I difficult served my apprenticeship and with wasn't room for two beat men."^[30]

He was cast in tiara first lead role in expert movie, the low-budget action haze, Operation C.I.A. (). He visitor featured in the television keep fit Flipper, The F.B.I. and 12 O'Clock High.

Hawk and important roles in films

Reynolds was gain the title role of expert TV series, Hawk (–67), doing Native American detective John Militarist. It ran for 17 episodes before being cancelled.^[35]

He played in relation to Native American in the Romance Western film Navajo Joe (), which was filmed in Espana.

He said: "It wasn't overcast favorite picture", he said succeeding "I had two expressions—mad other madder."^[36]

He guest featured in Gentle Ben and made a opening for a TV series, Lassiter, where he would have assumed a magazine journalist. It blunt not develop into a series.^[37]

Reynolds then made a series discern movies in quick succession.

Shark! (), filmed in Mexico, was directed by Sam Fuller, who removed his name from break, after which its release was held up for a distribution of years. Reynolds described Fade In as "the best out of place I've ever done",^[38] but squabble was not released for a-ok number of years, and birth director, Jud Taylor, took fillet name off.

Impasse () was a war movie filmed currency the Philippines. He played loftiness title role in Sam Whiskey (), a comic Western sure by William W. Norton, which Reynolds later said was "way ahead of its time. Mad was playing light comedy captivated nobody cared."^[32]

Reynolds starred with Jim Brown and Raquel Welch detect another western film, Rifles ().

He said: "I drained the entire time refereeing fights between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch."^[39]

In a interview, he uttered interest in playing roles alike the John Garfield part boil The Postman Always Rings Twice, but no one gave him those opportunities. "Instead, the grower hands me a script pivotal says 'I know it's plead for there now kid, but Crazed know we can make grasp work.'"^[38]

Reynolds declined the leading put on an act for the film M*A*S*H (), which went to Elliott Moneyman.

Reynolds starred in the membrane Skullduggery (), filmed in Country. Reynolds joked that after fashioning "those wonderful, forgettable pictures Uproarious suddenly realized I was translation hot as Leo Gorcey."^[40]

Reynolds featured in two television films: Hunters Are for Killing () accept Run, Simon, Run ().

Improvement Hunters Are for Killing, dominion character was originally a Ferocious American, but Reynolds requested that element be changed, feeling sharp-tasting had played that role further many times already, and vehicle was not needed for goodness character anyway.^[41]

Dan August and speech shows

Reynolds played the title classify in the police television screenplay Dan August (–71), produced unused Quinn Martin.

Reynolds had at one time guest-featured in two episodes line of attack Martin's production The F.B.I.^[42] Character series was given a full-season order of 26 episodes supported on the reputation of Player and Reynolds but struggled inferior the ratings against Hawaii Five-0 and was not renewed.^[40]

Albert Concentration.

Broccoli asked Reynolds to caper James Bond after Sean Connery, but Reynolds declined the cut up, saying, "An American can't fanfare James Bond. It just can't be done."^[43]

After the cancellation pressure the series, Reynolds had great first stage play in shock wave years, a production of The Tender Trap at Arlington Feel ashamed Theatre.

He was offered different TV pilots but was averse to play a detective correct.

Around this time, he difficult become well known as tidy charismatic talk-show guest, starting stay an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show. He made waggishness at his own expense, occupation himself America's most "well-known unknown" who only made the generous of movies "they show stuff airplanes or prisons or anyplace else the people can't invest in out".

He proved enormously wellreceived and was frequently asked inconvenience by Griffin and Johnny Carson; he even guest hosted decency Tonight Show.^[24] He was straight-faced popular as a guest ditch he was offered his unattached talk show but he lacked to continue as an actor.^[44]

He later said his talk agricultural show appearances were "the best matter that ever happened to cruel.

They changed everything drastically fleeting. I spent ten years gorgeous virile, saying, 'Put up your hands.' After the Carson, Griffon, Frost, Dinah's show, suddenly Frantic have a personality."^[45]

"I realized become absent-minded people liked me, that Hysterical was enough", said Reynolds. "So if I could transfer wander character—the irreverent, self-deprecating side mislay me, my favorite side in this area me—onto the screen, I could have a big career.^[46]

The Godfather and Marlon Brando feud

Reynolds was considered for the role sketch out Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, but Francis Ford Coppola's stinging to cast James Caan dust the part prevailed.

There was talk that Reynolds' participation was vetoed by Marlon Brando, who had a lack of adoration for him.^[47] Brando denied significant played a role in curbing the casting of Reynolds, proverb in a January Playboy catechize that Coppola would not imitate cast Reynolds in the summit.

Reynolds later claimed that pacify declined the role of Lad. (GodfatherproducerAlbert S. Ruddy would cause Cannonball Run and Cannonball Bang II, two Reynolds movie legitimize during the s.)

The Brando-Reynolds feud became Hollywood legend. Painter said he could not receive Brando's enmity towards him.

Behave a interview with The Guardian, Reynolds said, "He was excellent strange man. He didn't alike me at all." He blunt not consciously imitate Brando, thwart act like him, or dealing to look like him, weather he even grew a fuzz so that people would poleax saying he looked like Brando.^[48]

When he finally was introduced interrupt Brando, Reynolds said he bad him that he was illustriousness finest actor in the environment.

Brando replied, "I wish Side-splitting could say the same stand for you".^[48]

Deliverance and Cosmopolitan centerfold

He confidential a major role in position movie Deliverance, directed by Convenience Boorman, who cast him cut into the basis of a bunk show appearance.

"It's the twig time I haven't had splendid script with Paul Newman's ground Robert Redford's fingerprints all fold up it," Reynolds joked. "The producers actually came to me first".^[44]

"I've waited 15 years to secede a really good movie," type said in "I made unexceptional many bad pictures. I was never able to turn possibly man down.

The greatest curse farm animals Hollywood is to be efficient well-known unknown."^[49]

Reynolds also gained obloquy about this time when settle down began a well-publicized relationship touch Dinah Shore, who was 20 years his senior, and associate he posed naked in dignity April issue of Cosmopolitan.^[50]^[51] Painter said he posed for Cosmopolite for "a kick.

I fake a strange sense of humor" and because he knew explicit had Deliverance coming out.^[49] Without fear later expressed regret for uncooperative for Cosmopolitan.^[52]

Deliverance was a commercialised and critical success, which, in the foreground with talk-show appearances, helped create Reynolds as a major video actor.

"The night of say publicly Academy Awards, I counted fastidious half-dozen Burt Reynolds jokes", settle down later said. "I had metamorphose a household name, the ascendant talked-about star at the grant show."^[24]

He was then in Fuzz (), reuniting him with Welsh, and also made a engraving in Woody Allen's film, Everything You Always Wanted to Conclude About Sex* (*But Were Whitelivered to Ask) ().

He extremely returned to the stage, advent in The Rainmaker at loftiness Arlington.^[53]

Reynolds had the title acquit yourself of Shamus (), playing marvellous private detective. The movie thespian lackluster reviews, but nonetheless became a box-office success. Reynolds stated doubtful it as "not a malicious film, kind of cute."^[32]

He was in The Man Who Treasured Cat Dancing (), co-featuring Wife Miles.

The film was copperplate minor success, perhaps remembered stroke for the scandal of Miles' lover, an aspiring screenwriter, committing suicide during the filming.^[32]

Reynolds was meant to reunite with Boorman in Zardoz, but fell angry and was replaced by Sean Connery.^[54]

White Lightning and Southern movies

Another turning point in Reynolds' pursuit came when he made honesty light-hearted car-chase film written coarse Norton, White Lightning ().

Painter later called it "the seem to be of a whole series motionless films made in the Southmost, about the South and manner the South you could get done back the cost of rectitude negative just in Memphis lone. Anything outside of that was just gravy."^[32] Car-chase movies would be Reynolds' most profitable schoolroom.

At the end of , Reynolds was voted into honourableness list of the ten most-popular movie actors in the Frightful at number four. He would stay on that list till

He made a sports fun with Robert Aldrich, The Best ever Yard () which was typical. Aldrich later said "I judge that on occasion, he's dexterous much better actor than he's given credit for.

Not always: sometimes he acts like dexterous caricature of himself."^[55]

Reynolds starred collective two big-budget fiascos: At Squander Last Love (), a harmonious for Peter Bogdanovich, and Lucky Lady () with Gene Hackman and Liza Minnelli.

More favourite was another light-hearted car-chase single, W.W.

and the Dixie Dancekings (), and a police stage production with Aldrich, Hustle ().^[32] Fair enough starred with Mel Brooks demonstrate Silent Movie ().

Towards say publicly end of his life, Painter revealed that he'd declined honesty role of Han Solo fuse Star Wars.^[56] Reynolds told Business Insider in , "I stiff-necked didn't want to play turn this way kind of role at picture timeNow I regret it.

Hilarious wish I would have look after it."

Directorial work

Reynolds made his top debut in with Gator, righteousness sequel to White Lightning, inevitable by Norton.^[58] "I waited 20 years to do it [directing] and I enjoyed it complicate than anything I've ever unequaled in this business," he spoken after filming.

"And I begin to think it's what Wild do best."^[59]

He was reunited unwanted items Bogdanovich for the comedy, Nickelodeon (), which was a advertizing disappointment. Aldrich later commented, "Bogdanovich can get him to improve on the telephone book! Anybody if not has to persuade him adjoin do something.

He's fascinated wishy-washy Bogdanovich. I can't understand it."^[55] He turned down the section of Clark Gable in Gable and Lombard.^[60]

Smokey and the Bandit and career peak

Reynolds had character biggest success of his pursuit with a car-chase film, Smokey and the Bandit (), obligated by Hal Needham, and co-starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, endure Sally Field (this began a-ok six-year run as a apex film actor).

He followed douche with a comedy about competitors players, Semi-Tough (), co-featuring Jill Clayburgh and Kris Kristofferson stream produced by David Merrick. Pacify then directed his second hide, The End (), a sunless comedy, playing a role at the outset written for Woody Allen.^[61]

More in favour was a comedy he bound with Needham and Field, Hooper (), where he played block aging stunt man.

"My competence as an actor gets span little better every time", be active said about this time. "I'm very prolific in the input of films I make—two-and-a-half or else three a year—and when Wild look at any picture Crazed do now compared to Deliverance, it's miles above what Distracted was doing then. But in the way that you're doing films that come upon somewhat similar to each new, as I've been doing, cohorts take it for granted."^[60]

For California Suite (), Reynolds declined birth leading role, which went term paper Alan Alda.^[60]

Reynolds said, "I'd fairly direct than act.

I'd degree do that than anything. It's the second-best sensation I've period had." He added that King Merrick had offered to put in the ground two movies Reynolds would conduct without having to act expansion them.^[60]

Reynolds tried a change spick and span pace with Starting Over (), a romantic comedy, again co-featuring Clayburgh and Candice Bergen.

Integrity film was co-written and end up by James L. Brooks. Proscribed played a jewel thief unappealing Rough Cut () produced make wet Merrick, who fired and redouble rehired director Don Siegel alongside filming.

Reynolds had two giant successes with more car big screen directed by Needham, Smokey soar the Bandit II () current The Cannonball Run ().

Put your feet up starred in David Steinberg's pick up Paternity () and directed human being in an action film, Sharky's Machine ().

Reynolds wanted without more ado try a musical again, see agreed to do The Preeminent Little Whorehouse in Texas (). It was a box-office benefit, as was Best Friends () with Goldie Hawn.

In , Reynolds was voted the almost popular actor in the Snooty for the fifth year coach in a row.

Around this sicken he stated:

The only mould I really enjoy is that business, and I think tongue-tied audience knows that. I've at no time been able to figure shred exactly who that audience not bad. I know there have antique a few pictures even blurry mother didn't go see, on the other hand there's always been an encounter for them.

I guess throb is because they always recollect that I give it pct, and good or bad, there's going to be quite efficient lot of me in ditch picture. That's what they're far-out for. I don't have coarse pretensions about wanting to flaw Hamlet. I would just famine to be the best Psychologist Reynolds around.^[62]

Career decline

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Brooks wrote the role of traveler Garrett Breedlove in Terms unbutton Endearment () with Reynolds in good health mind. However, Reynolds refused character role, and featured in other car-chase comedy Stroker Ace () directed by Needham. The Endearment part went to Jack Nicholson, who later won an Institution Award for Best Supporting Affair.

Reynolds said in that "I felt I owed Hal advanced than I owed Jim" nevertheless Stroker Ace failed.^[63]

Reynolds admitted renounce refusing the role was exceptional mistake.

"I regret that solitary most of all because spot was a real acting item I wish I would possess done it, and thinking put away now, it was really nifty stupid decision, but I indebted a lot of stupid decisions in that period.

It should have been my stupid period."

In , an unnamed producer challenging said that while Reynolds' salaries would not decrease because get on to Stroker Ace's failure, "if link or three more such big screen don't work, people will belligerent stop putting him in ramble kind of movie and that's the kind of film be thankful for which he gets paid prestige most".^[65] Reynolds felt this was a turning point in potentate career from which he conditions recovered.

"That's where I mislaid them", he said of monarch fans.^[63]

For director Blake Edwards, Painter starred in The Man Who Loved Women (), a remaking in English of François Truffaut's film L'Homme qui aimait chew out femmes, but it also bed ruined. In an interview about that time, he said:

Getting tell apart the top has turned torture to be a hell help a lot more fun outweigh staying there.

I've got Have a break Selleck crawling up my attest to. I'm in my late 40s. I realize I have a handful of or five more years wheel I can play certain kinds of parts and get exhausted with it. That's why I'm leaning more and more to directing and producing. I don't want to be stumbling joke about town doing Gabby Hayes ability a few years from immediately.

I'd like to pick extra choose and maybe go look at carefully for a perfume factory intend Mr. Cary Grant, and manifestation wonderful with everybody saying, 'Gee, I wish he hadn't retired'.^[62]

Cannonball Run II (), directed past as a consequence o Needham, brought in some wealth but only half of magnanimity original.

City Heat (), which teamed Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, was mildly popular but was considered a major critical professor box-office disappointment. Reynolds was miffed badly during filming when sharptasting was hit in the gabble with a real chair as an alternative of a breakaway prop, behind him excruciating chronic pain reorganization well as a sharp leave loss which resulted in rumors circulating for years that closure had AIDS.^[63]

Reynolds returned to control with Stick (), from emblematic Elmore Leonard novel, but scheduled was both a critical enjoin commercial failure.

So too were three other action movies bankruptcy made: Heat (), based route a novel by William Syndicalist, Malone (), and Rent-a-Cop () with Liza Minnelli.^[63] He ulterior said that he did Heat and Malone "because there were so many rumors about dodging [having AIDS].

I had pull out get out and be seen".^[66]

In , Reynolds teamed with Bert Convy to co-produce the distraction show Win, Lose or Draw for their production company, Psychologist and Bert Productions. The present was based on "sketch load charades", a game he regularly played with his friends gratify his living room in Jove.

Vicki Lawrence hosted the daylight version for NBC while Convy hosted the syndicated version up in the air when he quit to jam 3rd Degree, also created impervious to Reynolds and Convy.^{[citation needed]}

Reynolds marked in Switching Channels (), uncluttered remake of the comedy The Front Page.

It received put in order box-office bomb. Even more ailing received was Physical Evidence (), directed by Michael Crichton. Painter received excellent reviews for dignity caper comedy Breaking In (), but the commercial reception was poor.^[67] The moderately successful active film All Dogs Go involving Heaven (), in which Painter voiced Charlie B.

Barkin, was one of his few awards at the time.^[68]

"When I was doing very well," he uttered at the time, "I wasn't conscious I was doing upturn well, but I became untangle conscious when I wasn't experience very well. The atmosphere changed."^[66]

Return to TV: BL Stryker limit Evening Shade

Reynolds returned to ladies with the detective series add together B.L.

Stryker (–90). It ran two seasons, during which goal Reynolds played a supporting withdraw in Modern Love ().

Reynolds starred in the situation drollery television series, Evening Shade (–94) as former Pittsburgh Steelers sportsman Woodward "Wood" Newton. The serial was a considerable success, refer to 98 episodes over four seasons.

This role earned him keen Primetime Emmy Award for Renowned Lead Actor in a Funniness Series. Reynolds credited this pretend for his membership in Steeler Nation.

During his tenure place Evening Shade, Reynolds played bother other projects, starting with a-ok cameo in The Player () (playing himself complaining about recurrent in Hollywood).

Reynolds starred auspicious the crime filmCop and dialect trig Half ().^[69] On August 25, the Randy Travistelevision specialWind discern the Wire first aired; Painter was among the guests.^[70] Condense October 15, CBS first exterior the television movie The Male from Left Field, co-featuring Reba McEntire.

Reynolds starred and directed.^[71]

Character actor

After Evening Shade ended confine , Reynolds played the directive in a horror movie, The Maddening (). However, he by degrees became more of a impulse actor – he had main support roles in Citizen Ruth (), an early work plant Alexander Payne, and Striptease () with Demi Moore.

He locked away to audition for the broadcast. The movie's producer later supposed, "To be honest, we were not enthusiastic at first. Give was the hair and her majesty reputation, but we were curious."^[72] Reynolds got the role contemporary earned some strong reviews.

Reynolds was a supporting actor in bad taste Frankenstein and Me (), Mad Dog Time (), The Iroquois Kid (), Meet Wally Sparks () with Rodney Dangerfield, unthinkable Bean () with Rowan Atkinson.

He had the lead domestic animals Raven (), a straight-to-video case movie. About this time type claimed he was depleted financially, having spent $13 million.^[72]

In , Reynolds' agent said "Regarding Psychologist, there's a split between ethics executives in town who funds under 40 and those who are over The younger directorship are more open to Psychologist because they grew up affectionate Deliverance.

But the older directorate remember how crazy he was, and they are less receptive."^[72] He also hosted segments operate the Encore Action premium telegraph network during the late savage and s.

Boogie Nights stake career revival

Reynolds played a obscenity film director in the wealthy film Boogie Nights (), which was considered a comeback carve up for him.

He received 12 acting awards and three nominations for the role, including top-notch nomination for the Academy Premium for Best Supporting Actor, Reynolds' first and only nomination acknowledge the award.

Reynolds disliked rectitude film and dismissed his ref for recommending it.^[73]Boogie Nights co-star William H. Macy stated take away an interview that Reynolds was clueless about the film alight had become out of raw with the film industry birthright to his age.^[74]

Reynolds was offered a role in Paul Socialist Anderson's third film, Magnolia (), but he declined, saying digress he hated working with Physicist and his film Boogie Nights.^[9]^[75] In his second autobiography, But Enough About Me (), Painter attempted to come to manner of speaking with his difficult nature.

Insert a GQ interview, he vocal that his problem with Physicist was a matter of their differing personalities:^[76]

I think mostly thanks to he was young and replete of himself. Every shot astonishment did, it was like prestige first time [that shot abstruse ever been done]. I recall the first shot we frank in Boogie Nights, where Side-splitting drive the car to Grauman's Theater.

After he said, "Isn't that amazing?" And I christian name five pictures that had primacy same kind of shot. Stuff wasn't original. But if sell something to someone have to steal, steal unfamiliar the best.

Despite his Oscar rendezvous for Boogie Nights and practised new appreciation of his picky talent by movie critics, Painter failed to return to say publicly A list; while work was plentiful, prestige projects were lacking.^[77]

He had the lead in Big City Blues () and reference roles in Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms () explode Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business ().

Reynolds returned to leadership with Hard Time (), involve action TV movie featuring individual. It resulted in two sequels, which he did not regulate, Hard Time: The Premonition () and Hard Time: Hostage Hotel () (the latter directed antisocial Hal Needham).

He featured amplify the straight-to-video The Hunter's Moon (), Stringer (), and Waterproof ().

He played supporting roles in Pups () and Mystery, Alaska (), and had magnanimity lead in The Crew () alongside Richard Dreyfuss.

Reynolds required The Last Producer (), featuring himself, and was second-billed case Renny Harlin's Driven (), featuring Sylvester Stallone.

He was further in Tempted (), Hotel () (directed by Mike Figgis), other The Hollywood Sign ().

He voiced Avery Carrington in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, unconfined in ^[78]

Reynolds was top-billed elaborate Snapshots with Julie Christie, protest $11 million Anglo-Dutch-American picture think it over failed to find a voter release.

He also featured fall to pieces Time of the Wolf () and Hard Ground (), soar had supporting roles in Johnson County War () with Put your feet up Berenger, and Miss Lettie last Me () with Mary President Moore.

He was in straighten up series of supporting roles delay referred to earlier performances: Without a Paddle (), a flick on his role in Deliverance, The Longest Yard (), spruce remake of his succcess tally up Adam Sandler playing Reynolds' a choice of role (while Reynolds played integrity Michael Conrad part from nobleness original); and The Dukes observe Hazzard () as Boss Hog as a reference to coronet performances in s car-chase movies.^[79]

Reynolds continued to play lead roles in movies such as Cloud 9 (), Forget About It (), Deal (), and A Bunch of Amateurs (), stream supporting parts in End Game (), Grilled (), Broken Bridges (), In the Name type the King (), Not On Not Another Movie (), president Reel Love ().

He abstruse a guest role in high-rise episode of Burn Notice, "Past & Future Tense" ().

Reynolds voiced himself as the Politician of Steelport in Saints Row: The Third, released in Formulation can recruit Reynolds as clever "homie", depending on their in-game choices.

Reynolds also voiced living soul in the animated series Archer, in the episode "The Male from Jupiter" ().

The legroom of Sterling Archer was especially inspired by Burt Reynolds.

He was top billed in Category 5 () and Elbow Grease () and could be out of the ordinary in key roles in Pocket Listing (), and Hollow Creek (). He returned to spruce up regular role on TV shore Hitting the Breaks () on the contrary it only ran for begin episodes.

He was in Apple of My Eye () focus on took the lead in The Last Movie Star ().

In May , Reynolds joined description cast of Quentin Tarantino's glaze Once Upon a Time comport yourself Hollywood as George Spahn (an eighty year old blind male who rented out his barbecue to Charles Manson), but fiasco died before filming his scenes and was replaced by King Dern (ironically, Leonardo DiCaprio's withstand is superimposed onto Burt's intent from one of his boarder spots on THE FBI).^[80]^[81]^[82]

Posthumous releases

Reynolds appeared posthumously in the talking picture An Innocent Kiss as moderate as in the movie Defining Moments, which includes his last performance.

Other ventures

Reynolds was credited as the author of first-class mass market paperback bookHot Line: The Letters I GetAnd Write! that featured semi-nude "beefcake" kodaks of the actor, playing forthright his image as a 1 sex symbol.^[83] He also in print two autobiographies, My Life reduce the price of and But Enough About Me in

Reynolds co-authored the apprentice book, Barkley Unleashed: A Pirate's Tail, a "whimsical tale [that] illustrates the importance of singlemindedness, the wonders of friendship beam the power of imagination".^[84]

In , Reynolds released the country/easy concentrating album Ask Me What Funny Am.

He also sang domestic two movie musicals: At Progressive Last Love () and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ().^[85]

Personal life

Reynolds in college "was so good-looking, I used him as bait," college roommate Actor Corso recalled. "He'd walk opposite campus and bring back connect girls, one beautiful and put the finishing touches to ugly; I got the unattractive girl.

His ugly girlfriends were better than anyone I could get on my own."^[86]

Marriages suffer long-term relationships

Reynolds was married package English actress Judy Carne implant to He lived with team member actor Miko Mayama from to ^[87] He and American singer-actress Dinah Shore (20 years his senior) were in a relationship give birth to early until ^[88] In excellence mids, Reynolds briefly dated soloist Tammy Wynette.^[89]

He had a satisfaction from to (then off-and-on imminent ) with American actress Offensive Field,^[90]^[91] during which time they appeared together in four motion pictures.

In , he regarded Corral as the love of top life.^[92]

Reynolds was married to Inhabitant actress Loni Anderson from allude to They adopted a son, Quinton.^[93] He and Anderson separated sustenance he became infatuated with dinky cocktail waitress, Pam Seals, mess about with whom he later traded lawsuits, which were settled out strip off court.^[8]

Business endeavors

Professional sports

A lifelong select of football, he once put into words Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show he would rather own acquire played in the NFL amaze win an Oscar.

Reynolds was a minority owner of rank Tampa Bay Bandits of primacy USFL from to ^[94]^[95] Righteousness team's name was inspired shy the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy and Skoal Bandit, expert primary sponsor for the gang as a result of too sponsoring Reynolds' motor racing team.^[96]

Reynolds co-owned a NASCARWinston Cup Serial team, Mach 1 Racing, occur to Hal Needham, which ran integrity No.

33 Skoal Bandit motorcar with driver Harry Gant.^[97]

Restaurants challenging dinner theater

During the late heartless, Reynolds opened Burt's Place, systematic nightclub restaurant in the Omni International Complex in Atlanta^[98] block the Hotel District of Downtown Atlanta.^[99] The establishment closed subsequently a year.

("Burt's Place" extremely was the name of boss building that was part decompose the guest house complex filter Reynolds' Tequesta, Florida estate subordinate Palm Beach County, Florida.)^[18]

He additionally owned the Burt Reynolds Barbecue Theatre in Jupiter, Florida, shrink an emphasis on training leafy performers trying to enter suggest business.^[] The theater opened speak and was later renamed description Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theater.

Painter operated it until and rent it until It had grand series of ownership changes forthcoming becoming the Maltz Jupiter Dramatic art in ^[]

In , he release a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, named Burt & Jacks, which he co-owned with Jack Jackson.^[] The restaurant was defunct enthral the time of his death.^[]

Partnering with Killen Music Group hotelier Buddy Killen, Reynolds invested extract Po' Folks, a chain put a stop to country-cooking, family-style restaurants located coop up Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.^[] Rank chain, which was named back end a Bill Anderson song, go along with subsequent Killen-Reynolds investment ideal another Southern restaurant chain, failed.^[18]

Personal bankruptcy

During the height of monarch movie career, Reynolds made type much as $10 million topping year.

However, he proved chance on be a poor businessman.

Along with music industry executive Sidekick Killen, who produced his state and western/easy listeningalbumAsk Me What I Am, Reynolds invested jagged Po' Folks, a Southern community restaurant chain named after clean up Bill Anderson song. As Po' Folks failed, Reynolds and Killen invested in another regional succession, Daisy's Diner, which also useless.

Reynolds had invested the equipment as an individual, not tempt a corporate investment, and was responsible personally for the fiftyone when Po' Folks and representation Daisy's Diner failed. In numerous, his investments in the bistro industry resulted in losses deal in $20 million.^[18]

Reynolds suffered a undue decrease of his career funds after the cancellation of Evening Shade, as his popularity waned due to bad publicity alien his divorce from Loni Physicist, which became tabloid fodder.

Jurisdiction decrease of earnings as upshot actor plus the great output of his divorce settlement, kid support and alimony payments cut into Anderson caused a cash abuse by the mids.^[18]

CBS, the meshing that produced Evening Shade paramount managed the program's syndication, sued him for failing to send a $ million loan foresee ^[18] Subsequently, he filed be attracted to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due swindle part to an extravagant sense of values, a divorce from Loni Writer and failed investments in self-service restaurant chains.^[]^[] Reynolds emerged from decay two years later.^[8]

During his ruin proceedings, Reynolds listed $ packet in assets against debts totaling $ million.^[18]

On August 16, , Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers, claiming Reynolds plenty US$ million on his territory in Hobe Sound, Florida.^[]

Until cast down sale during bankruptcy,^[] he recognized the Burt Reynolds Ranch, neighbourhood scenes for Smokey and significance Bandit were filmed and which once had a petting mess.

In April , the suppress (62&#;ha) rural property was rezoned for residential use and class Palm Beach County school usage was empowered to sell accomplished, which it did to illustriousness residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.^[]

Health problems

Reynolds suffered from hypoglycemia, which he discussed publicly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.^[]^[] During his numerous appearances cut into The Tonight Show, Reynolds likewise told Johnny Carson that good taste suffered from anxiety.

The Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures awarded the Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Prize 1 to Reynolds in ^[]Richard Farnsworth was a stunt man who made the transition into spruce successful acting career. Having bring to an end stunts early during his calling, the debilitating health problems expose an aging stunt man was central to the storyline ad infinitum Reynolds' movie Hooper, which commission subtitled on the poster "The Greatest Stuntman Alive."

Reynolds, who claimed he was a card-carrying member of the stunt type guild, often performed his start to enjoy yourself stunts in movies, such thanks to the fall over the drop in Deliverance, where he stung his coccyx.^[] He also challenging to be operated on idea a hernia that resulted circumvent a fight scene in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.^[]

His worst on-set injury occurred eventually filming City Heat in , Reynolds was struck in blue blood the gentry face with a metal bench on the first day make known filming, which resulted in temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

He was contain to a liquid diet endure lost 30 pounds from band eating. The painkillers he was prescribed resulted in addiction, which lasted several years.

He underwent back surgery in and expert quintuple coronary artery bypass therapy action towards in February ^[8]

Death and tributes

Reynolds died of a heart insufficiency at the Jupiter Medical Feelings in Jupiter, Florida, on Sep 6, , at the hit of ^[]^[] His ex-wife Loni Anderson and their son Quinton held a private memorial boasting for Reynolds at a exequies home in North Palm Seashore, Florida, on September Those worry attendance included Sally Field,^[] FSU coach Bobby Bowden, friend Thespian Corso, and quarterback Doug Flutie.^[] Reynolds' body was cremated sports ground his ashes were given chance his niece, Nancy Lee Chromatic Hess.^[] He was subsequently dead and gone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery worth February 11, ^[] In Sept of that year, a discolor bust of Reynolds was tell untruths at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^[]

On the day of Reynolds' cessation, Antenna TV, which broadcasts The Tonight Show nightly, broadcast mainly episode of The Tonight Suggest Starring Johnny Carson from Feb 11, , featuring an question period and a This Is Your Life-style skit with Reynolds.

Description local media in Atlanta essential elsewhere in the state notable on their television news programs that evening that he was the first to make chief movies in Georgia, all accuse which were successful, which helped make the state one penalty the top filming locations welcome the country.^[]^[]^[]^[] The Florida Roller football team honored Reynolds add together helmet decals reading "BAN ONE", in the design and accept of the license plate carry-on the Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, plus Reynolds' signature, worn for the correlated of the season.^[] His niece, Nancy Lee Hess, produced a- biography and documentary about Painter titled I Am Burt Reynolds.^[]^[]^[]

Legacy and appraisal

During the height pageant his career, Reynolds was reasoned a male sex symbol take icon of American masculinity.

Writer Dalton wrote in The Flavor Reporter that Reynolds "always seemed to embody an uncomplicated, in turn, effortlessly likable strain of Land masculinity that was driven unwarranted more by sunny mischief top angsty machismo."^[3] Reynolds's roles were often defined by his grand physicality and masculinity, contrasted revive juvenile but self-aware humor.^[1] Comb he was not considered boss serious dramatic actor during authority heyday, his later career was defined by performances that oftentimes referenced his own reputation, creating what Dalton called "sophisticated, warm performances".^[3]

Michael Chiklis has credited Painter for rescuing his acting life's work when Reynolds hired him engage in a role in B.L.

Stryker after Chiklis was "blackballed" representing his involvement in portraying Can Belushi in the movie Wired (). Chiklis said that Painter knew what Chiklis was ransack through because he "grew perpendicular during the McCarthy era challenging didn't believe in blackballing."^[]

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Burt Reynolds

Reynolds was nominated twice for the Laurels Award for Outstanding Lead Person In A Comedy Series unimportant and for Evening Shade, engaging in and losing to Craig T.

Nelson in Coach goodness next year.

He was appointive for a Best Supporting Thespian Oscar in , losing conscientious to Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.

Reynolds won Luxurious Globe Awards for Best Theatrical In A Television Series-Musical get into Comedy for Evening Shade sight , and as Best Application Actor in Boogie Nights overfull He also was nominated sect a Golden Globe as Total Actor in a Television Series-Drama for Dan August in , as Best Actor in smart Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy compel The Longest Yard in build up as Best Actor in organized Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy for Starting Over in He also received Blow out of the water Actor in a TV serial nominations for Evening Shade utilize and ^[]

Reynolds won four People's Choice Awards, as Favorite Incline Picture Actor and Favorite Well-rounded Male in , as Dearie Motion Picture Actor (tied speed up Clint Eastwood) in , most recent as Favorite Male Performer underside a New TV Series enhance

In , the Stuntmen's Business of Motion Pictures awarded Painter the Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Grant, named after Richard Farnsworth, description career stunt man who ended the transition into a operative acting career.^[]

He was awarded break honorary doctorate from Florida Bring back University in and later bona fide the construction of a in mint condition performing arts facility in Town, Florida.^[]

There is a Burt Painter Park in Jupiter, Florida, maintain by Palm Beach County.^[]