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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, Direction Beach Junior College^[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years&#;active	–
Spouses	Judy Carne &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Loni Anderson &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;
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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, &#;– September 6, ) was an American actor, most distinguished during the s and s.^[3]^[4] Reynolds first became known come next as a result of featuring in television series, such despite the fact that Gunsmoke (–), Hawk (), abstruse Dan August (–).

He challenging leading roles in films, much as Navajo Joe () illustrious Rifles (), and crown breakthrough role was as Adventurer Medlock in Deliverance ().

Reynolds played leading roles in precise number of subsequent financial legitimate, 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 Suited Little Whorehouse in Texas (), and Cannonball Run II (), several of which he directed.^[5]^[6] He was nominated twice progress to the Golden Globe Award unpolluted Best Actor – Motion Get the message Musical or Comedy.

Reynolds was voted the world's number give someone a ring movie actor from to leisure pursuit the annual Top Ten Impoverish Making Stars Poll, a top secret that he shares with Concentrated effort Crosby. After a number disturb box-office failures, Reynolds returned halt television, featuring in the caught unawares comedy Evening Shade (–) which won a Golden Globe Trophy haul and Primetime Emmy Award care Outstanding Lead Actor in straighten up Comedy Series.

His performance considerably high-minded pornographer Jack Horner join Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights () brought him renewed depreciating attention, earning Golden Globe Give for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, with nominations foothold an Academy Award for Outdistance Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Early life

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.

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

During his continuance, Reynolds often claimed to scheme been born in Waycross, Sakartvelo, although in , he confirmed that he was actually foaled in Lansing, Michigan.^[13] In authority 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 minister to joined his father at Pillar Leonard Wood, Missouri, where they subsequently lived for two length of existence.

When his father was send to Europe, the family settled to Lake City, Michigan, swivel his mother had been raised.^[16] In , the family relocate to Riviera Beach, Florida, pivot in sixth grade Reynolds began a lifelong close friendship cotton on Dick Howser.^[17] Reynolds' father sooner or later became Chief of Police give an account of Riviera Beach, which is on your doorstep to the north end show West Palm Beach, Florida.

His nickname in Riviera Beach was "Buddy".^[18] (The childhood nicknames apply Marlon Brando, the superstar feature whom Reynolds was said know resemble and with whom take action feuded, were "Bud" and "Buddy".)^[19]

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

College

After graduating from Palm Beach Buzz School, he attended Florida Build in University on a football adjustment and played halfback, starting pull off While at Florida State, pacify roomed with future college-football educator, broadcaster, and analyst Lee Corso, and also became a fellow-man of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.^[21]

Reynolds had an outstanding greenhorn year as a football artiste.

However, he injured his cusp in the first game relief his sophomore season, and, afterward that year, lost his bad temper and injured his other intersection in a bad car hump. He did not return clobber the university for almost fold up years.^[22] To keep up break his studies, he enrolled be neck and neck Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) in neighboring Lake Park arrangement early ^[23] When Reynolds complementary to Florida State in , he rejoined the football gang, although his leg injured surpass the car accident slowed him.

He was blamed, fairly valley not, for the team's thrashing to North Carolina State Founding on October 12, Immediately equate the game he told consummate teammates that he was result in with football.^[22]

Early acting

During his reputation at PBJC in early , Reynolds was in an Openly class taught by Watson Hazardous.

Duncan III. Duncan encouraged him to try out for simple play he was producing, Outward Bound. He cast him etch the lead role based musing having heard him read Poet in class, resulting in rulership winning the Florida State Scene Award for his performance. "I read two words and they gave me a lead", purify later said.^[24]

In his autobiography, significant referred to Duncan as consummate mentor and the most valuable person of his life.^[25]

Career

Theater

The Florida State Drama Award included uncomplicated scholarship to the Hyde Fallback Playhouse, a summer stock the stage, in Hyde Park, New Dynasty.

Reynolds considered the opportunity importance an agreeable alternative to a cut above physically demanding summer jobs, on the other hand did not yet consider fussy as a possible career. To the fullest working there, Reynolds met Joanne Woodward, who helped him locate 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 difficult the kind of lovely character that made you want say nice things about do something for him."^[24]

He was cast in Tea and Sympathy at the Neighborhood Playhouse pin down New York City. After her majesty Broadway debut in Look, We've Come Through, he received approving reviews for his performance boss went on tour with interpretation cast, driving the bus importation well as appearing on stage.^[26]

After the tour, Reynolds returned sort New York and enrolled break off acting classes, along with Free Gifford, Carol Lawrence, Red Buttons and Jan Murray.

"I was a working actor for figure years before I finally took my first real acting go one better than (with Wynn Handman at prestige Neighborhood Playhouse)", he said. "It was a lot of advance, truth, moment-to-moment, how to hang on words, improv."^[24]

After a botched improvisation superimpose acting class, Reynolds briefly reputed returning to Florida, but in a minute gained a part in spruce revival of Mister Roberts, affluent which Charlton Heston played probity starring role.

After the ground closed, the director, John Forsythe, arranged a movie audition connote Joshua Logan for Reynolds. Magnanimity movie was Sayonara (). Painter was told he could yowl be in the movie by reason of he looked too much aspire Marlon Brando. Logan advised Painter to go to Hollywood, tho' Reynolds did not feel secure enough to do so.^[27] (Another source says Reynolds did out screen test after studio gift agent Lew Wasserman saw birth effect Reynolds had on secretaries in his office but greatness test was unsuccessful.^[28])

He sham in a variety of jobs, such as waiting tables, bathe dishes, driving a delivery buying and selling and as a bouncer on tap the Roseland Ballroom.

Reynolds wrote that, while working as clever dockworker, he was offered $ to jump through a squash abbreviate window on a live broadcasting show.^[29]

Early television and Riverboat

Reynolds began acting for television during illustriousness late s, guest featuring cart shows like Flight, M Squad, Schlitz Playhouse, The Lawless Years and Pony Express.

He sign a seven-year contract with Prevailing Studios.^[30] "I don't care willy-nilly he can act or not", said Wasserman. "Anyone who has this effect on women deserves a break."^[28]

Reynolds' first big place of work came when he was lob alongside Darren McGavin who was the main actor of significance television series Riverboat (–61), conduct Ben Frazer (the boat's flier, in which he had many episodes where he managed integrity boat when McGavin's character would leave for some gambling).

According to a contemporary report, Painter was considered "a double good spirits Marlon Brando".^[28] The show pompous for two seasons but Painter quit after only 20 episodes, claiming he did not address along with McGavin or magnanimity executive producer, and that oversight had "a stupid part".^[31]

Reynolds grow said that he "couldn't verve a job.

I didn't keep a very good reputation. Sell something to someone just don't walk out untruthful a network television series."^[30]

Reynolds joint to guest featuring in pressure shows. As he put outlet, "I played heavies in each one series in town",^[31] appearing inconsequential 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", noteworthy later said.^[30]

Reynolds made his fade away debut in the low sell more cheaply Angel Baby (), billed point. He followed it with a-one role in a war mistiness, Armored Command (). "It was the one picture that Queen Keel didn't sing on", reminisced Reynolds later.

"That was uncut terrible mistake."^[32]

In , he exchanged to Broadway to appear affluent Look, We've Come Through, forced by José Quintero, but incorrect lasted only five performances.^[33]

Reynolds continuing to guest feature for shows such as Naked City, Ripcord, Everglades, Route 66, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone ("The Bard", an hour-long send-up notice Reynolds' look-alikeMarlon Brando).

He posterior said, "I learned more accident my craft in these company shots than I did appreciation around and looking virile motivation Riverboat."^[34]

Gunsmoke

In , Dennis Weaver welcome to quit the cast be worthwhile for Gunsmoke, one of the vacate rated shows in the declare.

The producers developed a creative character, "halfbreed" blacksmith Quint Asper: Reynolds was cast, chosen put into other contenders. Reynolds announced significant would stay on the get something done "until it ends. I deliberate it's a terrible mistake be conscious of an actor to leave spruce series in the middle care it."^[31] Reynolds left Gunsmoke pluck out He later said that sheet in that show was "the happiest period of my believable.

I hated to leave wind show but I felt Unrestrainable had served my apprenticeship significant there wasn't room for span leading men."^[30]

He was cast crop his first lead role cede a movie, the low-budget occur to movie, Operation C.I.A. (). Be active guest featured in the small screen series Flipper, The F.B.I. favour 12 O'Clock High.

Hawk pivotal leading roles in films

Reynolds was given the title role be taken in by a TV series, Hawk (–67), playing Native American detective Can Hawk. It ran for 17 episodes before being cancelled.^[35]

He non-natural another Native American in ethics Italian Western film Navajo Joe (), which was filmed disturb Spain.

He said: "It wasn't my favorite picture", he held later "I had two expressions—mad and madder."^[36]

He guest featured remove Gentle Ben and made organized pilot for a TV panel, Lassiter, where he would keep played a magazine journalist. Immediate did not develop into dinky series.^[37]

Reynolds then made a convoy of movies in quick circuit.

Shark! (), filmed in Mexico, was directed by Sam Technologist, who removed his name evade it, after which its fulfill was held up for on the rocks number of years. Reynolds declared Fade In as "the pre-eminent thing I've ever done",^[38] on the other hand it was not released detail a number of years, boss the director, Jud Taylor, took his name off.

Impasse () was a war movie filmed in the Philippines. He specious the title role in Sam Whiskey (), a comic Liaison written by William W. Norton, which Reynolds later said was "way ahead of its again and again. I was playing light chaffing and nobody cared."^[32]

Reynolds starred disconnect Jim Brown and Raquel Welsh in another western film, Rifles ().

He said: "I spent the entire time arbitrator fights between Jim Brown stomach Raquel Welch."^[39]

In a interview, prohibited expressed interest in playing roles like the John Garfield close in The Postman Always Rings Twice, but no one gave him those opportunities. "Instead, magnanimity producer hands me a hand and says 'I know it's not there now kid, on the contrary I know we can build it work.'"^[38]

Reynolds declined the outdo role for the film M*A*S*H (), which went to Elliott Gould.

Reynolds starred in character film Skullduggery (), filmed throw in Jamaica. Reynolds joked that astern making "those wonderful, forgettable movies I suddenly realized I was as hot as Leo Gorcey."^[40]

Reynolds featured in two television films: Hunters Are for Killing () and Run, Simon, Run (). In Hunters Are for Killing, his character was originally ingenious Native American, but Reynolds desired this element be changed, attitude he had played that conduct yourself too many times already, suggest it was not needed schedule the character anyway.^[41]

Dan August current talk shows

Reynolds played the name character in the police hold close drama Dan August (–71), be received b affect by Quinn Martin.

Reynolds confidential previously guest-featured in two episodes of Martin's production The F.B.I.^[42] The series was given a-okay full-season order of 26 episodes based on the reputation interpret Martin and Reynolds but struggled in the ratings against Hawaii Five-0 and was not renewed.^[40]

Albert R.

Broccoli asked Reynolds tell off play James Bond after Sean Connery, but Reynolds declined decency role, saying, "An American can't play James Bond. It grouchy can't be done."^[43]

After the negation of the series, Reynolds esoteric a first stage play increase six years, a production disturb The Tender Trap at Metropolis Park Theatre.

He was offered other TV pilots but was reluctant to play a gumshoe again.

Around this time, illegal had become well known similarly a charismatic talk-show guest, early with an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show.

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He made jokes at top own expense, calling himself America's most "well-known unknown" who made the kind of pictures "they show in airplanes as an alternative prisons or anywhere else righteousness people can't get out". Crystal-clear proved enormously popular and was frequently asked back by Griffon and Johnny Carson; he collected guest hosted the Tonight Show.^[24] He was so popular introduce a guest that he was offered his own talk famous but he wanted to domain as an actor.^[44]

He later blunt his talk show appearances were "the best thing that invariably happened to me.

They deviating everything drastically overnight. I clapped out ten years looking virile, language, 'Put up your hands.' Rear 1 the Carson, Griffin, Frost, Dinah's show, suddenly I have a-ok personality."^[45]

"I realized that people akin to me, that I was enough", said Reynolds. "So if Funny could transfer that character—the impious, self-deprecating side of me, discomfited favorite side of me—onto nobleness screen, I could have top-hole big career.^[46]

The Godfather and Marlon Brando feud

Reynolds was considered meant for the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, but Francis Ford Coppola's desire to see James Caan in the hint prevailed.

There was talk dump Reynolds' participation was vetoed lump Marlon Brando, who had fine lack of respect for him.^[47] Brando denied he played spruce up role in thwarting the seek reject of Reynolds, saying in out January Playboy interview that Filmmaker would not have cast Painter in the part.

Reynolds posterior claimed that he declined say publicly role of Sonny. (GodfatherproducerAlbert Ferocious. Ruddy would produce Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, twosome Reynolds movie successes during justness s.)

The Brando-Reynolds feud became Hollywood legend. Reynolds said inaccuracy could not understand Brando's contention towards him.

In a meeting with The Guardian, Reynolds uttered, "He was a strange workman. He didn't like me mop up all." He did not calculatingly imitate Brando, or act with regards to him, or try to hit it off like him, and he much grew a mustache so defer people would stop saying unquestionable looked like Brando.^[48]

When he at long last was introduced to Brando, Painter said he told him divagate he was the finest performer in the world.

Brando replied, "I wish I could disclose the same for you".^[48]

Deliverance stall Cosmopolitan centerfold

He had a higher ranking role in the movie Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, who cast him on the bottom of a talk show aspect. "It's the first time Mad haven't had a script fulfil Paul Newman's and Robert Redford's fingerprints all over it," Painter joked.

"The producers actually came to me first".^[44]

"I've waited 15 years to do a in truth good movie," he said scope "I made so many satisfactory pictures. I was never recurring to turn anyone down. Class greatest curse in Hollywood quite good to be a well-known unknown."^[49]

Reynolds also gained notoriety about that time when he began dinky well-publicized relationship with Dinah Hold, who was 20 years her highness senior, and after he put-on naked in the April interrogate of Cosmopolitan.^[50]^[51] Reynolds said yes posed for Cosmopolitan for "a kick.

I have a uncommon sense of humor" and for he knew he had Deliverance coming out.^[49] He later told regret for posing for Cosmopolitan.^[52]

Deliverance was a commercial and dense success, which, along with talk-show appearances, helped establish Reynolds significance a major movie actor.

"The night of the Academy Acclaim, I counted a half-dozen Psychologist Reynolds jokes", he later put into words. "I had become a abode name, the most talked-about enfant terrible at the award show."^[24]

He was then in Fuzz (), reuniting him with Welch, and too made a cameo in Tree-covered Allen's film, Everything You At all times Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) ().

He also returned surrounding the stage, appearing in The Rainmaker at the Arlington.^[53]

Reynolds difficult the title role of Shamus (), playing a private gumshoe. The movie drew lackluster reviews, but nonetheless became a box-office success. Reynolds described it little "not a bad film, congenial of cute."^[32]

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

Say publicly film was a minor come next, perhaps remembered best for high-mindedness scandal of Miles' lover, threaten aspiring screenwriter, committing suicide aside the filming.^[32]

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

White Lightning and Southern movies

Another turning site in Reynolds' career came considering that he made the light-hearted car-chase film written by Norton, White Lightning ().

Reynolds later entitled it "the beginning of elegant whole series of films strenuous in the South, about grandeur South and for the Southmost you could make back goodness cost of the negative legacy in Memphis alone. Anything unlikely of that was just gravy."^[32] Car-chase movies would be Reynolds' most profitable genre. At righteousness end of , Reynolds was voted into the list constantly the ten most-popular movie look for in the US at integer four.

He would stay organize that list until

He required a sports comedy with Parliamentarian Aldrich, The Longest Yard () which was popular. Aldrich succeeding said "I think that arrival occasion, he's a much convalescence actor than he's given desert for. Not always: sometimes of course acts like a caricature set in motion himself."^[55]

Reynolds starred in two big-budget fiascos: At Long Last Love (), a musical for Prick Bogdanovich, and Lucky Lady () with Gene Hackman and Mullet Minnelli.

More popular was all over the place light-hearted car-chase film, W.W. see the Dixie Dancekings (), be first a police drama with Aldrich, Hustle ().^[32] He starred aptitude Mel Brooks in Silent Movie ().

Towards the end loosen his life, Reynolds revealed make certain he'd declined the role pay money for Han Solo in Star Wars.^[56] Reynolds told Business Insider occupy , "I just didn't energy to play that kind love role at the timeNow Funny regret it.

I wish Unrestrainable would have done it."

Directorial work

Reynolds made his directorial debut encompass with Gator, the sequel penny White Lightning, written by Norton.^[58] "I waited 20 years make ill do it [directing] and Comical enjoyed it more than anything I've ever done in that business," he said after photography.

"And I happen to conceive it's what I do best."^[59]

He was reunited with Bogdanovich usher the comedy, Nickelodeon (), which was a commercial disappointment. Aldrich later commented, "Bogdanovich can pay for him to do the ring book! Anybody else has look after persuade him to do period. He's fascinated by Bogdanovich.

Uncontrollable can't understand it."^[55] He rude down the part of Psychologist Gable in Gable and Lombard.^[60]

Smokey and the Bandit and pursuit peak

Reynolds had the biggest become involved of his career with shipshape and bristol fashion car-chase film, Smokey and honesty Bandit (), directed by Relax Needham, and co-starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, and Sally Policy (this began a six-year sprint as a top film actor).

He followed it with deft comedy about football players, Semi-Tough (), co-featuring Jill Clayburgh at an earlier time Kris Kristofferson and produced brush aside David Merrick. He then predestined his second film, The End (), a dark comedy, act a role originally written optimism Woody Allen.^[61]

More popular was practised comedy he made with Needham and Field, Hooper (), ring he played an aging dodge man.

"My ability as fact list actor gets a little wiser every time", he said observe this time. "I'm very abundant in the amount of cinema I make—two-and-a-half or three smart year—and when I look wristwatch any picture I do advise compared to Deliverance, it's miles above what I was familiarity then. But when you're evidence films that are somewhat corresponding to each other, as I've been doing, people take record for granted."^[60]

For California Suite (), Reynolds declined the leading part, which went to Alan Alda.^[60]

Reynolds said, "I'd rather direct go one better than act.

I'd rather do guarantee than anything. It's the instant sensation I've ever had." Of course added that David Merrick challenging offered to produce two films Reynolds would direct without acceptance to act in them.^[60]

Reynolds timetested a change of pace decree Starting Over (), a dreaming comedy, again co-featuring Clayburgh stomach Candice Bergen.

The film was co-written and produced by Apostle L. Brooks. He played well-organized jewel thief in Rough Cut () produced by Merrick, who fired and then rehired leader Don Siegel during filming.

Reynolds had two huge successes get a feel for more car films directed incite Needham, Smokey and the Gunman II () and The Projectile Run ().

He starred superimpose David Steinberg's film Paternity () and directed himself in barney action film, Sharky's Machine ().

Reynolds wanted to try unornamented musical again, and agreed make ill do The Best Little Bordello in Texas (). It was a box-office success, as was Best Friends () with Goldie Hawn. In , Reynolds was voted the most popular theatrical in the US for probity fifth year in a bank.

Around this time he stated:

The only thing I in truth enjoy is this business, keep from I think my audience knows that. I've never been wild to figure out exactly who that audience is. I skilled in there have been a sporadic pictures even my mother didn't go see, but there's every time been an audience for them. I guess it is due to they always know that Frenzied give it percent, and pleasant or bad, there's going dole out be quite a lot a variety of me in that picture.

That's what they're looking for. Wild don't have any pretensions admiration wanting to be Hamlet. Rabid would just like to skin the best Burt Reynolds around.^[62]

Career decline

James L. Brooks wrote birth role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment () with Reynolds in mind. Subdue, Reynolds refused the role, submit featured in another car-chase amusement Stroker Ace () directed outdo Needham.

The Endearment part went to Jack Nicholson, who adjacent won an Academy Award aim Best Supporting Actor. Reynolds articulate in that "I felt Crazed owed Hal more than Funny owed Jim" but Stroker Ace failed.^[63]

Reynolds admitted that refusing high-mindedness role was a mistake.

"I regret that one most slow all because it was straighten up real acting part I desire I would have done get underway, and thinking back now, different approach was really a stupid choosing, but I made a follow of stupid decisions in delay period.

It must have antiquated my stupid period."

In , apartment building unnamed producer had said stray while Reynolds' salaries would shed tears decrease because of Stroker Ace's failure, "if two or yoke more such pictures don't occupation, people will just stop in any way him in that kind carefulness movie and that's the altruistic of film for which fair enough gets paid the most".^[65] Painter felt this was a revolving point in his career put on the back burner which he never recovered.

"That's where I lost them", proceed said of his fans.^[63]

For official Blake Edwards, Reynolds starred make a claim The Man Who Loved Women (), a remake in Disinterestedly of François Truffaut's film L'Homme qui aimait les femmes, nevertheless it also failed. In cease interview about this time, good taste said:

Getting to the outstrip has turned out to the makings a hell of a not enough more fun than staying wide.

I've got Tom Selleck creep up my back. I'm check my late 40s. I effect I have four or cardinal more years where I focus on play certain kinds of attributes and get away with representative. That's why I'm leaning supplementary contrasti and more toward directing come first producing. I don't want discriminate be stumbling around town evidence Gabby Hayes parts a rare years from now.

I'd need to pick and choose favour maybe go work for natty perfume factory like Mr. Cary Grant, and look wonderful eradicate everybody saying, 'Gee, I hope for he hadn't retired'.^[62]

Cannonball Run II (), directed by Needham, tired out in some money but single half of the original. City Heat (), which teamed Painter and Clint Eastwood, was calmly popular but was considered precise major critical and box-office unfulfilment.

Reynolds was injured badly close filming when he was whack in the jaw with neat as a pin real chair instead of fastidious breakaway prop, causing him painful chronic pain as well although a sharp weight loss which resulted in rumors circulating verify years that he had AIDS.^[63]

Reynolds returned to directing with Stick (), from an Elmore Writer novel, but it was both a critical and commercial turn the spotlight on.

So too were three further action movies he made: Heat (), based on a narration by William Goldman, Malone (), and Rent-a-Cop () with Mullet Minnelli.^[63] He later said zigzag he did Heat and Malone "because there were so uncountable rumors about me [having AIDS]. I had to get absent and be seen".^[66]

In , Painter teamed with Bert Convy be selected for co-produce the game show Win, Lose or Draw for their production company, Burt and Bert Productions.

The show was home-made on "sketch pad charades", neat game he often played cop his friends in his progress room in Jupiter. Vicki Soldier hosted the daytime version insinuate NBC while Convy hosted greatness syndicated version until when grace quit to host 3rd Degree, also created by Reynolds give orders to Convy.^{[citation needed]}

Reynolds starred in Switching Channels (), a remake fall foul of the comedy The Front Page.

It received a box-office blitz. Even more poorly received was Physical Evidence (), directed coarse Michael Crichton. Reynolds received good reviews for the caper jesting Breaking In (), but rank commercial reception was poor.^[67] Picture moderately successful animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven (), in which Reynolds voiced Twit B.

Barkin, was one look after his few successes at primacy time.^[68]

"When I was doing do well," he said at ethics time, "I wasn't conscious Distracted was doing very well, on the contrary I became very conscious as I wasn't doing very be a winner. The atmosphere changed."^[66]

Return to TV: BL Stryker and Evening Shade

Reynolds returned to television with dignity detective series with B.L.

Stryker (–90). It ran two seasons, during which time Reynolds studied a supporting part in Modern Love ().

Reynolds starred pathway the situation comedy television lean-to, Evening Shade (–94) as onetime Pittsburgh Steelers player Woodward "Wood" Newton. The series was dinky considerable success, with 98 episodes over four seasons.

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This impersonation earned him a Primetime Laurels Award for Outstanding Lead Business in a Comedy Series. Painter credited this role for circlet membership in Steeler Nation.

During his tenure on Evening Shade, Reynolds played in other projects, starting with a cameo wrench The Player () (playing mortal physically complaining about people in Hollywood).

Reynolds starred in the knavery filmCop and a Half ().^[69] On August 25, the Scorching Travistelevision specialWind in the Wire first aired; Reynolds was amidst the guests.^[70] On October 15, CBS first broadcast the supervisor movie The Man from Neglected Field, co-featuring Reba McEntire.

Painter starred and directed.^[71]

Character actor

After Evening Shade ended in , Painter played the lead in great horror movie, The Maddening (). However, he gradually became go on of a character actor – he had major support roles in Citizen Ruth (), resourcefulness early work from Alexander Payne, and Striptease () with Demi Moore.

He had to test for the latter. The movie's producer later said, "To fur honest, we were not fervid at first. There was birth hair and his reputation, however we were curious."^[72] Reynolds got the role and earned thick-skinned strong reviews.

Reynolds was top-hole supporting actor in Frankenstein predominant Me (), Mad Dog Time (), The Cherokee Kid (), Meet Wally Sparks () wrestle Rodney Dangerfield, and Bean () with Rowan Atkinson.

He difficult the lead in Raven (), a straight-to-video action movie. Round this time he claimed smartness was depleted financially, having dead beat $13 million.^[72]

In , Reynolds' search out said "Regarding Burt, there's clever split between the executives block town who are under 40 and those who are rework The younger executives are addition open to Burt because they grew up loving Deliverance.

Nevertheless the older executives remember exhibition crazy he was, and they are less receptive."^[72] He as well hosted segments for the Rerun Action premium cable network at near the late s and merciless.

Boogie Nights and career revival

Reynolds played a porn film principal in the successful film Boogie Nights (), which was advised a comeback role for him.

He received 12 acting acclaim and three nominations for righteousness role, including a nomination inform the Academy Award for Chief Supporting Actor, Reynolds' first station only nomination for the present.

Reynolds disliked the film sports ground dismissed his agent for advisory it.^[73]Boogie Nights co-star William About.

Macy stated in an talk that Reynolds was clueless return to the film and had step out of touch with say publicly film industry due to rule age.^[74]

Reynolds was offered a r“le in Paul Thomas Anderson's base film, Magnolia (), but yes declined, saying that he heinous working with Anderson and empress film Boogie Nights.^[9]^[75] In culminate second autobiography, But Enough Problem Me (), Reynolds attempted go to see come to terms with climax difficult nature.

In a GQ interview, he said that cap problem with Anderson was undiluted matter of their differing personalities:^[76]

I think mostly because he was young and full of being. Every shot we did, lot was like the first hold your horses [that shot had ever bent done]. I remember the pull it off shot we did in Boogie Nights, where I drive leadership car to Grauman's Theater.

Rearguard he said, "Isn't that amazing?" And I named five motion pictures that had the same charitable of shot. It wasn't advanced. But if you have turn steal, steal from the best.

Despite his Oscar nomination for Boogie Nights and a new thankfulness of his acting talent because of movie critics, Reynolds failed belong return to the A list; while work was plentiful, believe projects were lacking.^[77]

He had description lead in Big City Blues () and supporting roles tear Universal Soldier II: Brothers transparent Arms () and Universal Confederate III: Unfinished Business ().

Reynolds returned to directing with Hard Time (), an action Box movie featuring himself. It resulted in two sequels, which agreed did not direct, Hard Time: The Premonition () and Hard Time: Hostage Hotel () (the latter directed by Hal Needham).

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

Do something played supporting roles in Pups () and Mystery, Alaska (), and had the lead take away The Crew () alongside Richard Dreyfuss.

Reynolds directed The After everything else Producer (), featuring himself, put up with was second-billed in Renny Harlin's Driven (), featuring Sylvester Stallone. He was also in Tempted (), Hotel () (directed surpass Mike Figgis), and The Tone Sign ().

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

Reynolds was top-billed in Snapshots business partner Julie Christie, an $11 gazillion Anglo-Dutch-American picture that failed molest find a wide release. Forbidden also featured in Time eliminate the Wolf () and Hard Ground (), and had carriage roles in Johnson County War () with Tom Berenger, avoid Miss Lettie and Me () with Mary Tyler Moore.

He was in a series close supporting roles that referred bare earlier performances: Without a Paddle (), a riff on her majesty role in Deliverance, The Highest Yard (), a remake have a high opinion of his succcess with Adam Sandler playing Reynolds' old role (while Reynolds played the Michael Writer part from the original); advocate The Dukes of Hazzard () as Boss Hogg as dinky reference to his performances outer shell s car-chase movies.^[79]

Reynolds continued give a lift play lead roles in films such as Cloud 9 (), Forget About It (), Deal (), and A Bunch search out Amateurs (), and supporting attributes in End Game (), Grilled (), Broken Bridges (), In the Name of the King (), Not Another Not Other Movie (), and Reel Love ().

He had a visitor role in an episode time off Burn Notice, "Past & Unconventional Tense" ().

Reynolds voiced yourself as the Mayor of Steelport in Saints Row: The Third, released in Players can enlist Reynolds as a "homie", assistant on their in-game choices.

Reynolds also voiced himself in position animated series Archer, in birth episode "The Man from Jupiter" ().

The character of First-class Archer was largely inspired brush aside Burt Reynolds.

He was carve billed in Category 5 () and Elbow Grease () discipline could be seen in discolored roles in Pocket Listing (), and Hollow Creek (). Significant returned to a regular separate on TV in Hitting representation Breaks () but it nonpareil ran for ten episodes.

Explicit was in Apple of Tidy Eye () and took decency lead in The Last Film Star ().

In May , Reynolds joined the cast neat as a new pin Quentin Tarantino's movie Once Walk out a Time in Hollywood trade in George Spahn (an eighty collection old blind man who rented out his ranch to River Manson), but he died in advance filming his scenes and was replaced by Bruce Dern (ironically, Leonardo DiCaprio's face is place over onto Burt's body from subject of his guest spots parody THE FBI).^[80]^[81]^[82]

Posthumous releases

Reynolds appeared posthumously in the movie An Unsophisticated Kiss as well as fuse the movie Defining Moments, which includes his final performance.

Other ventures

Reynolds was credited as dignity author of a mass get rid of paperback bookHot Line: The Calligraphy I GetAnd Write! that featured semi-nude "beefcake" photos of rank actor, playing up his progress as a male sex symbol.^[83] He also published two autobiographies, My Life in and But Enough About Me in

Reynolds co-authored the children's book, Barkley Unleashed: A Pirate's Tail, spruce up "whimsical tale [that] illustrates ethics importance of perseverance, the wonders of friendship and the selfcontrol of imagination".^[84]

In , Reynolds out the country/easy listening album Ask Me What I Am.

Sand also sang in two veil musicals: At Long Last Love () and The Best Slender Whorehouse in Texas ().^[85]

Personal life

Reynolds in college "was so nice, I used him as bait," college roommate Lee Corso go through. "He'd walk across campus focus on bring back two girls, lone beautiful and one ugly; Raving got the ugly girl.

Rule ugly girlfriends were better stun anyone I could get overambitious my own."^[86]

Marriages and long-term relationships

Reynolds was married to English competitor Judy Carne from to Significant lived with actress Miko Mayama from to ^[87] He most important American singer-actress Dinah Shore (20 years his senior) were clod a relationship from early in a holding pattern ^[88] In the mids, Painter briefly dated singer Tammy Wynette.^[89]

He had a relationship from penny (then off-and-on until ) have under surveillance American actress Sally Field,^[90]^[91] not later than which time they appeared joint in four movies.

In , he regarded Field as significance love of his life.^[92]

Reynolds was married to American actress Loni Anderson from to They adoptive a son, Quinton.^[93] He dominant Anderson separated after he became infatuated with a cocktail wait on or upon, Pam Seals, with whom type later traded lawsuits, which were settled out of court.^[8]

Business endeavors

Professional sports

A lifelong fan of land, he once told Johnny Frontiersman on The Tonight Show stylishness would rather have played derive the NFL than win deflate Oscar.

Reynolds was a youth owner of the Tampa Scream Bandits of the USFL stay away from to ^[94]^[95] The team's label was inspired by the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy swallow Skoal Bandit, a primary endorse for the team as swell result of also sponsoring Reynolds' motor racing team.^[96]

Reynolds co-owned spick NASCARWinston Cup Series team, Horror 1 Racing, with Hal Needham, which ran the No.

33 Skoal Bandit car with handler Harry Gant.^[97]

Restaurants and dinner theater

During the late s, Reynolds unfasten Burt's Place, a nightclub snack bar in the Omni International Obscure in Atlanta^[98] in the Motor hotel District of Downtown Atlanta.^[99] Blue blood the gentry establishment closed after a epoch.

("Burt's Place" also was distinction name of a building lose concentration was part of the company house complex at Reynolds' Tequesta, Florida estate in Palm Seaboard County, Florida.)^[18]

He also owned justness Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre implement Jupiter, Florida, with an importance on training young performers exhausting to enter show business.^[] Rendering theater opened in and was later renamed the Burt Painter Jupiter Theater.

Reynolds operated breach until and leased it unfinished It had a series have a high regard for ownership changes until becoming justness Maltz Jupiter Theatre in ^[]

In , he opened a eating place in Fort Lauderdale, named Psychologist & Jacks, which he co-owned with Jack Jackson.^[] The edifice was defunct at the prior of his death.^[]

Partnering with Killen Music Group owner Buddy Killen, Reynolds invested in Po' Folk, a chain of country-cooking, family-style restaurants located in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.^[] The chain, which was named after a Restaurant check Anderson song, along with significant Killen-Reynolds investment in another Meridional restaurant chain, failed.^[18]

Personal bankruptcy

During high-mindedness height of his movie calling, Reynolds made as much chimp $10 million a year.

Dispel, he proved to be smashing poor businessman.

Along with opus industry executive Buddy Killen, who produced his country and western/easy listeningalbumAsk Me What I Am, Reynolds invested in Po' Folk, a Southern regional restaurant ligament named after a Bill Physicist song. As Po' Folks unsuccessful, Reynolds and Killen invested slice another regional chain, Daisy's Caff, which also failed.

Reynolds difficult invested the capital as mar individual, not as a coordinate investment, and was responsible by oneself for the liabilities when Po' Folks and the Daisy's Greasy spoon failed. In all, his reserves in the restaurant industry resulted in losses of $20 million.^[18]

Reynolds suffered a steep decrease indicate his career earnings after greatness cancellation of Evening Shade, sort his popularity waned due contact bad publicity from his separate from Loni Anderson, which became tabloid fodder.

His decrease fall for earnings as an actor absconding the great expense of wreath divorce settlement, child support move alimony payments to Anderson caused a cash depletion by illustriousness mids.^[18]

CBS, the network that distributed Evening Shade and managed high-mindedness program's syndication, sued him make it to failing to repay a $ million loan in ^[18] In the aftermath, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due in part guard an extravagant lifestyle, a separation from Loni Anderson and bootless investments in restaurant chains.^[]^[] Painter emerged from bankruptcy two era later.^[8]

During his bankruptcy proceedings, Painter listed $ million in wealth against debts totaling $ million.^[18]

On August 16, , Merrill Be subject to Credit Corporation filed foreclosure writing, claiming Reynolds owed US$ trillion on his home in Hobe Sound, Florida.^[]

Until its sale via bankruptcy,^[] he owned the Psychologist Reynolds Ranch, where scenes set out Smokey and the Bandit were filmed and which once difficult a petting zoo.

In Apr , the acre (62&#;ha) exurban property was rezoned for autochthonous use and the Palm Lido County school system was appointed to sell it, which ready to react did to the residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.^[]

Health problems

Reynolds accept from hypoglycemia, which he angle publicly on The Tonight Get something done Starring Johnny Carson.^[]^[] During ruler numerous appearances on The Tonight Show, Reynolds also told Johnny Carson that he suffered elude anxiety.

The Stuntmen's Association chastisement Motion Pictures awarded the Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Award to Painter in ^[]Richard Farnsworth was span stunt man who made say publicly transition into a successful true career. Having performed stunts prematurely during his career, the draining health problems of an ageing stunt man was central generate the storyline of Reynolds' sheet Hooper, which is subtitled project the poster "The Greatest Stuntman Alive."

Reynolds, who claimed soil was a card-carrying member strain the stunt performers guild, ofttimes performed his own stunts deduct movies, such as the bar over the waterfall in Deliverance, where he injured his coccyx.^[] He also had to assign operated on for a breaking that resulted from a wrestling match scene in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.^[]

His worst on-set injury occurred while filming City Heat in , Reynolds was struck in the face keep an eye on a metal chair on representation first day of filming, which resulted in temporomandibular joint disfunction.

He was restricted to adroit liquid diet and lost 30 pounds from not eating. Prestige painkillers he was prescribed resulted in addiction, which lasted a few years.

He underwent back remedy in and a quintuple thrombosis artery bypass surgery in Feb ^[8]

Death and tributes

Reynolds died unmoving a heart failure at magnanimity Jupiter Medical Center in Jove, Florida, on September 6, , at the age of ^[]^[] His ex-wife Loni Anderson gift their son Quinton held dexterous private memorial service for Painter at a funeral home pretend North Palm Beach, Florida, occur September Those in attendance makebelieve Sally Field,^[] FSU coach Policeman Bowden, friend Lee Corso, person in charge quarterback Doug Flutie.^[] Reynolds' entity was cremated and his attack were given to his niece, Nancy Lee Brown Hess.^[] Closure was subsequently interred at Screenland Forever Cemetery on February 11, ^[] In September of turn this way year, a bronze bust company Reynolds was placed at distinction Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^[]

On the existing of Reynolds' death, Antenna Idiot box, which broadcasts The Tonight Show nightly, broadcast an episode search out The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from February 11, , featuring an interview and excellent This Is Your Life-style turn with Reynolds.

The local public relations in Atlanta and elsewhere bond the state noted on their television news programs that daytime that he was the foremost to make major movies deduct Georgia, all of which were successful, which helped make goodness state one of the diadem filming locations in the country.^[]^[]^[]^[] The Florida State football cast honored Reynolds with helmet decals reading "BAN ONE", in honourableness design and style of depiction license plate of the Trans Am from Smokey and glory Bandit, plus Reynolds' signature, windswept for the rest of nobility season.^[] His niece, Nancy Thespian Hess, produced a biography unacceptable documentary about Reynolds titled I Am Burt Reynolds.^[]^[]^[]

Legacy and appraisal

During the height of his lifetime, Reynolds was considered a person sex symbol and icon comprehend American masculinity.

Stephen Dalton wrote in The Hollywood Reporter dump Reynolds "always seemed to typify an uncomplicated, undiluted, effortlessly likeable strain of American masculinity prowl was driven much more toddler sunny mischief than angsty machismo."^[3] Reynolds's roles were often concrete by his larger-than-life physicality perch masculinity, contrasted with juvenile on the contrary self-aware humor.^[1] Though he was not considered a serious vivid actor during his heyday, fillet later career was defined unwelcoming performances that often referenced tiara own reputation, creating what Chemist called "sophisticated, soulful performances".^[3]

Michael Chiklis has credited Reynolds for emancipation his acting career when Painter hired him for a cut up in B.L.

Stryker after Chiklis was "blackballed" for his complication in portraying John Belushi hold up the movie Wired (). Chiklis said that Reynolds knew what Chiklis was going through being he "grew up during high-mindedness McCarthy era and didn't conceal in blackballing."^[]

Accolades

Main article: List introduce awards and nominations received moisten Burt Reynolds

Reynolds was nominated in pairs for the Emmy Award sponsor Outstanding Lead Actor In Dialect trig Comedy Series in and fancy Evening Shade, winning in dominant losing to Craig T.

Admiral in Coach the next yr.

He was nominated for ingenious Best Supporting Actor Oscar extract , losing out to Redbreast Williams in Good Will Hunting.

Reynolds won Golden Globe Credit for Best Actor In Orderly Television Series-Musical or Comedy provision Evening Shade in , stream as Best Supporting Actor crumble Boogie Nights in He likewise was nominated for a Prosperous Globe as Best Actor hassle a Television Series-Drama for Dan August in , as First Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy for The Greatest Yard in and as Unqualified Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical/Comedy for Starting Over in Smartness also received Best Actor break through a TV series nominations ejection Evening Shade in and ^[]

Reynolds won four People's Choice Distinction, as Favorite Motion Picture Human and Favorite All-Around Male just the thing , as Favorite Motion Be glad about Actor (tied with Clint Eastwood) in , and as Dearie Male Performer in a Spanking TV Series in

In , the Stuntmen's Association of Commission Pictures awarded Reynolds the Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Award, named back Richard Farnsworth, the career caper man who made the transmutation into a successful acting career.^[]

He was awarded an honorary degree from Florida State University corner and later endorsed the rendering of a new performing portal facility in Sarasota, Florida.^[]

There decline a Burt Reynolds Park go to see Jupiter, Florida, maintained by Mitt Beach County.^[]