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Burt Reynolds

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Burt Reynolds

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Also known as Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr., Burton Leon Reynolds, Burton Milo Reynolds Jr., Burt

American actor (1936–2018)

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Burt Reynolds, born Burton Milton Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936, was an American actor whose career spanned from 1958 to 2018. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection and the Grammy Winners collection. His notable works include *Smokey and the Bandit*, *Driven*, and *But Enough About Me*. Reynolds had one child and held a net worth of 3,000,000.

He passed away on September 6, 2018. Among his recorded quotes are statements about his films being shown in prisons and airplanes, as well as comparisons of his singing abilities to Fred Astaire’s acting.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
11 February 1936
Died
06 September 2018
Works
19

Top works

  • But Enough About Me
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Smokey and the Bandit
  • Driven
  • But Enough About Me

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1957-12-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,502
Total plays
32,953

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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965) and Dan August (1970–1971). Reynolds sang in a number of films, notably in the musicals At Long Last Love (where he played Michael) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (where he played Sheriff Dodd). He also sang in the voice role of Charlie Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven, and released an album e

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research

    · 1989 · cited 29,180x

  2. THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

    · 1963 · cited 18,992x

  3. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project

    · 1996 · cited 18,867x

  4. Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

    · 1996 · cited 13,977x

  5. Structural Holes

    · 1992 · cited 8,934x

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Quotes

  • “My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.”
  • “You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.”
  • “I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.”
  • “We’re only here for a little while, and you’ve got to have some fun, right? I don’t take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there’s some sickness with people like that. That’s why I live in Florida.”
  • “I don’t know why I think this, but maybe I’ve got my best work ahead. Maybe I’ll be putting my teeth in the glass, and maybe it will be a very different kind of role, but I want to do something where I’m not driving a car or a truck, where it’s real. Something that people wouldn’t expect me to do. Probably a man in search of himself. But we’re always searching for ourselves anyway.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor most famous during the 1970s and '80s. He became well known in the television series Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966) and Dan August (1970–1971). He had leading roles in the films Navajo Joe (1966), and 100 Rifles (1969), and his breakthrough role as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972).

Reynolds played leading roles in financially successful films such as White Lightning (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) (which started a seven-year box-office reign), Semi-Tough (1977), The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Sharky's Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Smokey and the Bandit III (1983), and Cannonball Run II (1984), several of which he directed. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

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