Burt Reynolds

At 82 years old, Burt Reynolds has this physical status:

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director, and producer.

He first came to fame when he appeared in many television shows, including Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). Despite Reynolds' leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe (1966), Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972).

Reynolds was instrumental in a number of subsequent box office hits, including The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), and Last Boyhood (1980), Born in Texas (1981), The Greatest Little Whorehouse (1984), and Cannonball Run II (1984). In the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, Reynolds was named as the world's top one box office star for five years (from 1978 to 1982), a feat he shares with Bing Crosby.

Reynolds returned to television after a string of box office failures, appearing in Evening Shade (1990–1994).

For his role in Boogie Nights (1997), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life

Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born on February 11, 1936, to Harriet "Fern" (née Miller) and Burton Milo Reynolds (1906–2002). His ancestry was descended on his family from Dutch, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish roots. Reynolds also found roots in Cherokee and Italian roots.

Reynolds often said he was born in Waycross, Georgia, but in 2015, he revealed that he was actually born in Lansing, Michigan. Lansing is where his family lived when his father was drafted into the United States Army, according to his autobiography.

Reynolds, his mother, and his sister all joined his father at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where they later lived for two years. The family moved to Lake City, Michigan, where his mother had been raised, after his father was sent to Europe. The family moved to Riviera Beach, Florida, in 1946. Reynolds' father eventually became Chief of Police of Riviera Beach, which is located across the street from West Palm Beach, Florida, which is also near the north end.

Reynolds, who was named First Team All State and All Southern in the tenth grade at Palm Beach High School, has received several scholarship offers.

He attended Florida State University on a football scholarship and played halfback after graduating from Palm Beach High School in 1954. While attending Florida State, he worked with future college-football coach, broadcaster, and analyst Lee Corso, as well as a brother of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Reynolds had a fantastic freshman year in football. However, he suffered his knee in the first game of his sophomore season, and he broke his spleen and fractured his other leg in a bad car crash later this year. He did not return to the university for almost two years. He enrolled at Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC), which is neighboring Lake Park, in early 1956, in order to keep up with his studies. Reynolds returned to Florida State in 1957, but his leg was injured in the car crash slowed him down. He was either to blame or not for the team's loss to North Carolina State on October 12, 1957. He told his colleagues that he was done with football right away after the game.

Reynolds was in an English class taught by Watson B. Duncan III during his time at PBJC in early 1956. Duncan was coerced to try out for a play he was composing, Outward Bound. Based on his experience reading Shakespeare in class, he placed him in the lead role, resulting in his winning the 1956 Florida State Drama Award for his appearance. Later, he said, "I read two words and they gave me a lead."

Duncan was his mentor and the most influential person in his autobiography.

Personal life

"I used him as bait because he was so good-looking," college roommate Lee Corso recalled. "He'd walk around campus and take back two girls, one pretty and one ugly; I got the ugly girl." His ferocious girlfriends were more useful than anyone I could get on my own." Reynolds was married to English actress Judy Carne from 1963 to 1965. Dinah Shore, an American singer-actress, and his grandmother, Dinah Shore (20 years his senior) were in a relationship from early 1971 to 1975. Reynolds briefly dated singer Tammy Wynette in the mid-1970s. He had a relationship with American actress Sally Field from 1976 to 1980 (then off-and-on until 1982), when the two actors appeared together in four films. He regarded Field as the love of his life in 2016. Reynolds married Loni Anderson, an American actress, from 1988 to 1994. Quinton was adopted by a family. He and Anderson divorced after falling in love with Pam Seals, a cocktail waitress with whom he later transferred litigation that were ruled out of court.

Reynolds opened Burt's Place, a nightclub restaurant in the Omni International Hotel in Downtown Atlanta's Hotel District in the late 1970s. He was a lifelong fan of American football as a result of his college career, and was a minority owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL from 1982 to 1986. The team's name was inspired by the movies The Smokey and the Bandit trilogy and Skoal Bandit, a primary sponsor for the team as a result of also funding Reynolds' motor racing team.

Reynolds, along with Hal Needham, co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup Series team, Mach 1 Racing, which competed for the No. 1 title. Harry Gant, a 33-year-old Skoal Bandit chauffeur, was seated in the car. In 1981, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Florida State University, and later supported the construction of a new performing arts center in Sarasota, Florida.

He also owned a private "dinner theater" in Jupiter, Florida, with a focus on mentoring young artists who want to enter show business. Since Reynolds declared bankruptcy, the theater was renamed the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theater and closed in 1997.

Burt & Jacks, which he co-owned with Jack Jackson in 1984, opened a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale named Burt & Jacks.

Reynolds was struck in the chest by a metal chair on the first day of filming, resulting in tempromandibular joint dysfunction. He was restricted to a liquid diet and gained thirty pounds from not eating. He was addicted to painkillers, which lasted many years. He underwent back surgery in 2009 and a quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery in February 2010.

Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers on August 16, 2011, claiming that Reynolds owes US$1.2 million on his house in Hobe Sound, Florida. He owned the Burt Reynolds Ranch, which was where scenes for Smokey and the Bandit were shot and which once had a petting zoo until its sale during bankruptcy, which also had a petting zoo. The 153-acre (62 ha) rural property was rezoned for residential use in April 2014, and the Palm Beach County school system was licensed to sell it, as it did to residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.

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Career

The Florida State Drama Award also received a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse, a summer stock theatre in Hyde Park, New York. Reynolds saw the opportunity as an affordable alternative to more physically demanding summer jobs, but did not yet see acting as a potential career. Reynolds met Joanne Woodward, who helped him find an agent while working there.

"I don't think I ever saw him perform," Woodward later wrote. "I knew him as this adorable, shy, pretty boy." He had the kind of sweet personality that made you want to do something for him."

At the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, he appeared in Tea and Sympathy. He earned raves for his work on tour with the cast and spent time on stage as well as appearing on stage after his Broadway debut in Look, We've Come Through.

Reynolds, Frank Gifford, Carol Lawrence, Red Buttons, and Jan Murray all returned to New York and enrolled in acting classes after the tour.

"I was a working actor for two years before taking my first real acting class (with Wynn Handman at the Neighborhood Playhouse)," he said. "It was a lot of practice, truth, moment-to-moment, learning how to listen, and improvev"

Reynolds considered returning to Florida for a brief period, but soon found himself in a revival of Mister Roberts, in which Charlton Heston appeared.

After the play closed, director John Forsythe arranged a film audition with Joshua Logan for Reynolds. Sayonara (1957) was the film. Reynolds was told he could not be in the film because he looked so much like Marlon Brando. Reynolds advised Reynolds to go to Hollywood, but Reynolds didn't feel confident enough to do so. Reynolds carried out a screen experiment after studio talent agent Lew Wasserman noticed the effects Reynolds had on secretaries in his office, but the experiment was unsuccessful.)

He has served in a variety of occupations, including waiting tables, washing dishes, driving a delivery truck, and as a bouncer at the Roseland Ballroom. Reynolds said he was charged $150 to jump through a glass window on a live television show while dockworker.

Reynolds began appearing on television in the late 1950s, with guest appearances on programs including Flight, M Squad, Schlitz Playhouse, The Lawless Years, and Pony Express. He has been with Universal for seven years. "I don't care whether he can act or not" Wasserman said. Any one with this effect on women deserves a break."

Reynolds' first big break came when he was cast alongside Darren McGavin in the lead role of the television series Riverboat (1959-61), starring Ben Frazer. Reynolds was described as "a double for Marlon Brando" in a recent study. Reynolds lasted for two seasons, but after only 20 episodes, he said he did not get along with McGavin or the executive producer, and that he had "a stupid part."

Reynolds also said that he "couldn't get a job." I didn't have a good reputation. You can't walk out of a network television show.

Reynolds returned to guest appearances on television shows as a guest. "I played heavies in every series in town," the actor said in episodes of Playhouse 90, Johnny Ringo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lock Up, The Blue Angels, Michael Shayne, Zane Grey Theater, The Brothers Brannagan, and The Brothers Brannagan. "They were depressing years," he later said.

Reynolds made his film debut in the low budget Angel Baby (1961), billed fourth in the fourth. He followed it with a role in a war film named Armored Command (1961). Later, Reynolds recalled, "It was the one picture that Howard Keel didn't sing on." "It was a big mistake."

In 1961, he returned to Broadway to perform in Look, We've Come Through, under José Quintero's direction, but the show only ran for five performances.

Reynolds continued to guest appear on shows including Naked City, Ripcord, Everglades, Route 66, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone ("The Bard," an hour-long tribute to Reynolds' look-alike Marlon Brando). "I learned more about my craft in these guest shoots than I did sitting around and being vivacious on Riverboat," He later said.

Dennis Weaver, a director of Gunsmoke, wanted to leave the cast of Gunsmoke, one of the country's top rated shows. Quint Asper, a young blacksmith, was portrayed in the film, defeating over 300 others. Reynolds said he would stay on the show "until it ends." I think it's a shame for an actor to leave a film in the middle of it." In 1965, Reynolds left Gunsmoke. Being on that show was "the best time of my life," he later said. I hated to leave the show, but I felt I had completed my apprenticeship and there were no seats for two leading men."

He appeared in his first lead role in a film, Operation C.I.A., a low-budget action film. (1965): A.K.A. On Flipper, The F.B.I., he appeared as a guest. The 12 o'clock high.

In a television series called Hawk (1966–67), portraying Native American detective John Hawk, Reynolds was given the title. It was on display for 17 episodes before being cancelled.

In Spain, Spaghetti Western Navajo Joe (1966) shot. He was also a Native American. "It wasn't my favorite picture," he said later... "I had two expressions—mad and madder."

He appeared on Gentle Ben and made a pilot for a TV show named Lassiter, where he would have played a magazine journalist. It was not picked up by the time.

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In another Western, 100 Rifles (1969), Reynolds saluted Jim Brown and Raquel Welch, adding, "I spent the entire time refereeing wars between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch."

In a 1969 interview, he expressed an interest in playing scenes like the John Garfield role in The Postman Always Rings Twice, but no one gave him the opportunity. "I know it's not there now kid, but I'm sure we can make it work."

Reynolds had been in MASH (1970), but decided against it after "they told me the other two leads would be Barbra Streisand's husband and the tall, skinny guy from The Dirty Dozen." Tom Skerritt appeared in the role, but Reynolds, instead, went into Skullduggery (1970), shot in Jamaica. Reynolds chuckled that after photographing "these wonderful, forgettable photos... "I immediately knew I was as hot as Leo Gorcey."

Hunters Are for Killing (1970) and Run, Simon (1970). His character in Hunters Are for Killing was originally a Native American, but Reynolds wanted to change it because he had played the part too many times before, and it wasn't necessary for the story.

In Dan August (1970–71), produced by Quinn Martin, Reynolds played the title character. Based on Martin and Reynolds' reputation, the series was given a full season order of 26 episodes, but it didn't appear in the ratings against Hawaii Five-0, which was not renewed.

Albert R. Broccoli pleaded for Reynolds to take over James Bond's role from Sean Connery, but Reynolds refused to take over the role, saying, "An American can't play James Bond." It just can't be done."

Reynolds appeared in his first stage play in six years after the series's cancellation, The Tender Trap at Arlington Park Theatre, which was originally produced in a revival. He had been offered other TV pilots but was hesitant to play a detective again.

Around this time, he had a reputation as an amusing talk-show host, beginning with an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show. He made jokes at his own expense, including himself as America's most "well-known unknown" who only made the kind of films "they show in airlines, jails, or somewhere else where the people can't get out." He became extremely popular and was often asked back by Griffin and Johnny Carson; in fact, he even hosted the Tonight Show. He was so well-known as a guest that he was given his own talk show, but he wanted to stay as an actor.

Later in life, he said that his talk show appearances were the best thing ever to happen to me. Overnight, everything was changed dramatically. I spent ten years in a wheelchair, quoting, 'Put up your hands.' Now I have a personality after watching Carson, Griffin, Frost, Dinah's display.

Reynolds said, "I knew that people loved me and that I was enough." "If I could transfer that person—the irreverent, self-deprecating facet of me, my favorite part of me—to the screen, I could have a long career."

Reynolds was to be the first to be cast in Deliverance, directed by John Boorman, who cast him on the basis of a talk show appearance. Reynolds joked, "It's the first time I haven't had a script with Paul Newman's and Robert Redford's fingerprints all over it." "The producers came to me first."

In 1972, he said, "I've waited 15 years to make a really good movie." "I made so many bad pictures." I was never able to help someone. A well-known unknown is the biggest curse in Hollywood.

Reynolds also gained notoriety around this period as he began a well-publicized friendship with Dinah Shore, 20 years his senior, and after he posed naked in the Cosmopolitan issue in April 1972. Reynolds said he posed for Cosmopolitan for "a kick." I have a strange sense of humor, as well as the fact that Deliverance came out. He later expressed regret for his Cosmopolitan appearance.

Reynolds's popularity, as well as talk-show appearances, helped establish him as a leading movie celebrity. "I counted a half-dozen Burt Reynolds jokes on the night of the Academy Awards," he later said. "I had become a household name, and the most talked about celebrity at the award show."

He was in Fuzz (1972), reuniting him with Welch, and also appearing in Woody Allen's book Everything You Should Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972). He has appeared in The Rainmaker at the Arlington and has returned to the stage.

Reynolds appeared in Shamus (1973), playing a modern-day private eye. The film received poor reviews, but it nonetheless became a hit in the box office. Reynolds referred to it as "not a bad film, but it was kind of cute."

He appeared in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), co-starring Sarah Miles. The film was a minor success, perhaps best known for Miles' lover, an aspiring screenwriter, who died during filming.

Reynolds was supposed to reunite with Boorman in Zardoz but was forced to return to Boorman, but Sean Connery replaced him.

Reynolds made the light-hearted car-chase film written by Norton, White Lightning (1973), which was another turning point in his career. "The start of a whole series of films made in the South, about the South, and South...you could even make back the negative's expense by eating it alone in Memphis." Anything outside of that was just gravy." Reynolds' most profitable segment will be car-chase films. Reynolds was voted into the top ten most influential box-office celebrities in the United States at number four at the end of 1973. He would remain on the list until 1984.

In 1974, Robert Aldrich produced The Longest Yard (1974), which was also well-known. "I believe he's a much better actor on occasion," Aldrich later said. Not always: He sometimes behaving like a caricature of himself.

Reynolds appeared in two big-budget fiascos: At Long Last Love (1975), a Peter Bogdanovich musical, and Lucky Lady (1975) with Gene Hackman and Liza Minnelli.

W.W. and the Dixie Dancers (1975), another light-hearted car chase film, as well as another brutal cop drama with Aldrich, Hustle (1975). In 1976, Mel Brooks appeared in Silent Movie.

Reynolds made his directorial debut in 1976 with Gator, the Norton sequel to White Lightning's sequel. "I waited 20 years to do it [directing] and I loved it more than anything I've ever done in this industry," he said after filming. "I happen to believe that it's what I do best."

He was reunited with Bogdanovich for Nickelodeon (1976), which was a commercial failure. "Bogdanovich will make him do the phone book," Aldrich said later. Somebody else has to convince him to do something. Bogdanovich is captivated by his fascination. I can't believe it. Clark Gable and Lombard did not appear in Gable and Lombard.

Reynolds had his biggest success in his career with a car-chase film, Smokey and the Bandit (1977), directed by Hal Needham and co-starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, and Sally Field.

Semi-Tough (1977), co-starring Jill Clayburgh and Kris Kristofferson, and produced by David Merrick, continued it with a comedy about football players. He directed his second film, The End (1978), a black comedy, in which he appeared in Woody Allen's original script.

He made a car comedy with Needham and Field, Hooper (1978), in which he appeared as a stuntman.

Around this time, he said, "My ability as an actor gets a little better every time." "I'm really prolific in the number of films I produce, whether it's two-and-a-year or three a year," I say, and when I look at any picture I do now compared to Deliverance, it's miles above what I was doing then." However, people take it for granted when doing films that are somewhat similar to each other, as I've been doing."

He turned down Alan Alda's role in California Suite (1978) because the role was too small.

"I'd rather direct than act," he said. I'd rather do that than anything. It's the second best sensation I've ever had." David Merrick had offered to produce two films that Reynolds would direct without having to act in them, according to him.

Reynolds tried a change of pace with Starting Over (1979), a romantic comedy starring Clayburgh and Candice Bergen, co-written and produced by James L. Brooks. In Rough Cut (1980) by Merrick, he was shot and then rehired director Don Siegel during filming.

Reynolds had two big hits with car films directed by Needham, Smokey, and the Bandit II (1980) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He appeared in David Steinberg's film Paternity (1981) and directed himself in a gruesome action film, Sharky's Machine (1981).

Reynolds wanted to try a musical again, so he decided to do The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982). It was a box-office hit, as well as Best Friends (1982) with Goldie Hawn. Reynolds was voted the most popular celebrity in the United States for the fifth year in a row in 1982.

Around this time he reflected:

In Terms of Endearment (1983), James L. Brooks offered Reynolds the role of explorer Garrett Breedlove, but he turned it down to do Stroker Ace (1983), another car-chase comedy directed by Needham. Jack Nicholson was given the Endearment Award by Endearment, who went on to win an Academy Award. Reynolds said in 1987 that "I felt more responsible to Hal than I owed Jim," but Stroker Ace flopped.

"If two or three more such pictures don't work, people will just avoid putting him in that sort of film, which is the kind of film for which he gets paid the most," an unidentified producer said in 1983. Reynolds thought this was a turning point in his career, from which he never recovered. "I lost them here," he said of his followers.

The Man Who Loved Women (1983), directed by Blake Edwards, also failed. He said in an interview around this time: 'Italian's in a discussion: 'Turnel' said: 'Ita's time was the worst' in a conversation.'

Cannonball Run II (1984), directed by Needham, brought in some funds but not half of the original. City Heat (1984), which partnered Reynolds and Eastwood, was moderately popular, but it was also viewed as a major critic and box-office disappointment. Reynolds was badly wounded during recording when he was struck in the chest with a genuine chair rather than a brokenaway prop, causing excruciating chronic pain as well as a dramatic weight loss that culminated in claims that he had AIDS for years.

Reynolds returned to directing with Stick (1985), a variation of an Elmore Leonard book, but it was both a critical and commercial failure. He made three other action films, Heat (1986), based on a William Goldman book Malone (1987), and Rent-a-Cop (1987) with Liza Minnelli. He later said that he did Heat and Malone "because there were so many rumors about me [about AIDS]. I was required to get out and be seen.

Reynolds teamed up with Bert Convy in 1987 to co-produce the game show Win, Lose or Draw for Burt and Bert Productions, Inc. The show was based on "sketch pad charades," a game he played with his friends in his living room in Jupiter. On NBC, Vicki Lawrence hosted the daytime version, while Convy hosted the syndicated version until 1989, which was also created by Reynolds and Convy.

Switching Channels (1989), Reynolds' first attempt at a screwball comedic comedy, but it was also a box-office disappointment. Physical Evidence (1989), directed by Michael Crichton, was even more poorly received. In (1989), Reynolds received rave reviews for his caper comedy Breaking In (1989), but the commercial reception was skewed.

"I wasn't aware that I was doing well at the time," he said at the time, "but I became alert when I wasn't doing very well." The atmosphere changed."

Reynolds appeared in a B.L. television series. Stryker (1989–90). It lasted two seasons, during which Reynolds appeared in Modern Love (1990), as a supporting actor.

Reynolds also appeared in Evening Shade (1990–94) as former Pittsburgh Steelers player Woodward "Wood" Newton. With 98 episodes in total, the show was a huge success. Emmy Award-winning actor for his work in this role. Reynolds credited this role with his service in Steeler Nation.

Reynolds was seen in other projects during his time on Evening Shade, beginning with a cameo in The Player (1992) (playing himself in Hollywood).

Cop & 1/2, a children's film, premiered on August 23, 1993, in which Reynolds was lead. Wind in the Wire, a Randy Travis television special, premiered on August 25, with Reynolds as one of the guests. Reba McEntire co-starring Reba McEntire appeared in The Man From Left Field, CBS first broadcasting it on October 15, 2016. Reynolds appeared and directed.

Reynolds appeared in The Maddening (1995), an Evening Shade film. However, he gradually became more of a character actor, appearing in Citizen Ruth (1996), Alexander Payne's early career, and Striptease (1996) with Demi Moore, and John Leo Varadkar (1996). For the second time, he had to audition. "To be honest, we weren't excited at first," the film's director later said. We had the hair and his image, but we were curious." Reynolds was brought on to the role and has received some coveted accolades.

Reynolds appeared in Frankenstein and Me (1996), Mad Dog Time (1996), The Cherokee Kid (1995), Meet Wally Sparks (1997), and Bean (1997) with Rowan Atkinson. In Raven (1996), a straight-to-video action film, he was the leading actor. He said he was broke after going through $13 million at this time.

"Regarding Burt, there's a difference between the executives under 40 and those who are over 40 years old," Reynolds' agent said in 1996. The younger executives are more open to Burt because they grew up loving Deliverance. But the senior executives are recalled how crazy he was, and they are less receptive. In the late 1990s and 2000s, he also hosted segments for the Encore Action premium cable network.

Reynolds appeared in Boogie Nights (1997), which was considered a comeback for him; the actor received 12 acting awards and three nominations for his role, including a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Reynolds' first and only nomination for the honor. Reynolds was offered a role in Boogie Nights writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, Magnolia (1999), but he turned down Boogie Nights because he disliked being on Boogie Nights and hated Anderson.

He was in charge of Big City Blues (1997) and supporting roles in Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998).

Reynolds returned to directing with Hard Time (1998), an action TV film starring himself. It resulted in two sequels, some of which he did not direct, including Hard Time (1999) and Hostage Hotel (1999) (the latter was directed by Hal Needham).

He appeared in the straight-to-video The Hunter's Moon (1999), Stringer (1999), and Waterproof (2000). He appeared in Pups (1999) and Mystery, Alaska (1999), and he was in charge of The Crew (2000), alongside Richard Dreyfuss.

Reynolds directed The Last Producer (2000), starring himself, and was second-billed in Renny Harlin's Driven (2001), starring Sylvester Stallone. He appeared in Tempted (2001), Hotel (2001) (directed by Mike Figgis), and The Hollywood Sign (2001).

In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, he sang Avery Carrington.

Reynolds appeared in Snapshots (2002), Time of the Wolf (2002), and Hard Ground (2003) with Julie Christie, and she appeared in Johnson County War (2002) with Tom Berenger and Miss Lettie and Me (2003) with Mary Tyler Moore.

He appeared in a number of supporting roles in 1970s car-chase films, including a look at his paternity (2004), a riff on his role in Deliverance, The Longest Yard (2005), a tribute to his 1974 debut, with Adam Sandler playing Reynolds; and The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), a nod to his 1970s car-chase films.

Reynolds continued to appear in films including Cloud 9 (2006), Forget About It (2006), Deal (2008), and A Bunch of Amateurs (2008), as well as supporting roles in End Game (2006), In The Name of the King (2006), Not Another Movie (2011), Reel Love (2011).

In an episode of Burn Notice's "Past & Future Tense" (2010), he appeared as a guest.

In Saints Row: The Third, Reynolds proclaimed himself as the Mayor of Steelport. Players can choose Reynolds as a "homie" based on their in-game picks.

In the episode "The Man from Jupiter" (2012), Reynolds also appeared in the animated series Archer. Sterling Archer's character was influenced in large part by Burt Reynolds' character.

He was top-billed in Category 5 (2014) and Elbow Grease (2016), and he could be seen in key roles in Pocket Listing (2016) and Hollow Creek (2015). In Hitting the Breaks (2016), he returned to a regular role on television, but it only lasted for ten episodes. He appeared in Apple of My Eye (2016) and took the lead in The Last Movie Star (2017).

Reynolds appeared in the 2019 film An Innocent Kiss as well as the 2020 film Defining Moments, which includes his final appearance.

Reynolds was in May 2018 as George Spahn (an eighty-year-old blind man who rented out his ranch to Charles Manson), but he died before shooting his scenes and was later replaced by Bruce Dern.

Reynolds co-authored Barkley Unleashed: A Pirate's Tail, a "whimsical tale [that] emphasizes perseverance, wonders of friendship, and the power of imagination."

Reynolds released Ask Me What I Am in 1973, the country/easy listening album Ask Me What I Am. He appeared in two film musicals, including At Long Last Love (1975) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982).

Despite his lucrative career, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996 due in large part to an expensive lifestyle, a divorce from Loni Anderson, and lack of investment in any Florida restaurant chains. Reynolds emerged from bankruptcy two years ago.

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