Burt Reynolds Biography (1936-)

Full name, Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr.; born February 11, 1936, in Waycross, GA; son of Burton Reynolds, Sr. (a police chief) and Fern Reynolds; married Judy Carne (an actress), 1963 (divorced, 1965); married Loni Anderson (an actress), April 29, 1988 (divorced, 1994); children: (second marriage) Quinton. Addresses: Office: Clematis Films, P.O. Box 3288, Tequesta, FL 33469.; Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: AM Productions & Management, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite713, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, casting director
Birth Details: February 11, 1936; Waycross, Georgia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Hoke Adams, Angel Baby, Allied Artists, 1961
Skee, Armored Command, Allied Artists, 1961
Mark Andrews, Operation C.I.A. (also known as Last Message fromSaigon), Allied Artists, 1965
Red Hand, Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations, 1966
Title role, Navajo Joe (also known as Un dollaro a testa, Savage Run, A Dollar a Head, and Joe, el implacable), United Artists, 1967
Fade-In (also known as Iron Cowboy), 1968
Pat Morrison, Impasse, United Artists, 1969
Title role, Sam Whiskey, United Artists, 1969
Yaqui Joe, 100 Rifles, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
Caine, Shark! (also known as Un arma de dos filos and Maneater), Excelsior, 1970
Pat Morrison, Impasse, 1970
Douglas Temple, Skullduggery, Universal, 1970
Lewis Medlock, Deliverance, Warner Bros., 1972
Switchboard, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (also known as Everything You Always Wanted to Know aboutSex), United Artists, 1972
Detective Steve Carella, Fuzz, United Artists, 1972
Jay Grobart, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
Shamus McCoy, Shamus (also known as Passion for Danger), Columbia, 1973
Gator McKlusky, White Lightning (also known as McKlusky), United Artists, 1973
Paul Crewe, The Longest Yard (also known as The Mean Machine), Paramount, 1974
Michael Oliver Pritchard III, At Long Last Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Lieutenant Phil Gaines, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
W. W. Bright, W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
Walker, Lucky Lady, 1975
Gator McKlusky, Gator, United Artists, 1976
Buck Greenway, Nickelodeon, Columbia, 1976
Himself, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Billy Clyde Puckett, Semi-Tough, United Artists, 1977
Bandit (Bo Darville), Smokey and the Bandit, Universal, 1977
Wendell Sonny Lawson, The End, United Artists, 1978
Sonny Hooper, Hooper, Warner Bros., 1978
Phil Potter, Starting Over, Paramount, 1979
Jack Rhodes, Rough Cut (also known as Roughcut), Paramount,1980
Bandit, Smokey and the Bandit II (also known as Smokey and theBandit Ride Again), Universal, 1980
J. J. McClure, The Cannonball Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Buddy Evan, Paternity, Paramount, 1981
Richard Babson, Best Friends, Warner Bros., 1982
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (also known as The Best Little Cathouse in Texas), Universal, 1982
Tom Sharky, Sharky's Machine, Warner Bros., 1982
David, The Man Who Loved Women, Columbia, 1983
The Real Bandit, Smokey and the Bandit III (also known as Smokey Is the Bandit and The Real Bandit), Universal, 1983
Title role, Stroker Ace, Warner Bros., 1983
J. J. McClure, The Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984
Mike Murphy, City Heat, Warner Bros., 1984
(Uncredited) Poker player, Uphill All the Way, 1984
Ernest Stickley/Stick (title role), Stick, Universal, 1985
Himself, Southern Voices, American Dreams, 1985
American Dreamer, 1985
Himself, Sherman's March, 1986
Nick Scaliente ("Mex"), Heat, New Century, 1987
Richard Malone (title role), Malone, Orion, 1987
Tony Church, Rent-a-Cop, Kings Road Entertainment, 1988
John L. Sullivan IV, Switching Channels, TriStar, 1988
Voice of Charlie B. Barkin, All Dogs Go to Heaven (animated), United Artists, 1989
Ernie Mullins, Breaking In, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989
Joe Paris, Physical Evidence, Columbia, 1989
Colonel Frank Parker, Modern Love, Triumph, 1990
Himself, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
Nick McKenna, Cop & 1/2 (also known as Cop and a Half),Universal, 1993
Roy Scudder, The Maddening, Trimark, 1994
Himself, A Century of Cinema, 1994
Himself, Wrestlemania X, 1994
"Wacky" Jacky Jackson, Mad Dog Time (also known as Trigger Happy), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
Congressman David Dilbeck, Striptease, Columbia, 1996
Blaine Gibbons, Citizen Ruth (also known as Meet Ruth Stoops), Miramax, 1996
Lenny Spencer, Meet Wally Sparks, Trimark, 1997
Jack Horner, Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema, 1997
General Newton, Bean (also known as Dr. Bean, Bean: TheMovie, and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie), Gramercy, 1997
Jerome Katz (Raven), Raven, 1997
The Sheriff, Crazy Six, Sterling Home Entertainment, 1998
Clayton Samuels, The Hunter's Moon, Entertainment Around the World, 1999
Eli Zeal, Waterproof, Cloud Ten Pictures, 1998
Wolko, Stringer, 1999
Judge Walter Burns, Mystery, Alaska (also known as Pond Rules), Buena Vista, 1999
Connor, Big City Blues, Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
Daniel Bender, Pups, 1999
Joey "Bats" Pistella, The Crew, Buena Vista, 2000
Carl Henry, Driven, Warner Bros., 2001
Flamenco manager, Hotel, 2001
Kage Mulligan, The Hollywood Sign (also known as Der Himmel vonHollywood), Lions Gate Films, 2001
Larry Goldberg, Snapshots, 2002
Banko, Auf Herz und Nieren, 2002
Also appeared in The Hermit of Amsterdam.
Film Director
Gator, United Artists, 1976
The End, United Artists, 1978
Sharky's Machine, Warner Bros., 1982
Stick, Universal, 1985
Film Producer
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
Hooper, 1978
(With others) Big City Blues, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Ben Frazer, Riverboat, NBC, 1958-1960
Quint Asper, Gunsmoke (also known as Marshall Dillon and Gun Law), CBS, 1962-1965
Detective Lieutenant John Hawk (title role), Hawk, ABC, 1966
Detective Lieutenant Dan August (title role), Dan August, ABC, 1970-1971
Voice of Troy Garland of Anterias, Out of This World, syndicated,1987
Host and narrator, The Story of Hollywood (also known as Talking Pictures), TNT, 1988
B. L. (Buddy Lee) Stryker (title role), B. L. Stryker, ABC, 1989-1990
Wood Newton, Evening Shade (also known as Arkansas), CBS, 1990-1994
Also appeared on The Orson Welles Show.
Movies
L. G. Floran, Hunters Are for Killing (also known as Hard Frame), CBS, 1970
Simon Zuniga, Run, Simon, Run (also known as Savage Run andThe Tradition of Simon Zuniga), ABC, 1970
Detective Lieutenant Dan August, Double Jeopardy (also known as Dan August: Once Is Not Enough), 1970
B. L. Stryker, "Royal Gambit," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "The King of Jazz," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "Die Laughing," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "The Dancer's Touch," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "Blues for Buder," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "Blind Chess," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "Auntie Sue," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
B. L. Stryker, "Winner Takes All," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
B. L. Stryker, "Plates," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
B. L. Stryker, "Night Train," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
B. L. Stryker, "High Rise," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
B. L. Stryker, "Grand Theft Auto," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
Jack Robinson, The Man from Left Field, CBS, 1993
Otter Bob the Mountain Man, The Cherokee Kid, HBO, 1996
Les Williams, Frankenstein and Me (also known as Frakenstein etmoi), The Disney Channel, 1996
Detective Logan McQueen, Hard Time, 1998
Mentor, Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, Showtime, 1998
Mentor/GR88, Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business, Showtime,1998
Logan McQueen, Hard Time: Premonition (also known as The Premonition), 1999
Logan McQueen, Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (also known as HostageHotel), TNT, 1999
Sonny Wexler, The Last Producer (also known as The Final Hit), USA Network, 2000
Charlie Le Blanc, Tempted, HBO, 2001
Samuel Madison, Miss Lettie and Me, TNT, 2002

Time of the Wolf, PAX, 2002
Specials
How to Handle a Woman, NBC, 1972
Super Comedy Bowl 2, CBS, 1972
Burt and the Girls, NBC, 1973
Burt Reynolds' Late Show, NBC, 1973
Host, Dinah in Search of the Ideal Man, NBC, 1973
The Very First Glen Campbell Special, NBC, 1973
The Wayne Newton Special, NBC, 1974
Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1978
Superstunt, 1978
Color commentator, The Celebrity Football Classic, NBC, 1979
Jerry Reed and Special Friends, syndicated, 1982
The Best Little Special in Texas, syndicated, 1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter, 1982
Celebrity Daredevils, ABC, 1983
Dom DeLuise and Friends, ABC, 1983
Steve Martin's the Winds of Whoopie, NBC, 1983
TV's Censored Bloopers, NBC, 1984
The Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 1984
All-Star Party for Lucille Ball, CBS, 1984
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: 23rd Anniversary, NBC, 1985
Perry Como's Christmas in Hawaii, ABC, 1985
An All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan, CBS, 1985
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, PBS, 1986
Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson, ABC, 1987
Happy Birthday, Hollywood!, ABC, 1987
A Beverly Hills Christmas, syndicated, 1987
Secrets Men Never Share, NBC, 1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One (also known as How Sweet It Is: AWake for Jackie Gleason), CBS, 1988
Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular, 1988
First Person with Maria Shriver, NBC, 1990
Burt Reynolds' Conversations With ... , CBS, 1991
A Party for Richard Pryor, CBS, 1991
Entertainers '91: The Top 20 of the Year, ABC, 1991
Dinah Shore: A Special Conversation with Burt Reynolds, TNN, 1991
Bob Hope and Friends: Making New Memories (also known as Bob Hope's First Time With ...), NBC, 1991
Host, The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show--II, CBS, 1991
Host, 1991 King Orange Jamboree Parade (also known as 58th Annual King Orange Jamboree Parade), NBC, 1991
Host, Burt Reynolds' Conversations With ... , CBS, 1992-1994
Hats Off to Minnie Pearl: America Honors Minnie Pearl, TNN, 1992
Class Clowns, ABC, 1992
Host, Super Bowl Saturday Night, TNT, 1992
Wind in the Wire, ABC, 1993
The Barbara Walters Special: What Is This Thing Called Love?, ABC,1993
Laughing Matters (also known as Funny Business), Showtime,1993
Good Morning America: Evening Edition, ABC, 1993
The Andy Griffith Show Reunion, CBS, 1993
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame, NBC, 1993
Smithsonian Fantastic Journey, CBS, 1996
National Memorial Day Concert, PBS, 1996
A Conversation with Burt Reynolds, TNN, 1997
Himself, The Story of Bean, 1997
AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1998
Interviewee, The Life and Times of Tammy Wynette, TNN, 1998
The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1998
Intimate Portrait: Marilu Henner, Lifetime, 1999
Raquel Welch, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1998
Narrator, History vs. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001
Jackie Gleason: The Great One, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
(In archive footage) Himself, The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments, NBC, 2002
Awards Presentations
The Golden Eagle Awards, syndicated, 1987
The All-Star Pro Sports Awards, ABC, 1990
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, Fox, 1991
Host, The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1991
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992
The 4th Annual Desi Awards, syndicated, 1992
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 1992
The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1993
Host, The Golden Globe's 50th Anniversary Celebration, NBC, 1994
World Stunt Awards, ABC, 2001
Miniseries
Voice of T. Jackson, The Great Battles of the Civil War, 1995
Voice of Patrick Henry, Founding Fathers, History Channel, 2000
Marshal Hunt Lawton, Johnson County War, Hallmark, 2002
Pilots
Branch Taylor, The Man from Everywhere, CBS, 1961
Pete Lassiter (title role), Lassiter, CBS, 1968
The Dom DeLuise Show, syndicated, 1987
Episodic
"The Teacher," M Squad, NBC, 1959
"You Can't Win 'Em All," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS, 1959
"The Payoff," Lawless Years, NBC, 1959
Corman, "Fire Flight," The Blue Angels, syndicated, 1960
"The Good Samaritan," Pony Express, syndicated, 1960
Ace, "Alas, Babylon," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1960
Tad Stuart, "The Stranger," Johnny Ringo, CBS, 1960
Bill Davis, "Escape to Sonoita," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1960
"The Big Swim," The Aquanauts, CBS, 1960
"The Boat Caper," Michael Shayne, NBC, 1961
Branch Taylor, "The Man from Everywhere," Zane Grey Theater, CBS,1961
Chuck, "Powder Puff Pilot," The Blue Angels, 1961
"The Kidnap Adventure," The Aquanauts, 1961
Abelard, "Bordertown," The Brothers Brannagan, 1961
"Greed of the Glades," Everglades, 1961
"Friday's Children," Everglades, 1962
"Love Is a Skinny Kid," Route 66, CBS, 1962
Chuck Blair, "The Case of the Counterfeit Crank," Perry Mason, CBS, 1962
Rocky Rhodes, "The Bard," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
Red Hand, "Now Join the Human Race," Branded, NBC, 1965
Sergeant Chapman, "Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum," Twelve O'Clock High, ABC, 1965
Michael Murtaugh, "All the Streets Are Silent," The FBI, ABC, 1965
Tech Sgt. Chapman, "The Jones Boys," Twelve O'Clock High, 1965
John Duquesne, "Act of Violence," The FBI, ABC, 1968
"Love and the Banned Book," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970
Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1990-1992
The Carol Burnett Show, 1972
Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1980
(Uncredited) Himself, "A Death in the Family," Mickey Spillane's MikeHammer, CBS, 1984
"Ladies of the Evening," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1986
Himself, "Episode 2," Dolly, ABC, 1987
Himself, "She Came in through the Bathroom Window," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1993
Himself, Dame Edna's Hollywood, 1993
Himself, "The Grand Opening," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993
Himself, "Sisyphus, Prometheus, and Me," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995
Himself, "The Cheese Stands Alone," Cybill, CBS, 1995
Himself, Die Harald Schmidt Show, 1996
Himself, Ruby Wax Meets (also known as The Ruby Wax Show),Fox, 1996
Voice of Judge, "Class Warfare" (also known as "Das Sub"), Duckman, 1997
Voice of M. F. Thatherton, "The Company Man," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 1997
Himself, Dennis Miller Live, syndicated, 1998
Himself, "The Sidekick," Emeril, NBC, 2001
Narrator, History vs. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001
Narrator, Rites of Autumn, ESPN, 2001
Mr. Burt, "Improbable," The X-Files, Fox, 2002
Himself,Hollywood Squares, 2002
Also appeared in episodes of The David Frost Show, syndicated; General Electric Theatre, CBS; Route 66, CBS; The Twilight Zone, CBS; Zane Grey Theater, CBS; The Dinah Shore Show, NBC; Flipper, NBC; The Sony & Cher Comedy Hour; "The Case of Alexis George," Lock Up; as guest panelist, The New Hollywood Squares; himself, Inside the Actors Studio; himself, The Wil Shriner Show, syndicated; copilot, Gentle Ben, CBS; Josiah Carey, AmazingGrace, NBC; himself, Tvography.
Television Executive Producer
Series
(With Bert Convy; and creator) Win, Lose, or Draw, NBC, 1987-1988
Third Degree, syndicated, 1989
B. L. Stryker, 1989
Evening Shade (also known as Arkansas), CBS, 1990-1994
Television Director
Movies
Die Laughing, ABC, 1989
Blues for Buder, ABC, 1989
Night Train, ABC, 1990
The Man from Left Field, CBS, 1993
Hard Time, TNT, 1998
The Last Producer (also known as The Final Hit), USA Network, 2000
Television Executive Producer
Movies
"Royal Gambit," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
"The King of Jazz," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1989
"Die Laughing," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1989
"The Dancer's Touch," ABC Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
"Winner Takes All," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
"Plates," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
"Night Train," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
"High Rise," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
"Grand Theft Hotel," ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
The Man Upstairs, CBS, 1992
The Man from Left Field, CBS, 1993
Television Work
Movies
Segment director, Class Clowns, ABC, 1992
Casting director, Hard Time, 1998
Television Director
Specials
Harlan & Merleen (also known as It's Never Too Late), CBS, 1993
Television Executive Producer
Specials
Cotton Club '75, 1975
Burt Reynolds' Conversations With ... , CBS, 1992-1994
Harlan and Merleen (also known as It's Never Too Late), CBS, 1993
A Conversation with Burt Reynolds, TNN, 1997
Television Director
Episodic
Hawk, ABC, 1966
"The Method Actor," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1985
"Guilt Trip," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
Evening Shade (also known as Arkansas), CBS, 1990-1994
The New WKRP in Cincinnati, syndicated, 1991
Stage Appearances
(As Buddy Reynolds) Mister Roberts, City Center Theatre, New YorkCity, 1956
Look: We've Come Through, Hudson Theatre, New York City, 1961
Also appeared in The Rainmaker, New York City.
Major Tours
Himself, My Life (one-man show), U.S. cities, 1992-1993, 2002-2003
Stage Director
Teahouse of the August Moon, Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1987
Mame, Burt Reynolds Theatre, 1987
Also director of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Rainmaker, Two for the See-Saw, Mass Appeal, Wrestlers, and others, all at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre.
Major Tours
Director
(And producer) My Life, U.S. cities, 1992-1993
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Avery Carrington, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (also knownas GTA4), 2002
WRITINGS
Nonfiction
My Life (autobiography), Hyperion, 1994.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Resnick, Sylvia Safran, Burt Reynolds: An Unauthorized Biography,St. Martin's Press, 1983
Smith, Lisa, Burt Reynolds, Magic Light Productions, 1994
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000
Streebeck, Nancy, The Films of Burt Reynolds, Citadel Press, 1982
Whitley, Dianna, Burt Reynolds: Portrait of a Superstar, 1979

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, August 4, 1995, p. 7; January 23, 1998, p. 37; March 6, 1998, p. 40
New York Times, October 1, 1989, pp. H17, H23
New York Times Magazine, June 16, 1996
People Weekly, September 13, 1993, pp. 80-86; December 16, 1996, p. 96
Time, February 23, 1998, p. 91
Variety, May 19, 1997, p. S16; November 1, 1999, p. M4

Electronic

Burt Reynolds Official Site, http://www.burtreynolds.com, December11, 2002

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