Rest In Peace, Burt Reynolds: (1936-2018)

September 6, 2018 / Leave a Comment

BURT REYNOLDS
February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018 (age 82)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest

Best known for his roles in “Smokey and the Bandit” and “The Cannonball Run,” Burt Reynolds started as a huge ’70s star, appearing in both films and television, playing big roles in series like “Gunsmoke” and “Out Of This World,” and would use the latter half of his career to ride that wave of nostalgia, playing himself or versions of his old characters. He would star in the original “The Longest Yard” in 1974 and would later have a big role in the remake featuring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in 2005. His other mentional roles would include classics like “Deliverance” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” as well as more recent classics like “Striptease” and “Boogie Nights.” I also vividedly remember him playing Boss Hogg in the feature film remake of “The Dukes Of Hazard” starring Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott. Although not his last film, the last film that made an impact was 2017’s “The Last Movie Star” in which he starred as an aging actor accepting an award at a tiny film festival, alongside “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter. The man had starred next to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Although he will truly be missed, his legacy will live on forever.

BURT REYNOLDS’ ACADEMY AWARDS

1998

“Boogie Nights”

Nominated

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

BURT REYNOLDS’ FILMOGRAPHY

1961	Angel Baby	Hoke Adams
1961	Armored Command	Skee
1965	Operation C.I.A.	Mark Andrews, CIA
1966	Navajo Joe	Navajo Joe
1969	100 Rifles	Yaqui Joe
1969	Sam Whiskey	Sam Whiskey
1969	Impasse	Pat Morrison
1969	Shark	Caine
1970	Skullduggery	Douglas Temple
1972	Fuzz	Det. Steve Carella
1972	Deliverance	Lewis
1972	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask*	Switchboard
1973	Shamus	Shamus McCoy
1973	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	Jay Grobart
1973	White Lightning	Gator McKlusky
1974	The Longest Yard	Paul Crewe
1975	At Long Last Love	Michael Oliver Pritchard III
1975	W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings	W.W. Bright
1975	Lucky Lady	Walker Ellis
1975	Hustle	Lt. Phil Gaines
1976	Silent Movie	Himself
1976	Gator	Gator McKlusky
1976	Nickelodeon	Buck Greenway
1977	Smokey and the Bandit	Bandit
1977	Semi-Tough	Billy Clyde Puckett
1978	The End	Wendell Sonny Lawson
1978	Hooper	Sonny Hooper
1979	Starting Over	Phil Potter
1980	Rough Cut	Jack Rhodes
1980	Smokey and the Bandit II	Bandit
1981	The Cannonball Run	J. J. McClure
1981	Paternity	Buddy Evans
1981	Sharky’s Machine	Sharky
1982	Six Pack	Man (uncredited)
1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
1982	Best Friends	Richard Babson
1983	Stroker Ace	Stroker Ace
1983	Smokey and the Bandit Part 3	The Real Bandit
1983	The Man Who Loved Women	David Fowler
1984	Cannonball Run II	J. J. McClure
1984	City Heat	Mike Murphy
1985	Stick	Stick
1986	Uphill All the Way	Gambler (uncredited)
1986	Heat	Mex
1987	Malone	Malone
1987	Rent-a-Cop	Tony Church
1988	Switching Channels	John L. Sullivan IV
1989	Physical Evidence	Joe Paris
1989	Breaking In	Ernie Mullins
1989	All Dogs Go To Heaven	Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
1990	Modern Love	Colonel Frank Parker
1992	The Player	Himself
1993	Cop & ½	Nick McKenna
1995	The Maddening	Roy Scudder
1996	Citizen Ruth	Blaine Gibbons
1996	Striptease	Congressman David Dilbeck
1996	Frankenstein and Me	Les Williams
1996	Mad Dog Time	‘Wacky’ Jacky Jackson
1997	Meet Wally Sparks	Lenny Spencer
1997	Bean	General Newton
1997	Boogie Nights	Jack Horner
1997	Big City Blues	Connor
1999	Pups	Daniel Bender
1999	Stringer	Wolko
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Judge Walter Burns
2000	Waterproof	Eli Zeal
2000	The Crew	Joey ‘Bats’ Pistella
2000	The Last Producer	Sonny Wexler
2001	Driven	Carl Henry
2001	Tempted	Charlie LeBlanc
2001	Hotel	The Flamenco Manager
2001	The Hollywood Sign	Kage Mulligan
2001	Auf Herz und Nieren	Banko
2002	Snapshots	Larry Goldberg
2002	Time Of The Wolf	Archie McGregor
2003	The Liberians	Irish (uncredited)
2004	Without a Paddle	Del Knox
2005	The Longest Yard	Coach Nate Scarborough
2005	The Dukes Of Hazard	Jefferson Davis ‘Boss’ Hogg
2006	Cloud 9	Billy Cole
2006	End Game	General Montgomery
2006	Forget About It	Sam LeFleur
2006	Grilled	Goldbluth
2006	Broken Bridges	Jake Delton
2007	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	King Konreid
2007	Randy and the Mob	Elmore Culpepper (uncredited)
2008	Deal	Tommy Vinson
2008	Delgo	Delgo’s Father (voice)
2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Jefferson Steel
2011	Not Another Not Another Movie	C.J. Waters
2014	A Magic Christmas	Buster (voice)
2015	Pocket Listing	Ron Glass
2016	Hollow Creek	Seagrass Lambert
2016	Elbow Grease	Grandpa Barnes
2016	Shangri-La Suite	Narrator (voice)
2017	Apple of My Eye	Charlie
2017	The Last Movie Star	Vic Edwards
2017	Miami Love Affair	Robert
2017	Henri	George Duncan
2018	Shadow Fighter	Paddy Grier
2018	Defining Moments	Chester

BURT REYNOLDS’ TELEVISION APPEARANCES

1958	Flight	Master Sergeant	Episode: “Eye for Victory”
1959	M Squad	Pete Marashi	Episode: “The Teacher”
1959	Schlitz Playhouse	n/a	Episode: “You Can’t Win ‘Em All”
1959	The Lawless Years	Tony Sappio	Episode: “The Payoff”
1959	Pony Express	Adam	Episode: “The Good Samaritan”
1959-1960	Riverboat	Ben Frazer	20 Episodes
1959-1960	Playhouse 90	Ace / The Actor	2 Episodes
1960	Johnny Ringo	Tad Stuart	Episode: “The Stranger”
1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Bill Davis	Episode: “Escape to Sonoita”
1960	Lock Up	Latchard Duncan	Episode: “The Case of Alexis George”
1960-1961	The Blue Angels	Chuck / Corman	2 Episodes
1960-1961	The Aquanauts	Leo / Jimmy	2 Episodes
1961	Michael Shayne	Jerry Turner	Episode: “The Boat Caper”
1961	Zane Grey Theater	Branch Taylor	Episode: “Man from Everywhere”
1961	The Brothers Brannagan	Abelard	Episode: “Bordertown”
1961	Naked City	Young Man	Episode: “Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon”
1961	Ripcord	The Assassin	Episode: “Crime Jump”
1961-1962	Everglades	Trask / Lew Johnson	2 Episodes
1962	Route 66	Tommy	Episode: “Love Is a Skinny Kid”
1962	Perry Mason	Chuck Blair	Episode: “The Case of the Counterfeit Crank”
1962-1965	Gunsmoke	Quint	50 Episodes
1963	The Twilight Zone	Rocky Rhodes	Episode: “The Bard”
1965	Branded	Red Hand	Episode: “Now Join the Human Race”
1965	Flipper	Al Bardeman	Episodes: “Dolphin in Pursuit: Part 1 & 2”
1965	12 O’Clock High	Tech. Sgt. Vern Chapman	2 Episodes
1965-1968	The F.B.I.	John Duquesne / Michael Murtaugh	2 Episodes
1966	Hawk	Detective Lt. John Hawk	17 Episodes
1967	Gentle Ben	Co-Pilot	Episode: “Voice from the Wilderness”
1968	Premiere	Pete Lassiter	Episode: “Lassiter”
1968	Fade-In	Rob	Television movie
1970	Love, American Style	Stanley Dunbar	Episode: “Love and the Banned Book”
1970	Hunters Are for Killing	L.G. Floran	Television movie
1970	Run, Simon, Run	Simon Zuniga	Television movie
1970-1971	Dan August	Lt. Dan August	26 Episodes
1980	Dan August: The Trouble with Women	Lt. Dan August	Television movie
1980	Dan August: The Jealousy Factor	Lt. Dan August	Television movie
1980	Dan August: Murder, My Friend	Lt. Dan August	Television movie
1986	The Golden Girls	Himself	Episode: “Ladies of the Evening”
1986	Shattered If Your Kid’s on Drugs	n/a	Television movie
1987-1991	Out of This World	Troy Garland	95 Episodes
1989-1990	B.L. Stryker	B.L. Stryker	12 Episodes
1990-1994	Evening Shade	Wood Newton	98 Episodes
1993	Beverly Hills, 90210	Himself	Episode: “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”
1993	Wire In The Wind	n/a	Television movie
1993	The Great Battles of the Civil War	T. Jackson (voice)	Television mini-series
1993	Amazing Grace	Josiah Carey	Episode: “Hallelujah”
1995	Hope & Gloria	Himself	Episode: “Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me”
1995	Cybill	Himself	Episode: “The Cheese Stands Alone”
1996	Raven	Jerome ‘Raven’ Katz	Video
1996	The Cherokee Kid	Otter Bob the Mountain Man	Television movie
1997	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	Judge Keaton (voice)	Episode: “Das Sub”
1997	Crazy Six	Dakota	Video
1997	King of the Hill	M.F. Thatherton (voice)	Episode: “The Company Man”
1998	Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms	Mentor	Television movie
1998	Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business	Mentor	Television movie
1998	Hard Time	Det. Logan McQueen	Television movie
1999	Hard Time: The Premonition	Det. Logan McQueen	Television movie
1999	The Hunter’s Moon	Clayton Samuels	Video
1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Det. Logan McQueen	Television movie
2001	History vs. Hollywood	Narrator (voice)	6 Episodes
2001	Emeril	Himself	Episode: “The Sidekick”
2002	The X-Files	Mr. Burt	Episode: “Improbable”
2002	Johnson County War	Hunt Lawton	Television movie
2002	Miss Lettie and Me	Samuel Madison	Television movie
2003	Hard Ground	John ‘Chill’ McKay	Television movie
2003-2004	Ed	Russ Burton	2 Episodes
2005	The King of Queens	Coach Walcott	Episode: “Hi, School”
2005	Robot Chicken	J.J. McClure / Himself (voice)	Episode: “Gold Dust Gasoline”
2005	Legend of Frosty the Snowman	Narrator (voice)	Video
2005	Duck Dodgers	Royal Serpenti (voice)	Episode: “Master & Disaster/All in the Crime Family”
2006	Freddie	Carl Crane Pool	Episode: “Mother of All Grandfathers”
2006-2009	My Name Is Earl	Chubby	3 Episodes
2010	Burn Notice	Paul Anderson	Episode: “Past & Future Tense”
2011	American Dad!	Senator Buckingham (voice)	Episode: “School Lies”
2011	Reel Love	Wade Whitman	Television movie
2012	Archer	Himself (voice)	Episode: “The Man from Jupiter”
2014	Category 5	Pops	Television movie
2016	Hitting the Breaks	Ron Wilcox	10 Episodes
2017	In Sanity, Florida	Himself	Episode: “The Town Is Small, the Crazy Isn’t”
2017	Hamlet & Hutch	Papa Hutch	Video