Friday, February 11, 2011

Happy 75th Birthday Burt Reynolds

Burton ‘Burt’ Leon Reynolds, Jr. was born on February 11, 1936 in Waycross, Georgia. An all-state football player in high school, Burt attended Florida State University on a scholarship. Before his first game he was injured in a car accident and worsened the injury later that year. With Burt’s football career over he continued taking classes at Palm Beach Jr. College and became interested in acting. He won the 1956 state drama award for his role in “Outward Bound”. He met Joanne Woodward who took an interest in him and found him an agent. Burt went to New York and began a stage career in “Look, We’ve Come Through” and then starred alongside Darren McGavin in the TV series “Riverboat” (1960-1961). Reynolds then landed a supporting role in “Gunsmoke” (1962-1965) as the half-breed blacksmith Quint Asper. Encouraged by his friend Clint Eastwood he accepted a role in a Spaghetti western “Navajo Joe” in 1966 directed by Sergio Corbucci. Reynolds would go on to also appear in 1969's “100 Rifles” with Raquel Welch and Jim Brown. Burt returned to the U.S. and became a huge star in the 1970s and 1980s appearing in a number of action films such as “Deliverance” (1972), “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing” (1973), “The Longest Yard” (1974), the “Smokey and the Bandit” films. In the 1990s he starred in the highly successful TV series “Evening Shade” for which he won an Emmy Award as Best Actor in 1991. After a messy divorce from second wife Loni Anderson [1945- ] he filed bankruptcy. In the mid-1990s he started a comeback with his performance in “Striptease” (1996) and “Boogie Nights” (1997). Burt underwent heart surgery in early 2010 and though he’s recovered his career has come to a standstill. Today we celebrate Burt Reynolds 75th birthday.

5 comments:

  1. ask the station navajo joe ?

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  2. Knowing the way Burt despises "Navajo Joe", I don't think h'd care to remember.

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  3. I've been in love with Burt since the first time i seen him on TV. Sexy smile and 'stash...altho he is my mothers age, and I am grown I still have a deep sense of awe whenever i see his picture.My heart beats faster like puppy love. As a teenager, he was my first famous star love, and it will always remain instilled in my heart for him. i would like to get a autographed photo of Burt, where can I get one? TK U, Cindy-Nebraska

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  4. Burt Reynolds Will Always Be Sexy In My Eyes!!!!!

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  5. Burt ,
    I hope all of your wishes come true for ya today. When the film The Longest Yard was being
    filmed in Reidsville,Ga at the Ga State Prison.
    You were dating Dinah shore who came to visit you one day. The weather was cold; and the
    cheer the crowd scene cheer was Mean Machine
    Mean Machine. Me and my sister were in High School and we both had our picture separately made with you. To this day, I'm still wearing
    eye glasses to this day .
    Hope your birthday is a huge success.
    Mystical Extravaganza-Written by;Rt-03-05-011
    Saturday--Clos your eyes--Wishes made known primarily-Only to ya
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    Hopeful extravaganza-Hugs galore-That faithful day-Where friendly personality-Shned as though-Time stood still-Momentarily humble-
    Where your dreams-Become from visualization to
    realization
    ---------------------------------------------
    Believable valuable but true-Your welcome greeting-Open door policy-Happy hip hoppity
    Birthday Burt-May ya always-Be true to yourself-Wind beneath your wings-Like time in a sand filled bottle-Many happy memories-How
    you're touched everyone-That you're still healthy -You're smile is genuinely-Warm to be
    -Like an angel indisguise

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