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Burt Reynolds
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Born: Feb 11, 1936
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Enduring, strong featured and genial star of US cinema who started off in TV westerns in the 1960s, and then carved his name into 1970/80s popular culture as a male sex symbol (posing near naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and onscreen as both a rugged action figure, and then as a wise cracking, Southern type "good ole' boy".
Handsome Reynolds originally hailed from Lansing, Michigan before moving to Florida where he excelled as an accomplished athlete who played with Florida State University, became an All Star Southern Conference half back (and was ear marked by the Baltimore Colts) before a knee injury and a car accident ended his football career. Midway through college, he dropped out and headed to New York with aspirations of becoming an actor where he worked in restaurants and clubs whilst pulling the odd TV spot or theatre role.
He was spotted in an NYC production of "Mister Roberts" and signed to a TV contract and appeared in TV shows including Gunsmoke, Riverboat & Hawk.
Reynolds continued to appear in non-demanding western roles , often playing an Indian half breed in films such as A Dollar a Head , 100 Rifles and Sam Whiskey. However, it was his tough guy performance as macho "Lewis Medlock" in the John Boorman backwoods nightmare Deliverance, that really stamped him as a bonafide star.
His popularity continued to climb higher with his appearance as a no nonsense private investigator in Shamus and in the Woody Allen comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know...[MORE]
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Burt Reynolds Nude and Sexy
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