Burt Reynolds – Artist of The Month September 2023
In summary, Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor who rose to fame through his roles in television series and movies. He was known for his charming personality and good looks. Reynolds was also a director and producer who directed several movies himself. He won several awards throughout his career including Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. He passed away on September 6, 2018 at the age of 82 due to cardiac arrest.
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor, director, and producer, born on February 11, 1936 in Lansing, Michigan. He was considered a sex symbol and an icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966) and Dan August (1970–1971).
Although Reynolds had leading roles in such films as Navajo Joe (1966) and 100 Rifles (1969), his breakthrough role was as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance (1972). Reynolds played the leading role – often a lovable rogue – in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as White Lightning (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) (which started a six-year box office reign), Semi-Tough (1977), The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Sharky’s Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and Cannonball Run II (1984), several of which he directed himself.
He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Reynolds was voted the world’s number one box-office star for five consecutive years (1978–1982) in the annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll, a record he shares with Bing Crosby. After a number of box-office failures, Reynolds returned to television, starring in the sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994), which won him a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His performance as high-minded pornographer Jack Horner in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) brought him renewed critical attention, earning him another Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, with nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Reynolds was married twice: first to actress Judy Carne from 1963 to 1965, then to actress Loni Anderson from 1988 to 1994. He also had relationships with Dinah Shore from 1971 to 1975 and Sally Field from 1976 to 1980. Reynolds had one child, Quinton Anderson Reynolds, whom he adopted with Anderson.
Reynolds passed away on September 6, 2018 at the age of 82 due to cardiac arrest at Jupiter Medical Centre in Jupiter, Florida.
To celebrate his life we are offering all our customers a 10% discount on all hand signed Burt Reynolds memorabilia throughout the month of September 2023. Simply use the discount code 10off3YCPTDJH when you checkout. T&Cs apply.
Burt Reynolds – Artist of The Month September 2023