Most of his performances were in action movies and comedies, which would forge a brand of playful, good-ol’-boy beloved by audiences but not so much by critics. This marked the beginning of a career that would include theater, television and studio productions. This performance brought him the 1956 Florida State Drama Award and a scholarship to a summer stock theater, the Hyde Park Playhouse. It was his English professor that pushed Reynolds into acting by casting him in the lead role in the production of the play Outward Bound.
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Unfortunately, a series of injuries would hamper his abilities on the field and lead to him giving up the sport while still in college. He eventually accepted one of the football scholarships and attended Florida State University, where he played as halfback. To pay our last respects to the Hollywood’s top-grossing actor for a 5-year stretch from 1978 through to 1982, we have created the Burt Reynolds Timeline, which overviews the highlights of his life and career, including his most popular movies.īefore starting his acting career, young Reynolds distinguished himself as a skilled football player, receiving multiple scholarship offers when he was in high school. Receiving an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of porn director Jack Horner in Boogie Nights, Reynolds nevertheless preferred more populist, fun roles like the ones in The Cannonball Run or Starting Over. 1 box-office attraction for several years in a row in the late 1970s. After making his film debut as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance in 1972, the actor became the No. Burt Reynolds, the charismatic protagonist of such movies as Smokey and the Bandit, and The Longest Yard, died Thursday morning at the age of 82.
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