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27 unusual facts about Burt Reynolds


Best Bitz from Back Den

Highlights include attacks by Ted, a malicious panda, on the presenters, Christmas specials of The Den and footage is also shown of characters such as Captain Joke, Captain Pillowcase and Cousin Nigel and the Irish Film and Television awards of 1989 where Zig and Zag "accidentally" mistook then taoiseach Albert Reynolds with actor Burt Reynolds and addressed him as "your majesty".

Camilla Arfwedson

Her film roles have included playing Lady Charlotte in The Duchess, and playing Burt Reynolds daughter in the British comedy film A Bunch of Amateurs.

Del Reeves

In the late 1960s, he recorded an album paying tribute to Jim Reeves (no relation) and also appeared in several Hollywood films, including a starring role in "Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers", and a supporting role in Burt Reynolds' first big movie Sam Whiskey.

Gene Deckerhoff

The show regularly featured a segment with Burt Reynolds, an FSU alum who played for the Seminole football team in the 1950s.

Gigi Rice

Following her graduation, Rice served as an apprentice at Burt Reynolds’s Jupiter Theatre, in Florida.

Goodloe Harper Bell

Professor Bell's sister Florilla and her husband Charles Miller are the great-grandparents of Burt Reynolds.

Harry Gant

After starting out the 1981 season driving for various teams, he moved to the #33 Skoal Bandit Pontiac, which was owned by Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds, and Leo Jackson after 1988.

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward

Coward got the role as the murderous toothless mountain man in Deliverance when Burt Reynolds remembered him from working together at the park early in his career.

In the Name of the King

The film was nominated for five Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds) and Worst Supporting Actress (Leelee Sobieski), with Uwe Boll winning Worst Director.

The King's Magus, Merick (John Rhys-Davies), detects that there is something special about Farmer when King Konreid (Burt Reynolds) and his entourage arrive to comfort Stonebridge.

Kieu Chinh

In the 1960s, in addition to Vietnamese films, she also appeared in several American productions including A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964) and Operation C.I.A. (1965), the latter opposite Burt Reynolds.

Les Animaux dénaturés

Les animaux dénaturés is a 1952 novel by Jean Bruller under his pseudonym Vercors, which was turned into the motion picture Skullduggery, starring Burt Reynolds.

Michael Hui

He would make a rare North American film appearance as the Subaru mechanic/engineer with Jackie Chan in the Burt Reynolds comedy The Cannonball Run.

Navajo Joe

Navajo Joe stars Burt Reynolds in his second leading role in a feature film, as the titular character, a Navajo Indian opposing a group of bandits responsible for killing his tribe.

Nick Newman

In 2008 he co-wrote A Bunch of Amateurs - starring Burt Reynolds, Sir Derek Jacobi and Samantha Bond - which was the Royal Film Performance for that year.

Otto Divosta

In 1996, Divosta bought the Jupiter Theatre from previous owner Burt Reynolds, with plans to reopen with new management.

Parker Stevenson

In 1983, he co-starred in the hit movie Stroker Ace as Burt Reynolds's brash race-car driving arch-nemesis Aubrey James.

Ricky Mabe

He first voiced the character Willie in CINAR Animation's The Little Lulu Show and has subsequently starred frequently on various Canadian television series' and in feature films alongside Burt Reynolds, Ryan Gosling and Elisha Cuthbert.

Tam Spiva

In addition to The Brady Bunch and Gentle Ben, Spiva garnered credits for two other ABC series, The FBI starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and Dan August starring Burt Reynolds.

Tara Buckman

Often cast in minor roles in larger budget films, Tara appeared in the Burt Reynolds vehicles Hooper and The Cannonball Run in 1978 and 1981, respectively.

The Bandit Run

Following the same route that the characters Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) made in the 1977 movie, a group of about 30 Trans Ams started out in Texarkana on May 15, 2007.

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

Narrated and sung by Burt Reynolds, with veteran actor/voice artist Bill Fagerbakke in the role of Frosty, this new chapter in the saga revisits Frosty many years after he shouts out his signature phrase “Happy Birthday!”, for the first time when he appears in a little town where magic, silliness, and nonsense of all kinds are strictly against the rules.

Time of the Wolf

:For the 2002 American film with the same title released the previous year, starring Burt Reynolds and Marthe Keller, see Time of the Wolf (2002 film).

Tony Packo's Cafe

When actor Burt Reynolds visited Toledo in 1972, he made a stop at the restaurant on the suggestion of Tony's daughter, Nancy.

Vic Prinzi

He was also a friend and former college football (starting quarterback and defensive back) team mate of Burt Reynolds at Florida State University, after whom a character in The Cannonball Run was named.

Watson B. Duncan III

Watson B. Duncan III (February 16, 1915 – February 21, 1991) was an American college professor best known for being the mentor of actor Burt Reynolds.

Wendell Burton

He portrayed Osgood, a mild-mannered man who fights Burt Reynolds in a 1986 film, Heat.


Inger Stevens

In addition to these marriages she had been romantically linked to Bing Crosby, Anthony Quinn, Dean Martin, Clint Eastwood, Harry Belafonte, Mario Lanza and Burt Reynolds.

Liar's poker

In the 1977 movie Semi-Tough, Burt Reynolds' and Jill Clayburg's characters play an ongoing game of liar's poker periodically throughout the movie.

Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady is a 1975 American film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli and Burt Reynolds, with Robby Benson.

Marilyn Durham

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing starred Burt Reynolds and British actress Sarah Miles.

Prostitution in the United States

The play was the basis for the 1982 movie starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds.