Burt Reynolds, Screen Legend, Dies at 82

[frankberry]

Vurt Reynolds, whose studliness, swagger and snappy patter have helped set TV and movie fans’ pulses racing for nearly half a century, has died. He was 82.

https://people.com/celebrity/burt-reynolds-dies-82/

 

[vchimpanzee]

I liked a lot of his movies. "Smokey and the Bandit" was certainly fun.

 

[radioman148]

I liked a lot of his movies. "Smokey and the Bandit" was certainly fun.

Yes, and "The Longest Yard" was excellent.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Yes, and "The Longest Yard" was excellent.

I believe I saw that one. Unless I'm thinking of a remake.

 

[kf4rca]

I remember seeing him in a re-run of the Twilight Zone. Most people thought he was from south Georgia or northern Florida but he was really from Michigan.

 

[seatownmedia]

I thought one of his best performances was in "Boogie Nights" (1997). While the film was about the porn industry, Burt offered a perfect, human performance in an unsavory industry. I also note his cameo in "The Player", Robert Altman's profile of phony Hollywood (1992). One of the funniest scenes in that movie.