Burt Reynolds, who balanced rugged toughness and good-ol'-boy appeal to achieve superstardom in films such as "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard" and "Smokey and the Bandit," has died at age 82.

Director John Boorman recalls that Burt Reynolds, who "never took himself ... The studio was very unenthusiastic about casting Burt in Deliverance. They wanted a big star. I had gone to Jack ...

Burt Reynolds, a top Hollywood star of the 1970s whose hits ranged from such classic, easy-going drive-in fare as Smokey and the Bandit to the intense, hunted-men drama Deliverance, died today at ...

when he posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine and “Deliverance” launched him into the Hollywood stratosphere (he dated Dinah Shore and Sally Field, among others). “I Am Burt Reynolds” also ...

Burt Reynolds was an American actor. He rose to fame on Gunsmoke (1962-1965). Reynolds went on to star in the films Deliverance (1972), The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977 ...

my brother and opening night of “Deliverance” at the Ritz. He seemed appreciative. “That was a damn good movie, wasn’t it?” Reynolds asked me. Yes, it was. Yes, it was, Burt. The ...

Coward was best known for playing the sinister toothless hillbilly in the 1972 thriller “Deliverance” starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight. Born in 1938 in Haywood County, NC, Coward was the ...

"Suddenly he was sex symbol Burt Reynolds instead of serious actor. He always believed that photo killed his opportunity to get an Oscar nomination for Deliverance," Rifkin said. Reynolds' niece ...

Georgia-born Burt Reynolds from Waycross, was unknown for serious roles. The setting of "Deliverance" could hardly have been more dreary – backwoods Georgia with junk cars and snarling ...

Actor Herbert ‘Cowboy’ Coward, best known for his iconic appearance in Deliverance ... Then up-and-coming Burt Reynolds was a colleague of his, who recommended that he audition for a role ...