BURT REYNOLDS & Loni Anderson - Rare ORIGINAL Paparazzi Transparencys

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BURT REYNOLDS and LONI ANDERSON -
5 ORIGINAL 35mm COLOR TRANSPARENCYS.
RARE CANDID PAPARAZZI IMAGES @ HOLLYWOOD EVENTS
MOUNTED, EXCELLENT CONDITION & VERY SHARP
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Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a wisecracking, Southern type of "good ol' boy."
Burton Leon Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Fern (Miller) and Burton Milo Reynolds, who was in the army. After World War II, his family moved to Riviera Beach, Florida, where his father was chief of police, and where Burt excelled as an athlete and played with Florida State University. He became an All Star Southern Conference halfback (and was earmarked by the Baltimore Colts) before a knee injury and a car accident ended his football career. Midway through college he dropped out and headed to New York with aspirations of becoming an actor. There he worked in restaurants and clubs while pulling the odd TV spot or theatre role.
He was spotted in a New York City production of "Mister Roberts," signed to a TV contract, and eventually had recurring roles in such shows as
Gunsmoke
(1955),
Riverboat
(1959) and his own series,
Hawk
(1966).
Reynolds continued to appear in undemanding western roles, often playing a character of half Native American descent, in films such as
Navajo Joe
(1966),
100 Rifles
(1969) and
Sam Whiskey
(1969). However, it was his tough-guy performance as macho Lewis Medlock in the
John Boorman
backwoods nightmare
Deliverance
(1972) that really stamped him as a bona-fide star. Reynolds' popularity continued to soar with his appearance as a no-nonsense private investigator in
Shamus
(1973) and in the
Woody Allen
comedy
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
(1972). Building further on his image as a Southern boy who outsmarts the local lawmen, Reynolds packed fans into theaters to see him in
White Lightning
(1973),
The Longest Yard
(1974),
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
(1975) and
Gator
(1976).
At this time, ex-stuntman and longtime Reynolds buddy
Hal Needham
came to him with a "road film" script. It turned out to be the incredibly popular
Smokey and the Bandit
(1977) with
Sally Field
and
Jerry Reed
, which took in over 0 million at the box office. That film's success was followed by
Smokey and the Bandit II
(1980) and
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
(1983). Reynolds also appeared alongside
Kris Kristofferson
in the hit football film
Semi-Tough
(1977), with friend
Dom DeLuise
in the black comedy
The End
(1978) (which Reynolds directed), in the stunt-laden buddy film
Hooper
(1978) and then in the self-indulgent, star-packed road race flick
The Cannonball Run
(1981).
The early 1980s started off well with a strong performance in the violent police film
Sharky's Machine
(1981), which he also directed, and he starred with
Dolly Parton
in
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1982) and with fellow macho superstar
Clint Eastwood
in the coolly received
City Heat
(1984). However, other projects such as
Stroker Ace
(1983),
Stick
(1985) and
Paternity
(1981) failed to catch fire with fans and Reynolds quickly found himself falling out of popularity with movie audiences. In the late 1980s he appeared in only a handful of films, mostly below average, before television came to the rescue and he shone again in two very popular TV shows,
B.L. Stryker
(1989) and
Evening Shade
(1990), for which he won an Emmy. In 1988, Burt and his then-wife, actress
Loni Anderson
, had a son,
Quinton A. Reynolds
(aka Quinton Anderson Reynolds), whom they adopted.
He was back on screen, but still the roles weren't grabbing the public's attention, until his terrific performance as a drunken politician in the otherwise woeful
Striptease
(1996) and then another tremendous showing as a charming, porn director in
Boogie Nights
(1997), which scored him a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Like the phoenix from the ashes, Reynolds resurrected his popularity and, in the process, gathered a new generation of young fans, many of whom had been unfamiliar with his 1970s film roles. He then put in entertaining work in
Pups
(1999),
Mystery, Alaska
(1999),
Driven
(2001) and
Time of the Wolf
(2002). Definitely one of Hollywood's most resilient stars, Reynolds continually surprised all with his ability to weather both personal and career hurdles and his almost 60 years in front of the cameras were testament to his staying ability, his acting talent and his appeal to film audiences.
Burt Reynolds died of cardiac arrest on September 6, 2018, in Jupiter, Florida, U.S. He was eighty two.