Burt Reynolds Wallpapers

Burt Reynolds Wallpapers

Burt Reynolds Actor Wallpapers, Biography, Filmography

Burt Reynolds (born Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr. on February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. Some of his best-remembered roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, and the "Bandit" in the 1977 hit film Smokey and the Bandit.
Reynolds was born in Waycross, Georgia[citation needed] to Burton Leon Reynolds, a police chief of half-Cherokee Indian and half-Irish descent, and Fern, who was of English descent. After graduating from Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, Reynolds attended Florida State University on a college football scholarship, becoming an all-star Southern Conference halfback. Was college roomates with future ESPN football analyst and football coach, Lee Corso. While at Florida State, Reynolds joined the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, the football team's fraternity of choice. After a knee injury in 1955 and then a debilitating car accident, Reynolds came home to Riviera Beach to recuperate. In order to keep up with his studies he began taking classes at Palm Beach Junior College (now known as Palm Beach Community College) in neighboring Lake Worth. While there, he met an English Professor named Watson B. Duncan III, who enrolled him in the concept of a career in acting. Reynolds calls Duncan his mentor and the most-influential person in his life. When he returned to Florida State, he switched from athletics to college drama and won the 1956 Florida State Drama Award. He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts National Football League team, but he never played professional football.

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