He knew he had done his finest acting to date in Deliverance.īurt Reynolds was also by this time gaining a reputation as "a personality." He enjoyed making the rounds of the TV talk shows, especially The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Burt was heavily counting on this major release (co-starring Academy Award nominee Jon Voight) to finally put him over into "grade A" films and roles. He had just wrapped on the film version of James Dickey's powerful novel Deliverance. Burt claims he was "the first actor in history to be in a cancelled TV series on each of the three networks" (CBS, ABC and NBC).īut the sweet smell of success seemed to finally be wafting Burt's way. Since then, he had appeared in several mediocre to bad films (usually typecast as a Native American) and had either starred or had recurring roles in three TV series- Gunsmoke, Dan August and Hawk. Now 36, Burt had been an actor since the late 1950's. In 1972, after a decade and a half in the business, Burt Reynolds was finally on the brink of stardom. "You may or may not ever see a male nude centerfold in Cosmopolitan, but I hope you do." Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen.
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