Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director and producer. He first rose to prominence starring in television series such as "Gunsmoke" (1962–1965), "Hawk" (1966), and "Dan August" (1970–1971). His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in "Deliverance" (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of subsequent box office hits, such as "The Longest Yard" (1974), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Semi-Tough" (1977), "Hooper" (1978), "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980), "The Cannonball Run" (1981) and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982). After a number of
Ned Beatty the bride in "Prelude to a Kiss" (1992), opposite Meg Ryan and Alec Baldwin. In 1993, he appeared in the true story "Rudy", playing a Notre Dame Fighting Irish football fan whose son, against all odds, makes the school's football team. Beatty starred in the television series "" as Detective Stanley Bolander for its first three seasons (1993–1995). Beatty made the 1994 science-fiction film "Replikator" (1994) and mystery-comedy "Radioland Murders". In 1995, he worked with Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in the thriller "Just Cause". He appeared as Judge Roy Bean in the TV miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry's western