Mr. Reynolds was a top box office draw in the late 1970s and early 1980s for four years straight. This feat was equaled only by Shirley Temple and Bing Crosby. In various phases of his career he has played stone-faced macho types or arrogant smart-mouthed good ol' boys with equal ease. While appearing in such serious films as
Deliverance,
The Longest Yard,
Shamus and
Starting Over, he is perhaps best known for fast action car chase movies including
Smokey and the Bandit,
The Cannonball Run, and
Stoker Ace and other comedies...
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