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Burt Reynolds Trivia
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- Engaged to former waitress Pam Seals. [January 1998]
- Attended Florida State University on a football scholarship, but only played in two seasons. He was a star running back. His college football career was ended by a knee injury.
- During the mid-eighties, Burt Reynolds tried to make a comeback with Heat (1985), written by William Goldman. He hoped the movie (directed by Robert Altman) would mark a new phase in his career. Unfortunately, Altman had an intercaltion with producer Eliot Kastner and he left the project. The movie ended up being a box office failure.
- Hit #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1980 with the song 'Let's Do SOmething Cheap and Superficial' from the film 'Smokey and the Bandit II'
- Was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications annual poll of movie exhibitors for five consecutive years from 1978 to 1982, equaling the record set by Bing Crosby from 1944 to 1948. Only Tom Cruise, who was named #1 six times between 1986 and 2001, has won more box office crowns. Both Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks also have been #1 five times, but non-consecutively.
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