ACTOR

Burt Reynolds

1936 - 2018

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Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor and considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966), and Dan August (1970–1971). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burt Reynolds has received more than 27,863,979 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Burt Reynolds is the 412th most popular actor (down from 333rd in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from United States (down from 609th in 2019) and the 207th most popular American Actor.

Burt Reynolds is most famous for his roles in the movies Deliverance, The Longest Yard, and Smokey and the Bandit.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Burt Reynolds by language

Over the past year Burt Reynolds has had the most page views in the with 2,520,516 views, followed by German (182,122), and Spanish (148,135). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (535.59%), Simple English (391.40%), and Uzbek (195.11%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Burt Reynolds ranks 412 out of 13,578. Before him are Christopher Lambert, Walter Matthau, Alan Arkin, Gerard Butler, Ron Perlman, and Robert Mitchum. After him are James Caan, Magda Schneider, Albert Finney, Ali MacGraw, Richard Dean Anderson, and Randy Quaid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Burt Reynolds ranks 38. Before him are Roy Orbison, Aga Khan IV, Glen Campbell, Tariq Aziz, Robert Woodrow Wilson, and Jim Clark. After him are Albert Finney, Gerhard Ertl, Buddy Holly, B. J. Habibie, Günter Blobel, and Steve Reich. Among people deceased in 2018, Burt Reynolds ranks 24. Before him are Paul Bocuse, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Billy Graham, and Ursula K. Le Guin. After him are Riccardo Giacconi, Lys Assia, Arto Paasilinna, Richard E. Taylor, Jens Christian Skou, and Arvid Carlsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Burt Reynolds ranks 746 out of 20,380. Before him are Douglas Osheroff (1945), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Ron Perlman (1950), John Carpenter (1948), Alan Shepard (1923), and Robert Mitchum (1917). After him are James Caan (1940), Robert Altman (1925), Ali MacGraw (1939), David Fincher (1962), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), and Richard Dean Anderson (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Burt Reynolds ranks 207. Before him are Doris Day (1922), Christopher Lambert (1957), Walter Matthau (1920), Alan Arkin (1934), Ron Perlman (1950), and Robert Mitchum (1917). After him are James Caan (1940), Ali MacGraw (1939), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Randy Quaid (1950), James Woods (1947), and Roy Scheider (1932).

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Television and Movie Roles

Boogie Nights
Jack Horner
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
Oct 7o 19977.644 / 10
The Longest Yard
Coach Nate Scarborough
Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.
May 27o 20056.649 / 10
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Charlie B. Barkin (voice)
When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy, to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles onto an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares of what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.
Nov 17o 19896.731 / 10