Be that as it may, he was not content with the constrained imaginative extent of these shows. It was an American Thriller motion picture coordinated by John Boorman, in view of a novel composed by American author James Dickey, who additionally did a little part in the motion picture.
His execution was reprimanded and he got a Razzie Award for it. He played an ex-CIA specialist in the arrangement. His execution was acknowledged fundamentally as it was an extreme part to play for the multifaceted nature of the character. Earlier in his career, Reynolds himself was the subject of rumors of an HIV diagnosis.
Burt Reynolds had a height of 5 ft 11 inches and a weight of 70 kg. His hair was in light color and his eyes were in brown color. Married Biography.
Updated On September 16, I certainly wouldn't guess him over 5'10" by that point and he could have been down to more of a solid 5'9" or 5'9. His height loss was even more noticeable by the time he did The Longest Yard remake and The Dukes of Hazzard film around when he was and I'd say he was 5'9" max then. These are dodgy pics, but get the point across that Burt towered over Marky Mark at the Boogie Nights premiere in ' Click Here Click Here but by , he could look no taller when hunched and not much taller even when he managed to stand tall: Click Here Click Here jtm: I only remember that Lauter was clearly taller, but I'd think that'd have to be in uniform because he wore his boots in other scenes.
Burt does look taller than apparently Eddie Albert here with seemingly less footwear: Click Here Rob guessed Albert around 5'10" or so, but Albert was 67 by then and could have lost some height. There was an offensive lineman in my college that was listed 6'7" in his freshman year, and by his senior year, he was listed 6'5". I've seen him close up on campus several times, and 6'5" is the very most he looked. Might've even been as low as 6'4. At first I thought the person might have gotten Burt's heights from his listings as an actor, but that doesn't seem likely since he has height listings for all of the other players, most of whom are unknown, so I assume those all came from the team media guides each year.
FSU wouldn't underlist him. As freshmen they may have been listed at , but then junior season they are listed at And now to come to find out he may not have even been the 5'11" he claimed minus the boots in the 70s??!
And I will say, for that fsu roster to have him listed at 5'10", my experience in organized athletics, they NEVER round down. In most cases, its an in shoe height or a rounded up height. Looking at that pic with john Williams, is it possible Burt could've been as low as 5'9. Before this, I thought the 5'11" height was the absolute lowest peak height for him. Why would it have 6' listed his freshman year, and then 5'10" his sophomore and junior years??
Scroll down to the roster and then '55 and ' Click Here or here: Click Here He could have been 5'10". Might have been 5' I don't know, it's difficult to tell because he wore some of the biggest elevator boots, but looked legitimately tall in them.
He could definitely look like a legit 6'1" man seeing him with Bill Murray: Click Here and Roger Moore in the early 80's so it depends if his boots added more like 3" or 3. One article around said he had lost an inch within the last year due to football injuries and was 5'10". He could still look almost as tall as Jonathan Ross that year: Click Here He looked to have lost most of his height after Boogie Nights, though.
With his lifts, he often looked near 6'1". Why is he listed at here. P mr Reynolds , thanks for your movies we will never forget you. He must have hated 5' 10". I don't think even Sly wore monsters like those much. I went back and watched some of the old Tonight Shows he guested on. Back then he was young, great looking and had a tremendous sense of humor. He was one of a kind. RIP Burt. RIP Burt Reynolds xx. The fact he could direct and star in a cop film like Sharky's Machine and a black comedy like The End is proof of his talent.
It was just a matter of the right film. Also glad to see White Lightning get some recognition in recent years from people like Tarantino. I still have some of my old VHS copies from years ago. And that was Burt and as contradictory as it sounds, there was an authenticity even to some of that Hollywood vanity. He regularly joked about his boots and really wasn't trying to hide it.
He still wore the biggest of external heels when they were no longer common and didn't mind his boots being very visible in a photograph. With my boots I'm 6'7", Reynolds said. I'm not sure if that's the type of thing you edit as an active page or more or less an archive type page, but just in case. Jack Brown: True. It was a knee injury that ended his football career and got him into acting in the first place, but unfortunately affected him the rest of his life.
Of course, he got to do several football films later on with the original Longest Yard remaining one of the best. We will never have another movie star like him and better actor than he was given credit for.
All have done things not quite right or smart. Death not the time to bring up such. Remember all the fun, good movies Burt did. Remember all he gave. God bless, and may his son and loved ones have peace.
Monster lift, beyond Sly's dreams. As I remember Rob saying "though some of his films weren't the best, Burt never took himself too seriously and always made the films enjoyable" or something like that right Rob? He was still wearing msssive cowboy boots into his early 80s. All State Fla his sophomore year. All Southern. Full ride to FSU.
Was always a big fan and was sad to see his health decline the last 5 or 10 years. He was the real deal as for as stunts and Hollywood tough guys. Certainly many young entertainers could learn from watching Burt and Dom Deluise on Carson.
I thought he was taller than stated here. Elsewhere in the bio, he claimed "over 6 feet" and I think he said he was pounds when referring to his size as a bouncer. And to think when the Dukes of Hazzard film came out in , Willie Nelson surprised Howard Stern by telling him Burt still wore lifts. The only reason I could see for still wearing boots that wouldn't have been comfortable even when he was young is it's gotta be an enormous contrast to go from consistently looking eye to eye with 6'1" men to looking as short as he does now that he's shrunken and hunched.
You take a 5'11" guy like Vanilla Ice and see him towering Burt nowadays even with Burt in his boots and just imagine how short he'd look without them. Aging is a difficult thing for most to deal with and I'm sure it's at least as difficult for an admittedly vain star like Burt. Personally, I think he'd have been far better off avoiding the cosmetic surgery, but then he's hardly alone there.
Then seeing him with those same black boots at Tribeca last year looking barely taller than De Niro who probably isn't much taller than 5'7" now himself convinced me he'd be very lucky to measure 5'8" anymore.
It's sad because if you see him at the 40th anniversary screening of Deliverance in , he actually still stood pretty well and looked fairly healthy.
Nowadays, you'd think height would be the least of his concerns, yet he still wears those boots. The boots don't help your health or your joints, I too am surprised he's even bothering with them at his age The question is whether he was the full 5'11" or closer to 5'10" without his lifts, but there's no chance he was only 5'9".
With that said, he might not be much more than 5'7" these days. Burt also looked within 2" of Brian Dennehy, though Dennehy probably didn't stand as straight, but Burt easily pulled off over 6' in that film.
It's kind of hard for me to buy the 5'10" prime stuff when you see him with Kristofferson. Very likely closer to 5'11", but not even 5'8" these days. Anyone can see Burt has lost far, far more than a mere cm. Height loss can vary greatly. Some is dramatic, while some is insignificant. I'd bet Burt has lost at least 3" of height. People don't lose cm in height over the years.
Of course, his barefoot height depends on how much those added. He could have only been cm, but Rob's listing is probably best right now.
However, cm i the absolute most he could be these days and I really think would be closer. I don't know if Rob will bother updating his current height or just moving him to peak height, though Burt is still active and his recent film with Ariel Winter did get some attention and praise.
This scene is an example. You can see Burt has at least 2 inch heels and there's a good chance he has another inch or so inside his boots: Click Here Btw, I haven't seen that film Semi-Tough in years, does anyone remember if there's a scene you can see how Burt measured up to Carl Weathers? You can see Carl has some of the 70s boots that were in style himself.
I was assuming Burt and Sonny's lifts probably canceled each other, but. Burt is 5" taller than both Sonny and Cher in the first video and Sonny's elevator boots made him look a weak 5'7" so Burt looks about 6' with his boots, but it's possible he just wore big heels with no lifts that time.
Otherwise, he might really be 5'10" range. Btw, here's a shot of the boots Burt wore in Smokey and the Bandit: Click Here Not his typical type of boots on the Tonight Show in ' Click Here This is what he was wearing for some scenes of the Longest Yard: Click Here By the remake 30 years later, he wore these elevator sneakers just to edge out 5'9.
Just check the premieres to see Burt's sly photo tricks, including heavy use of the McKellan technique. Keep in mind, I'm using Rob's listings for references, but Burt looked noticeably closer in height to 6'2"-6'2. Burt surprisingly looked a six footer once again to me, but in that case, his footwear wasn't as obvious as at other times he looked tall. Of course, Beatty could very well have been below 5'8".
It would be interesting to see Burt without elevator boots and Ned Beatty today! Difficult to believe that just 5 years ago, Burt was still able to stand well like this: Click Here He had already lost a lot of height as he was wearing those thick, big heeled black boots he wears all the time these days, so seeing him with Voight in , it's likely he was only 5'8"-5'8.
He had a commanding Alpha male attitude so he looked bigger. I forgot about this until posting it on Bill Murray's page. Burt and Bill Murray on SNL around Click Here Murray is nearly barefoot with those slippers, so if he's 6'1" flat, he wouldn't be more than cm in them and if he was barefoot, he wouldn't be more than 6'1.
He'd be at least as tall as Murray in regular shoes, so between being as tall as Jonathan Ross in the early 90s, a bit taller than Roger Moore in Cannonball Run and now a good inch or so taller than Bill Murray in slippers, I'd definitely say Burt could pass for a 6'1" man in his elevator boots.
Yeah, Brad, his Hooper boots were quite big - at least 2 inch heels and another inch or more inside. Btw, Hooper was classic Burt. Nobody would have fit that role as well as he did. Don't remember his footwear in Shamus off the top of my head, but I did like that movie. I do remember his Gator boots. You can see he has huge heels at the beginning right before the feds chase him.
Some films, he actually didn't have his regular big heels or cowboy boots, but had other elevators, like Sharky's Machine: Click Here Click Here One of Burt's best films, but you can see those are some really thick boots and tell from his legs that he has big lifts in them. I assume he must have done something similar in Deliverance as well since he definitely looked over six feet, though his boots actually didn't look too odd to me: Click Here Click Here I doubt lifts are one of the primary reasons for Burt's lack of mobility, though.
It's really injuries from stunts and football as well as his painkiller addiction. Look at Robert Blake, he's still getting around find in similar boots and he's several years older than Burt. I think he can't walk now because of the decades in them. He wore monsters in Hooper and Shamus. In Gator he had to, Jerry Reed wasn't gonna eat him up scene to scene and Jerry was always a full on snakeskin cowboy boot southern reb. Then I guess it's safe to say 5'10" max by that movie.
Burt did look taller throughout the film, though. Of course, it's always been possible Burt was under 5'11", say 5' It'd certainly be the least you could argue, but a guy who regularly looked cm with his lifts would more likely be at least barefoot.
Fortunately, there are now an abundance of talk show appearances, mostly, Johnny Carson to see Burt on. Here's one of the better Carson episodes for comparing, from Click Here Just like the '74 appearance that's been online forever, Burt can definitely look inches taller. If Carson really was 5' You don't see Burt long enough with Leno to judge, but he does go back to back with Marc Summers: Click Here I don't know if Marc is 5'8", but if he's even 5'7.
We get him in a rare shot of a liftless Burt Reynolds: Click Here In fact, Albert looks to have the footwear advantage. I'll have to go back and look for that part of the film and compare Albert to Ed Lauter while I'm at it.
All I've heard for Albert is 5'11", but he was 67 or so when he filmed that, so I don't know when that height refers to, if it's accurate. Not to mention the fact that women's high heels are often less comfortable even than men's elevators. I think the most important thing is comfort. Any type of ill-fitting and uncomfortable shoe that you wear for a long time will damage your body in the long run, regardless of lifts. Amazingly, Burt is still working, which is good to see, but I wish he would have aged more like Eastwood or Shatner.
I've always been a fan, but it's sad to see him so frail. He can't be much over 5'7" today. He manages to stand as well as De Niro in that one pic, and De Niro really doesn't look more than cm or so to me and can look like a weak 5'7" with his posture, yet with Burt's heels alone giving him probably near 2 cm shoe advantage even assuming he doesn't have lifts, the height difference doesn't even look 2 cm.
And when Burt hunches more, he looks noticeably shorter than De Niro: Click Here It seems Burt really only started losing noticeable height in his 60s as well. You could tell Burt was struggling to still look 5'10" around the time of the The Longest Yard remake.
Interestingly, another lift wearer Michael Douglas seems to be losing height rapidly at a similar age to when Burt started shrinking rapidly, but then his cancer might have contributed. I mean let's face it, Burt's problems are a lot greater than lifts. All the stunts and football injuries plus Burt's painkiller addiciton. I mean, look at Sly Stallone. He wore lifts for years and while he did slow down around age 63, he'll still wear them for films and to a premiere lately.
In Sly's case, he still maintains outstanding posture, and is in amazing shape with six pack abs at age 70, but he probably hasn't lost much more than a half inch, certainly 2 cm max. With Burt, it's a miracle he can still appear in films and promote them, I'm happy he at least has that. But seeing him with De Niro shows he's closer to 5'7" than 5'8" today and I really do believe he was a 5' But look at Clint Eastwood.
No lifts, appears to be in good health, yet he had lost over 3" by Burt's age. James Garner didn't wear lifts either, but like Burt, he had the injuries, particularly knees. Burt's knee reportedly had virtually no cartilage by the 90s, I remember a back surgery and he may very well have had a hip replacement.
I know he is old but he really seems to have lost a huge amount of height, 5'11 to 5'7, 4 inches seems like a whole lot to shrink! Hunched over and walking with support. I wore lifts for about a year but stopped completely. One because I came to accept my height and two because I was worried about any long term damage. I know a lot of other factors have probably contributed to his health but it is quite interesting. Your comment below about RDJ is interesting Rob, he and many other actors may face similar health problems in the future.
Long-term use of high heels or big elevators by that I mean anything over 2 inches can increase problems with ankles, ligaments, muscles around ankles and shins, stride length De Niro may not be taller than cm today, but can look like a weak 5'7" or less with his posture, yet Burt just managed to force himself up to slightly taller than De Niro in this one picture: Click Here In every other picture De Niro stood taller and De Niro isn't a guy who stands well these days himself, plus, he doesn't wear boots with 2 inch heels like the ones Burt still wears: Click Here Good to see Burt still appearing in films, but sad to see such a physical deterioration.
You see contemporaries like Robert Redford or even men at least half a decade older like Eastwood and Shatner and Burt having to sit for parts of every appearance is sad to see. I'm not even sure how tall Burt would look standing his best without those boots considering how short De Niro can look these days with bad posture since even if Burt doesn't have lifts inside, he'd still have about 0.
If I could guess lower for current height, I'd have to consider it. Even just 20 years before, standing tall with Jonathan Ross: Click Here Of course, he was wearing boots at the time with an angle that reminded me of the 4" Dons: Click Here I wouldn't be surprised if he got near 3. How tall did he look in that film in general on level ground compared to his co-stars? I thought I remembered him looking shorter at times in that film, but it could have been the ground. Btw, look at how Burt could look with Mark Wahlberg in Click Here now just 15 years later in Click Here Granted, he could still stand taller as shown here: Click Here but still the effect of height loss is astounding since his elevator boots looked similar in and Sullivan IV.
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The early s started off well with a strong performance in the violent police film Sharky's Machine , which he also directed, and he starred with Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and with fellow macho superstar Clint Eastwood in the coolly received City Heat In the late s he appeared in only a handful of films, mostly below average, before television came to the rescue and he shone again in two very popular TV shows, B.
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Reynolds also appeared alongside Kris Kristofferson in the hit football film Semi-Tough , with friend Dom DeLuise in the black comedy The End which Reynolds directed , in the stunt-laden buddy film Hooper and then in the self-indulgent, star-packed road race flick The Cannonball Run At this time, ex-stuntman and longtime Reynolds buddy Hal Needham came to him with a "road film" script.
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