Appearing with him on the show was Helen Gurley Brown, editor of the popular women's magazine Cosmopolitan and author of the best-selling book Sex and the Single Girl. One night early in 1972, after he had finished filming Deliverance and was awaiting its release, he was hosting The Tonight Show. Because he was so naturally funny and quick on his feet, Burt became the first non-comedian Johnny Carson ever asked to host The Tonight Show in his absence. Unlike many good-looking actors, Burt displayed a quick wit and a very keen sense of humor.
He knew he had done his finest acting to date in Deliverance.īurt Reynolds was also by this time gaining a reputation as "a personality." He enjoyed making the rounds of the TV talk shows, especially The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Burt was heavily counting on this major release (co-starring Academy Award nominee Jon Voight) to finally put him over into "grade A" films and roles. He had just wrapped on the film version of James Dickey's powerful novel Deliverance. Burt claims he was "the first actor in history to be in a cancelled TV series on each of the three networks" (CBS, ABC and NBC).īut the sweet smell of success seemed to finally be wafting Burt's way. Since then, he had appeared in several mediocre to bad films (usually typecast as a Native American) and had either starred or had recurring roles in three TV series- Gunsmoke, Dan August and Hawk.
Now 36, Burt had been an actor since the late 1950's. In 1972, after a decade and a half in the business, Burt Reynolds was finally on the brink of stardom. "You may or may not ever see a male nude centerfold in Cosmopolitan, but I hope you do." Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen.
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