Reynolds' assured performance in the controversial and violent "Deliverance" started him on a decade or more of enormous success.īut after riding the wave of popularity, a messy, high-profile divorce from and custody battle with Anderson in the early 1990s and a tell-almost-all autobiography, "My Life," in 1994 cast him in a negative light, not helped by his understandable, but often irritable attitude toward the press, which was always keenly interested in his love life.Ĭomeback attempts in movies including "Switching Channels," "Cop and a Half," "The Man From Left Field" (which he also directed) and "Striptease" were failures. But his '60s output, which included "Navajo Joe," "100 Rifles" and "Sam Whiskey," did little to further his feature film aspirations. He was simultaneously making movies, starting with "Armored Command" and "Angel Baby" in 1961. He appeared for three seasons as a Native American on the long-running "Gunsmoke" in the mid-'60s, then moved over to the cop/detective genre as the lead in "Hawk" (1966) and "Dan August" (1970-71).
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Reynolds landed several series starring roles, mostly in Westerns, starting with "Riverboat" in 1959. He made his Broadway debut in the short-lived "Look We've Come Through" and began accumulating guest shots on television in programs such as "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Zane Grey Theater," "Route 66," "Perry Mason" and "The Twilight Zone." Roberts" starring Charlton Heston in 1956. Reynolds turned his attention to acting, moving to New York, where he struggled for several years until he landed a role in a revival of "Mr. But his promising career as a running back was cut short by a knee injury suffered in a car accident. was born in Waycross, Ga., and attended Florida State U.
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