2018 was the final curtain call for one of Hollywood's all-time great hard men. Burt Reynolds saddled up and rode off into the sunset for the last time. Reynolds made his name as the leading man in "Smokey and the Bandit", "Deliverance" and "The Longest Yard", but it was the unconventional role of a pornography director in "Boogie Nights" that landed him his only Oscar nomination. He had to wait a long time for it; his career began in the 1960s, and "Boogie Nights" was released in 1997.
Reynolds, in his prime, was considered to be a handsome and reliable leading man, with many film producers casting him on his looks alone. His appeal to women translated to real life as well; he married three times but considered Sally Fields his one true love. Reynolds was 82 at the time of his death.