At the peak of his career, Reynolds was one of the most bankable actors in the film industry, reeling off a series of box office smashes until a career downturn in the mid-1980s. Reynolds cited director John Boorman's Oscar-nominated 1972 Deliverance as his best film and said he regretted that the hoopla from his Cosmopolitan appearance detracted from the movie that made him a star. (Reuters)Reynolds also directed several movies in which he starred, including Gator (1976), The End (1978), Sharky's Machine (1981) and Stick (1985). His film career stalled in the mid-1980s with several misfires and he was never again a leading movie star. He earned his only career Oscar nomination playing a porn director — a role he despised — in director Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), starring Mark Wahlberg.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2018 19:11 UTC