Talk:Burt Reynolds/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Burt's Website

Burt's website is up and running. With no mention of Birthplace anywhere. It only mentions where he lives now.Rogue Gremlin 20:52, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

This information is out of date. Burt's Official website now has a 'Features' section that contains a 'Personal FAQ' which states that Burt was born in Lansing, Michigan:

http://www.burtreynolds.com/features.personal_faqs/ JSDA 04:22, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

That was just added. Besides it is obvious the person doing the page is just regurjitating facts found on the web and not fact checking. Because here is another "LIE" that is in the personal FAQs "Reynolds was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, but injured his knee before the start of the season" I can provide you all the draft information, He was NEVER drafted by any team. And his knee injury happened while still at FSU. I also noticed how the whole site overly refers to him in the third person. Bottom line is in his televised interviews when asked his birthplace, he says Waycross, Georgia. He has said it about 10 different interviews, and there isn't one televised interview where he says Michigan.Rogue Gremlin 03:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- Well there's a real surprise. Elsewhere on this page you say:

"His website will be up and running soon. The discussion will be over then" "Give Burt a chance to get his website up and running. Then we'll see" "His birthplace is to remain as is until his website is put back online."

....but as predicted, you change your tune when Burt's Official site comes back and confirms what the genealogical records, newspaper clippings, city directories, and his autobiography show. Something tells me if his official site came back and said Waycross, GA was his birthplace, the site would be gospel, and our saying "Well, thats obviously not right" would just be sour grapes on our part and 'disputed' would be replaced on the main page with 'Waycross, GA' as his birthplace (tell me I'm wrong there...you know I'm not). You might want to check with VPI (the company that manages Burt's Official site). When I asked them about the birthplace info, they came back a week or so later and wrote (and I quote), "We have confirmed that Burt's birthplace was Lansing, Michigan. We have also posted it online: http://burtreynolds.com/features.personal_faqs/ I hope this helps to clear things up." And note, I didn't ask them any leading questions, or give any indication where 'I' thought he was born. I simply wrote that I'd noticed Burt's page doesn't contain any information on his birthplace, and there is a good deal of debate as to whether it was Lansing, MI or Waycross, GA, and I was wondering if they could clear up the issue once and for all. JSDA 06:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- - Furthermore, above you say "Bottom line is in his televised interviews when asked his birthplace, he says Waycross, Georgia. He has said it about 10 different interviews, and there isn't one televised interview where he says Michigan." I'm sorry, that IS NOT the 'bottom line'. The bottom line is genealogical evidence, census records, birth indexes, newspaper articles citing Burt stating he was born in Lansing, his father stating that he doesn't know where the Waycross info came from, but its wrong, his autobiography and his official website indicating that he is from Lansing. You're trying convince people that all of that should be thrown out because you saw Burt say (on about 10 shows) that he was born in Waycross. First, I find it hard to believe that the subject of where he was born came up on that many talk shows. Its just not that common of a talk show subject. Second, you're trying to convince people to go on your word of what you saw. Please cite show transcipts, video of Burt stating that, or ANYTHING that backs what you say. So far we've provided census records, newspaper clippings, birth indexes, etc. that match with his autobiography and official website, and you've provided nothing but "I saw on TV" and asked us to go do the research of your 'proof' ourselves. I'd say its way passed time that you start providing some proof of your own. Last, even if Burt did say on some shows that he was born in Waycross (again, yet to be proven by anyone), you yourself said below in the "botton line" section (and then later deleted) that Burt isn't exactly known for being the most truthful person in the world on a number of subjects....and knowing that he considers himself a southerner, it wouldn't be surprising that he would say he is from there and leave it at that. JSDA 21:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- you just proved my point about the website ever further, by you having to provide information for them. Also the list of television shows have been provided on several occasions. Furthermore if i were having a face to face conversation with you and you told me you were born in one place, but it is written you are born in another, I am going to take you at your word, (What i saw you say, and not what someone wrote down saying you said it)Rogue Gremlin 21:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

so here's the thing, in every personal interview on TV when asked of his birthplace, he says "Waycross, Georgia" so why don't you provide 1 where he says michigan.Rogue Gremlin 22:34, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - Maybe you should try reading what I wrote. I didn't provide information to them. I asked them to clarify his birthplace because they didn't note it on the site initially. Not only am 'I' not proving your point, YOU have yet to prove your point (obviously because its unprovable). The next piece of documented evidence you provide that shows Burt was was born in Waycross, Georgia will be your first. On the other hand (in addition to what Burt's Official website and autobiography show), Lugnut and myself have provided the following pieces of evidence:

Evidence you have shown? "I saw Burt say on 10 or so talk shows that he was born in Waycross." Who is proving who's point again?

I also noticed that you conveniently side-stepped the issue of you waiting for Burt's Official site to show where he was born to 'settle the issue', now (since they didn't say Waycross) Burt Reynolds' Official website's integrity is under Rogue-attack. Laughable. The list of shows has been provided? Where? Where are the transcripts of '10 talk shows' covering where Burt Reynolds was born? Don't give me a wild goose chase of your supposed proof. YOU show us the transcripts of these interviews where Burt states "I was born in Waycross, GA". And again, I'm not even saying I'm convinced that he's never claimed he was from Waycross somewhere in the past, but as you yourself said in stating that Burt might next claim he was from another planet (or something to that affect before you deleted your entry), we need to see evidence, not "I saw him say on TV". A case doesn't get much more flimsy than that. JSDA 02:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - I was just reading this page over again and found it pretty humorous. Lets revisit the evidence provided by Lugnut & myself supporting that Burt Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan and Rogue’s responses to these:

1. Autobiography implies Burt was born in Lansing, not in the south. Rogue’s explanation: Autobiography was ghost written and is wrong.
2. Burt’s Official website states he was born in Lansing, Michigan. Rogue’s explanation: Website is wrong, just repeats wrong info from elsewhere.
3. VPI (company hired to design & create Burt’s Official website) states they have ‘confirmed’ Burt was born in Lansing. Rogue’s explanation: ???
4. City directories from Lansing, Michigan show Burt’s parents lived in Lansing from 1923 through 1941 (Burt was born in 1936). Not only that, but in 1936 they were living on Donora St. (where Rogue has acknowledged that Burt Reynolds lived when he was born). Rogues explanation: None, other than it is a coincidence that there is a Donora St. in Lansing, Michigan where a Burton M. Reynolds and Fern H. Reynolds just happened to live. (note: Burt’s autobiography states that he lived on ‘Donora Street’. Not Danora Drive (which is the only name close to this near Waycross, GA)
5. Burton Leon Reynolds’ birth is noted in the Ingham County Birth Index in 1936. This is the county where Lansing is located (images of the index are provided). Rogue’s response: These documents are posted on a page hosted by Lugnut, therefore they easily could be created or modified. They also would not hold up in court since it’s a photocopy. (Note: Lugnut provides a link to the FHL catalog where anyone can request a copy of the films to verify their authenticity). He also questions the FHL’s legitimacy as a reliable source of information. (he really tried to cover all of his bases on this one...and who can blame him? We're looking at the next best thing to seeing Burt's birth certificate, which we couldn't see because he is a living individual)
6. In 1974, Wanda Bookman (a cousin of Burt’s) brings a photocopy of Burt’s birth certificate to the Lansing State Journal showing that Burt was born on Feb. 11, 1936 in Lansing, MI. The birth certificate shows that Burt’s father was Burton Milo Reynolds and his mother was Fern H. Miller. Mrs. Bookman had to show that she was related to Burt to get a copy of the birth certificate. Rogues response: Rogue doesn’t believe anything from the Lansing State Journal since it states that Burton ‘Milo’ Reynolds was Burt’s father, which he contends is incorrect (Note: See Census record info in #13 below)
7. Paul Corey, an old friend of Burt’s father who served in the same unit with him in the war, visits Burt’s father and Burt’s father confirms that he was born on Donora Street in Lansing and also says that he has no idea why so many biographies state that his son was born in Georgia when it simply isn’t true. Rogue’s response: ???
8. 1987 - Lansing State Journal cites a telephone interview with Burt Reynolds where he states, “I was born in Lansing on Donora Street, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida.” Rogue’s response: Claims this was not a phone interview with Burt Reynolds, but rather a quote from an interview about Burt. Rogue does concede that Burt was born on a 'Donora Street'. The only Donora Street's in the U.S. are in Lansing, MI and Pittsburg, PA
9. 1987 – Burt Reynolds visits the home of his birth on Donora Street in Lansing. Visit is covered by the Lansing State Journal. The homes current owners describe the visit in the article and are photographed in front of the home. Rogues response: ???
10. 1930 Census shows Burt’s parents and sister living in Lansing, Michigan. Burt’s father is listed as “Burton M. Reynolds”. Rogue insists Milo wasn’t Burt’s father’s middle name and claims it was ‘Leon’. Rogue’s explanation: He has no explanation for the middle initial ‘M’ being listed on the Census record.
11. 1920 Census shows that Burt’s maternal grandfather’s name is Leon. This almost surely proves that Burt got his middle name from his maternal grandfather, not his father as Rogue contends. Rogue’s explanation: None (possibly coincidence?)
12. 1870 Census shows that Burt’s paternal grandmother’s (Effie Thompson) father was named Milo Thompson, almost surely showing this is where Burt’s father got the middle name “Milo”. Rogue’s response: Irrelevant because Burton Milo Reynolds wasn’t Burt’s father.
13. Rogue claims Burt’s father was Burton Leon Reynolds, Sr. Census records show there was no such person. Rogue admits that Burt’s family was from Michigan, but the only Burt/Burton Reynolds listed in Michigan was Burton Milo Reynolds. There was a Burton Lee Reynolds and a Burton L. Reynolds in Maine, but dates and locations show neither of these men could have been Burt’s father. Also, only Burton M. Reynolds was married to a ‘Fern’.: Rogue’s explanation. None, other than to question why Burt is a ‘Jr.’ if his father wasn’t a Burton Leon Reynolds.

OK, might somebody be able to reasonably question one or two items on the list? Maybe (although I’m not sure which ones), but 13???….with several of the items having no explanation from Rogue at all? Come on now… JSDA 07:49, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

LoL, I think it's funny you say you only asked them a neutral question, because the email I received back from them said it was provided by a person that had visited the site. I asked them a few questions of my own that they said they will get back to me about. They also told me although it is Burt's official site, he himself has had no direct interaction with them over the development or information on the site.Rogue Gremlin 22:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

- HA! Nice try Rogue. I'm glad you've decided to contact them and try to sway them though. Now I don't have to be neutral and I can show them what we have here already showing where Burt was born. If this page is any indication of 'a few questions of your own', I don't think we'll see Burt's site listing Waycross, Georgia as his birthplace any time soon. P.S. Still no answers for all of the above? Surprising....not so much.JSDA 22:51, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

- - Well Rogue...get this. You may have finally been right about something for once. I went back and checked my email to VPI. It turns out that when I described there being a lot of debate about where he was born, I linked this page as an example of that. I had forgot I did that. Kinda funny isn't it? If this page was indeed information that helped them confirm Burt's birthplace, I wonder how they came to the conclusion that he was born in Lansing? Gee...thats a toughie to figure out isn't it? Could it be because its pretty obvious where he was born? LOL. I didn't tell them which comments were mine, or which side I took in this debate. I simply linked this page to show there was a debate about where Burt was born. Apparently (if this page helped them confirm Burt's birthplace) they're smart enough to figure out the obvious for themselves. You really should give them more credit. JSDA 23:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

And first thing i do when i come to talk page is check the history, sorry but when i see you make 20 edits in the talk page in a day, i'm not going to read all your dribble. i don't come here to read all you ramblingsRogue Gremlin 03:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - Translation: I have no answer so I'll pretend I don't have time. How about I just pick a few of the 13 for you to address? How about #4, #6, #7, #9 and #10? I make no excuses for my multiple edits. I'm a typo machine. JSDA 04:05, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - - Kind of funny that Custer's (Rogue's) last stand has come down to "I've heard Burt say on several TV shows that he was born in Waycross, GA" when on July 7th Rogue posted (and then deleted), ... (removed unsourced negative comments about a living person per Wikipedia:Biography of living persons)... When you don't know if what being said is fact or fiction, you have to find some kind of documented evidence. Its time to let go of "Well I heard" and embrace the census images, county birth indexes, city directories, military records, an autobiography, information learned from family and friends, coverage of Burt's visit to his birth home, etc. You can try to discredit one or two sources, but at some point you have to realize the writing is on the wall, and challenging source after source with nothing better than "Thats not what I heard him say on TV" (when you've already called him "one of the biggest liars in Hollywood"), is a lost cause. I know, I know...why don't Lugnut and I contribute something to the page rather than just continue to argue this point. Well, for what its worth, I think you (and others) have done a great job with Burt's Wiki page. I don't know what else I can really add that hasn't already been added. All I know is that its pretty obvious where Burt was born, so for the sake of accuracy, I stand on that point. Well, that and the fact that its difficult to sit on your hands when you're being told you're wrong when you know you're not and you're showing evidence proving it. We can drop this whenever, but as long as you continue to insist he was born in Waycross and push that agenda on the article page, I'll be here to refute it. I don't even care if the article page continues to show "birthplace disputed" as long as it points to this page for more information on the dispute, and doesn't try a 'backdoor' approach to pushing the Waycross agenda (which seems to be happening now). I can't speak for others, but I'd even be content with the article page not mentioning Waycross or Lansing at all except to point to this page for info on the birthplace dispute between the two. That seems like the best approach in my opinion because otherwise the article page will just continue to be a 'scorched earth' battleground on a daily basis with the only casualty being the article page itself. JSDA 05:28, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Burt's Epiphany

Reynolds, on the Dinah Shore Show in the late 1970's, told a very poignant story about the one person who changed his pants the most- Watson B. Duncan III- a professor at Palm Beach Jr. College. Reynolds attended FSU right after high school but was kicked out. He then came back to Palm Beach County, and enrolled in Palm Beach Jr. College. Reynolds stated that Duncan befriended him and changed his life. He then went back to FSU on a football scholarship. I had edited the article to tell this story but unfortunately someone edited it out. I would like to ask that person why.

Find a source and I'll put it back up. There is no "Palm Beach Junior College", though there is a "Palm Beach Community College". I, for one, have never heard of him getting kicked out of FSU. Also, sign your discussions with ~~~~, so we know who is saying what. Thanks. AriGold 20:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I added another comment addressing your concerns below in a new posting. I'm new at this and still learning the Wiki ways. Hokeman

Birth Place

Your articles are wrong, Burt himself says he is from Waycross, if you watch the old Dinah Shore show, he stated it clearly on there, on Carol Burnett, he stated he was born in a small town in georgia ((not to mention his birth certificate is on file in waycross, georgia.)) While it is true his parents were living in Lansing prior to his birth, they were on there way to Florida when his mother went into labor and the stopped in Waycross at the local hospital for his birth. Although he only lived in Waycross a short period of time, he was born there. Forget, newspaper articles or biographies written by other people. If you watch any of his old interviews like i stated Dinah Shore, Carol Burnett, Mike Douglas, Johnny Carson and so on he clearly staes he was born in Waycross, but did not live there. Even in the movie (Stroker Ace) he had them add to the script a line where they are announcing him as "the man from Waycross, Georgia...Stoker Ace" not to mention his connection over the years to Ossie Davis which he felt a special bond to as fellow person born on the edge of Waycross(Cogdell) and alot of his earlier film being made around Waycross, or having to do with the Okefenokee Swamp, such as the theme song to "Gator" He has never made any comments about being from michigan.Rogue_GremlinFeb 2007

Obviously, you have not consulted his autobiography. His family lived in MIchigan until he was several years old, so the story about him being born in Waycross while his family was on the way to Florida does not make any sense. -- Donald Albury 23:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Albury please provide the link to the page in his autobiography stating he WAS BORN in Lansing. If this cannot be done for any reason then there is NO valid proof over the links i provided, TY again, Oh and look down I added a few more links, and also would like to mention the word "birthplace" which is associated with where a person is born NOT a place where a childhood is spent. Not to mention a CONSENSOUS of 100% of the websites that are non-editable by users ( or that users cannot submit changes to be added)say his birthplace is Waycross.[User:Rogue_Gremlin | Rogue_Gremlin] Feb 11 2007

The part that doesn't make sense is that he lived in michigan as a child, because of all the information ever recorded, he did not, "I can tell you I lived in michigan as a child in my autobigraphy that doesn't mean I did or even if I did, that doesn't I was born there". Plus this is an exact quote from Burt about his autobiography "My autobiography is a good book, considering it was written in three days." One thing though, Birth Certificates don't lie. Speak to the man himself as I have. Tons of autobiographies are ghostwritten in which wrong information is included, my suggestion to you is, speak to him as I have or if you can't do that, get the old tapes of the shows I mentioned sit back and watch the man himself say with his own mouth were he was born, or better yet call lansing and inquire about his birth certificate, then call the ware county health department, do some REAL research most of my research on Burt came by traveling to such places long before the WWW was around. Rogue_Gremlin Feb 11 2007

Try contacting the Ware County Health Deptartment and inquiring about his birth certificate. Then try Lansing's, I can tell you for a fact it is on record in Waycross. Not to mention when I met him at a taping of "Evening Shade" and asked him personally if he was from Waycross, he clarified my question by saying "I am from Jupiter, but I was born in Waycross." And by the way I would just like to let you know I am not from Waycross, but from Florida and a very avid Burt Reynolds fan so I am a neutral party to his birth but upon visitng his birthplace and paying a visit to where birth records are held there, Waycross Health Department and inquiring they indeed stated his birth records are indeed on file there, I tried to buy a copy but was told it was not possible since I was not a direct family member. To verify their process, I called them later in the week inquiring about getting a friends birth certificate so I could make a plaque for her on her birthday, I was given the same response. Oh and the only proof I have seen from you was a link to your own site or to a site that can be edited by users. try the links i provided most notably the georgia encyclopedia and take a good look at where they get their information from ""A project of the Georgia Humanities Council, in partnership with the University of Georgia Press, the University System of Georgia/GALILEO, the Office of the Governor, and the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education.""Rogue_GremlinFeb 8, 2007

Links to various websites that list Burt's birthplace as Lansing, Michigan:

JSDA 09:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Here we go again, more vandalism. No proof again. And from an UNREGISTERED user. Oh boy!!! Lugnut215 23:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I have several articles from the Lansing State Journal newspaper, that mention he was born here in Lansing, Michigan. Including one, when he visited Lansing in Sept. 1987. Not in Waycross, Georgia as listed before. Lugnut215, 14 January 2006

His autobiography, the NY Times and many other sources claim Waycross as his birth city. AriGold 19:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

In his autobiography "My Life" (1994) on pages 5 thru 15, it pretty clearly states he was born in Lansing, Michigan. Which is my home town. I have links to information that i've found. Some are copyrighted, so I can't post them here. AriGold, please site the date and page numbers on the NY Times article you mentioned. Lugnut215, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Times article stating, "Burt Reynolds originally hailed from Waycross, GA, where he was born on February 11". AriGold 13:52, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
With all due respect, this is not an article, but a biography with no sources. My guess is that Mr. Reynolds, early in his career wanted the image of a southerner, so he may have said he was born in Georgia. But his roots are in the north in Michigan. He wrote his autobiography after his mother Fern passed away in 1992, and probably got in touch with his roots again after this. Here's a link to a web page of mine of Lansing city directories that I compiled. [1] Lugnut215, 10 May 2006
- (((HIS birth certificate is on file at Ware County health Department))) Rogue_GremlinFeb 8, 2007
  - The Ingham County Birth Index (covering Lansing, Michigan) shows Burton Leon Reynolds born there in 1936: http://www.geocities.com/lugnut215/reynolds-family/burt-jr-birth-index-p1.jpg

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/printing/titledetailsprint.asp?titleno=206836&first=1&last=100
Please provide similar evidence that he was born in Waycross, GA. JSDA 16:09, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

- - Please provide proof of this! Lugnut215 20:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't know why his birth place keeps getting changed back to Waycross, Georgia from Lansing, Michigan. Does anyone have any real proof that Burt was born in Georgia, other than I saw on other web pages? I put listings of Lansing City Direcrories that people can verify. And below is a link to an index of mine of newspaper clippings and other stuff for more proof.[2] Lugnut215, 15 May 2006

- I recently read on Burt Reynolds.com that he now is admitting that he was born in Lansing, Michigan. I think we Wikipedians, in our search for the truth, should put a paragraph in the article that says something to this effect:

For years, Reynolds maintained in interviews and on talk shows that he was born in Waycross, Georgia. This was done to add credibility to the so-called Southern Mystique that Reynolds has long tried to cultivate. Recently, however, he has come clean and admitted on his official website that his real birth place was Lansing, Michigan.

What are your thoughts on this concept Rogue_Gremlin, Lugnut215, AriGold and Donald Albury?--Hokeman 18:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually Hokeman, That is not HIS site, After emails back and forth I found out. The site is owned by the company that produced his movie Cloud 9 (Clematis Productions). They own the site and Burt has contributed no info to them. Also for the first month or so his site had NO birthplace info. And it wasn't added til the exact same day a person from here admitted emailing them telling them his birthplace was Lansing until they added it. Also in my emails back and forth with the company that made the site (VPI). They stated they have had NO contact with Burt of any kind to get info for this site, and that they added the part about Lansing after getting an email about it. I had never emailed them I was waiting from a point of neutrality to see what they put. But after the person on here admitted doing it, the exact day the info on his site changed. I started my emails with them. Which is why they have now added at the bottom of the site who it is owned by. So yes it is his official site(he gets a percentage of money from anything they make from the site), but it is not HIS site. (the site is kinda like the George foreman grill, George Foreman did not invent that grill, he lets them use his name to sell the grill, in return he makes money of off it) Since I have never seen him say anything in interviews other than waycross, i will stick to that until i see him say other wise.Rogue Gremlin 19:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

- I see we have some revisionist history going on here. I did NOT tell Burt's official website that he was born in Lansing. I emailed them and told them there was a discrepancy about where Burt was born, and I linked to this site so they could see the discussion on the subject. I asked if they could clear the issue up since the site went live without having any birthplace info like we'd hoped. If they arrived at the 'Lansing' answer from this site, it was nothing more than the obvious conclusion one would reach looking at the mountain of evidence. Sorry to blow another conspiracy theory for you Rogue, but I didn't tell them he was born in Lansing. Please stop spreading lies saying I 'admitted telling them his birthplace was Lansing'. Thats garbage. I never even hinted that I thought he was born in Lansing in my email to them. I simply noted there was a dispute about his birthplace and linked this discussion page to show that dispute (and my email address is nothing like my user ID here, so they didn't even know I had posted on this page). I still have my email correspondence with them showing this. Also, if having them list his birthplace as where ever you want was as simple as emailing them and telling them to list it that way, why does his official site STILL show that he was born in Lansing? The best you were able to accomplish is getting them to list who the site is owned by? I'm sure you must have tried to get them to change it to Waycross (rather than just letting that facts speak for themselves)...that would be much better than a 'who owns them' statement, no? They didn't change it. Gee, I wonder why? JSDA 04:27, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

That's interesting, Rogue Gremlin, I didn't know that. The site states that it is Burt's official site, so I assumed that he authorized that himself.--Hokeman 16:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

He is not the only celebrity that does this. In fact some official sites start out as huge fan sites, that end up becoming the celebrities official site. hat's how Ellen Muth's (George) on Dead Like Me official site came to be. It was a huge fan site, than Ellen ended up giving the designation of her official site. She even goes to its board sometimes and chats with her fans.Rogue Gremlin 17:53, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Former Marine

List of famous U.S. Marines lists Burt Reynolds as a former Marine. Is that true? David.Monniaux 10:45, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Nationality

The article on the adjective is at American, the article about the country is at United States. See User talk:206.201.180.226

His mother - Italian?

The IMDB seems to think so. But does anyone have a credible source? The IMDB has been viciously incorrect lately. Vulturell 22:47, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yup, I checked a book bio and the IMDB blew it again. His mother was described as coming from a WASP family, and his father wasn't Italian either. Vulturell 06:25, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

A matter of research

Watching the History Channel the other day, it stated that it was " a misconception that Burt is of Native American decendancy, reinforced by the film Indian Joe" . This is in contrast to Wikipedia.

What are the facts?

Well, I consulted a decaying, 80's book bio from my public library to find out about his supposed Italian mother. The book bio, which seemed pretty reliable and well researched, said his mother was of Anglo-Saxon stock and his father was Cherokee on his mother's (i.e. Reynolds' paternal grandmother) side. The Cherokee thing is mentioned in tons of sites all over the net, I'd imagine it is true. (Just search for something like "Burt Reynolds"+Cherokee on Google) Vulturell 23:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

- Both the Cherokee and Italian ancestry info is interesting because in tracking Burt's roots through Census records, I haven't found anything that would confirm either. Maybe it was one of those "going way back we heard we have Cherokee blood" stories or something similar. The note that Burt's paternal grandmother is where the Cherokee ancestry comes from is interesting because Census records show that she was Effie M. Thompson, the daughter of Milo and Ann Thompson (listed as a 'white' family). Milo was from New York and Ann was from Michigan. Not exactly Cherokee 'hot beds'. Cherokee.org states, "...the Cherokee lived in a very large area which included all or portions of the present day states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia." Obviously, none of these locations is anywhere near New York or Michigan. As for the Italian ancestry on his mother's side, his maternal grandparents were Leon & Nina Miller. Both born in Michigan, and their parents were both born in Michigan as well. Miller clearly isn't an Italian name, and both of his maternal grandparents were born in the 1870's (well before the large waves of Italian emigration to the U.S). His maternal great-grandparents both being born in Michigan as well appears to show that his maternal ancestry has been in Michigan since at least the 1850s. This doesn't rule out that Burt could have had Cherokee or Italian ancestry, but it seems unlikely when you trace his family history. JSDA 19:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Just an addition to the info above, here is a link to a 1906 plat map for Missaukee County, MI (West Branch Twp). This shows Star City (referred to in Burt's autobiography). Note in section 13, the property of Leon Miller (Burt's maternal grandfather), (1906 Missaukee County, MI plat map). As an interesting (or maybe not) side note, in tracing Burt's maternal ancestry, I discovered that he and I are distant cousins (both descending from William Carpenter & Abigail Briant, of colonial times) JSDA 01:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

And all of that is original research, and cannot be used in the article. -- Donald Albury 21:15, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just adding it as a footnote to the discussion about his Cherokee ancestry. Doesn't prove anything either way, and I had no intention of adding it to the article page or of trying to draw another subject into dispute. I'm exhausted as is with the subject of his birthplace. Ha! JSDA 23:43, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

More from the author of Burts epiphany

Palm Beach Jr. College changed its name in the 1980's to Palm Beach Community College. I think almost all of the public Junior Colleges in Florida did so at this time.

The best source is his autobiography. He talks at length about Watson B. Duncan III turning his life around and getting kicked out of FSU (the first time).

Burt describes this as the seminal moment in his life. It would be a shame to leave it out.

Also, Burt was known back then as "Buddy" Reynolds. That's significant and I didn't see it mentioned in the article. Burt has called Sally Field the "love of my life". I didn't see that mentioned either. Also Palm Beach High School was in West Palm Beach Florida (not Palm Beach) at the time Burt was a student there. Also Burt was married to Judy for 18 months not three years as the article suggests. Hokeman

If you want to use his autobio as a source, go for it. Just make sure you note it. (Funny you should mention his college nickname, I actually know people that still call him "Buddy".) And the Sally Field thing could be thrown in there if you want to. I don't get involved with the tabloid type stuff in articles. I prefer to work more on the artist's body of work or more general history. AriGold 13:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

PS Again, all you have to do is sign your discussions with ~~~~, you don't have to actually type it out. Just trying to help. AriGold 13:55, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

BTW, Palm Beach High School later became Palm Beach County School of the Arts, now Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 01:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Lee Corso

I've changed the reference to Burt's college roommate, Lee Corso, from "ESPN football analyst and former football coach" to "future ESPN football analyst and football coach". The original version made it sound as if Corso had already been a coach and analyst at the time they were roommates. --grummerx 01:37, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Protecting this article

We should consider asking that this article be protected from vandalism. Someone, an obsessive-compulsive in all probability, keeps changing his birtplace from Waycross, Georgia to Lansing, Michigan.--Hokeman 02:17, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I've come to this discussion only in the last week, but if it gets protected, it should be done so stating what the obsessive-compulsive said because Burt was born in Lansing, Michigan. There is a mountain of supporting evidence below. JSDA 22:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Ther is NOT any evidence of him stating it. Even his autobiography DOES NOT say he was born in Lansing, Michigan. It should be left as discussed with the admins. Rogue Gremlin 14:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

There IS an article citing a telephone interview with Burt Reynold's in the Sept. 25th, 1987 issue of the Lansing State Journal stating "I was born in Lansing, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida". Also, his autobiography apparently states on Page 10 that he was born in his parents' house on Donora Street. There is no Donora Street in Waycross, Georgia. The closest thing to it is a 'Danora Drive'. There is a substantial difference between DONora STREET, and "DANora DRIVE". Also, maybe there is some Wikipedia rule I'm unaware of, but you seem to imply that a person needs to have said themself that they were born in a specific location for anything to count as 'evidence'. In other words, damn whatever documentation might be out there. If they haven't said anything about it (which is still up for debate by the way) then its not valid evidence. Please cite a source for this rule. JSDA 21:21, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Location of Palm Beach Junior College

While PBJC was in Lake Park when Reynolds dropped out of FSU, it may have moved to Lake Worth before Reynolds returned to FSU. PBJC opened on the Lake Worth campus in 1956, the same year that Reynolds returned to FSU, but I don't see dates for the two events within the year. I have seen pictures of Reynolds around that time rehearsing for a production at the Lake Worth Playhouse (a community theater). -- Donald Albury 09:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Death ?

Where are the sources ?

There are no sources, it's just plain vandalism. Lugnut215 20:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Also found a Hollwood Walk of Fame card endorsed by them, made by starline, Burt's card is No. 19 on back Birthplace Waycross, Georgia cards were made in 1991 Rogue_Gremlin Feb 2007

Media Attack

I remember seeing a video of Reynolds assaulting a reporter at the debut of the remake of The longest yard, does that belong here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.61.175.83 (talk) 13:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC).

If you can find a published report from a reliable source, you can cite that. Of course, you may have to convince other editors that it is notable enough to be included, and you have to be careful not to violate our policy on biogaphies of living persons. -- Donald Albury 02:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[[3]] There is one source of info... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.61.175.83 (talk) 03:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

Citing Reynold's autobiography

I have moved this conversation from my talk page to here. -- Donald Albury 04:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Reynolds stated in his autobiography that he was born in his parents' home on Donora Street. Which is the street he was born on in Waycross,Georgia. Coincidentaly there is a Donora Street in Lansing,Michigan too. He never says in his autobiography that he is BORN in Michgan, And in every interview he has ever given he clearly states in it when asked of his birthplace, that it is Waycross, Georgia. And can you provide me with links to backup what you added to his biography,PROVE your burt edit, citations needed for what you added NOT links that carry you to places where you can buy the book, but actual links to the pages (NOT to mention i have an interview where Burt says it was the best book that was be written in 3 days)and the fact that most of it was ghost written) So please provided ACTUAL citations. Rogue Gremlin 03:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Have you read Reynold's autobiography? He makes it very clear in there that his family lived in Michigan until they moved to Florida when he was about ten years old. He does not mention Waycross at all in the chapters about his youth. If Reynold's has been contradictory about where he was born, then that should be addressed in the article. -- Donald Albury 03:43, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

You also say his dad was drafted in 1941, his dad was 35 years old in 1941. And I suggest you use google maps or yahoo maps Donora Street is a cross street of Seminole Trail. Please provide actual links or i will be removing the vandalism. Thanks Rogue Gremlin 03:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I have cited his autobiography. That is a source published by Hyperion (publisher), which makes it a reliable source. Read Wikipedia:Vandalism#What vandalism is not before you call something "vandalism". -- Donald Albury 04:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Google Maps gives me "We could not understand the location Donora Street, Waycross, Georgia". Google Maps does list Donora Streets in Lansing, Michigan and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Searching for the intersection of Donora Street and Seminole Trail in Waycross, Georgia, Yahoo! Maps turns up the intersection of Danora Drive with Seminole Trail. Sorry, 'Danora Drive' is not the same as 'Donora Street'. -- Donald Albury 04:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

BTW, men up to 45 years old were subject to the draft in the U.S. during WWII (see Selective Service Act). -- Donald Albury 04:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

You provided links to places where the book can be bought NOT links to the ACTUAL pages in the book, therefore it is not proof. So unless you can provide them I will be removing the stuff you added that is in dispute, Thanks Rogue Gremlin 04:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I have cited page numbers. You are sadly mistaken if you think only on-line sources are allowed. -- Donald Albury 04:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

here is something you yourself wrote.....But you can't add that to Wikipedia unless you can cite a reliable published source. Please see the policy at Wikipedia:Attribution. -- Donald Albury 16:28, 3 March 2007 (UTC) SO I WILL BE REMOVING your edits until you have it where they can be verified, Thanks Rogue Gremlin 04:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Not to mention WIKI clearly states "unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately," Rogue Gremlin 04:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

ALSO If you have admin rights they should be seriously called into question for abuse of power, for your manipulation of Burts page, By removing my validated stuff, and adding your "unsouced or poorly sourced stuff" in its place.Rogue Gremlin 04:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I am an admin, and I have not used any of my admin powers in this dispute. If you still think that I have abused my admin powers, you may file a complaint at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, but do note that the intro to that page says:

If you want to make an open informal complaint over the behaviour of an admin, you can do so here. But this is not the Wikipedia complaints department. If your problem is a content issue and does not need the attention of people with administrator access, then please follow the steps in dispute resolution. These include: mediation, requests for comment, and as a last resort requests for arbitration.

I have not removed your "validated stuff", but you have now removed material I added that was properly cited from a reliable source. -- Donald Albury 12:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Request to Rogue Gremlin

Will you agree to seeking help in resolving this dispute through seeking a third opinion or informal mediation? Both parties have to agree before these options can be pursued. -- Donald Albury 12:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

As long as the comments on his birthplace being Lansing are removed and the page placed back in the neutral state i was basically placing it in. Along with fact that third person be truly neutral, and not any of your admin friends. I do not know anyone here. So i have no one show favoritism taking my side on the issue.Rogue Gremlin 20:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm! The dispute is about which is the neutral state for the page. If you are not willing to accept any outcome of dispute resolution that would result in the article being in any state other than your preferred version, there is no point in proceeding with this. Do you agree to seek a third opinion? Or would you prefer to seek informal mediation? As for my "admin friends", Wikipedia is a big place, and I am not acquianted with most of the admins here, let alone the non-admin editors who do the bulk of the work for third opinions and informal mediation. Moreover, any admins or other editors who have had any significant interaction with me would have to recuse themselves from mediating. -- Donald Albury 22:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

What I said was the page needs to be at a neutral state until the final outcome.Rogue Gremlin 22:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

There's been some conversation at User talk:Rogue Gremlin and my talkpage, some of which relates to the content of this article. Jkelly 22:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:BLP

Responding to an entry at the BLP noticeboard, I removed a great deal of unsourced material about the subject's personal life and finances. The referencing of the article was broken when I arrived here, so I reverted back to an earlier, properly referenced version while doing it. I have no opinion whatsoever on his place of birth, which seems to be the locus of the dispute above. Jkelly 17:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

school stuff

I updated some of the info about Burts junior and senior highschools. Let me know if you need any clarifications (I went to that school and met Burt there several times, he's a well respected figure around there.) ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 01:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Reynolds places Central Jr. High at the "far west end" of the Palm Beach High campus. I'm having trouble picturing that, as that would put it up against Tamarind, and I don't remember old buildings along that side of the campus. It was Twin Lakes High when I moved to West Palm, and the football stadium was along Tamarind. -- Donald Albury 04:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Definitely were not old buildings near Tamarind. They stopped about halfway up what is now the Kravis garage, and essentially that was where yeah, the football area was. I'm still not 100% sure how the county decided to have two co-campus places with different schools, but whatever, point is the Central Jr./Palm Beach high/Twin Lakes/DSOA campus is essentially all the same thing. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 21:05, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how common it was, but I understand there was a Jr. High on the same campus with Atlantic High in Delray at one time. The high school eventually took over those buildings. -- Donald Albury 11:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Informal mediation

I do not see where one has been started yet.Rogue Gremlin 13:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Since you kept saying that you would not agree to informal mediation unless the article was changed back to your version first, I saw no reason to go ahead with the request for mediation. I am considering whether to go straight to an RfC. -- Donald Albury 20:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I did not say placed back to my verison, I said placed in a neutral state, which it is kind of in now.Rogue Gremlin 01:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

- Rogue, can we get a more neutral note on the main page than the one that is currently shown next to the 'disputed' section on Burt's place of birth? At best its out of date, but I'm pretty sure most would agree this is written from the perspective of somebody convinced that Burt's birthplace is Waycross, GA, and doesn't fairly cover the dispute. Currently it states:

"While most sources give Burt Reynolds' birthplace as Waycross, Georgia (Birthplace. The Biography Channel.). Reynolds himself said on Dinah Shore, Carol Burnett, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and Johnny Carson he was born in Waycross, Georgia. It alludes in Reynolds autobiography that he was born in Lansing, Michigan Reynolds. P. 10. Burt's website is now up and running, but it doesn't mention either Michigan or Georgia, it only mentions his hometown in Jupiter, Florida."

You (assuming you wrote that) do a pretty good job of arguing for Waycross there, with the only case made for Lansing being that his autobiography alludes to him being born in Lansing. I'd suggest something like simply stating that various sources list both Waycross and Lansing as his birthplace, and then refer to the discussion on this subject here so they can see the sources for themselves. I was just going to update the info about his Official site stating that he was born in Lansing, but I didn't see how I could do it (maybe you need to be a board admin or something to change that section, I don't know). If you don't want to change it, we can do the informal mediation thing, or the RfC I saw mentioned, I just need to read up on how to do it first. I just thought even though we obviously don't agree on his birthplace, we can still possibly agree on a 'neutral' description connected with the 'disputed birthplace' note. JSDA 08:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Added Material

I added back some of my referenced material (with just one of the many links) that deserves to stay along with the other stuff til dispute is taken thru mediationRogue Gremlin 13:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for Comment

There is disagreement on the proper way to indicate that sources differ on where Burt Reynolds was born. Burt Reynolds has stated in several venues that he was born in Waycross, Georgia. In his autobiogaphy, My Life, Burt Reynolds does not mention Waycross, but strongly indicates that he was born in Lansing, Michigan. there are reliable published sources for both birthplaces. 20:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Everytime I have ever seen an interview he says Waycross, he even talks about that being a huge bond for him and Ossie Davis. Also the stuff you added about his dad being drafted in 1941 is total bull, if you can get access to the military records database you will see as i can that yes a Burton Reynolds did enter the Army then, BUT it was Burton M. Reynolds NOT, Burton Leon Reynolds. plus in a interview after his book was released he talked about his book being made, and that he all he did was over the course of 3 days he told all his stories into a tape recorder, and turned them in for a big paycheck, Because at that time he needed the money. The book was ghost written.68.16.11.98 17:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

- Note that Burton M. (Milo) Reynolds' Army record from Lansing, Michigan (referred to in the paragraph above) shows that he was a Master Sergeant that served in a Field Artillery Unit. This matches exactly with the Lansing State Journal article that cites a discussion with Paul Corey, an Army buddy of Burt's father, whom he served with the 119th Field Artillery. (http://www.geocities.com/lugnut215/reynolds-family/state_journal_lansing_mi_08-06-84.tif) Clearly this is the same person, and this record is about as far from "total bull" as humanly (or bovinely) possible. JSDA 04:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I have never seen anything from a reliable source indicating he was BORN in Lansing (it does NOT say he was BORN in Lansing in his autobiography), in fact until I started coming here I had never even heard that, and shortly after was when someone submited to IMdb(IMdb lets users submit changes) to have there's changed. I have been a devout follower of Burt's career for well over 30 years. One person on here included a link once saying it was in a newspaper interview with Burt saying he was from Lansing. But if you paid to join that newspapers website, It was NOT an interview with Burt, It was an interview with someone about Burt. I have almost all of Burt's interviews on VHS, He always states he was born in Waycross. In the movie "Stroker Ace" he had a line changed, to say; "The Man from Waycross, Georgia, STOKER ACE". If you call the Waycross Chamber of Commerce the will tell he was born in Waycross and is on record as such. If you call the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce the will tell you they heard it as a rumor but they have nothing on record. That alone should dispell the myth. not to mention, All the major encyclopedia's credit Waycross as his birthplace. I will be back to add more Rogue Gremlin 00:26, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

This is a source of heated debate amongst editors on Burt's page. There are a couple of seemingly reliable sources in cyberspace that list Lansing, Michigan as his birthplace, but overwhelmingly by more than a 10:1 margin Waycross, Georgia is listed as his birthplace in references. In the late 1970s, I remember seeing Burt on the Dinah Shore show talking about growing up in Palm Beach County. I distinctly remember him saying that he was born in Waycross, Georgia; and that his dad had been the police chief in Riviera Beach, Florida and prior to that was a high ranking officer in the Waycross Department. I don't remember him ever mentioning anything about living in Michigan as a youth - only Georgia and Florida. That's my two cents on the subject.--Hokeman 04:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I am not hiding anywhere. As I've seen lately there are more and more people who are seeing the bullyiness (for a lack of a better word). I guess in a certain person's mind I'm to blame for any edit that contradicts theirs. /// As I've tried to mention before, it's a matter of Image vs. The Truth of where Burt was born. He tells in interviews that he is from the south, which is fine. And has said he likes to reinvent himself. But there is much genealogical evidence in Lansing, Michigan, that supports that he was born there. How can someone just dismiss the scans of the Lansing newspapers as false? And that his autobiography as false too, he put his name on it, so he approved of the book, no matter if you believe he wrote it or not? Don't you think he would have or had someone else mention "Georgia" at least once in this book that has his name on it? And why in 1936, in the middle of the Great Depression, would his family move to Florida. This makes no sense. I support any third party mediation. Good Luck, Mr. Albury! Lugnut215 20:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Links to pages in encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, TV companies, and websites that list Burt's birthplace as Waycross (Most notable first)some you have join but you can use their free trial period. Most uneditable by users or users cannot submit changes to be made.: Encyclopedia Britannica / Encarta MSN / TIME Magazine (article from Monday, Aug.21, 1972) / CNN / Chicago Sun-Times (article from Feb 7, 2007) / New York Times / State Handbook & Guide Resources / Turner Classic Movies / AMC tv / A&E tv / The Biography Channel / E! / Hollywood.com / Allmovie.com / Yahoo Movies / MSN Movies / AOL Movies / TV.com / Yahoo TV / FYE / Filmbug / Georgia Monthly / Answer.com / Fandango / Netflix / USFL Owners / eBay / Channel 4 (UK television) / Sky Movies / Tribute Entertainment Group / eNewsReference / Yahoo Shopping / Starpulse / Matchflick / website from Norway / Celebrity Wonder / Trivia Tribute / LAMP Travel Series / Infoplease.com / Palm Beach InterContinental Hotels Group Rogue Gremlin 22:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Links to various websites that list Burt's birthplace as Lansing, Michigan:

Burt Reynolds' Official Website / New Georgia Encyclopedia / Yuddy.com / TopSynergy.com / The Ledger / NNBD / Platinum Celebs / The Films / Lifetime / Astrotheme / Vegas Attractions / Teleboy / Actors of Hollywood / Castlerock Cinema Zone / Filmweb / slcoolj.de / monsite.wanadoo.fr / interstar-astroservice.com / Libase / Scifi Universe / Movie Meter / WGOW / JSDA 09:05, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

The link to that Lansing Newspaper was NOT and interview WITH Burt. It was an interview with someone else talking about Burt. Not to mention it was NOT an article conducted by the Lansing newspaper, it was an interview in a Palm Peach newspaper used on the Lansing Newspapers website. Furthermore neither of those are genealogical evidence. And like most people out there, I'm willing to bet you Burt did not have final editorial approval on his book.(Which by the way NEVER says he was BORN in Lansing. The book does not say where he was born. Also Burt never tried to re-invent himself by saying he was from Waycross, he has in every interview on TV said Waycross his only refernce to Michigan is that is where his parents where from, and when you see the man say he repeatedly he was born in Waycross, where as I know you did not she him write it. You may have read his book, but did you watch him write it? I think not, therefore I will beleive what I saw him say. Rogue Gremlin 22:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Also Lugnut I went to your website which is all wrong, all your references are to Burton Milo Reynolds which was not Burt's dad, Burt's dad was Burton Leon Reynolds and just incase you try to say there couldn't be 2. In just one random birth search on 1 site I found BURTON A REYNOLDS, BURTON C REYNOLDS, BURTON H REYNOLDS, BURTON H REYNOLDS, BURTON H REYNOLDS, BURTON K REYNOLDS, BURTON K REYNOLDS, BURTON L REYNOLDS, BURTON M REYNOLDS, & BURTON REYNOLDS 6 of them over 70 Rogue Gremlin 04:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Is there a source proving that Burton Milo Reynolds was not Burt's father? Because the 1930 Census shows the exact opposite to be true. Burton "M." Reynolds is listed with his wife, Fern H. Reynolds, and their daughter "Nancy A." Also, as I've indicated below, Burt's maternal grandfather was Leon Miller (this is surely where Burt got his middle name), and Burt Sr's maternal grandfather was Milo Thompson (where Burt Sr. surely got his middle name). - JSDA, May 24, 2007

Please note that Reynolds does not mention Waycross at all in his autobiography. He talks about his parents meeting and marrying in Lansing, about being born in his parent's house on Donora Street, about his father's parents living on the street behind them, and about returning to Lansing from Fort Leonard Wood after his father was shipped off to Europe. Burt Jr., his mother and his sister spent most of the time Burt Sr. was in Europe at his mother's grandparents' farm, but they met Burt Sr. in Lansing when he returned from the Army. The move to Florida came early the next year, and Burt Jr. describes the car ride down without making any mention of Georgia. He does say that they crossed the Smokies and took U.S. 1 down to Florida, so they presumably traveled through Waycross, but he doesn't mention anything about it. -- Donald Albury 23:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Has no one else noticed and commented on this discrepancy? Jkelly 00:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Outside of this talk page? I haven't seen anything. It would be nice to have some third-party commentary on it. -- Donald Albury 00:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

There is also a discrepancy as to when Burt Sr. became a police officer. Reynold's autobiography states that his father first became a police officer two or three years after they moved to Riviera Beach, Florida, and that he became the police chief when the previous chief, who had recruited Burt Sr., died. Reynolds says that his father was stoking boilers when he met Burt Jr.'s mother. He apprenticed as a toolmaker, but lost a finger in a lathe. Reynolds also says his father "dug ditches, unloaded steel, worked in the automobile factories". His first job in Florida was building houses. Burt's parents were running a lunch stand when Burt Sr. joined the Riviera Beach police department.

We have here two quite different, often contradictory, versions of Reynold's early life. As both versions come from Reynolds himself, and can be attributed to reliable sources, we are not in a position to pick one over the other. We need to cover both versions in the article. We need to do so in a neutral manner, and we need to be sure that every single statement is attributable to reliable sources.

I intend to add more material to the article from Reynold's autobiography. As this material covers his life after he started Jr. High School, there should be little controversy about it. -- Donald Albury 00:43, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

- - - As I become more familiar with the procedures for dispute resolution, I now notice there already is an existing "Request for Comment" section on this page. That being the case, I'm going to repost what I'd posted above here as it seems that might be the only way other admins see my additions - Evidence provided by Lugnut & myself supporting that Burt Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan and RogueGremlin’s responses to these:

1. Autobiography implies Burt was born in Lansing, not in the south. Rogue’s explanation: Autobiography was ghost written and is wrong.
2. Burt’s Official website states he was born in Lansing, Michigan. Rogue’s explanation: Website is wrong, just repeats wrong info from elsewhere.
3. VPI (company hired to design & create Burt’s Official website) states they have ‘confirmed’ Burt was born in Lansing. Rogue’s explanation: ???
4. City directories from Lansing, Michigan show Burt’s parents lived in Lansing from 1923 through 1941 (Burt was born in 1936). Not only that, but in 1936 they were living on Donora St. (where Rogue has acknowledged that Burt Reynolds lived when he was born). Rogues explanation: None, other than it is a coincidence that there is a Donora St. in Lansing, Michigan where a Burton M. Reynolds and Fern H. Reynolds just happened to live. (note: Burt’s autobiography states that he lived on ‘Donora Street’. Not Danora Drive (which is the only name close to this near Waycross, GA)
5. Burton Leon Reynolds’ birth is noted in the Ingham County Birth Index in 1936. This is the county where Lansing is located (images of the index are provided). Rogue’s response: These documents are posted on a page hosted by Lugnut, therefore they easily could be created or modified. They also would not hold up in court since it’s a photocopy. (Note: Lugnut provides a link to the FHL catalog where anyone can request a copy of the films to verify their authenticity). He also questions the FHL’s legitimacy as a reliable source of information. (he really tried to cover all of his bases on this one...and who can blame him? We're looking at the next best thing to seeing Burt's birth certificate, which we couldn't see because he is a living individual)
6. In 1974, Wanda Bookman (a cousin of Burt’s) brings a photocopy of Burt’s birth certificate to the Lansing State Journal showing that Burt was born on Feb. 11, 1936 in Lansing, MI. The birth certificate shows that Burt’s father was Burton Milo Reynolds and his mother was Fern H. Miller. Mrs. Bookman had to show that she was related to Burt to get a copy of the birth certificate. Rogues response: Rogue doesn’t believe anything from the Lansing State Journal since it states that Burton ‘Milo’ Reynolds was Burt’s father, which he contends is incorrect (Note: See Census record info in #13 below)
7. Paul Corey, an old friend of Burt’s father who served in the same unit with him in the war, visits Burt’s father and Burt’s father confirms that he was born on Donora Street in Lansing and also says that he has no idea why so many biographies state that his son was born in Georgia when it simply isn’t true. Rogue’s response: ???
8. 1987 - Lansing State Journal cites a telephone interview with Burt Reynolds where he states, “I was born in Lansing on Donora Street, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida.” Rogue’s response: Claims this was not a phone interview with Burt Reynolds, but rather a quote from an interview about Burt.
9. 1987 – Burt Reynolds visits the home of his birth on Donora Street in Lansing. Visit is covered by the Lansing State Journal. The homes current owners describe the visit in the article and are photographed in front of the home. Rogues response: ???
10. 1930 Census shows Burt’s parents and sister living in Lansing, Michigan. Burt’s father is listed as “Burton M. Reynolds”. Rogue insists Milo wasn’t Burt’s father’s middle name and claims it was ‘Leon’. Rogue’s explanation: He has no explanation for the middle initial ‘M’ being listed on the Census record.
11. 1920 Census shows that Burt’s maternal grandfather’s name is Leon. This almost surely proves that Burt got his middle name from his maternal grandfather, not his father as Rogue contends. Rogue’s explanation: None (possibly coincidence?)
12. 1870 Census shows that Burt’s paternal grandmother’s (Effie Thompson) father was named Milo Thompson, almost surely showing this is where Burt’s father got the middle name “Milo”. Rogue’s response: Irrelevant because Burton Milo Reynolds wasn’t Burt’s father.
13. Rogue claims Burt’s father was Burton Leon Reynolds, Sr. Census records show there was no such person. Rogue admits that Burt’s family was from Michigan, but the only Burt/Burton Reynolds listed in Michigan was Burton Milo Reynolds. There was a Burton Lee Reynolds and a Burton L. Reynolds in Maine, but dates and locations show neither of these men could have been Burt’s father. Also, only Burton M. Reynolds was married to a ‘Fern’.: Rogue’s explanation. None, other than to question why Burt is a ‘Jr.’ if his father wasn’t a Burton Leon Reynolds.

OK, might somebody be able to reasonably question one or two items on the list? Maybe (although I’m not sure which ones), but 13???….with several of the items having no explanation from Rogue at all? Come on now…

JSDA 15:18, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Material copied from New Georgia Encyclopedia

I have deleted the paragraph headed "Biography" because it was a copyvio from http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1516&hl=y, in violation of Wikipedia:Copyrights. -- Donald Albury 23:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

More genealogical evidence, Burt's place of birth

I recently found more supporting genealogical evidence that Burt was born in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. Below are scans of photocopies made at a Family History Center, of a Birth Index with Burt on it. He's the 5th one down on the far right side. Scan 1 Scan 2 Also, here is a link to the microfilm that it was from. FHC Link Please note, that it is against the law to see anybody's full Birth Record. Even with this new info, I will not change his place of birth on the main page, because I've learned that belief is more important than the truth. Will leave it to someone else to do this. Lugnut215 23:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Need I state the obvious about those supposed birth records. And the fact that you have made up documents, to try and get them in, only to have it debunked, because in your stuff you said his father's name was Burton Milo. So can you produce a copy of a CERTIFIED document from the State of Michigan? that was certified at time of birth? I say like others say, Give Burt a chance to get his website up and running. Then we'll see, because those Family learning centers have false information at them. My grandmother (who is a published genealogist)has already proved on several accounts for those centers to be wrong. Rogue Gremlin 16:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

- - OK, I've been reading this entire debate, and I finally have to pitch in my 2 cents here. I've been an avid genealogist for years and any REAL genealogist knows that the FHL is the 'mecca' of genealogical records. Calling their legitimacy into question just makes one look uninformed. Can old records be incorrect? Sure. That can happen anywhere, but suggesting that the FHL is some kind of 'National Enquirer' of genealogical information is wildly inaccurate and seriously calls ones credibility into question. There are family trees maintained by the FHL from people that enter their own information that may have errors in them, but the films that you order from the FHC's are films of the original documents. If you want to say he has 'made up' these documents, feel free to make that assertion, but if somebody orders the FHL film referenced here to their local FHC (which anyone can do...I've ordered hundreds of them), and it shows what the images linked here show, I'm sorry, but Burton Leon Reynolds born in 1936 was born in Lansing, Michigan. One might argue this was a different Burton Leon Reynolds, but it sounds like a real uphill battle to me. By the way, intrigued by this subject, I did a quick internet search myself and ran across a link to the New Georgia Encyclopedia and that states Burt Reynolds was born in Lansing. Doesn't prove anything of course, but it seems to me that if Reynolds was actually born in Georgia, the New Georgia Encyclopedia would be a very likely source to claim its 'native son'. Last, you mention above Burton Milo Reynolds as if he was not Burt Reynolds' father, but I'm looking at the 1930 Census right now and it shows Burton "M." Reynolds married to Fern H. Reynolds, with a daughter Nancy A. Is that not Burt's family? I also note that this has his father listed as Burton Milo; http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=_dsw_&id=I16179 . Last, in the 1910 Census, I notice that Fern Miller (Burt's mother's maiden name) is born in 1902 in West Branch, Missaukee County, Michigan (where 'Star City' is located...the Star City that Burt refers to in his autobiography) and her father's name is Leon Miller. This leads me to believe Burt's middle name comes from his maternal grandfather, not his father's middle name. I don't see the name 'Leon' in any of his father's ancestry. I also show that Burt's paternal grandparents were John Burton Reynolds and Effie M. Thompson (also mentioned in his autobiography). A check of the 1870 Census shows that Effie's father was Milo Thompson (surely where the Milo name comes from). - JSDA, May 24, 2007

- - - Couldn't have said it any better. Lugnut215 22:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

- Unbelievable Again! To anyone who has done genealogy before, (even a little), knows they are real. I believe YOU made up that your grandmother is a published genealogist! Reminds me of Jonny Fairplay from the Survivor tv show. /// Do you have any proof, at all, about him being born in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, that's not on the internet? /// "Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason." - James Randi. Lugnut215 22:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I did not say the centers weren't real, I am saying what is in them is not always the truth. When my grandmother started on her books of Carter's, Aycock's, Altman's, Sapp's it had several relatives information all wrong. So yes i know for a fact all the information in the centers are not 100% acurate, The information at the learning center are there for reference so you can find where to look for things. Call the center in Salt Lake City and ask them if they know for a fact all their information is 100% acurate, They will tell you 'it is not' furthermore the document you supossedly found would not hold up in a court, because it is simply information someone submitted. I don't see any signature with a certification to verify it. As I have given the the facility name for you to call in Waycross, that will verify where exactly his birth certificate is on record. Not to mention the MAN himself is proof, as he says it from his own mouth in televised interviews, And has never in a televised interview said anything about being born in Michigan. Oh and glad you posted your motto cause it describes you perfectly.Rogue Gremlin 00:09, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

- - Assuming the links to the images he provided are indeed from the actual FHL films, it would indeed 'hold up in court'. That isn't just "information someone submitted", its the County Clerk Birth Index from Ingham County, Michigan. Its not a document that 'Aunt Betty created to put in her family scrapbook'. Its a register of a government agency. I don't know what the story is behind the documentation in Waycross, but it sure would be intersting to know because the evidence I'm seeing here sure seems to point to Burt being born in Michigan. - JSDA, May 24, 2007

Thanks for the support, and being a logical thinker. But you can't convince someone who only believes what they're told. Basically the Gremlin, and others, only believe what Burt himself acknowledges, as the truth. /// And as you will be reminded of, next time, please sign your username, see below. Because your credibility will soon be attacked, seen it before. Lugnut215 22:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

- JSDA then you do not know what you are looking at. That document is not from a government agency and it is not the county clerks records, and the scans are on his personnal website, with NO links to the actual documents that he says exists. I can in fact make a document myself that looks exactly like that and post it here through my own website the same as he tries. The pic he has posted is from his own personal website not a government one. And in fact what he has there would not hold up in court. It is a photocopy, and at that a photocopy that doesn't even bare the resembliance of a certified mark anywhere on it. The guy you are trying to back has already been caught trying to fake things to place on here. Once he was caught he ran away for a while, kept blanking his page and coming in without being signed in and vandalising this page along with others. I can in fact point you to the other IP's he used and show you how to trace it back. And you will see it was him. He has a history of vandalising Burts page as well as other all over wiki. If you go to his personal page, you will see where he keeps going to it and blanking it because he keeps getting warning from the staff on vandalising. Rogue Gremlin 02:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

- - As I said, if you want to make the claim that he is falsifying documents, feel free. All that has to be done to see if its the real deal or not is to order the film yourself. He DID provide a link to the film that anyone can order. The FHL has filmed the County Clerk's Index to Births which is compiled from the actual birth records (which we're not allowed to see for living individuals). They use the index to retrieve the original records (note that it tells you which book & page his birth is recorded in). The images of these films aren't on-line to be linked, so Lugnut put them on his own site. Does that mean he could have falsified them? Sure, but why would he provide a link where anybody can order the film themselves, knowing it would show that he falsified the document if he did? As for me, I simply followed the information being exchanged here, and went to the Census records myself and it backs that Burton Milo Reynolds was his father, and you have a newpaper article quoting Burt himself saying that he was born in Lansing. - JSDA, May 28, 2007

There is NO newspaper article with Burt saying he is from Lansing, If you pay to access the website he provides, It is an interview with someone about Burt, NOT an interview with Burt. The man himself in television interviews from as early as 1969 to as late as 2002 has stated Waycross as his birthplace. Note 2002 is after his supposed autobiography, that even he admits he did not write any of it. He simply spoke some stuff into a tape recorder over a period of 3 days and handed it off. So I will continue to believe the words spoken by the man himself. Plus you are just trying to make assumption as to how he got his name. If you try to use your logic, of Leon. Then why isnt his name Burton Leon Reynolds, and not Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. if there was no Burton Leon for him to be mistaken for? This stuff has all been hashed out with the admins already and what is here about his birth and childhood is to stay as it is. Add anything else you want about his life and career. As those of us that truly care about this article do. I personally have added almost half, dalbury alot of the rest. His birthplace is to remain as is until his website is put back online.Rogue Gremlin 14:14, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

- - - So in his autiobiography, its just coincidence that the people he mentions as his grandparents, uncle, etc happen to match with the people in the Census records? Its just coincidence that there are no Leon's in his paternal ancestry, but his grandfather on his mother's side was named Leon? Its just coincidence that Burt's paternal grandfather was named Milo (Burt's father's middle name)? Its just coincidence there is a birth certificate on file in Lansing stating that Burton Leon Reynolds was born at 1703 Donora Street, on Feb. 11, 1936. (Ref: April 7, 1981, Lansing State Journal) with the father listed as Burton Milo Reynolds and the mother as Ferm Miller...". That 'coincidently' matches what the Ingham County Birth Index shows. Wow, a Burt Leon Reynolds born on the same street that even you concede is the street he was born on, with the same birthdate as THE Burt Reynolds. Its just coincidence that the 1930 Census shows (without a doubt) that Burt Reynold's father is listed as Burton M. Reynolds. You sure do want people to believe there are a lot of coincidences. The newspaper article refers to a telephone interview with Burt himself stating that he was born in Michigan. I didn't say the article itself was an interview with Burt. There is also an article there with a family friend of Burt's father who was told by Burt Sr. that he has no idea why some biographies claim Burt was born in Georgia when it simply isn't true. JSDA 21:45, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Well LugnutJr. If you ae a real Burt Reynolds fan. You would have watched all of Burt interviews on TV. ALL off them (from his own mouth) he says he was born in Waycross, Georgia. He even had them add a line to the movie Stroker Ace paying tribute to the fact.Rogue Gremlin 03:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Well Stan, I see you realize you're fighting a losing battle now. When presented with a mountain of evidence pointing to Lansing as his birthplace, all you can fall back on is "I saw Burt on TV say he was from Waycross". You will get no argument from me that Burt considers himself a southerner. Thats obvious. He even stated himself in the telephone interview that is quoted that he never considered himself a Michigander even though he was born there...but the subject is where he was born, not whether or not Burt considers himself a southerner.JSDA 20:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

And furthermore funny how this JSDA showed Lugnut showed up and left comments on the exact same day. and how the JSDA is not signed but a fake signature so you can't trace it back. Sure seems funny to me + the fact that this fake person acts as if the have no interest in burt reaynolds but are not only on his discussion page but makes comments as if they have been here often. Strange how once again lugnut trips himself up.Rogue Gremlin 04:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

- - Well, I didn't sign in because I don't have an acct. Accusing me of being Lugnut is pretty funny. I can create an acct so you can see my IP and verify that I'm not the same person, but something tells me that if I do that, you'll just create some other reason why this is all a big scam. By the way, when did I say I have no interest in Burt Reynolds? I'm a Burt Reynolds fan and was reading about him when I noticed the 'disputed birthplace' and thats what led me here. Lugnut responded on the same day because after I posted my comments, I emailed him telling him that I had weighed in on the subject and that what I'd found in the Census records bares out what he has shown. - JSDA, May 28, 2007

It's funny how you mentioned emailing Lugnut, since after you posted on here, i kept a watch on you ip address usage on here, as well as Lugnuts page (which hasn't had ANY activity on any part off it since May 11)and, the page that would have became yours and yet there was no email addy's anywhere. Which means you're him or either you know him outside the context of wiki and just came him to try and back him up or something else even stranger, but i don't want to know. If you are an avid fan of Burt then add something of value to his page, and not stalk it and vandalize it like Lugnut does. He himself only comes here and tries to delete things and mess with his birthplace. And not add anythig substantial to the page itself. These discussions have do ne been had with admins, decisions have already been made. Burts personal site will be up and running soon. Please only add substantial stuff to his page.Rogue Gremlin 14:34, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

- - - This is crazy. I am not Lugnut and knew nothing about him OR this page more than a week or two ago. As I said, I am nothing more than a Burt Reynolds fan who happened to come to his wiki page and noticed the 'birthplace disputed' section and went to the discussion page to see what that was about. Then, being an a REAL genealogist, as compared to one that thinks the FHL is the National Inquirer of genealogical records, I decided to use the REAL tools at my disposal (as opposed to "I saw on tv"), to get to the truth. Thats it conspiracy guy. JSDA 18:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

- - - Here, I just created an acct to show that I'm not Lugnut. Turns out I'm not a 'fake person'. JSDA 22:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

And JSDA your link to worldconnect.roots web had this disclaimer on the page "The data posted here is from a variety of sources and should be used only as a guide for further research" and "RootsWeb.com, Inc. is NOT responsible for the content of the GEDCOMs uploaded through the WorldConnect Program. If you have a problem with a particular entry, please contact the submitter of said entry. You have full control over your GEDCOM. You can change or remove it at any time." This was put on this site undoubtably by one person and one person only. I can create the same lineage on this site but replace anything i want.Rogue Gremlin 04:15, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

- - No question, anybody can create whatever they want and post it. I was just using that to show that other people show Burt's father was Burton Milo Reynolds as well. You seem to want to discredit all of the evidence Lugnut has posted based on the notion that Burt's father wasn't Burton Milo Reynolds. Problem is, Burton Milo Reynolds WAS Burt's father. You've got a mountain of evidence that you're trying to discredit based on an idea that you have that is incorrect. In addition to the County Clerk Birth Index for Ingham County showing that Burt was born there and newspaper articles backing this up (including a quote from Burt himself from a telephone interview), the Census records make it pretty obvious who Burt's parents were, who his grandparents were, and where the middle names come from:

1930 Census, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x184/JSDA15/1930InghamCountyMI.jpg

1920 Census, Missaukee Co., Michigan: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x184/JSDA15/1920MissaukeeCountyMI.jpg

1870 Census, Ingham Co., Michigan: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x184/JSDA15/1870InghamCountyMI.jpg

Let me guess, Lugnut and I are both creating false documents now? Anybody can order the FHL film he showed, and anybody can view the same Census images that I've posted to verify that I haven't modified them in any way. JSDA 23:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

His website will be up and running soon. The discussion will be over then, Lugnut. Rogue Gremlin 13:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Note: Burt Reynold's Official Website is now live and it confirms that Burt Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan. See Link:

http://burtreynolds.com/features.personal_faqs/ JSDA 04:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

That was just added. Besides it is obvious the person doing the page is just regurjitating facts found on the web and not fact checking. Because here is another "LIE" that is in the personal FAQs "Reynolds was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, but injured his knee before the start of the season" I can provide you all the draft information, He was NEVER drafted by any team. And his knee injury happened while still at FSU. I also noticed how the whole site overly refers to him in the third person. Bottom line is in his televised interviews when asked his birthplace, he says Waycross, Georgia. He has said it about 10 different interviews, and there isn't one televised interview where he says Michigan.Rogue Gremlin 03:43, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - - Well there's a real surprise. Elsewhere on this page you say:

"His website will be up and running soon. The discussion will be over then" "Give Burt a chance to get his website up and running. Then we'll see" "His birthplace is to remain as is until his website is put back online."

....but as predicted, you change your tune when Burt's Official site comes back and confirms what the genealogical records, newspaper clippings, and his autobiography show. Something tells me if his official site came back and said Waycross, GA was his birthplace, the site would be gospel, and our saying "Well, thats obviously not right" would just be sour grapes on our part and 'disputed' would be replaced on the main page with 'Waycross, GA' as his birthplace (tell me I'm wrong there...you know I'm not). You might want to check with VPI (the company that manages Burt's Official site). When I asked them about the birthplace info, they came back a week or so later and wrote (and I quote), "We have confirmed that Burt's birthplace was Lansing, Michigan. We have also posted it online: http://burtreynolds.com/features.personal_faqs/ I hope this helps to clear things up." And note, I didn't ask them any leading questions, or give any indication where 'I' thought he was born. I simply wrote that I'd noticed Burt's page doesn't contain any information on his birthplace, and there is a good deal of debate as to whether it was Lansing, MI or Waycross, GA, and I was wondering if they could clear up the issue once and for all. JSDA 06:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - Well Stan (I figure if you're going to call me by somebody else's name, I can play that game too) public records don't lie. Even if Burt's site came up and stated that Burt was born in Lansing, I'm sure you wouldn't believe it. It would just be the 'Lansing Conspiracy', infiltrating the company that runs Burt's website. No explanation as to why Burt's father's middle initial is listed as "M" on the 1930 Census? Shocking. Or are we to believe again that its just a coincidence that there was an error where his middle initial appears as the same letter that the name "Milo" starts with? JSDA 18:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

- - - - By the way, there are NO other Burt or Burton Reynolds from or in Michigan in the 1910, 1920, or 1930 Census other than Burton Milo Reynolds (and I believe you've already conceded that Burt's parents were from Michigan correct?) In 1930, there are only 2 Burton L. Reynolds in the entire country. One was a Burton "Lee" Reynolds, and the other Burton L. Reynolds, born 1921 in Maine (clearly neither were Burt's father). Not only that, but there are ZERO Burt or Burton Reynolds married to or living with a "Fern" in the 1930 Census (and Burt's younger sister Nancy was alive in 1930) other than Burton Milo Reynolds. I sure would like to see some proof that this Burton 'Leon' Reynolds Sr. existed, because genealogical records say he didn't.JSDA 19:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

- Interesting. I don't get on the computer for four days, and you keep your lying going, Gremlin. As predicted!!! Not ONE administrator ever has told me anything. And please DO tell them about these so-called fake entry's, that YOU made and said were me. I blank my personal page, because of YOUR constant messing with it. Also, I love how you brag that you're responsible for creating most of Burt's page. Another lie. Still haven't seen one piece of genealogical evidence about Waycross. Just one, please, just to shut me up. Lugnut215 20:37, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you have been warned under your ip address' that we traced, When you choose to vandalize without loggin in, In fact the ip address had 4 seperate warnings against it, with the last one stating if you vandalize one more time the whole ip range would be blocked. You were caught on several occasions. (And i never did anything saying I was you). The most stuff on Burt's page are from me and dalbury, I'm not saying we created it that honor goes to Pagingmrherman, but when you go section for section and content dalbury and I have contributed the most.Rogue Gremlin 22:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

- Here are my contributions, (in the box on top right with his pic, i ADDED spouses, notable roles, academy and emmy awards),

(in main the body i ADDED the section and the content of, biography, southern filmaking, sports team owner, Honorary Recognitions, Awards/Achievements, Talk/Variety Show Appearances), (i also had an admin show me how to add the notes section), And i made contributions to the starting paragraph, career, personal life, filmography, tv work and referencesRogue Gremlin 23:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Stop Already

To Rogue Gremlin and JSDA, stop already! Enough! I'm not very religious, but I do know this bible verse, both of you please read and absorb.

"God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference." Lugnut215 20:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Well Rogue, I guess there is your proof that Lugnut & I are not the same person. I rarely lecture myself. Ha! JSDA 15:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Explain This One, Gremlin

As JSDA added above, Lansing, Michigan is now on his "Official Web Site" as his place of birth. How do you explain this one away??? Are you going to continue the hype? And as I've mentioned before, it's fine that he claims he's from the south, but it is not the truth. Again here's the website link. Burt Reynolds.com Lugnut215 00:47, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

It is obvious the person doing the page is just regurjitating facts found on the web and not fact checking. Because here is another "LIE" that is in the personal FAQs "Reynolds was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, but injured his knee before the start of the season" I can provide you all the draft information, He was NEVER drafted by any team. And his knee injury happened while still at FSU. I also noticed how the whole site overly refers to him in the third person. Bottom line is in his televised interviews when asked his birthplace, he says Waycross, Georgia. He has said it about 10 different interviews, and there isn't one televised interview where he says Michigan.Rogue Gremlin 03:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

- Well there's a real surprise. Elsewhere on this page you say:

"His website will be up and running soon. The discussion will be over then" "Give Burt a chance to get his website up and running. Then we'll see" "His birthplace is to remain as is until his website is put back online."

....but as predicted, you change your tune when Burt's Official site comes back and confirms what the genealogical records, newspaper clippings, and his autobiography show. Something tells me if his official site came back and said Waycross, GA was his birthplace, the site would be gospel, and our saying "Well, thats obviously not right" would just be sour grapes on our part and 'disputed' would be replaced on the main page with 'Waycross, GA' as his birthplace (tell me I'm wrong there...you know I'm not). You might want to check with VPI (the company that manages Burt's Official site). When I asked them about the birthplace info, they came back a week or so later and wrote (and I quote), "We have confirmed that Burt's birthplace was Lansing, Michigan. We have also posted it online: http://burtreynolds.com/features.personal_faqs/ I hope this helps to clear things up." And note, I didn't ask them any leading questions, or give any indication where 'I' thought he was born. I simply wrote that I'd noticed Burt's page doesn't contain any information on his birthplace, and there is a good deal of debate as to whether it was Lansing, MI or Waycross, GA, and I was wondering if they could clear up the issue once and for all. JSDA 06:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Bottom Line

The ridiculous part of this entire debate is that nobody is questioning that Burt considers himself a southerner, or that since his childhood, he has lived in the south. He himself stated "I've never considered myself a Michigander" (Lansing State Journal, Sept. 25, 1987) even though he was born there. Its just a simple fact about where he was born (which Reynolds also mentions in the article cited). JSDA 23:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced material in a biography of a living person

I have once again removed the unsourced claims about what Burt Reynolds has said about his birthplace on various television shows. The official policy at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons states, "Unsourced or poorly sourced material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space." Rogue Gremlin has violated this policy several times now. If he violates it again, I will open a Request for comment on him. A previous RfC on the article did not resolve the issues. -- Donald Albury 23:31, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted Rogue Gremlin again, as the sources he cited, while giving Waycross as Burt's birthplace, do not support his statement that "Burt has stated over the years that he was born in Waycross, Georgia." -- Donald Albury 09:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Dalbury, I noticed your update that "Reynolds' autobiography (My Life) does not name his birthplace, although it does cover his childhood in Lansing, and fails to mention Waycross at all.". That is accurate in that there is nothing saying "I was born in Lansing", but clearly it is implied as he is speaking about Lansing when he notes that his parents were living in a small house on Donora Street when his mother went into labor with him. He mentions his parents living in Lansing just a few paragraphs before this (with no other location mentioned in between), and there is no mention of where Donora Street is located because I'm sure he assumes everybody would realize that's where he was talking about (not to mention, the only Donora Streets in the U.S. are in Lansing, MI and Pittsburgh, PA). Maybe you didn't add any more than you did because it falls under that 'draws a conclusion from a source - which isn't allowed' guideline you mentioned, so I didn't make any updates to that info, and thought I'd check on it here. And even if its not allowed, I just wanted to note it here so anyone coming to discussion page could see there is more information in his autobiography regarding his birthplace than mentioned on the article page. JSDA 18:25, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of valid citations

Rogue Gremlin is now deleting valid citations from the article. I've already reverted him a couple of times today, so I am holding back. -- Donald Albury 01:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of what citations?

Rogue Gremlin, you have just accused me (in an edit summary) of removing sourced information. What are you talking about? -- Donald Albury 19:40, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm also confused by the 'copyvio' note in the Early Life section. I don't think I've added any info in the early-life section other than the city directories info, which I already removed myself because it just further fueled the birthplace edit-fest. However, I'm not sure what is being referred to in regards to copyvio. Its starting to look like anything referencing Georgia or Michigan at all on the article page (outside of the note about the birthplace dispute) is just going to perpetuate daily editing/deleting of content on the article page. In my opinion, we should all (if possible) agree remove anything referencing either location on the article page (except for the birthplace dispute note) to try to put an end to that. Seems to me the debate on this subject should be taking place on the discussion page, not on the article page. Jockying for position on the article page seems to have accomplished nothing but a messy Burt Reynolds Wiki page. JSDA 20:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

My preference would be to ignore the question of Burt's birthplace outside of the footnote, but that will take a consensus of the editors interested in this page, so I'm not going to push it. -- Donald Albury 00:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Also not a regular editor here, but it seems a reasonable solution to me. Nothing else about his childhood is included. The constant reverting seems pointless to me. -Jmh123 00:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - Rogue and I have been discussing on my talk page, and it appears that he is in agreement as well. We will remove all references to Waycross and Lansing on the article page except for the note regarding the Birthplace Dispute and reference to the discussion page. JSDA 02:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

- - - - OK, I've attempted to make the agreed upon changes on the article page that remove any reference to Burt being from Waycross or Lansing (outside of the Notes section noting the birthplace dispute and the reference to this discussion page), whether it was directly or indirectly implied. Hopefully this is still acceptable to all. JSDA 04:15, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I like it, I tried something similar before. Hope RogueGremlin sticks with it. Lugnut215 22:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Hair?

Given Burt's famous wearing of toupees over the years, I think his hair has to be mentioned.

Mustache Owner

in the movie Deliverance he does not sport a mustache. maybe a minor edit to reflect that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.102.183.35 (talk) 04:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

GA fail

As it stands, most of the article reads like a list of his film roles, but with a bit of prose. Not very comprehensive. You need to do a lot more research with those external links at the bottom to have this reach GA level. Alientraveller 17:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Reynolds' ancestry

I've corrected the mention about his Italian ancestry, citing a full-length 1982 book biography (Streebeck, Nancy (1982). The Films of Burt Reynolds. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 11-12. ISBN0-8065-0785-3). It seems to explain how this misconception about him being Italian started: "[his] best pals were primarily the sons of fishermen along the canal, and most of them were Italian. There was no need for the police chief's namesake to explain his own heritage. On one side of the family, a full-blooded Cherokee grandmother, wife of a forestry ranger, who gave birth to his father on a North Carolina reservation; on the other side of the family, grandparents and mother of pioneer WASP roots, raised in and around central Michigan. Behind "the new boy in town," Burt doted on the immediate attention extended by his waterfront playmaytes. They assumed that he was also Italian, and Burt never corrected them. Pretending to be Italian was Buddy Reynolds' first inkling that a person could be whatever he wanted by merely projecting characteristics of a particular kind. He was acting. He liked it." Mad Jack 21:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd also ask of user User:Rogue Gremlin to comment on what he is reverting and why, as well as add to this particular discussion topic. Mad Jack 01:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Read the above discussions, as RogueGremlin mentioned (can't belive I'm defending him), we've been thru this before. And had got the site to a neutral state. Please stop! Lugnut215 20:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Lugnut215, there isn't any discussion above at all that supports the inclusion of his having Italian ancestry. The Italian thing is really the crux of my edit, because the Time article (which is over 30 years old) is the only reliable source that exists to support it. And there is a reliable source (a book biography with a credited author) that directed conflicts with it. I'd like to see if anyone has a copy of "My Life" (Reynolds' own book) and what he says about his ancestry in it. Mad Jack 05:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

LoL, exactly Lugnut, who would have ever thought we would be on the same side of a burt disagreement, not to mention the book he is citing is not available to the majority of wiki users. His italian heritage should stand as it has been hashed thru before. Also the total bull stuff on his father being a cowboy, before becoming a cop. One book does not take away his heritage.Rogue Gremlin 18:15, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't consider mentioning he is part Italian to be "neutral" or factual at all. There is a single reference for this. Yes, it's a reliable reference, but there is also a reliable reference that directly contradicts this, and that one was written about 10 years after the first one. Availability to Wikipedia users isn't really a factor - besides, I found this book at my local library, so it's not exactly that rare. Either both claims about his mother's ancestry should be in the article, or neither - so, for the time, I'll remove the mention of his mother's ancestry. Reynolds has written a book biography - "My Life" - in 1994. It is available to search through on Google Books [4]. I can not find a single mention of any Italian ancestry in searching this book on G Books, although Reynolds does state that his mother's maiden name was "Miller" and that her great-grandfather Charles fought in the Civil War, which makes it highly unlikely that he was of Italian descent. If anyone has a copy of the book and can offer any more of what he states about the matter, that would help. BTW, my other edits included removing the "height" and "notable roles" sections, because they've been deleted from the Template:Actor and no longer appear. Mad Jack 05:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Taliaferro there were italians in the civil war, and 2 italians signed the Bill of rights... so it's possible (but I have big doubts) he's part italian, but very probably, if he's it, it will be 1/128 italian...93.32.238.205 (talk) 21:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

- Just as a side to this discussion, myself and a few others have researched Burt's ancestry through a number of sources, and Census records bare out that his mother was NOT of Italian ancestry. No Italian surnames in her family going back to colonial times. However, Census records also conflict with the North Carolina info shown above. In all Census records, Burt's father was shown to have been born in Michigan. The only Burt/Burton Reynolds born in North Carolina was born roughly 20 years before Burt's father in 1888. Also, Burt's paternal grandmother was Effie M. Thompson. She was also born in Michigan and is listed in Census records as "W" for white. You can see some of these Census images in the "Burt's Website" section above. JSDA 06:09, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

A book available to be bought does NOT make it available to a majority of the public. You need to read up on those standards. It has to be available in a MAJORITY of libraries across the country. Which that book is NOT. And check your wiki facts, availability to wiki users is a factor.Rogue Gremlin 15:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I will remove height and notable roles from the boxRogue Gremlin 15:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

"And check your wiki facts, availability to wiki users is a factor" - this does not seem to be stated in any policy page. Please read WP:Reliable sources and WP:Citing sources. There is nothing there about availability in "Majority of libraries" (and how would "majority" be established anyway?). It does state "In general, the most reliable sources are peer-reviewed journals and books published in university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers". In this case, the publisher is Citadel Press, which according to its Wikipedia article, is a sub-section of Kensington Books, "the largest publisher in the United States that is not considered one of the six "major publishers"". So, once again, I am removing this from the article; I have no problem with stating nothing about his mother's ancestry if there are two conflicting sources about it. Next, it does not belong in the opening paragraph either way, see WP:MOSBIO - "Ethnicity should generally not be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability". What we seem to be doing is repeating what was almost certainly a mistake of Time magazine's from 36 years ago. Have you read Reynolds' autobiography? What does he state in it about the matter? Mad Jack 18:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I will find the link to the policy on books. It was given to me when i used a book that was out of print and not avail in most libraries. And how to find out the libraries it is in is easy if you know how to use a computer.Rogue Gremlin 19:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

The book passes the WP:RS criteria of being published by a major publisher. Once again, you included this information in the header of the article as well, which WP:MOSBIO clearly states shouldn't be done. Also, be warry of WP:3RR - if someone reverts an article more than 3 times in the span of 24 hour, they may be subject to be blocked from editing for a time (this applies to both of us). Mad Jack 19:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

You have already reverted 3 times also read the 1st paragraph here. [5] it does not pass and will be reverted. There are 117,000 libraries in the U.S. the book is available in LESS than 1500.Rogue Gremlin 19:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Enough is enough

I have requested for a page protection notice for this page until this stuff above is resolved. FamicomJL 20:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

There is a few things he added that had long been agreed upon to leave out to keep this article in a NPOV, We agreed to leave out his father's middle name as there are several discrepencies, as to whether it is Leon or Milo. Also where his parents were born doesn't really belong here. Then a proper citation was removed of her italian heritage, to be replaced with a SUPPOSED citation of her not being part italian. Which is why the only thing that needs to be there are her parents names (minus his dad's middle name). not their lineage or places of birth.Rogue Gremlin 20:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I've removed a couple of sentences here: [6]. If there's anything that was important and I shouldn't have removed, leave me a note on my talk page please. · AndonicO ^Talk 21:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

For the record, please note that the word "POV" doesn't apply to the topics we seem to be discussing - that someone's middle name is "Milo" or "Leon" or that someone is of Italian ancestry is either a fact, or it isn't a fact - it's not an opinion. I have no qualms about removing his father's middle name. I didn't know it was a topic of contention. I don't have a strong opinion about keeping or removing the places where his parents were born, although I do think the fact that his father was born on a Native American reservation is notable. There is nothing "SUPPOSED" about my citation, it passes WP:RS because it is a published, full-length book with a credited author and coming from a major publishing house, and I have followed all the steps in WP:Citing sources in placing a proper citation that includes all relevant information about the book, including the year, ISBN, and exact page numbers. Of course it passes WP:V because the information has been published in a reliable source ("books published by respected publishing houses"); whether or not a specific Wikipedia user can or can't immediately find a copy of the book is not relevant. I'm not sure how this library thing relates to anything - am I expected to make a list of all the libraries in the United States, find out which of them have a copy, and then calculate a percentage that may or may not pass User:Rogue Gremlin's criteria? It's a silly throwaway part of this discussion. Anyway, I proposed two things above in regards to the Italian issue:

1. Say nothing about his mother's ancestry at all in the article.

2. Consult Reynolds' full-length book autobiography to see what he says about his ancestry.Mad Jack 22:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to look into things and correct them AndonicO Rogue Gremlin 01:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Unprotect?

I think it's safe to unprotect this page now, since Rogue Grelim has been blocked from editing for about three months, and I myself am perfectly content with the version that's currently there (under protection), so I plan to make no further edits to the article for a long time. Mad Jack 01:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

- - Apparently its NOT ok to unprotect. I just noticed that once again, someone has changed his place of birth back to Waycross, GA, which is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.133 (talk) 17:39, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

link to movie Heat 1986

some of the links on the table are not direct enough the movie heat links to the wiki page for "Heat" and not the movie "Heat (1986 film)" Samba pa ti 19:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice! I made that change. NCurse _work 15:07, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet Warning

For anyone whoe doesn't know, the longterm disruptive user known as Rogue Gremlin has been banned indefinitely from Wikipedia for using many sockpuppet accounts abusively. This user also edited this article as Aladdin Zane, and that account has also been banned indefinitely. (See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Rogue Gremlin and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Aladdin Zane.)

Considering that this editor has believed for a long time that he owns this article, and he has no regard for other editors' opinions (something I have noticed reading this talk page and seeing his various edit wars in the edit history), I suspect he will be unable to leave this article alone and will create more sockpuppet accounts so he can continue to revert other users' edits. By doing so, he will violate WP:BAN#Evasion and enforcement and WP:SOCK#Circumventing policy.

In fact, he has already created User:TeaAreOhYouBeeElleEe for that purpose.

I hope now that this disruptive editor has been caught, we can start improving this article, and that any "controversial" edits by new/unregistered editors will be looked at closely as they could be this Rogue Gremlin aka Aladdin Zane avoiding his well-deserved lifetime ban. Crazysuit 00:47, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I do not know what you are talking about. But I do know the consensus on the discussion on Burt Reynolds on TV was to Keep or merge, not to delete. From reading, it was only deleted as no one cited a policy, not because the consensus was to delete.TeaAreOhYouBeeElleEe 18:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

The closing admin closed as 'delete'. -- Donald Albury 21:33, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

- Hi Crazysuit, I noticed you deleted a several paragraphs on the debate over Burt's birthplace with the note that Burt's official website now confirms he was from Lansing (which I agree with by the way, and there is far more evidence supporting this than just his official website). Anyway, if the background info (discussion page content) on the subject is going to be removed for this reason, shouldn't the article page no longer list his birthplace as 'disputed' and list it as Lansing? If left as 'disputed', its not hard to imagine this entire subject flaring up again without the background information that was deleted here. It would be my opinion that if the background info is going to be removed, the article page should show that he was born in Lansing. If the article page is going to continue to list his birthplace as 'disputed', then the background info should be left on the discussion page. My 2 cents anyway...comments? JSDA (talk) 05:39, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I created the 'disputed' note because RogueGremlin (see above) was raising such a ruckus over saying Reynolds was born in Waycross. It remains true that many sites on the Web (and an early unauthorized biography) give Waycross as his birthplace. We remain with the situation that both Waycross and Lansing can be verified from published sources. The issue then is one of reliability of the sources. I favor stating that Lansing is Reynold's birthplace, but we need to keep a footnote explaining why we regard the sources for Lansing as more reliable than those for Waycross. And this issue will always be subject to flareups; there are just too many people out there who 'know' that Reynolds was born in Waycross. -- Donald Albury 12:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Edits of December 12, 2007

I have just restored material that is sourced from Reynold's biography, making sure that the citations are in place for every paragraph. I removed the flag from the infobox per the guidance at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags)#Not for use in locations of birth and death. I left out the citations to The Films of Burt Reynolds by Nancy Streebeck, as the material cited from it is vague, but seems to be already covered in the article,i.e.:

1. Placing the statement that his father was police officer in the sentence about his birth implies that Burt's father was a police officer at the time. Per Reynolds' autobiography, his father became a police officer after the family moved to Riviera Beach. Unless the Streebeck book or another reliable published source specifically states that his father was a police officer when he was born, the claim should not be mentioned in connection with Burt's birth.

2. The Streebeck book is cited as saying that "Reynolds' family lived in several Southern and Midwestern cities during his childhood". Two places in Michigan are already cited from his autobiography, so the Midwest is covered. As Reynold's autobiography states that the family moved directly from Michigan to Florida, a vague statement that he lived in "several Southern cities" needs something. If the Streebeck book names other cities, they should be specified. -- Donald Albury 01:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Does Reynolds's autobiography state that his mother was of Italian descent? This is one of the main claims that was discussed above, and I see the same source cited for it as before. Mad Jack (talk) 08:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

- Someone has once again changed the birthplace info after Donald Albury set it. If its going to say 'disputed', the mounds of evidence showing that Burt was born in Lansing (vs. "I saw him say on tv that he was born in Waycross") should not be removed from the discussion page (the reference on the article page refers here for more information about the topic of Burt's place of birth). I almost wonder if the edit came from our old friend Rogue Gremlin because the edit definitely reads like his work. As for being of Italian descent on his mother's side, that was shown not to be the case in Census records, etc. going back to colonial times. This was included in the information that someone deleted from the discussion page. I knew this was going to happen. Somebody felt that the discussion page was too messy, so they threw the baby out with the bath water, and now we're having the same questions arise that were answered in the deleted information. (sigh) I'll wait to see if Donald wants to lock the article page again to prevent further birthplace edits. If the article page is left as disputed, I will repost all of the information showing that Burt was born in Lansing here. JSDA (talk) 23:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I will not be protecting the page. As an active editor on this page, it would be inappropriate for me to use my admin powers here. I left the birthplace as 'disputed' this time when I restored the material about Reynold's early life that is sourced from his autobiography. I inadvertently included the bit about Reynold's mother being Italian when I copied material from an earlier version to make sure that I included proper page citations to Reynold's autobiography. -- Donald Albury 01:46, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

- - - I just noticed that an archive was created of the discussion on Burt's birthplace (at the upper right of this page), for anyone looking for further information on Burt's birthplace and discussion of his ancestry, there is a ton of information on the subject there (census records, city directories, newspaper articles, county birth records, etc.) JSDA (talk) 08:09, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

WTF?

Could someone explain the meaning of this, please? "Reynolds was a decorated civil war veteran where he fought for both the north and the south. He then claimed allegiance to and victory when he sided with the north."

Surely he's not THAT old!!! (79.190.69.142 (talk) 21:19, 22 October 2009 (UTC))

Death soon?

Some tabloid at the grocery store has an article about Burt dying. I thought he was in the same league as Chuck Norris, Mr. T, and Bruce Lee, just doesn't have a "facts" website. Sierraoffline444 (talk) 17:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live

Isn't it worth mentioning the impersonation of Burt Reynolds on Saturday Night Live's Celebrity Jeopardy sketches? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.212.35 (talk) 23:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Needs much more

I know this article has had its issues and much info had to be removed, but it is now really lacking. BR was one of the biggest movie stars on the planet during the 70s, but there is practically no mention of this or of his films during the 70s. In fact, the article practically skips his entire 70s film career. DFS (talk) 19:34, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

it does not mention that burt reynolds played on marshall dillon show as quint. i watch this show every day and watch burt on it. i just dont know why this article dont mention about him playing quint as a blacksmith on this popular show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.93.35.57 (talk) 12:57, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Catch .44

What is meant by "pre-production"? He isn't listed in the cast- can someone clarify what his role was in this film? Brauden (talk) 08:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

"The project had previously been set up with Burt Reynolds and Maggie Grace starring in the Willis and Akerman roles. It’s unclear how Harvey was able to so quickly upgrade his cast but there must be something about the script that attracted the actors."[7] I can add the reference and change pre-production to replaced pre-production, but would it be better to just remove the movie from the list? Tomsv 98 (talk) 20:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

I changed the wording to read, "Was originally cast, but was replaced pre-production", for clarity. Tomsv 98 (talk) 17:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

one of America's most recognizable film and television personalities???

The lead paragraph states "He is one of America's most recognizable film and television personalities with more than 90 feature film and 300 television episode credits." I think this assertion may be going a bit far. Firstly, how do we measure how "recognizable" one star is compared to another amongst the thousands of actors and actresses who have been famous over the decades? Is Burt more or less recognisable than Tom Cruise, Katherine Hepburn, Harrison Ford, Optimus Prime etc etc? The number of roles he has had isnt really relevant - often the most prolific actors are minor character actors who aren't well known at all. Mr Reynolds has had very few noteworthy roles in the last couple of decades so I'm sure there is a whole generation of audiences who would be unaware of his very existence, so perhaps a more balanced phrase should be used. Thelemur78 (talk) 01:32, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

There actually is a reliable source for that phrase, in the New Georgia Encyclopedia, in an article created 21 October 2005. It did not appear in the lede of this article until much later, so that makes it look like a copyvio. Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to repair the damage, I go. -- Donald Albury 14:36, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Film omission

Burt Reynolds stars (Waterproof -- 95 minutes: Burt Reynolds, April Grace, Whitman Mayo, Orlando Jones, et. al. 2008) as a elderly Jewish shopkeeper in Washington, D.C. who is wounded by some teenage robbers, and who is subsequently "kidnapped" by the youngest kid (who was holding the gun when it was fired at him) and his mother, and taken to the small town of Waterproof in a nearby state for home treatment of the wound in his arm, and kept in the home of the boy's mother's parents for about ten days. It is an interesting black-white story of Redemption and healing, with a creative story line and a happy ending. Apparently quite dissimilar to most of the movies in which Reynolds starred. LCStansfield (talk) 01:12, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Boogie Nights

The first paragraph of this article lists Boogie Nights as 1970. The credits say 1997. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE4D:6550:2076:85C1:84A7:E850 (talk) 18:03, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Birthplace

Might be time to lock Burt Reynold's page to edits again, as someone (possibly the return of RogueGremlin) is changing Reynolds' birthplace from Lansing, Michigan to Waycross, Georgia again, when the Waycross, GA information has been proven incorrect a number of times via a number of sources (see the 'Archive' section of this TALK page). In fact, since that original discussion took place and finally ended, ANOTHER source has been made available, the 1940 Census....and what does that Census show? Surprise, surprise...Burt Reynolds (born in Michigan) living with his family in Lansing in 1940.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4L6-RV4

JSDA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.133 (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

I have no idea how this talk page is supposed to work but I know there is a lot of controversy over where he is from. In 2013 (I'm pretty sure) he sat down with Piers Morgan and Piers said he was born in Waycross, Ga. For what it's worth Burt did not interject or say that is wrong. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8ADuPGRFs around the 14 minute mark or so. Just for what it's worth, burtreynolds.net says Waycross, GA as well, but it does not appear to be an official site. They say he is releasing a memoir next year, so maybe we can finally put this to rest then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.196.41.122 (talk) 01:11, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

There is another video on youtube as well from the carol burnett show. When asked where he was born He states from his own mouth Born in Georgia, but I was raised in Florida. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlFrST4Acs A piece of paper can be written by anyone(and census papers were filled out by census takers not by the people they ask the questions to). Also a family living in one place while the birth happens in another is very common. take for instance another famous person that has ties to waycross. Gram Parsons. His parents were living in Waycross, and had been for years. When his mom decided to visit her parents home in Florida. As a result he was born in Florida and after his birth his mom returned home to Waycross with him. Gram then grew up in Waycross until he was about 18 then he left home. People from waycross never try to claim gram was born in waycross even though that's were his family was living when he was born. They say he grew up in Waycross. This is the same Burt's family was traveling to Florida when he was born in Waycross. They then returned home to Michigan with Burt where they lived for a few years. Until they returned to Florida. Burt then spent his entire career honoring his birthplace in films and on tv in interviews including the Piers Morgan interview that just recently happened. Long after the supposed autobiography which does NOT state where he was born, it only states the house he returned to after being born. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.104.17 (talk) 17:19, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Also in response to the person that started this section 204.75.125.133. I have checked the archive and read all the information that is AVAILABLE by clicking the links. the information that Burt was born in Waycross was never proven incorrect. The fact that someone used a sockpuppet had no baring on the information that was provided. information that still holds up. Including Burt's Screen Actors Guild information as well as multiple interviews to which links have been provided. And yet no such interview exists of Burt saying he was born in Michigan, The only times he mentions Michigan is when talking about his parents and also early childhood not his birth. Would also like to mention interview that 12.196.41.122 posted is from Oct 26, 2012. In which Piers says let's go back to where it begins, Then proceeds to state Burt was born in waycross, ga and so on. Burt does NOT stop him and say. "You are incorrect I was born in Lansing, Michigan" He sits there without even batting an eye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.104.17 (talk) 19:20, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

This is incorrect. The 1936 Ingham County Birth Index (Lansing, Michigan) shows Burt Reynolds birth recorded. The 1936 Lansing City Directory shows Burt's father living in Lansing. The 1940 Census shows Burt's family living in Lansing with Burt's birthplace shown as Michigan. The Lansing State Journal published a news story showing Burt visiting the house where he was born in Lansing. Dismissing these is comical. Also, as previously discussed, there is no debate that Reynolds used to 'say' he was born in Waycross. It helped bolsters his southerner image...all the video does is confirm that he used to make this claim. It does nothing to disprove the overwhelming paper trail that he was born in Lansing...or that he himself has also admitted to being born in Lansing (contained in the Lansing State Journal article where he visited his birthplace. - JSDA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 16:15, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Family lived in Lansing from 1923 to 1941: http://www.nndb.com/people/888/000023819/#FN1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 16:30, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

This has been going on so long (with the page being locked at some points because of the back and forth), I'm not sure what has carried over and I think these points in the archive get lost and aren't easy to find, so I'm reposting a portion of the archived here where the overwhelming evidence that Burt was born in Lansing is addressed, and RogueGremlim's (who contended he was born in Waycross) responses (or lack-there-of):

1. Autobiography implies Burt was born in Lansing, not in the south. Rogue’s explanation: Autobiography was ghost written and is wrong.

2. Burt’s Official website states he was born in Lansing, Michigan. Rogue’s explanation: Website is wrong, just repeats wrong info from elsewhere.

3. VPI (company hired to design & create Burt’s Official website) states they have ‘confirmed’ Burt was born in Lansing. Rogue’s explanation: ???

4. City directories from Lansing, Michigan show Burt’s parents lived in Lansing from 1923 through 1941 (Burt was born in 1936). Not only that, but in 1936 they were living on Donora St. (where Rogue has acknowledged that Burt Reynolds lived when he was born). Rogues explanation: None, other than it is a coincidence that there is a Donora St. in Lansing, Michigan where a Burton M. Reynolds and Fern H. Reynolds just happened to live. (note: Burt’s autobiography states that he lived on ‘Donora Street’. Not Danora Drive (which is the only name close to this near Waycross, GA)

5. Burton Leon Reynolds’ birth is noted in the Ingham County Birth Index in 1936. This is the county where Lansing is located (images of the index are provided). Rogue’s response: These documents are posted on a page hosted by Lugnut, therefore they easily could be created or modified. They also would not hold up in court since it’s a photocopy. (Note: Lugnut provides a link to the FHL catalog where anyone can request a copy of the films to verify their authenticity). He also questions the FHL’s legitimacy as a reliable source of information. (he really tried to cover all of his bases on this one...and who can blame him? We're looking at the next best thing to seeing Burt's birth certificate, which we couldn't see because he is a living individual)

6. In 1974, Wanda Bookman (a cousin of Burt’s) brings a photocopy of Burt’s birth certificate to the Lansing State Journal showing that Burt was born on Feb. 11, 1936 in Lansing, MI. The birth certificate shows that Burt’s father was Burton Milo Reynolds and his mother was Fern H. Miller. Mrs. Bookman had to show that she was related to Burt to get a copy of the birth certificate. Rogues response: Rogue doesn’t believe anything from the Lansing State Journal since it states that Burton ‘Milo’ Reynolds was Burt’s father, which he contends is incorrect (Note: See Census record info in #13 below)

7. Paul Corey, an old friend of Burt’s father who served in the same unit with him in the war, visits Burt’s father and Burt’s father confirms that he was born on Donora Street in Lansing and also says that he has no idea why so many biographies state that his son was born in Georgia when it simply isn’t true. Rogue’s response: ???

8. 1987 - Lansing State Journal cites a telephone interview with Burt Reynolds where he states, “I was born in Lansing on Donora Street, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida.” Rogue’s response: Claims this was not a phone interview with Burt Reynolds, but rather a quote from an interview about Burt. Rogue does concede that Burt was born on a 'Donora Street'. The only Donora Street's in the U.S. are in Lansing, MI and Pittsburg, PA

9. 1987 – Burt Reynolds visits the home of his birth on Donora Street in Lansing. Visit is covered by the Lansing State Journal. The homes current owners describe the visit in the article and are photographed in front of the home. Rogues response: ???

10. 1930 Census shows Burt’s parents and sister living in Lansing, Michigan. Burt’s father is listed as “Burton M. Reynolds”. Rogue insists Milo wasn’t Burt’s father’s middle name and claims it was ‘Leon’. Rogue’s explanation: He has no explanation for the middle initial ‘M’ being listed on the Census record.

11. 1920 Census shows that Burt’s maternal grandfather’s name is Leon. This almost surely proves that Burt got his middle name from his maternal grandfather, not his father as Rogue contends. Rogue’s explanation: None (possibly coincidence?)

12. 1870 Census shows that Burt’s paternal grandmother’s (Effie Thompson) father was named Milo Thompson, almost surely showing this is where Burt’s father got the middle name “Milo”. Rogue’s response: Irrelevant because Burton Milo Reynolds wasn’t Burt’s father.

13. Rogue claims Burt’s father was Burton Leon Reynolds, Sr. Census records show there was no such person. Rogue admits that Burt’s family was from Michigan, but the only Burt/Burton Reynolds listed in Michigan was Burton Milo Reynolds. There was a Burton Lee Reynolds and a Burton L. Reynolds in Maine, but dates and locations show neither of these men could have been Burt’s father. Also, only Burton M. Reynolds was married to a ‘Fern’.: Rogue’s explanation. None, other than to question why Burt is a ‘Jr.’ if his father wasn’t a Burton Leon Reynolds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 16:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Here is a follow up article to this subject from 2011 on Lansing Online with additional info: [8]

Obviously it's a little older now because the article notes that his birthplace is no longer disputed on Wikipedia....well, it wasn't till these most recent edits again. LOL — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 18:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

In going back to visit this discussion in the archives, I noticed that the site that hosted the images of newspaper articles showing Burt Reynolds’ visit to the house he was born in, and the site that hosted the image of the 1936 birth index recording Burt’s birth in Ingham County, Michigan (Geocities) is no longer available. I’ve contacted the person that originally uploaded the images to see if he still has copies so we can upload them again. In the meantime, the film of the 1936 birth index record for Burt can be ordered from the FHL.

Index to births R-Z 1867-1974 (Ingham County, Michigan) Film #975637 [9] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 21:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Welp, there we have it, in Burt's new book:

"If there's any confusion about my birth place, it's my fault," Reynolds admits. "I was born in Lansing, Michigan. We moved to Florida when I was five. I grew up a Southern boy who didn't want to be a Yankee."[10] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.133 (talk) 20:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

"Planes 2: Fire & Rescue"

Hello! In the movie, "Planes 2: Fire & Rescue", there is a big party, in which "Boat Reynolds" arrives as a VIP guest. So in this movie franchise universe, that's how Burt Reynolds is known as, and he is a nice boat indeed. However, I couldn't tell from the credits, whether or not Burt Reynolds himself played that cameo role or not. I was hoping that "Wikipedia" would inform me, but it hasn't been updated to reflect as much. Does anyone else know for sure? LeoStarDragon1 (talk) 16:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Injury on the film-set

'On the first day of shooting of the 1984 film City Heat... Reynolds was struck in the face with a metal chair, which broke his jaw.'

Was this an accident, or some kind of disagreement? Valetude (talk) 11:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

The debate on his birth is now over

The debate on his birthplace is now over. Unless video can be found disproving the words from Burts on mouth in the video from Carol Burnett show in 1972, and from the very recent interview he just completed with Piers Morgan. Carol Burnett audience question is at the 4:40 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwlFrST4Acs

Piers Morgan interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEUfaYUwwk8. The Piers Morgan interview is from Oct 26, 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.104.17 (talk) 17:05, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

HAAA! I love the proclamation that the debate is now over. You're correct that there is no debate...but its because his birth is recorded in Lansing, Michigan. All the video did is show what we already knew...that Burt has claimed to be from Waycross previously. He has ALSO admitted to being born in Lansing and his visit to the home he was born in was recorded in the Lansing Journal. - JSDA

Feel free to post video of the man saying it himself. Nothing written by someone else contradicts his own words. Also you mention the stuff he said in the 70's 80's and so on a stuff he previously said. Well the Piers Morgan Interview is only a little over 2 years ago. 75.88.126.158 (talk) 19:54, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

No need to post it, the documentation speaks for itself. Reynolds himself has also "said" Lansing. Your continual dismissal of documentation showing he was born in Lansing is comical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.225.38.102 (talk) 07:49, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

What documentation? You mean the videos of Burt saying where he was born, as recently as 2 years ago? If Burt was from there and was proud of it. He would have happily said it. Which means there should be tons of video ......waiting................................151.213.161.222 (talk) 18:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

- This documentation. Don't forget to revisit where Burt is QUOTED as saying he was born in Lansing. I know you hate that part. LOL

https://lansing150.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/9th-september-2009/

"Burt Reynolds visits his hometown

Lansing was Burt Reynolds’ first home. The actor returned to visit in 1987. He was in town as a radio commentator for the Florida State University football team at the FSU-Michigan State University game in September.

Reynolds is a former Seminoles player. “I was born in Lansing on Donora Street, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida,” Reynolds said in a telephone interview.

He had made a surprise visit to the residence at 1703 Donora St., the day before and took a picture for his mother at their former home.

Source: Lansing State Journal, Sept. 25 & 27, 1987."

https://lansing150.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/9th-september-2009/

September 26, 1987 EAST LANSING, Mich. -- There will be at least one celebrity in the crowd today when Florida State meets Michigan State at Spartan Stadium. Burt Reynolds, a former Florida State football player, reportedly has said he will make a return visit to a Lansing address where he lived as a child before heading to the stadium for the game.

"I was born in Lansing on Donora Street, but then we moved to Georgia and Florida," Reynolds said. "I've never considered myself a Michigander, but I'm looking forward to going back.

"I promised my mom I`d find the address and take some pictures for her."

Reynolds' mother, was born Fern Miller in Lake City, Mich. His father, Burt, was born in Eaton Rapids, Mich.

"I have a lot of family still in Michigan, but mostly around Cadillac and Traverse City," said Reynolds, who moved to Georgia and Florida after Michigan.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-09-26/sports/8703160090_1_reynolds-east-lansing-michigan-state — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 00:40, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Updated link to images from the Lansing State Journal, city directories, and most importantly, the Ingham County (MI) Birth index (with reference to where you can view this film yourself), which shows Burt's birth recorded "Burton Leon Reynolds" (line 5, right hand side):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lugnut215/sets/72157647964741593/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 20:26, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Feel free to post video of the man saying it himself. Nothing written by someone else contradicts his own words. Also you mention the stuff he said early in his career. Well the Piers Morgan Interview is only a little over 2 years ago.

- Looks like we need to summarize again. Census records, multiple newspaper articles quoting Reynolds himself, the Ingham County Birth Index, all show Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan (these are ALL in error?). City directories for Lansing show Burt’s family living in Lansing completely covering the time period of Burt’s birth. Now the latest reason for changing Burt’s birthplace from Lansing to Waycross is a ridiculous theory (with ZERO supporting evidence) that Burt’s family was on vacation in Waycross, GA, and then recorded his birth in Lansing when they got back home? Haha! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.125.134 (talk) 15:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

His new memoir (released on 11/17/2015) states that he was born in Lansing.

"If there's any confusion about my birth place, it's my fault," Reynolds admits. "I was born in Lansing, Michigan. We moved to Florida when I was five. I grew up a Southern boy who didn't want to be a Yankee." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.106.15 (talk) 14:19, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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Does he have an academic degree?

He attended FSU, where he definitely did not graduate. Did he get a degree from Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College)? Any honorary degrees? deisenbe (talk) 14:04, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Missing Movie in Filmography -> Television

The the 1970 Made for TV movie "Hunters Are for Killing" is missing.[11] For those who like Burt Reynolds dramatic roles, this one is a must see. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowzone (talk • contribs) 15:01, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

They are also missing his appearances on " Burn Notice" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.25.207 (talk) 23:09, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Lazy, sloppy, incomplete.

A "good article nominee?" Are you kidding? Seriously? The person or persons who wrote this have no idea how to write a Wikipedia bio article. For example, do you think it might be important to mention that Reynolds resurrected his career with "Evening Shade" and won an Emmy other than a casual mention in a table below? 2606:A000:8396:500:39C9:EA6E:50D4:B6C8 (talk) 02:52, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Feel free to create an account and edit as you see fit. — Wylie pedia 06:41, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Edits adding details of his television history - roles in "Riverboat", "Gunsmoke" and "Dan August" - consistently get reverted. Chris Keating (talk) 22:21, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

If you mean my edit from today, I'm reverting a vandal who is evading a block. Sometimes the vandal seems to mix in useful edits. If the edits are useful, restore them. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:39, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Wasn't referring to your edit. Was referring to the edits which remove all his early TV roles.Chris Keating (talk) 04:42, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

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You stated he died September 7, 2018... but he died September 6, 2018 65.188.227.167 (talk) 19:18, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

that's already on the article. theinstantmatrix (talk) 19:21, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

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Please note - the death of Burt Reynolds may be false news - many such notices about celebrities are currently being spread around, so please check 89.145.199.167 (talk) 19:19, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Multiple reliable sources have reported his death. Strikerforce^Talk 19:20, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

In addition, please do not rely on MediaMass. They have this ready at any celebrity--Sarcathmo17 (talk) 19:48, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

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Change high school from Palm Beach Lakes High to what is today known as Northboro Elementary, at the time it was Northboro Senior High school and played football for the Northboro Mustangs. 8.23.71.194 (talk) 19:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Middle Name

The article has his birth name as "Burton Leon Reynolds Jr" but his father's name was Burton Milo Reynolds so he can't be a Jr with a different middle name. The article about his death from The Hollywood Reporter lists his birth name as "Burton Milo Reynolds Jr." which would make sense. Other news sources with the "Milo" middle name include WBMF, WAOW, Orlando Sentinel, and The Chicago Tribune. 65.28.236.17 (talk) 23:40, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

It's Leon, after his maternal grandfather, Leon Miller. There may not have been a "Jr." part, despite reports. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 07:19, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Moreover, there is no law about the use of "junior", and not everyone uses their middle name. "Junior" was probably used to distinguish "Burt Reynolds, Jr." from "Burt Reynolds, Sr." - Donald Albury 15:09, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Pam Seals

According to reference 3, Reynolds also "fell in love with cocktail waitress Pam Seals". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.64.51.81 (talk) 06:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Added, but without the name. Not really a public figure, just caught up in stuff. Possibly still a living person. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

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Evening Shade is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990 to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas, to coach a high-school football team with a long losing streak. Reynolds personally requested to use the Steelers as his character's former team, because he is a fan.[4]

The general theme of the show is the appeal of small-town life. Episodes often ended with a closing narration by Ossie Davis, as his character Ponder Blue, summing up the events of the episode, always closing with "... in a place called Evening Shade." The opening segment included clips from around Arkansas, including the famous McClard's Bar-be-que, which is situated on Albert Pike Blvd. and South Patterson St. in Hot Springs National Park. 50.244.73.77 (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Not done Please make your request in the form of "X replacing or being added to Y". Strikerforce^Talk 15:10, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Requesting pronunciation

Even names that are common may be pronounced differently. I have no doubt any native English speaker, and regular consumers of American culture, take the pronunciation of "Reynolds" for granted. But it may not be obvious for non-English cultures. Per WP:OBVIOUS, I'm requesting IPA for at least the name Reynolds. --Bensin (talk) 19:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Are non-English cultures likely to be interested in Burt Reynolds, and do any have common names or words that are spelled similarly but sound different? In my (albeit limited) experience, the Portuguese generally know the deal on how English would use an H for a man called Heynolds. They may find it weird, but they get it. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:07, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

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For consistency, please add year to the two photos not having it: Gunsmoke = 1962 & with Loni Anderson = 1991 (per file descriptions) 107.15.157.44 (talk) 23:26, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Done - FlightTime (open channel) 23:31, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

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In the Personal life section, please change Burt and Jack's to Burt & Jack's, per cited reference; see also:

Mayo, Michael (7 September 2018). "Remembering Burt Reynolds and Burt & Jack's restaurant in Fort Lauderdale". southflorida.com. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 23:49, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Done with thanks, NiciVampireHeart 08:52, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Picture

The 1991 picture is better and coloured — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fieryflames (talk • contribs) 00:15, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

I can definitely understand your argument. There are times where such photos can be suiting. But this is a deceased celebrity who got his big break in the 60s; by the 90s he was already a veteran of the movie scene. To add, he's had more successes in the decades before. In my opinion, photos of popular deceased figures taken around the start of their career, usually before they turn thirty (even though he was 34 in the Dan August photograph), fit the subject's infobox the most. That's why I reverted the edits. GoAnimateFan199Pro (talk) 06:40, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

@GoAnimateFan199Pro: I agree. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:54, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Picture

PLEASE KEEP 1991 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fieryflames (talk • contribs) 03:14, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Guest role on "My Name is Earl"

He guest starred as Richard "Big" Chubby in the second episode of season 2 of My Name is Earl; "Jump for Joy". He appeared in short flashbacks in the 2oth episode of season 2; "Two Balls, Two Strikes" and the final episode of season 4; "Dodge's Dad". Big Chubby liked to drink vodka from a realistic squirt gun, and pretended to threaten others with it, before squirting vodka into whatever they were drinking at his club. He died from mistaking a real gun for his squirt gun. Bizzybody (talk) 11:32, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Covered in Burt Reynolds filmography#Television. - Donald Albury 12:29, 8 January 2020 (UTC)