Actor info
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Name :
Jerry Reed
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Born :
March 20, 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (71 years at death)
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Died :
September 1, 2008
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
17 films (1975–1999)
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man," "A Thing Called Love," "Alabama Wild Man," "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance), "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down" (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, co-starring Reed), "The Bird," and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Notable films
- The Waterboy (1998) as Red Beaulieu
- Bat★21 (1988) as Col. George Walker
- Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) as Cledus Snow
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) as Cledus 'Snowman' Snow
- Gator (1976) as Bama McCall
