Jerry Reed(1937-2008)
- Music Artist
- Actor
- Music Department
Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta
Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern
type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high
school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in
1955. However, in 1958, he signed over to NRC Records, and appeared
alongside Ray Stevens and
Joe South, plus he met his future
wife, singer Priscilla Mitchell.
Reed is well known by music fans for his C & W hits including "She Got
The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "When You're Hot,
You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down". After striking up a friendship
with Burt Reynolds, Reed was cast
in small roles in
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975),
and Gator (1976). He had a natural
on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow"
in the hugely popular
Smokey and the Bandit (1977),
plus he returned to the role in
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
and
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983).
More recently, Reed has been seen in
Bat*21 (1988) and
The Waterboy (1998).
Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern
type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high
school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in
1955. However, in 1958, he signed over to NRC Records, and appeared
alongside Ray Stevens and
Joe South, plus he met his future
wife, singer Priscilla Mitchell.
Reed is well known by music fans for his C & W hits including "She Got
The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "When You're Hot,
You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down". After striking up a friendship
with Burt Reynolds, Reed was cast
in small roles in
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975),
and Gator (1976). He had a natural
on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow"
in the hugely popular
Smokey and the Bandit (1977),
plus he returned to the role in
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
and
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983).
More recently, Reed has been seen in
Bat*21 (1988) and
The Waterboy (1998).