Born On The 11 th February 1936 in Waycross Georgia This Son Of A Police Chief Went On To Attend University on a Football Scholarship.

However Through A Serious Injury His Football Career Was Brought To An Abrubt End And So Decided To Pursue A Career In Drama

His Big Break Came In 1957 When He Appeared In A New York City Revival Of “Mister Roberts” And went on to sign a Tv Contract Which Lead To regular Appearances on Shows Such As Riverboat And Gun Smoke

He Became A Familiar Face On Tv In The 1970's Through Numerous Talk Show Appeances.

Although He Had Received Film Work In The Past.His Breakthrough Film role Did Not Come Until 1972 when He Appeared In The Movie Deliverance and Subsequently The Same Year Established HimSelf As A major Sex Symbol By Becoming The First Nude Male Centrefold In Cosmopolitan Magazine

Through The 70's And Early 80's He Remained One Of Hollywoods

He Is Perhaps best known for his role in the movie smokey and the bandit and also for returning to the small screen appearing in the highly successful sitcom Evening Shade for which he received a Emmy in 1991 and a golden globe in 1992 he is of course