Personal Info
Birth date
1937-03-20 (88 Years)
Day of death
2008-09-01
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also known as
-Jerry Reed
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
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
Overview:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
Overview:
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.Mama's Family
7.6
Overview:
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.Alice
7.036
Overview:
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.Dinah!
6.667
Overview:
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.Madame's Place
7.3
Overview:
Madame's Place is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor.The New Scooby-Doo Movies
7.7
Overview:
Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its predecessor in the addition of a rotating special guest star slot; each episode featured real-life celebrities or well known fictional characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving the mystery of the week. Some episodes, in particular the episodes guest-starring the characters from The Addams Family, Batman, and Jeannie, deviated from the established Scooby-Doo format of presenting criminals masquerading as supernatural beings by introducing real ghosts, witches, monsters, and other such characters into the plots.The Waterboy
6.053
Overview:
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.Smokey and the Bandit
7
Overview:
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.American Bandstand
8.4
Overview:
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company.Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
4.4
Overview:
The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, is on the hunt, forcing Cletus and Trigger to hit the road. Can they steer clear of the vengeful sheriff?Gator
5.2
Overview:
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short, however, when a federal agent tells McKlusky that he will lose custody of his 9-year-old daughter unless he helps bring down local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the help of reporter Aggie Maybank and a few local eccentrics to bring down McCall's empire.Smokey and the Bandit II
5.5
Overview:
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
5
Overview:
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters is an American variety show hosted by Barbara, Louise, and Irlene Mandrell that aired on NBC for two season in 1980.Bat★21
6.333
Overview:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.Stroker Ace
5.027
Overview:
Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.Hot Stuff
7
Overview:
When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. They record them as they bring stuff in and get them to tell them where they got it. Eventually they're threatened by the mob.W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
5.9
Overview:
W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.Concrete Cowboys
5
Overview:
Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a kidnapped singer and an intricate blackmail scheme.High-Ballin'
5.5
Overview:
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.The Survivors
5.7
Overview:
Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.Nashville 99
NYR
Overview:
Featuring Claude Atkins as Metro Nashville police lieutenant and Jerry Reed as his sidekick, this show features many country music personalities and is shot on location at various downtown Nashville sites as well as other locations (including Opryland).What Comes Around
2.667
Overview:
Country singer Joe Hawkins must fight both drug addiction and his unscrupulous manager to get back on his feet.All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
6
Overview:
Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers.The American Love Affair
NYR
Overview:
A film by Lee Rhoads uses unique archival photographs and footage of Los Angeles's love affair with automobiles. In the opening scene, a classic glimpse of Los Angeles and its car owners circa the 1970s is offered, and it deftly relates the transit history of the Los Angeles basin, beginning in the late 1800s.Acting
1999Ramblin Man 2 as Reed
1998The Waterboy as Red Beaulieu
1988Bat★21 as Col. George Walker
1985What Comes Around as Joe Hawkins
1983Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as Cletus / The Bandit
1983Stroker Ace as Self - End Credit Outtakes
1983The Survivors as Jack Locke
1983Mama's Family (1 Episode) as Leonard Oates
1982Madame's Place (1 Episode) as Self
1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1981The Nashville Palace (1 Episode) as Himself
1981Lynda Carter's Celebration as Self
1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1 Episode) as Self
1980Smokey and the Bandit II as Cledus Snow
1979Concrete Cowboys as J.D. Reed
1979Ramblin’ Man as J.D. Reed
1979Hot Stuff as Doug von Horne
1978High-Ballin' as Duke
1977Smokey and the Bandit as Cledus 'Snowman' Snow
1977Nashville 99 (4 Episodes) as Det. Trace Mayne
1976Alice (2 Episodes) as Himself
1976Gator as Bama McCall
1975W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings as Wayne
1974Dinah! (1 Episode) as Self
1974Music Country USA (8 Episodes) as Self
1972The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1 Episode) as Jerry Reed (voice)
1968Bobbie Gentry (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self
1957American Bandstand (1 Episode) as Self
Production
1988Bat★21 ... Executive Producer
Directing
1985What Comes Around ... Director