Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed was born on Mar 20, 1937 in USA. Jerry Reed's big-screen debut came with W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings directed by John G. Avildsen in 1975, strarring Wayne. Jerry Reed is known for Dolly directed by Louis J. Horvitz, Dolly Parton stars as Self - Hostess and Walter Olkewicz as Bubba. Jerry Reed has got 4 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Jerry Reed achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Jerry Reed plays is The Waterboy which will be released on Nov 06, 1998.

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. Dixie (1975), and Gator (1976). He had a natural on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow" in the hugely popular Cours après moi shérif (1977), plus he returned to the role in Tu fais pas le poids, shérif! (1980) and Cours après moi shérif 3 (1983).More recently, Reed has been seen in Air Force : Bat 21 (1988) and Waterboy (1998).