- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJerry Reed Hubbard
- Nickname
- The Guitar Man
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- 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).
- IMDb mini biography by: firehouse44@hotmail.com
- SpousePriscilla Mitchell(July 9, 1959 - September 1, 2008) (his death, 2 children)
- Friend Burt Reynolds gave him a bright shiny black 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Limited Edition model, just like the one(s) that were used in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies.
- His final project, "The Gallant Few," was an album made to raise funds for wounded veterans.
- The Country Music Association named him musician of the year in 1970 and 1971.
- A popular session and tour guitarist who played with the likes of Chet Atkins, Joan Baez and Ringo Starr.
- Won two Grammys in the early 1970s. One was for his hit single "When You're Hot You're Hot" (1971) and the other he shared with Chet Atkins for their collaboration "Me and Jerry" (1970). A third Grammy came in 1992 for his album "Sneakin' Around" with Atkins. His song "Amos Moses" earned him a 1971 Grammy nomination for "best male country vocal performance".
- [about Gene Hackman in Bat*21 (1988)] He don't act. He just shows up and he "be's".
- [on his acting ability] I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, "I could never do that". When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.
- I do t recommend messing with a demon because if you do your life's over
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