Jerry Reed
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
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1937-03-20 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- 2008-09-01
Known for
- The Waterboy (1998) — Red Beaulieu
- Smokey and the Bandit (1977) — Cledus
- Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) — Cledus
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) — Jerry Reed (voice)
- Bat★21 (1988) — Col. George Walker
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) — Cletus / The Bandit
- The Survivors (1983) — Jack Locke
- Gator (1976) — Bama McCall
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
- Stroker Ace (1983) — Self - End Credit Outtakes
- Alice (1976) — Himself
- Mama's Family (1983) — Leonard Oates
- High-Ballin' (1978) — Duke
- Hot Stuff (1979) — Doug von Horne
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) — Wayne
- Concrete Cowboys (1979) — J.D. Reed