RisingForce says on 3/Mar/10
Well, I guess we'll agree to disagree, but I'd bet Burt was 5'11" peak, but I doubt he's even 5'10" today. 5'9"-5'9.5" is my guess for his height now at 74 years old.

mcfan says on 1/Mar/10
The thing about my father is he wouldn't make that mistake. I disagree that it takes a while to determine 1-inch difference. It takes me no more than a few seconds. In that time, I look at shoes and posture. Get within half-inch or so and you might need a few more seconds. If Burt was 5'11 then my father would have said Burt was taller than him.

RisingForce says on 27/Feb/10
I just saw an old episode of Gunsmoke and Burt stood next to 6'7" James Arness and didn't appear more than 7" shorter(Burt's head atleast reached the bottom of Arness' nose). I'm not sure if Burt wore lifts way back then, but he was relatively unknown at the time.

RisingForce says on 26/Feb/10
Interesting story, McFan, but a 5'10" man could easily mistake a 5'11" man for being around his height. An inch difference is hard to notice unless you're standing next to a man for a while literally tyring to pinpoint their height.

mcfan says on 26/Feb/10
They met him in 1977. My story was a little off or my dad's memory is off. He said he met Burt when his limousine pulled up next to the curb of Caeser's Palace. They were exiting the casino. My aunt told him she saw Burt walking away from the limo so my dad went over and shook his hand. He said it was real quick. My dad shook his hand and gave him his name. Burt smiled and went inside. He doesn't remember if Burt was 5'10, but he said he was around his height. However, my dad told me at the time that Burt was only 5'10 and that I vividly remember.

RisingForce says on 25/Feb/10
When did your dad meet him, McFan? I posted an article that said Burt had shrunk a full inch to 5'10" by 1993 because of football injuries.

mcfan says on 24/Feb/10
Looks like plain loafers in that scene. I'll ask my father again, but I know he told me Burt was his height and I know my dad was only 5'10 and can judge heights. In a nutshell, that is where my bias stems from and the rumors of 5'10. I thought Burt was 5'11 - 6'0 when Smokey & the Bandit came out. My father, mother, and my aunt all saw him in Las Vegas and my dad shook his hand as he walked by either at the airport or in a casino. I vividly remember my dad telling me he was his height and I was slightly surprised. I wasn't there to see it, but my father would give an accurate description.

RisingForce says on 24/Feb/10
Don't remember the exact height comparison between Durning and Pacino, but you said yourself that Pacino sometimes wears lifts so how do you know he wasn't wearing them in Dog Day Afternoon?

Anonymous says on 22/Feb/10
5'10" as listed peak.

mcfan says on 22/Feb/10
Seem to recall 5'5 - 5'5.5 Al Pacino being only slightly shorter than him...maybe by a half-inch. You won't convince me of Pacino's 5'6 either. People claim him at 5'7 but that's about the biggest joke I've ever seen. He throws on the lifts and grows a few inches every so once in a while. Check out Carlito's Way and Scarface. As for Durning, I won't argue 5'6, but I sure will argue 5'7.5. This guy has never looked anywhere near that height in any of his TV shows or films...more a 5'6 guy and I thought that for over 40 years having seen him in several shows.

RisingForce says on 22/Feb/10
How do you know Durning is just 5'6"? He's listed at 5'7.5" here. Lifts or not, a 5'10" Burt Reynolds wouldn't look taller than a 6'1" Roger Moore. Burt was atleast 5'11".

mcfan says on 18/Feb/10
In the photo with Charles Durning, notice how Burt's stretched out with his head back being very conscious of his height. Charles Durning is slumped forward a bit. I only see 4-4.5 inches difference and I know just as everyone else does that CHarles wasn't even 5'6. As for Burt, I haven't seen too much of him barefoot. Common knowledge was he was 5'10 and was a joke in Hollywood for wearing lifts as printed in magazines. He was another Stallone.

RisingForce says on 16/Feb/10
Burt actually towered over Durning by 5" barefoot and Durning in the early 90's wasn't under 5'6", now he is. He's 5'11", but even in his 1994 autobiography he was claiming to be over 6'. Burt always had a complex about having short legs and not reaching the 6' mark, hence the lifts.

Burt is only 5'9.5"-5'10" MAX today(maybe 5'9" flat), but at his peak he was clearly 5'11". I don't care what height he was rumroed to be.

mcfan says on 14/Feb/10
RisingForce, how tall do you think Charles Durning was? I see 5'7.5 as his listed height on this site, but anyone can tell you this guy wasn't even 5'6. Reynolds was always rumored to be 5'10 and he sure looks it in that photograph. He was Mr. Cowboyboots/lifts. Did you see that Johnny Carson video? The guy is so stuffed with lifts, he can hardly walk straight even if it was disguised as a joke.

RisingForce says on 13/Feb/10
You're wrong, McFan. Burt was 5'11" peak, the article that stated he lost height and was 5'10" in 1993 is probably correct. The man looked taller than 6'1"/6'1.5" Roger Moore with no box or boards. Lifts can only do so much. Look at him barefoot with Charles Durning or in Cannonball Run with Dom Deluise.

mcfan says on 12/Feb/10
It's been pretty well established that Burt's height was 5'10 and this was rumored to be the case even back in the 70s. There really isn't an argument here to be had in the question of him being 5'11. He simply was never this tall.

RisingForce says on 6/Feb/10
Burt has adjusted to the times, here you can see him with elevator shoes that look like kind of like some of Stallone's footwear Click Here

It's amazing how much height he's lost because Burt was wearing cowboy boots Click Here and struggling to look taller than 5'10" guys like Chris Rock and Adam Sandler. Click Here

Compare that to Burt looking 3 inches taller than 5-10ish Johnny Carson or 3-4 inches taller than Dom Deluise who was around 5'10". Burt may have lost 2 inches.

RisingForce says on 4/Feb/10
I agree, Shaun. Definitely a 5'11" guy who wanted to be over 6'. Burt, like his friend Clint Eastwood has lost a visible amount of height, though. Look at the barefoot photo I posted next to Charles Durning and you see a 5'11" man, but now even in lifts he doesn't look taller than 5'11".

He definitely needs a peak height of 5'11" and a current height of 5'9"-5'9.5".

Shaun says on 4/Feb/10
In my view the three most height conscious celebs are Robert Downey Junior, Stallone and Burt Reynolds. All three are obsessed. All of them have the "I'm under 6' and suffering" syndrome. It goes hand in hand with ego I think. The taller they look the better they feel.

Shaun says on 4/Feb/10
Reynolds has always worn huge lifts. I mean he pulled off looking taller than even Roger Moore! Reynolds is like the older Hollywood version of Stallone. I thought Reynolds was around 5'11" peak yet it gutted him that he was never over 6' legit. I bet he wishes he'd been as tall as John Wayne or Rock Hudson.

mcfan says on 4/Feb/10
I don't think Harrison Ford was ever 6'1, but more probably just a hair over six foot. He looks just under six now. Here he is with Burt:

Click Here

RisingForce says on 3/Feb/10
Rob, were you surprised at how tall Burt looked in Cannonball Run? He was taller than Roger Moore and had 3-4 inches on Dom Deluise!

mcfan says on 2/Feb/10
In the video with Carson, Reynolds can hardly walk. It looks like a woman with high heels. Incidentally, Carson was no taller than 5'10 and I think was more like 5'9.5 (5'10.5 in shoes which is his listed height).

RisingForce says on 23/Jan/10
Another great quote. From Burt's autobiography, page 41.

"By then, I'd accepted that god had given my legs to somebody else. I had a long upper body and short bowed legs. Somewhere I'm sure there is a guy with a short upper body walking around on my legs. I'm a little over six feet tall, yet I can go into a men's store, stand next to a man who's five seven, and put on his pants. Actually, telling these stories about yourself can backfire. Because of this, and the damn lookalike, many people think I really am five seven (the lookalike is!)."

RisingForce says on 11/Jan/10
Easy 5'11" peak. Click Here

He has 7" on 5'6" Loni Amderson who is wearing heels and he's 3-4" taller than 5'8.5" Angela Lansbury who is also wearing heels.

Even if Anderson is wearing low 2" heels then that'd still put her at 5'8" and Lansbury at atleast 5'11" in heels meaning Burt is looking like he's reaching 6'3" in lifts! No wonder it looks like he's having trouble balancing. Click Here Another good shot of Reynolds elevator boots. Click Here

RisingForce says on 11/Jan/10
Hey Rob, do you think Burt's shoemaker was exaggerating?

'I made Burt Reynolds four inches taller for 23 years,' he admits. Click Here

RisingForce says on 8/Jan/10
When was that? I do believe Burt could be as low as 5'9"-5'9.5" these days, after all he had already shrunk to 5'10" by 1993 and the article said he was still shrinking. He's also 74.

windmill says on 8/Jan/10
I saw Burt at the Grandopening of the Ontario mills Mall. He's 5'9" barefooted.

RisingForce says on 7/Jan/10
So then how much do you think he could have lost by age 73/74? He looks WAY shorter today to me. Possibly just 5-9ish.

RisingForce says on 6/Jan/10
Rob, what do you think about this article about Burt Reynolds shrinking an inch to 5'10" by age 57?

"Shades of the incredible shrinking man! and is getting smaller every day. Old football injuries are being blamed for Burt's shocking height loss. 'He has hardly any cartilage left in his knees,' says a Hollywood tatler. 'And what is left is shrinking.' The 5-foot-10 inch Reynolds discovered he was getting smaller when he went for costume fittings for his hit TV show. 'Burt is horrified,' says an insider on the sitcom. He went for a fitting and found he'd gotten an inch shorter. The costume designer is now working around the clock to make all his trousers shorter'. Stay tuned for more alterations.

RisingForce says on 28/Dec/09
Hey Rob, how about a peak height of 5'11" already!

Burt towering over 5'7.5" listed Charles Durning barefoot. Click Here

RisingForce says on 3/Nov/09
Check out Burt's heels here. They're as big or bigger than the woman's heels in the picture. Click Here

I still give Burt 5'11" peak. Here he has a good 6 inches atleast on 5-6 Loni Anderson who is almost surely wearing heels. Click Here Even if Burt's heels match or exceed hers slightly, he still seems like he'd be 5'11" barefoot. He consistently looked a lot taller than her even when she wore heels.

I actually think that this quote from Burt himself was accurate.

"I think I'm the only actor under 6 feet tall who admits to it But I'm 6-foot-3 with my boots on"

RisingForce says on 30/Oct/09
Rob, Burt is 73 and has clearly lost height. Don't you think he needs a peak and current height? He still always wears boots, but struggles to look in the 5'10"-5'11" range. Compare that to the 70's when he always looked over 6 feet.

RisingForce says on 23/Oct/09
He wore ridiculous shoes in Hooper too, maybe not as bad as Gator, but his boots had 2.5" heels atleast and probably something inside. He had Jan Michael Vincent by 2" or 3" with the boots, but I don't know how tall he is.

RisingForce says on 21/Oct/09
I'd love to see the photo with Beatty. Burt defintley still wears lifts. A few years ago I read an article that said and I'm paraphrasing "Burt claims he's 6 ft, but if he is then you have to wonder why he wear he wears such uncomfortable looking boots".

Brad, watch Hooper, he has similar high-heeled boots on. Atleast 2.5" heels with god knows what inside. With them he had 2-3 inches on Jan Michael Vincent, I'm not sure how tall he was, but he wasn't much taller than Charles Bronson in The Mechanic.

George H. says on 21/Oct/09
Now I understand the pictures taken of Burt with Warren Beatty at some award show. They were photographed together and he was taller than 6'2" Beatty. You could almost hear Beatty thinking "Something ain't right here" as he looked at Reynolds in one of those shots :).

Brad says on 20/Oct/09
Those 4" jobs in "Gator" are killer. He makes the Slyster a rookie in the height enhancing area. He had lifts in sneakers. I've only seen that with Roger Daltrey.

RisingForce says on 19/Oct/09
It's obvious that Burt still wears lifts. Willie Nelson told Howard Stern that burt was still wearing shoes with lifts as recent as 2005. His 70's footwear i far beyond that though. His heels looked close to woman's high heels and supposedly he had lifts in those boots.

Mark says on 18/Oct/09
Well, I'm pretty sure he had lifts a few short years ago, when we saw him at Foxwoods Casino. His cowboy boots were "tiny". I wondered why, but then realized that the higher yoiur heel is raised, the more your foot receeds in the shoe. So, you get smaller shoes. In addition, when he sat down, and his long trousers rode up a bit, you could see the back of his boots. The bulge where the heel is was much higher than it should have been...implying, to me, that he had 2 inch lifts in there.

RisingForce says on 18/Oct/09
Interesting quote from a 1989 article.

"He no longer wears lifts in his shoes, either, and probably never needed them, except in his mind's eye. He is a shade under six feet tall,"

Kull says on 14/Oct/09
I met him face to face when he filmed Smokey and the Bandit in like 1975 or so. He was five foot ten. He weighed about 180. He was already dyeing his hair and beard, too. Bald as an eagle and wearing a full toopee.

RisingForce says on 21/Sep/09
Burt wore massive heels in all of his films. I just watched Hooper and once again Burt had his 2.5" heels and god knows what inside. With them he was atleast 2 inches taller than Jan Michael Vincent who is listed at 5'10.5" here. I believe Vincent also was wearing some kind of boots, but not nearly as big as Burt's.

I'd bet that Burt was likely taller than Vincent if both of them were barefoot. Then again Vincent was only about an inch, maybe 2 inches at the most taller than Charles Bronson in The Mechanic. Bronson is listed at 5'7.5" here so unless Bronson had the best stealth lifts around or he was taller than his listing here, Vincent is shorter than 5'10.5".

guyfrommars says on 20/Sep/09
I can't understand why a 5ft11.5 guy would go to the extremes increasing his height. 5ft10 or a tad under might be more correct for him. There are 5ft6 guys like Pacino wearing normal shoes, not bothering with their height and guys like Reynolds, already tall but wearing platforms and lifts. Anyways, those heels on RisingForce's link look ca. 3-inches tall. I've seen a publicity photo of him and other cast members of The Crew and Reynolds is wearing Stallone-like monster shoes, probably with lifts inside.

RisingForce says on 21/Aug/09
Check out Burt Reynold's platform heels! Click Here

He's capable of getting 4 inches from those.

RisingForce says on 20/Aug/09
I wish I could find some pictures of his boots back in the 70's. There are some scenes in Gator and The Longest Yard where the heels on his boots look shockingly big.

RisingForce says on 13/Aug/09
I think that Burt is closer to 5'9" these days. In some premiere pictures he was in cowboy boots and struggling to look the same height as Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.

ZTR says on 7/Aug/09
I can't believe this guy lost so much height. He really DOES look only 5'10" now, whereas back as recent as mid-90s he looked easily over 6 ft-??

Dick Steele says on 5/Aug/09
I met him on the set when filming Gator. Mickey Rooney had also happened to be on the set. When I was loading film in the Camera I saw Burt and Mickey about 10 feet away shooting the breeze and Burt was the same height as Mickey so Burt must be about 5-3".

RisingForce says on 29/Jul/09
I've become so use to cowboy boots and work boots that thin shoes like Converse sneakers bother my feet now.

It's kind of hard to picture Burt being no taller than Dom Deluise though, when he was 3 inches taller in that Cannonball Run outtakes video.

Here's Burt obviously wearing lifts in a recent picture. Click Here

Frank2 says on 28/Jul/09
I usually wear loafers with 1/2 heels so Burt looked about an inch and half shorter than me. Today I can't find such shoes. Everything has minimum of an inch and many have as much as two inches and are not sold as lifts. Having the bad back that I do, standing too long in shoes with higher heels than an inch means a trip to the chiropractor.

Antonio says on 28/Jul/09
My cousin knew Burt for years. My cousin was affiliated with the Tonight Show in the 70's and 80's. He said Burt was 5-10.

RisingForce says on 28/Jul/09
It's funny that he used the short leg excuse. I have that problem and I'm only 5'8"! It's even funnier because in the film Gator Burt has enormous heels on his boots, I don't even know how much they added, but his footwear was giving him so much height that his legs too long for his body with his massive heels/lifts.

Wouldn't you be 6 feet in shoes though so Burt at 5'11" in socks would be slightly shorter than you or were you barefoot as well?

Frank2 says on 27/Jul/09
First, I read an interview with him where he stated he was around 5'11" and had al long torso with short legs so he wore lifts to make his body look more proportional. Uh huh. Sure. So I figured that any guy who's a legit 5'11" doesn't need to wear Frankenstein shoes to make himself appear normal. I always tend to subtract and inch anyway from whatever the stated height is of someone famous.

Then, I happened to meet him when he showed up at MGM Studios in 1973 (back when the had a physical studio) with his then girlfriend Dinah Shore. Burt wore his usual Frankenstein boots. Burt and Dinah were there along with director Buzz Kulik to watch the answer print of SHAMUS. Reynolds removed his uncomfortable books and at one point when the film ended, he stood up and I could see he was considerably shorter so I stood up and that's when I noticed he was slightly shorter than me. He quickly put them back on and was back to being over six feet. Then Dinah got into an argument with Kulik on why the main title would be a lot better if we heard her singing behind it. At that point the discussion became heated so not wanting to get involved, Reynolds headed for the door.

RisingForce says on 26/Jul/09
Frank2, what made you come to the conclusion that Burt was never taller than 5'10"? Did you see him barefoot?

Big T says on 17/Jun/09
Derek Jacobi is also listed/claims 5'10", and he's clearly taller than Burt Reynolds in "A Bunch of Amateurs" by 1-2 inches.....

Daniel says on 30/May/09
I remember seeing him on an episode of the X files and gosh he looked short. He looked like he was around 5'6 to 5'7!

RisingForce says on 24/May/09
look at this clip. burt has 3 inches on dom deluise. Click Here even accounting for his lifts burt was defintley atleast 5-11 peak because dom was atleast dean martin's height.

RisingForce says on 9/May/09
he's 5-10 now and yes he probably still had lifts in city heat, which is why he never looked under 6-0 in the movie. no way was he 5-10 when he was taller than 6-0.5 listed jerry reed at times in the smokey and the bandit movies, or when he towered over 5-10 minimum dom deluise. videos of dom deluise and dean martin show them about the same height and apparently dean was 5-10.5(according to this site) and he wore lifts. i doubt dom wore lifts.

burt wore the biggest lifts for years but he could look as tall as 6-2 in them at times. that's not 5-10. that's 5-11 atleast. look at him barefoot on the beach with 5-7.5 lauren hutton in gator. burt was about 4 inches taller.

Brad says on 9/May/09
He had some nice stealth with Clint. He's 5' 10". Massive heel & lift guy for decades.

RisingForce says on 7/May/09
for those of you that doubt burt was atleast 5-11 peak, watch city heat. he wasn't in obvious elevators and he was 2-4 inches shorter than 6-4 clint eastwood throughout the movie, not more, even in the full body shots.

burt is 5-10 now, but peak he was between 5-11 and 5-11.5. i dont think he was lying when he said he was under 6 ft but 6-3 in boots. with massive lifts he can look well over 6 ft.

RisingForce says on 9/Apr/09
Burt was atleast 5'11" peak. He looked too tall, even in heels to be less. He was noticeably taller than Dom Deluise who is listed everywhere at 5'11.5" and he was taller than Jerry Reed at times and Reed is listed everywhere at 6'0.5".

Compare Dom Deluise to Dean Martin who is listed here at 5'10.5" and was a known lift wearer.
Click Here

Dom looks about the same height so I'd bet anything Dom was between 5'10" and 5'11.5". There's a limit to how much heels/lifts can do and Burt wouldn't look 6'2" next to Dom unless he was atleast 5'11".

These days Burt doesn't look taller than 5'10" considering the boots, but in his prime he was 5'11" or 5'11.5". Clint Eastwood was 6'4" when he's younger so of course Burt at 5'11" will seem short.

louismclown says on 9/Apr/09
Burt is 5'10 in bare feet, which isn't short but the boots do the rest. How he ran in them I'll never know. Watch the jail break in The Longest yard, he's in heels when he escapes. He manages the same height as Eddie Albert but needs the heels to do so. He was a quaterback, not a big forward. Clint calls him 'shorty' in City Heat! He was very strong and powerful though.

RisingForce says on 7/Apr/09
Rob, can you give Burt a peak height of 5'11" or 5'11.5"? It's obvious that he's lost a noticeable amount of height.

RisingForce says on 30/Mar/09
Yeah, Dom is listed 5'11.5" everywhere. That does make you wonder. I'm surprised that you never saw him, I'd imagine he'd be pretty easy to recognize too. Dom at 5'11.5" does mean that Burt likely wasn't exaggerating when he said he went from "under 6 ft to 6-3 with boots on). That's also consistent with the shoemaker who said he made Burt 4 inches taller. Although I think that's a slight exaggeration.

RisingForce says on 28/Mar/09
Well then I guess that puts him at a strong 5'10" at worst, possibly taller in the early 80's because he was already in his mid to late 50's by the early 90's. In fact with Dom's weight I'd be shocked if he hadn't lost height by his mid 50's. That confirms that Burt was taller than 5'10".

I don't rule out Burt being close to 6 ft out of bed in his prime. I never understood why he had a problem with his height, I guess it's that magic 6 ft mark or some guys like being the biggest guy in the room. He's a legend regardless.

RisingForce says on 27/Mar/09
He looked an easy 6-2 if Dom was 5-11.5, easily. Maybe a bit over. Jerry Reed is also listed everywhere at 6-0.5, and Burt was a bit taller in the Cannonball movies it seemed. I think he was bigger than Reed in Gator as well. Reed in 2 inch cowboy boots would be at 6-2.5 then meaning Burt would indeed be 6-2.5, 6-3 in his boots. Giving him a 6-2 appearance. Of course his heels were enourmous, especially in Gator. I don't remember them having a platform so even a 4 inch boost is questionable.

Deluise still has me puzzled though. He looked 5-9 max with Charles Durning, yet Dom is listed everywhere at 5-11.5 and I believe your friend said he was that.

I use to see Burt as a bit of a mystery, but now I think his peak height is a bit more obvious. Under 6 ft as he admitted it, but atleast 5-11 as he looked too tall to be under that. His current height is the real mystery.

RisingForce says on 26/Mar/09
Here's a good picture with 6'6" Clint Walker.
Click Here

Burt appears 6, maybe 7 inches shorter considering posture. Both are wearing cowboy boots obviously as this was from the Western Sam Whiskey. I don't know if Burt's heels were unusually big back then or if he wore lifts even then.

I'm still pretty sure that he was 5'11" in the 60's, 70's and 80's. 5'10" may be his height now, but he was obviously taller at one point.

RisingForce says on 23/Feb/09
I still can't figure out why Larry L. King would make a joke about Burt's height in the early 80's?

"It sounds to me like the boy has been drinking," said King in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. "Maybe that's what's stunted his growth."

Click Here

Maybe some people assume that any man who wears big heels or elevator shoes is short.

RisingForce says on 20/Feb/09
I'd be surprised if Burt tip toed for pictures.

Lmeister says on 18/Feb/09
Burt might be even standing on his tiptoes. I've noticed that a lot of celebs do that...

RisingForce says on 18/Feb/09
At times I have really bad posture because I have really bad knees, but whenever I slouch a lot my back hurts. Plus at 5-7 3/4 out of bed I can't afford to lose any more height!

I've also made an effort to correct my posture and it'd hurt to stand like that. I can't imagine doing that now. It hurts just looking at Sandler's posture it's so bad.

I still would say Burt is 5-10 or close to it. A flat 5-9 is too low because he can still look 6-1 and he was defintley 5-11 peak.

RisingForce says on 16/Feb/09
Impressive is the right word, Burt knows every trick in the book for looking taller. These days Stallone looks 6-1 more consistently than Burt does. Just a year or 2 ago Burt had 4-5 inches on Dennis Hopper though.

Here's a picture copying Stallone's posture and possibly using McKellen's push down technique on Adam Sandler. Click Here Sandler's posture really is bad though, it looks painful to stand the way he does. No wonder people think he's 5-8 or 5-9 when in reality he's a legit 5-10. God only knows what Burt has on his feet there!

Didn't Burt use that push down technique in your picture with him?

RisingForce says on 14/Feb/09
That's interesting because tall guys usually see shorter guys shorter than they really are. It's not that surprising that he can give a 6-1 impression in person still because he can still look it in pictures. It's odd how much his height fluctuates though, the times you've met him you've said 5-9 or 5-10 so he must have worn some monster lifts when your peer saw him.

If you think about it, Burt may have not been joking or exaggerating when he said he was 6-3 in boots back in '72. Wasn't he the same height or taller than Roger Moore in Cannonball Run? I think Moore was 6-2 back then, if not he was atleast 6-1.

RisingForce says on 12/Feb/09
That makes sense because he was probably atleast an inch away from 6 ft for him to say he was under 6 feet back in 1972. He looked too tall back then to be a flat 5-10 though.

Maybe he was 5-10 by the time of his divorse with Loni Anderson in the 90's, after all he was approaching 60 at the time. Lifts in sneakers? Burt always seems to be wearing cowboy boots to me, but I guess when he does decide to wear sneakers he probably has lifts in them. Willie Nelson said in 2005 that Burt still has lifts in his shoes.

He can still look tall though, some examples are when he was taller than Alec Baldwin in 2001, when he was 2 inches taller than James Caan in 2000 and when he had 4-5 inches on Dennis Hopper.

RisingForce says on 8/Feb/09
I watched Deliverance again not too long ago. Burt seemed to have boots on, but not his huge heeled cowboy boots. There weren't many good scenes for comparing height because of the uneven ground, but he didn't look that much shorter than Voight. I'm not sure what he was listed at in his football days, one poster said 5-8(obviously BS), another said 5-10 and I've also heard the 6 ft you're referring to. If Carson is 5-10.5 then Burt would seem to have been a minimum 5-11 accounting for his boots.

I think that 6 foot is unlikely because of this 1972 quote. "I think I'm the only actor under 6 feet tall who admits to it But I'm 6-foot-3 with my boots on"

It seems that in the 70's he even usually claimed to be 5-11 or "under 6 ft", but he was still listed at 6 ft even into the 80's. In Malone(1987) his driver's license said 6 ft on it.

I'd say 5-11, 5-11.5 for Burt out of bed and with his cowboy heels/lifts combo he may have actually been pushing 6-3 in them as he said.

RisingForce says on 6/Feb/09
In his cowboy boots/lifts combo he could look really tall sometimes. Wasn't he as tall or taller than 6-2 Roger Moore in Cannonball Run? Burt said in 1972 that he was under 6 foot, but that he was 6 foot 3 in his boots. Maybe there was truth to that? He was always taller than 6-0 1/2 listed Jerry read in the Bandit films as well as Gator.

He did give a shorter impression in Sharky's Machine, but I don't think he wore his cowboy boots in that film, and he still towered over Charles Durning.

I'd say Burt was 5-11, 5-11.5 in his prime. If we knew Johnny Carson's height then it'd be easier to confirm.

T.J. says on 5/Feb/09
Looked tall in Smokey and the Bandit, which I actually watched again on tv tonight. But it's was probablly because of the cowboy boots.

RisingForce says on 2/Feb/09
Wow, here's a gem from a December 24th, 1972 article in the Los Angeles Times. Burt was quoted as saying

"I think I'm the only actor under 6 feet tall who admits to it But I'm 6-foot-3 with my boots on"

RisingForce says on 1/Feb/09
By the way if anyone has seen Gator then they'll have a good idea of how ridiculous Burt's footwear was in the mid 70's. He wore cowboy boots but with 2.5 maybe 3 inch heels, plus possibly lifts. His legs looked so out of proportion it was ridiculous. His legs looked 2 or 3 inches too long for the rest of his body when burt first appears in the movie.

RisingForce says on 31/Jan/09
Rob, can you give Burt a peak height of 5-11?

Something defintley doesn't seem right about Burt never being taller than Matt Damon is.

Mr. R. says on 30/Jan/09
RisingForce, as someone who watched Burt Reynolds in his prime, I think that he was 5-11 at his tallest, but probably a little below. He always wore boots and lifts, and during his prime, he was listed at 6-1. Once, he was in an elevator, and a woman said he looked 5-11. Burt said that there is not an actor in Hollywood who is under 6 feet. Next time I see his son, I will ask him!

Lmeister says on 29/Jan/09
I think, Burt was around 5ft10-5ft11 in his youth nowadays probably a bit shorter. I think he is just one of those guys who will go to extremes about his looks. Just take a look at his hair. He is totally wearing a rug or has gotten a hair transplant. I think he was wearing lifts even in his cuban heels and still wears huge lifts. You're So Vain by Carly Simon could have also been done about Burt LOL. Nevertheless he has done a few good movies too...

RisingForce says on 29/Jan/09
Burt looks about 8-9 inches shorter than that 6-7 football player.

Vegas says on 29/Jan/09
burt and 6'7 nfl listed gary godsey on the set of longest yard in 2004, both men would be in football footwear Click Here

you can see how godsey measures up next to adam sandler Click Here and nelly Click Here

RisingForce says on 29/Jan/09
Thank you Mr. R. I'm not sure he looks atleast 5-11 with Dennis Hopper who it seems is 5-7 minimum. Maybe I'm wrong on that though. He could be more like 5-10ish in the other pictures though depending on posture, Arnie and Ford's footwear and how much they've shrunk. His official site lists him at 5-10 so maybe he's just 5-10 today.

How tall do you think he was at his peak Mr. R? He's maybe the biggest mystery to me on this entire site.

Mr. R. says on 29/Jan/09
Risingforce, those are great pics. On those, he looks 5-10 at most. And remember, he STILL wears lifts, so he actually may be closer to 5-9. I see his son around LA, but he is adopted, and I cannot find pics of he and his dad together. I would say the son is about 5-9.

RisingForce says on 29/Jan/09
If you look at how tall he looked in some of those movies then yes 6 foot is very possible. Even in full body shots he always looked like a legit 6 footer back then.

Look at him next to 6-0.5 listed Jerry Read in the Smokey and The Bandit films or 5-11.5 listed Dom Deluise, 6-3ish Jon Voight, 6-2 Roger Moore ect. Or next to 5-10, 5-10.5 Johnny Carson in the video I posted before.

I know his cowboy boots/lifts combination probably added about 3.5, but in the Smokey and the Bandit movies everyone else wore 2 inch cowboy boots so he could have had what? A 1.5 inch advantage?

By the way look at these pictures of Burt and James Caan from 2000.
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Burt is a solid 2 inches taller. I guess Burt could have a 2 inch footwear advantage and they could both be about 5-10 barefoot by that point, maybe 5-9.5 for Caan.

I'd say your 5-10 sighting seems more accurate for Burt than 5-9. He still can look tall like in the Alec Baldwin picture. You met him around 2004 right?

RisingForce says on 27/Jan/09
He can still pass for 5-11, even in his 70's. He probably knows that since he claimed to be six feet a few years ago.

Here are some pictures from the 2007 World Stunt Awards

He looks 4-5 inches taller than 5'7"-5'8" Dennis Hopper.
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If Burt stood up straight Arnold would be 1.5" max taller.
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As you can see here the difference doesn't seem that large, although the angle isn't that good.
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About an inch shorter than 6-0ish Harrison Ford.
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I'd bet he was something like 5'11.5" peak and no less than 5'10" still.

RisingForce says on 24/Jan/09
Right...he's 5'6", 5'7". Then how did he have 2-3 inches on 5-10, 5-10.5 Johnny Carson?
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If we assume Carson was 5-10 flat and his shoes added one inch then Burt was reaching 6-1, 6-2 in his cowboy boots. He was no shorter than 5-10 and more likely he was 5-11.

In this clip Cher calls Burt Reynolds tall 3-4 times.
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Or how about Burt looking much taller than Dom Deluise(listed 5-11.5 everywhere) or him looking right around 6'2" Roger Moore's height?

I'd bet anything that Burt was atleast 5-10 when he was younger, but more likely 5-11.

In Person says on 23/Jan/09
I've seen him in person shooting a film in Omaha. He's short. Maybe 5'6" or 5'7" tops.

RisingForce says on 11/Dec/08
This was posted a few years ago on this page but the link is now dead.

"Willie informed Howard that Burt wears lifts in his shoes, which Howard found odd. He thought that once you got to be Burt’s age some of your vanity would go away."

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So Burt still wears lifts even now.

RisingForce says on 7/Dec/08
Burt surprisingly doesn't look over 5'10" even in his usual cowboy boots(which probably have lifts).
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RisingForce says on 29/Nov/08
Maybe he doesn't wear lifts as big but he could still be close to his peak height. This shows he can still look tall when he wants to. On those 70's talk shows he wore some massive heeled boots with lifts but managed to look near 6'2". Of course he could barely walk in them but I'd be shocked if he was under 5'10" peak. Today he's still over 5'9" atleast.

RisingForce says on 29/Nov/08
Interesting picture from 2001 with Alec Baldwin
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RisingForce says on 13/Nov/08
Well atleast it seems we have a good idea of the range for his peak height(5'10"-5'11"). For his current height you even hear 5'8" a lot but 5'9"-5'10" seems like the rage for his height now. He can look shorter than 5'9" now but I doubt he is.

RisingForce says on 12/Nov/08
I agree so maybe he was never over 5'10"? At 5'11" with a camera advantage and 3.5"-4" boots/lifts he'd be as tall as Michael Caine or possibly taller. Or atleast he should measure up better in comparison than Sly does.

I'll say 5'10" peak, 5'9" now. He could easily get over 6'1" with his 70's footwear and was likely pushing 6'2" in some of it back then.

RisingForce says on 11/Nov/08
I believe it, he was a big lift wearer. He could barely walk in some of his boots. His proportions looked like those of a 5-11 man though so I'm not convinced he was never over 5'10".

Burt with 6'2" Michael Caine
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Burt looks an inch shorter but he's closer to the camera so maybe he's more like 1.5" shorter minimum.

Here Sly in lifts looks about the same in comparison to Caine although this time Caine is closer to the camera.
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So I don't believe Burt was really taller than Stallone. I think both max out or in Burt's case maxed out at roughly 6'1.5"/6'1.75" in lifts. The question is are Burt's 3" like Sly's or 3.5"?

RisingForce says on 10/Nov/08
Maybe he never really lost much height. I think he's always been 5'10"-5'11".

RisingForce says on 9/Nov/08
Yeah but then again he probably gets more height out of shoes and lifts than any male celebrity I can think of.

Another example
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The reasons that I think 3.5" shoes/lifts are possible for Burt is that unllike Sly or even Robert Downey Jr., Burt has trouble walking in his sometimes. Considering Sly has shoes that look like loaves of bread and Downey's ankles are almost falling out of his shoes that's saying something.

I just think he'd look ridiculously tall in those boots if he were 6 foot. 5'11" is the highest I can see. That'd put him at 6'2" in 3" shoes which we know he has and if I'm right about 3.5" shoes then that'd make him 6'2.5" in them. Even at 5'10" he'd be 6'1" or 6'1.5" in his biggest.

I know he was listed at 6'1" back in the 70's but I think he only claimed 5'11". I don't know if his 5'10" listing on his website is for his current or peak height. Maybe he's a guy who didn't lose any height as he got older?

RisingForce says on 9/Nov/08
How tall was Johnny Carson?

Burt looked 2, maybe 3 inches taller.
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Burt of course was in his famous 3.5" heels/lifts combo that he could sometimes barely walk in.
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If Carson truly was 5'10.5" then Burt at 5'11" peak is possible. Burt was atleast 5'10" peak and may still be that.

RisingForce says on 6/Nov/08
I can buy 5'10" but not much over. Yeah that's true George H., he even admits that.

George H. says on 6/Nov/08
Isn't Reynolds one of the most famous lift wearers? Even in cowboy boots? I think I read that in several articles on him.

BruceWayne says on 5/Nov/08
Ok, but then I doubt that Roger Moore was ever the 6'1.5 as claimed on this site. And van Damme cannot be 5'9 either.

BruceWayne says on 4/Nov/08
He is not small. He's just joking in that interview. Next to Roger Moore, he looks at least the same height, and I cannot see any angle advantages in Cannonball run. Van Damme looks much smaller next to Roger, and he's listed 5'9 here. I think, van Damme is smaller than that, while Burt is taller than 5'10, maybe 6ft isn't wrong.

Stiffelio says on 3/Nov/08
I thought this guy was much taller, at least 6ft. He gives the impression of a big man.

RisingForce says on 3/Nov/08
I couldn't find that Playboy article either. Playboy has their old interviews online. You can find them if you search their website.

BruceWayne says on 1/Nov/08
I cannot say something about that statement except that 5-5.5 must be a joke for him. He used to be 5'11 at least, I would even say a bit more.

RisingForce says on 1/Nov/08
Here is the quote that Mr. R has mentioned.

This is a present," Burt Reynolds said. "I wouldn't buy something like this for myself. It's too Yul Brynnerish." "You can Brynnerish me any time," the lady said. Burt Reynolds gave her a level smile. "You know, when I take these boots off, I'm 5 feet 4 inches. "You look closer to five eleven to me," the lady said. "Lady," Burt Reynolds said, "no actor is five eleven. There's not an actor in the world who isn't ever 6 feet.

March 26, 1972, New York Times

Art says on 18/Oct/08
I swear I can remember the interview he did with Playboy in 1979 - the intro poses the question, "What does this 5' - 5 1/2" tall man have that..." something to that effect and why women find him so attractive. If anyone has the issue, Is my memory correct?

BruceWayne says on 21/Sep/08
I've just seen Cannonball run, and Burt Reynolds seems to be taller than Roger Moore (whose peak height is listed 6'1.5 feet here) in some scenes, so I think, at least in his prime, he was solid 6 feet. I consider 5'10 too low for him.

Brad says on 2/Aug/08
5' 10" is what I saw meeting him at his ranch just west of the Florida Turnpike in '84. He wore massive custom boots in the 70's. He held his own with a tall Jerry Reed wearing them.

Mr. R says on 2/Aug/08
Also, Burt did a movie with Clint Eastwood (I think that it was called City Heat), and Clint constantly refers to him as "shorty"!

Mr. R says on 2/Aug/08
Burt was always listed at 6-1 during his Smokey Days. However, it was also well known that he wore boots with lifts in them, and he could hardly walk across the Tonight Show stage without falling. Once on Evening Shade, he did a mug shot, and he stood at 6 feet. Assuming he was wearing shoes, he is not taller than 5-11 if not a little shorter. Burt also had the famous line when I woman on an elevator told him he looked 5-11. He said "Lady, no actor in Hollywood is 5-11."

Barrett says on 2/Aug/08
I agree. I have heard he was 5'10 from a couple of other sources, but I'd say he's @ least 6'

Giant says on 10/Jul/08
No, he was referring to Big Enos as 6´8" in that scene.

motorcitycobra says on 15/May/08
I wondered how tall Burt really is ... I´ve bought DVDs of the SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT films because they are so simple funny.
At the end of the first part - sitting in the Cadillac - he tells Sherriff Buford about his height of 6 feet and 8 inches (!!!). Therefore I wanna know.
Regards

sf says on 21/Mar/08
Burt Reynolds aint even 5'10". And, Kali aint 7'4". Remove those extra three inches, and there's your answer...

luis says on 20/Mar/08
5-10 doesn't seam enough to me. We all saw Burt standing "face to face" with Grat Kali in "The Longest Yard" and he was no dwarf next to the 7'4'' giant... i'd say he is about 6 feet tall

derek says on 19/Feb/08
If Burt was wearing Nike shox and looked 5'10.... then he must be under 5'10.

Anonymous says on 19/Feb/08
looks 5'10.25 in the picture.

Jeff says on 21/Jan/08
It makes sense to put Reynolds in the 5'10" range because he was in a musical in the 1970s with Cybill Shepherd where they had a swimming pool scene and, standing face to face in bare feet, Reynolds appeared to be only about 1 inch taller. Shepherd is listed on this site as 5'8" or 5'9", so it all fits.

emporium destinate says on 27/Nov/07
Two pictures for you. - First, a rather small Burt Reynolds with Arnie: Click Here
Second, check out the whopping lifts here: Click Here
My word, they are stilts!

Russ says on 6/Oct/07
Back in the late 60's, Burt Reynolds was in a Western movie called "100 Rifles". His co-star was the 6'2" football star, Jim Brown. In every scene, Jim Brown appears to be considerably taller than Reynolds, at least 4 inches taller. This would make Burt Reynolds about 5'10 that time, maybe less. Also, Rurt Reynolds was not much taller than Rachael Welch who was also in the movie.

guy says on 1/Oct/07
I remember reading a book on height and heightism that was written in the seventies with various actors and celebrities. Its been so long so I can tell what its called or who wrote it. It revealed who was tall and who wasn't. The obvious Alan Ladd kind of bit. Jimmy Carter who was the current president was 5'9" as was Robert Redford. Chairman Mao was 5'11" and Hitler was 5'8". Burt Reynolds was made to be a guy who greatly exaggerated his height. They said his claimed height of 5'11" was a long shot and rediculous. I think they thought he was more 5'8"ish 9". Of course who the hell were they.

Leon says on 30/Sep/07
Cool shades. That's all I have to say about this pic. lol

Mark says on 9/Sep/07
My sister saw him signing autographs once and said he seemed tall, about 6' and "towering over everybody". Yes he was wearing cowboy boots.

ms crababel says on 28/Aug/07
franco if you think 177cm now..then why say 178 is accurate..confusing post

stan says on 27/Aug/07
Give the guy a break, he must be 5,000 yr old in that picture, everybody's alot taller when they are 25 than when there in the walker.

Steve says on 29/Jul/07
Saw Burt Reynolds on the floor while in LV, he was walking alone with three waitresses tailing him, great looking, at least 5"11.'

Jenna says on 26/Jul/07
I wouldn't take the official site to seriously, it was launched quite recently and looks like a "cut and paste" type of job to me, with most of its content pinched from Internet movie database.

Lmeister says on 25/Jul/07
His official site does list him 5'10'' after the 2 inch rule - > 5'8''ish. I think that his peak height was 5'9'' in reality...

MarkO says on 23/Jul/07
Burt's official site has him at 5'10.

Mr. R says on 20/Jul/07
There was a movie years ago that he did with Clint Eastwood, maybe called "City Heat"?In the movie, Clint's character refers to Burt's character as "Shorty". The movie ends with Clint's line: "You will always be shorty to me". Burt then trys to stand on his toes to be closer to Clint's stature. If Clint was 6-4, then Burt does look to be about 6-1. However, I am sure that lifts and boots were involved!

Mr. R says on 20/Jul/07
On one episode of "Evening Shade", Burt was arrested, and had to stand against one of those police lineups. You could not see his feet, but he measured at exactly 6 feet.

Mr. R says on 20/Jul/07
In a book called "The Height of Your Life", Burt mentions that a woman in an elevator told him that he looked no taller than 5-11, after he claimed to be 6 feet. His response was along the lines of "no actor in Hollywood is less than 6 feet". He was always listed at 6-1, but that was with boots and lifts.

Manitobaboy says on 19/Jul/07
Okay, this is a man who wore a toupe from the time he was 45 (Bandit was the worst version) so it would be reasonable that his vanity would lead to serious lifts. When he was quarterback at Florida State, he was never listed over 6' (5'10 and 5'11"). He may have been 5'10.5ish in barefeet but he was/is also a notorious boot and lift wearer.

tubbs says on 21/Jun/07
Having seen Cannonball Run, Burt looked around the 6'3" mark, seriously. Looked about 6'0" in Deliverance, and looked only 2-3 inches shorter than Voight in a photo where they were both barefoot. Does anyone know if he still wears lifts, even at the age of 71?

Gov Jesse V. says on 16/Jun/07
The debate is over Jack. He's about the same height as Mickey Rooney, 5'2". He was shorter than Raquel Welch in every scene of 100 Rifles and she was about 5'4" when I dated her and Jacqueline Bisset at the same time. I was once at a party and he wouldn't dare step in the same room with me for fear I would use his head as an ashtray for my cigars.

Kevin T says on 26/Apr/07
Burt has always worn high heels, platform shoes during the disco era and cowboy boots in recent times. I think a lot of the time lifts are attributed too often when the actuality is massively heeled shoes.

Burt has become a handsome septagenarian Asian-American. ;-)

Jenna says on 4/Apr/07
Cruel, but o so funny! LOL :)

Click Here

"It sounds to me like the boy has been drinking," said King in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. "Maybe that's what's stunted his growth."

Brad says on 20/Mar/07
He wore huge sneaker lifts in "Hooper".

Jenna says on 15/Mar/07
Somebody mentioned below that his ex-wife, Loni, (and that was one nasty divorce), said he was 5'10" and wore lifts to appear taller. Why would she give him extra inches? She'd be more likely to knock one off the estimate. Burt's limbs appear short to me. I think that people over 6', or even 5'11 get a sort of awkward appearance, because the limbs are quite long. He doesn't have that. He looks like he could be 5'10 to me. Having seen a ton of his movies I do not believe that he could have been shorter.

Unknown says on 13/Mar/07
His real height is 5-8. Look at this website. It's closer to the end of this site.
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[Editor Rob: yes, this was the article with '5ft 10' arnie aswell...]

Cliff says on 9/Jan/07
Yeah, The angle does favor Gabby. She almost makes Burt look like Mickey Rooney! I know Gabby is also taller than her husband, surfer Laird Hamilton, who is around 6ft2. Gabby's trainer claims that she can bench press about 240 and leg press over 1100 pounds. I believe that she has now retired from Volleyball.

George H says on 8/Jan/07
Holy crap, Cliff. Gabriella is one real Amazon! Yeah, old Burt is standing in a hole but whatever crazy footwear he has on here, he's obviously not the 6 footer they always claimed him to be. Good thing the pic is from the side. With all that plastic surgery gone wrong he looks like he's a Chinese burn victim or something. I'll never understand why a macho like Reynolds would mess up his appearance like that.

mcmallen says on 16/Nov/06
Met him at a dinner in the early 1990's. I am 6'2", he looked about 5'10" but was wearing cowboy boots.

Anonymous says on 9/Sep/06
In The Longest Yard (the original) he looked to be at least 5`10

Jenna says on 8/Sep/06
Burt is a hell of a lot taller than Dom DeLuise in Cannonball Run.. I'm just watching the outtakes now on youtube.com. If Dom is 5'11"+ Burt is at least 6'2" (with lifts and heels). He looks huge.

John Doe says on 16/Aug/06
He looked 6 foot in Deliverance. Might want to add peak height (six foot) beside current height.

Brad says on 15/Aug/06
He'd come on talk shows with heels 4" and lifts. He'd sorta walk like he was a stilts coming around the curtain on Carson's show then he'd put his hand over his heels.

George H says on 9/Aug/06
Man, I used to dig Burt in the seventies, with Deliverance and stuff like that. I never really noticed his footwear, except that he favored cowboy boots. But then he mostly did those road movies like Smokey & The bandit so I guess those were appropriate footwear. I could also have been distracted by the variety of rugs, rofl. And it must be extremely uncomfortable not to mention painful to one's back, to be walking around in those stilt like lifts all the time. I'm kinda shocked to imagine him bald and short, and Asian looking now after all the bad surgery.

Jenna says on 9/Aug/06
I suspect Burt has had, at the most 2-3" heels on his boots, and 1"-2" lifts, raising him with 4" tops? If he's really been 5'10" that'd make him 6'2" tops, no? Why'd that be "almost impossible" to walk in? Women's work shoes easily have 3" STILETTO heels.

Gotxo says on 8/Aug/06
Frank-Amazing history!
His promo height was 6' but nevertheless this guy had to have a serious issue with height. 5'10" is a mean quite decent height but to wear 3-4" lifts is a
major deal, it must be almost impossible to walk with them on.
I wonder why he did so, he should find it terrible rewarding to go through such a torture.
Rob -Yep if his official height was 6' and in occassions he was up to 6'2", he should be a worth to see neighbour. You always musing wich is gonna be his next day height :)

Brad says on 8/Aug/06
Yer right about the plastic surgery. 5' 10" when I saw him at his ranch store just West of Jupiter Florida in '84. I still can't figure out how he continued filming "Heat" after catching a chair across his jaw. I guess the brass got that crazy doctor from "The Cannonball Run" to shoot him up so the tens of millions could be saved.

Frank2 says on 4/Aug/06
The first time I met him was back in 1973 when he showed up for a screening of Shamus. With him was his then girlfriend Dinah Shore. At one point he removed his boots and looked about 5'10". I would see him at various functions and usually he wore huge lifts making him about 6'1" to 6'2". But seeing how large the heels were as well as how the boots were shaped, I came to the conclusion that he was being boosted by at least three, possibly four inches. The last time I saw him was a few years ago in Beverly Hills walking down the street. He wore what appeared to be normal running shoes and he looked about an inch shorter than me. He also looked awful. Too many facelifts over the years as well as a terrible hairpiece made him look like a walking corpse.

Frank2 says on 4/Aug/06
I met Burt several times and trust me, he's 5'10."

[Editor Rob: his height ever vary considerably on different occasion?]

D. Ray Morton says on 4/Aug/06
Burt next to (5'8"ish) Brandon Maggart: Click Here

Daniel says on 23/Jul/06
If you watch the movie, City Heat, you can see how much taller Clint is than Burt. At least 5 inches. At the end of the movie, they're on the street together. Burt is shadow boxing and challenges Clint to a fistfight. Clint calls Burt shorty. Burt stands up on his tiptoes to come as close to Clint's height as possible. It wasn't even close. Clint still towered over him. Lucky for Burt that Clint didn't accept the challenge.

Annie says on 10/Jul/06
Just watched Sam Whiskey and when Clint Walker and Ossie Davis are running around the mint in SOCKS, Burt is wearing cowboy boots. Clint is still at least 4-5" taller and Clint seems to lean forward a lot for a man with great posture. Hmmm...

Cartoonistguy says on 2/Jul/06
We saw Burt at Mohegan Sun casino last year (or 2?). He referred to himself as "just under 6 feet". He never got off stage,so I couldn't compare myself to him. He did have cowboy boots on.

Charlie says on 13/May/06
I don't know if Sam Whiskey is on DVD. Like I said, it's on Showtime Extreme this month about 10 times. It's also on The Movie Channel on June 2. Maybe you know someone who can tape it for you if you don't get those stations. You'll get a kick out of it. Let me know what you think.

Charlie says on 11/May/06
Better yet, Burt is in Sam Whiskey with Clint Walker. Clint, who was 6'6 or 6'7, towered over Burt. Clint was huge. Funniest scene was when Burt tells Clint to hit him. Burt says something like- bet you think you can knock me out. Clint says I'm sure I can. Burt keeps daring Clint to hit him. When Clint goes to take a swing, Burt runs. Clint had to be at least 9 or 10 inches taller, with an unbelievable build. Sam Whiskey is on this Saturday on Showtime Extreme.

Charlie says on 11/May/06
Yes. In City Heat, Clint Eastwood continually called him shorty. The movie is still shown on TV every now and then. You can tell Clint has at least six if not seven inches on Burt.

VANCOSCELLOS says on 5/May/06
LOOK I WORKED ON THE SET OF "SHARKY'S MACHINE", I SAW BURT REYNOLDS EVERYDAY, IT WAS VERY CLEAR, AND VERY FUNNY, HE WORE LIFTS AND WALKED FUNNY, HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY THING ABOVE 5"9. THIS I SWEAR TO!

Frank2 says on 28/Apr/06
Burt used the excuse that he had a long torso and short legs so he wore lifts to make himself appear more appealing. I never bought that one.

Mikex says on 27/Apr/06
Didn't he do a film with Clint Eastwood where I remember Eastwood's character taking the mick out of Reynold's lack of height. Reynolds may have worn lifts but he was a guy who could laugh at himself, at least on screen. He was pretty much the biggest star in the world at one point in the 70s I seem to remember but seemed to go straight from macho man heart throb to has been within a very short time.

Frank2 says on 17/Mar/06
Burt is about 5'10" barefoot or at least was when he was younger. He wore gigantic lifts! I worked on the film Shamus and Burt attended a screening with his then girlfriend Dinah Shore. Burt was wearing boots that had two and a half inch heels and looked like they had lifts inside giving him at least another inch. As the screening progressed he took them off sinse I'm sure they were killing his feet and went to the restroom. With his boots off he looked about 5'10". With them on he was nearly 6'2"! Reynolds use to advertise that he was 5'11", but had short legs and a long torso so he wore lifts to make his legs appear longer. I always found that excuse laughable.

Frank2 says on 26/Feb/06
Burt goes to bed wearing his lifts!

TNTinCA says on 14/Feb/06
Burt loved cowboy boots and he wore them often in movies. I had the same impression as well from the Smokey and the Bandit series that he was taller. Closer to 6 foot. He may have been 5'11" in his heyday but closer to 5'10" now. In Boogie Nights, he only appeared to be about 2 inches taller than Mark Wahlberg.

Greg says on 13/Feb/06
As a running back at Florida State, he was listed at 5'10.

Regus says on 5/Feb/06
Watched him in Gunsmoke. He seemed to be about 5-10 in it, somehow thought he was 6-0 all these years. Stand him by James Arness and it's very clear.

Markie says on 5/Feb/06
Here is the Washington Post article about Burt's height!!! Hope u find in helpful :)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/tall080399.htm

MHouillon says on 2/Feb/06
Okay, no 182cm okay. But 179-180cm is a little bit more realistic for Burt, Rob. He wasn't and is not under 5'10.5".

Anonymous says on 26/Jan/06
In the Longest Yard he looked an inch taller than Adam Sandler so I personally think he is 5`11"

Mr. R says on 20/Jan/06
Remember folks, Burt ALWAYS wears cowboy boots! He is never seen without them in public. That makes him about 5-8 to 5-9 here.

sf says on 15/Jan/06
Rob - where the heck are you getting 5'11" and 1/2? from? In this picture, he looks 5'10" or 5'11" and you KNOW he's got lifts in his shoes!

elio says on 15/Jan/06
5'9" - 5'10" ?

Ron says on 20/Dec/05
I stood next to Burt on a movie set last year and we were both wearing "convict boots" for The Longest Yard. He seemed to be the same height as me, just under 6'. I have no idea if he was also wearing lifts in his boots.

deadman says on 11/Dec/05
there is a picture on the wwe website with john cena and burt and ric flair. if burt is 5'11.5, then john cena should be like 6'2. i think burt may be 5'9 as he is about the same as flair and has the whole arm around the shoulder boost thing going. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/johncena/southsportsaward1/

Mario Nariano says on 10/Dec/05
I have seen movies in wich he appears barefoot, and his legs are long.
5 ft 11 reasonable or a tad under but 5 ft 7, 5 ft 8 for reynold is pure crap.

@Goonie, because of the script.

goonie says on 9/Dec/05
Check out the boots Burt has worn in the past. Particularly as Bandit. Their cowboy boots with about an extra two inches on the heel. It makes him walk a bit goofy too. Newman wore similar boots in Towering Inferno to make him seem more..um...towering I guess.

Mario Nariano says on 7/Dec/05
Why musr Rob downgrade 5 ft 8, because a comedian joked in the past that he was 5 ft 8? In the past he always looked between 6 ft and 6 ft 1, and even nowedays he looks close to 6 ft.

[Editor Rob: Burt has joked about height in the past himself...but sometimes he has worn seriously big boots, the worst being in that western film he done]

Seminole says on 5/Dec/05
Go back to his pre-Hollywood days before it was important to be perceived as tall. I believe if you check the old Florida State football programs from the 50's when Burt was playing you'll see his height listed at 5'8". Most players fudged on their height and weight. I have a friend who worked on a movie with him in the early 60's, who claims he's no more than 5'7" barefoot.

Tubbs says on 18/Oct/05
Will do CoolJ, maybe I just cant imagine a legend like Burt being under the 5'11 mark, he is getting on a bit know though i suppose.

CoolJ says on 17/Oct/05
Tubbs: Try watching the movie and don't depend so much on stills. I thought Burt was near 6'.. but after watching that.. I believe he's under 5'11 by a decent amount.

Tubbs says on 17/Oct/05
I saw a picture from the premiere of The Longest Yard, Burt was stood next to Rock and Sandler, and was taller than both of them. He's always looked bigger than what some people are suggesting - 5'8" come on!

CoolJ says on 16/Oct/05
Rob, You need to check out the Longest Yard

He is clearly shorter than Chris Rock and even shorter than Sandler in some shots.

This guy is 5'10.5" AT BEST - Most likely around 5'9.5" - 5'10" at least judging from that film. He looks very average in most scenes.

J. says on 28/Aug/05
Hey Mr. R, does Loni have a point? Do elevator shoes/built up shoes do damage to one's legs? And as far as Burt's height. I always figured him to be in the 5'8"- 5'9" range. There was a Washington Post article that mentioned his insecurities with his height some time ago.

pgibbons says on 20/Aug/05
Willie Nelson who appeared in Dukes of Hazzard with Burt Reynolds had this to say: "Willie informed Howard that Burt wears lifts in his shoes, which Howard found odd. He thought that once you got to be Burt’s age some of your vanity would go away."

From this site:
http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.php?d=1124434800

Mr A says on 24/Jul/05
After Burt and Loni Anderson divorced, she was in a newspaper and said he is 5'10 but wears built up (4") shoes which were damaging his legs from wearing them all the time. Also when he appeared on the X-Files, he stood behind Annabeth Gish who is supposed to be 5' 8" and she wore flat shoes. Burt looked to be the same height as her.

John says on 24/Jul/05
According to "The Washington Post", Burt was really never more than 5'8. I reckon this is true, as he did look quite short in "100 Rifles", which was released in 1969.

Mr. R says on 27/May/05
Burt was listed for most of his life at 6-1. Many did question this. I remember an Evening Shade episode when his character was arrested and he had to stand by one of those height charts. He came out as 6 foot on the dot - with shoes on. Burt has always been hard to tell because he always used to wear boots with big heels. However, once in an elevator, a woman called him out by telling him he looked 5-11. He responded, "Lady, NO actor in Hollywood is 5-11!" Well, my celebheights friends, words for us to live by!

Phil Collins says on 27/May/05
Saw Burt in a ovie from 1983 recently, looked pretty tall, about 6ft, maybe taller - No denying he's a nearer the 6ft mark than 5ft8.

Anonymous says on 16/Feb/05
nd this swindle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/tall080399.htm