Reynolds was best known for his roles in 1972's Deliverance, 1977's Smokey and the Bandit, and 1997's Boogie Nights - the last of which earned him an Oscar nomination.
He was also filming Quentin Tarantino's new movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood alongside Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is expected to hit theaters in 2019.
Reynolds had been battling health issues for some time.
In 2013, he was hospitalized and placed in intensive care for flu-like symptoms and dehydration.
Two years earlier, the actor underwent heart surgery after his doctor found his arteries were closed during a routine physical.
My doctor said I needed to undergo bypass surgery immediately,' he told People at the time. 'I went home and shaved then had the operation the next day.'
His manager told CNN after the op that Reynolds 'has a great motor with brand new pipes.'
In September 2009, Reynolds checked into rehab for an addiction to prescription drugs.
Reynolds, known for his manly swagger, and was something of a 1970s sex symbol after rising to prominence on TV shows Gunsmoke and Dan August.
His first big movie breakout role was as Lewis Medlock in box office hit Deliverance in 1972
He followed it up with one success after another, in box office hits The Longest Yard Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, The Cannonball Run and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
After a couple of flops in the late eighties, he returned to TV in sitcom Evening Shade but made a triumphant return to the big screen in Boogie Nights.
Reynolds was twice married, first to Judy Carne for just two years from 1963 to 1965, and then to Loni Anderson, from 1988 to 1993.
He has one adult son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds, from his second marriage.
The star described the love of his life as ex-girlfriend Sally Field, whom he dated on-off for five years in the '70s and '80s after she starred across him in Smokey and the Bandit.
Source Daily Mail
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