Burt Reynolds Starred In A '80s Sci-Fi Series But Never Appeared On Camera
Burt Reynolds starred in nearly every episode of a forgotten '80s sci-fi sitcom, but viewers never saw him because he only voiced his alien character.
The 80s sitcom Out of This World featured Burt Reynolds in a voiceover role, yet he never appeared on camera during the show's 96 episodes. Reynolds, once a prominent movie star of the 70s, was going through a career slump in the mid-80s when he took on the voice role for the show's creator, Bob Booker, as a favor. The character Troy, Evie Ethel Garland's father, was voiced by Reynolds but never seen.
The opening credits briefly showed his relationship with Evie's mother and her birth, with his face obscured by various objects. In the final episode of Season 4, aired on May 25, 1991, titled "Evie's Eighteen," Troy returned to Earth for his daughter's birthday, but only appeared as a star-filled silhouette for four hours before disappearing again.
This was the series finale, never resolving the cliffhanger where Evie's mom mistakenly entered a transporter and ended up on alien planet Antareus while Troy stayed on Earth. After Out of This World, Reynolds appeared in another sitcom, Evening Shade, which had critical acclaim and won Reynolds an Emmy for his performance.
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