The actor Burt Reynolds forced into a 1982 role that left them in tears: “He got killed”No stranger to surrounding himself with friends on his movie sets, Burt Reynolds also knew that when the time came, he’d also be able to call in a favour that would more often than not be gladly accepted. Nabors, despite being an accomplished singer and recording artist, had never performed live on the stage before. That all changed in 1982, when he was extended an invitation to headline a run of The Music Man as Professor Harold Hill opposite Florence Henderson’s Marian Paroo. The location wasn’t quite Broadway, but the less auspicious surroundings of Jupiter, Florida’s Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre. Fortunately, “he did get better,” the actor confirmed.