Country singer/songwriter Franklin Delano Reeves was born on July 14, 1932 in Sparta, North Carolina. The youngest of eleven children, Reeves learned how to play guitar with his mother's help (he borrowed his brothers' instruments while they were serving in World War II) and was a local radio star at age twelve.

Filmography

• 1969Sam Whiskey — The Fisherman
• 1967Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers — Darby Clyde Fenster
• 1966Las Vegas Hillbillys
• 1966The Gold Guitar
• 1965Forty Acre Feud — Del Culpepper

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2016Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1) — Self
• 2007Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts — Himself (archive footage)
• 1969An Old-Time Country Christmas — Self