Burt Reynolds was 21 in The Velvet Alley when he played the character 'The Actor'.
That was over 65 years ago in 1959.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
In 2018 he died aged 82, starring in 155 films in his career, 154 of those after The Velvet Alley was first released. If he were alive today he would be 88.
In The Velvet Alley, I think Burt Reynolds looks: