Alfie Wise, the actor who showed up in Smokey and the Bandit , The Cannonball Run and eight other films with his fun-loving pal Burt Reynolds , has died. He was 82 .
Wise died July 22 of natural causes at Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, his longtime fiancée, Stephanie Bliss, told The Hollywood Reporter .
Wise played a trooper in the prison-set The Longest Yard (1974), his first onscreen collaboration with Reynolds, and he worked with the movie star in The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Paternity (1981), Stroker Ace (1983), City Heat (1984) and Heat (1986) as well.
Alfie Wise, the actor who showed up in Smokey and the Bandit , The Cannonball Run and eight other films with his fun-loving pal Burt Reynolds , ha