{"id":62360,"date":"2025-08-06T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62360\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:14:10","slug":"actor-in-burt-reynolds-cannonball-run-stroker-ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/62360\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor In Burt Reynolds’ ‘Cannonball Run’, ‘Stroker Ace’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAlfie Wise<\/a>, who teamed with Burt Reynolds in many of his films including The Cannonball Run, Smokey & The Bandit, Stroker Ace, among others, has died. He was 82.<\/p>\n

\n\tWise passed away on July 22 of natural causes at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center\u00a0in West Palm Beach, FL, according to media reports. <\/p>\n

\n\tBorn in Altoona, PA, on Nov. 17, 1942, Wise graduated from Altoona Area High School in 1960 and went on to attend\u00a0Pennsylvania State University[<\/a>before serving in the\u00a0U.S. Navy. He first appeared on screen in 1972 in the television movie Call Her Mom and appeared that same year in CBS\u2019 sitcom The Sandy Duncan Show.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe went on to appear in numerous television shows in the late 1970s and 1980s including ABC medical drama Trauma Center as paramedic Sidney Pacelli. He guest-starred in series including Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Jeffersons, Tour of Duty and recurred as Oliver Wardell in B.L. Stryker, the marina owner who was the butt of Reynolds\u2019 title character\u2019s jokes.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Burt Reynolds Dies: Iconic Star Of \u2018Deliverance\u2019, \u2018Smokey And The Bandit\u2019 & \u2018Boogie Nights\u2019 Was 82<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tBecoming great pals with Reynolds, he appeared in the films Hooper (1978), The End (1978), Starting Over (1979), Paternity (1981), The Longest Yard (1974), City Heat (1984) and Heat (1986) as well as an episode in Reynolds\u2019 CBS sitcom Evening Shade.<\/p>\n

\n\tWise retired from acting in 2000, last appearing in a series-regular role on the\u00a0CBBC\u00a0television series\u00a0S Club 7 in Miami aka Miami 7.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe most recently worked as a real estate agent at Donahue Real Estate in Florida, which paid tribute to him in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are deeply saddened to share that our agent, Alfie Wise, has passed away,\u201d the agency wrote. \u201cWhenever there was a company get-together, Alfie was always there, smiling and chatting with everyone. Not only was Alfie a pleasure to work with as a successful Realtor, but he was an accomplished actor. He frequently worked with his friend, Burt Reynolds, including in the classic film Smokey and the Bandit. You may also have watched him as a regular in the TV shows BL Stryker, Trauma Center, and S Club 7 in Miami. We will greatly miss Alfie\u2019s sense of humor, positive attitude, and charming personality. We send our thoughts and prayers to his loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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