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Alfie Wise, the actor who showed up in Smokey and the Bandit, The Cannonball Run and eight other films with his fun-loving ...
Alfie Wise, the character actor and longtime friend of Burt Reynolds who appeared in 10 of his films, has died at 82.
Alfie Wise, the longtime Burt Reynolds friend, film sidekick and personal assistant who had bit parts 10 of the movie star's ...
Stephanie Joy Mitchell of Vancouver’s Carter Park neighborhood had a great time during at last weekend’s Vancouver Arts and Music Festival — but she didn’t have a blast. And that’s a good thing.
A frequent co-star of Burt Reynolds, who appeared in such films as “The Cannonball Run” and “Stroker Ace,” has died. Alfie ...
The concept of using electric vehicles for coast-to-coast “Cannonball Run” speed trials is fairly new Lars Thomsen bought a Model 3 in 2018 in the US, and imported it to Switzerland.
The Great American Run descended from the Cannonball Run, the celebration of unfettered speed moto-journalist Brock Yates founded in 1971. The only point was crossing the country as quickly as ...
But we cannot control traffic.” Indeed, the Cannonball Run record was broken three different times in 2020 - going from 26 hours, 38 minutes in April to 25 hours, 39 minutes in May.
The Lamborghini Countach featured in "The Cannonball Run" has been added to the National Historic Vehicle Register of significant automobiles. The black coupe is currently owned by a fan of the film.
The 'Mythbusters' cannonball run as seen on a map To get (and give) some sense of perspective, reader Matt Pressnall creates a map that traces the route taken by the "Mythbusters" runaway cannonball.
In a May 1988 issue of PEOPLE covering Reynolds’ wedding to Loni Anderson (who died Aug. 3 at age 79), Wise commented on his ...
Alfie Wise, who teamed with Burt Reynolds in many of his films including The Cannonball Run, Smokey & The Bandit, Stroker Ace ...