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Alfie Wise, an actor with a long association with Burt Reynolds, died July 22, THR reports. He was 82.
He died of natural causes at Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Wise appeared in 10 films with Reynolds: "The Longest Yard" (1974), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "The End" (1978), "Hooper" (1978), "Starting Over" (1979), "Paternity" (1981), "The Cannonball Run" (1981), "Stroker Ace" (1983) — co-starring Loni Anderson, who died two days ago at 79 — "City Heat" (1984), and "Heat" (1986).
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He was also on Reynolds' series "B.L. Stryker" (1989-1990) and "Evening Shade" (1991).
Wise was no stranger to children's fare, playing Mr. Rabbit Ears on "Uncle Croc's Block" (1975-1976) and Howard Borlotti on his final series, "S Club 7 in Miami" (1999-2000).
A panelist on "Match Game," some of his other credits include the war movie "Midway" (1976), the action-comedy "Hot Stuff" (1979), and many TV guest appearances, like "The Fall Guy" (1982-1983) and "Tour of Duty" (1987).
He was a regular on "Trauma Center" (1983) for ABC.
Wise later worked as a real estate agent for Donohue Real Estate, which said in a statement, "We will greatly miss Alfie's sense of humor, positive attitude, and charming personality. We send our thoughts and prayers to his loved ones."