Definite List of Deceased Actors from Smokey and the Bandit Franchise
by Wezqu | created - 5 months ago | updated - 2 months ago | PublicThis is list of all main or significant cast members of Smokey and the Bandit movie franchise who have past away in order of death date.
1. Jackie Gleason
Actor | The Hustler
Comedian, actor, composer and conductor, educated in New York public schools. He was a master of ceremonies in amateur shows, a carnival barker, daredevil driver and a disc jockey, and later a comedian in night clubs. By the mid-1950s he had turned to writing original music and recording a series ...
Sheriff Buford T. Justice. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died June 24, 1987. Cause of death "colon and liver cancer".
2. Lew DeWitt
Soundtrack | Pulp Fiction
Lew DeWitt was born on March 12, 1938 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Pulp Fiction (1994), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Dolly (1976). He was married to Joyce Anne Arehart, Glenda Kay Simmers and Judy Fitzgerald Wells. He died on August 15, 1990 in Waynesboro, Virginia, ...
Lew DeWitt. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died August 15, 1990. Cause of death "heart and kidney disease".
3. John Anderson
Actor | Psycho
A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated ...
Governor. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died August 7, 1992. Cause of death "heart attack".
4. Neil Bonnett
Self | Days of Thunder
A popular NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and TV commentator/host, Neil Bonnett was one of NASCAR racing's famed "Alabama Gang." During his career, he logged 18 Winston Cup wins for car owners Jim Stacy, Junior Johnson, Bob Rahilly & Butch Mock, and the famed Wood Brothers (for whom he scored half...
Older Cop. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died February 11, 1994. Cause of death "auto racing accident".
5. Peter Conrad
Actor | Porky's
Peter Conrad was born on July 8, 1939 in Niles, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Porky's (1981), Hot Stuff (1979) and The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger (1978). He died on February 21, 1994 in Manchester Center, Vermont, USA.
Midget. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died February 21, 1994. Cause of death "undisclosed".
6. Will Knickerbocker
Actor | Porky's
Will Knickerbocker was born on August 19, 1939 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Porky's (1981), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Bad Boys (1995). He died on November 7, 1994 in Deerfield Park, Broward County, Florida, USA.
Hotel Clerk. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died November 7, 1994. Cause of death "undisclosed".
7. Dee Dee Deering
Actress | The Whoopee Boys
Dee Dee Deering was born on February 23, 1912 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Whoopee Boys (1986), Miami Vice (1984) and Let It Ride (1989). She died on March 5, 1995 in Miami, Florida, USA.
Mrs. Fernbush. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). She died March 5, 1995. Cause of death "cancer".
8. Jerry Lester
Actor | Hardly Working
Jerry Lester was born on February 16, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Hardly Working (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Odds and Evens (1978). He was married to Alice Elgie Wall and Ardelle Unger. He died on March 23, 1995 in Miami, Florida, USA.
Warehouse Guard. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died March 23, 1995. Cause of death "undisclosed".
9. Mel Pape
Actor | Caddyshack
Mel Pape was born on January 13, 1912 in New Braunfels, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Caddyshack (1980), Hot Stuff (1979) and Nothing in Common (1986). He died on April 24, 1995 in Austin, Texas, USA.
Nude 'Smokey'/Police Officer. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died April 24, 1995. Cause of death "undisclosed".
10. Bob Hannah
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
Bob Hannah was born on February 13, 1939 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). He died on August 14, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Bum #2. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994). He died August 14, 1996. Cause of death "heart attack".
11. Bill Dollar
Actor | Stroker Ace
Bill Dollar was born on August 22, 1950 in Humboldt, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Stroker Ace (1983) and Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died on November 21, 1996 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
Announcer. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died November 21, 1996. Cause of death "car accident".
12. John Megna
Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird
John Megna was born on November 9, 1952 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Police Woman (1974). He died on September 5, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
P.T. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died September 5, 1995. Cause of death "AIDS".
13. Jackie Davis
Actor | Caddyshack
Jackson "Jackie" Davis was born on December 13, 1920, in Jacksonville, Florida. At a very young age, Davis learned to play piano, and by the age of 8, he was playing with a local dance band. He attended Florida A&M College (now University), graduating in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in music. ...
Blackman #1. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died November 15, 1999. Cause of death "complications following a stroke".
14. Donald O'Connor
Actor | Singin' in the Rain
Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. His best-known musical work is probably Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he did an impressive dance that culminated in a series of backflips off the wall. O'Connor was also ...
Uncle Cyrus. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994). He died September 27, 2003. Cause of death "heart failure".
15. Pat McCormick
Actor | Smokey and the Bandit
Veteran comic Pat McCormick was one of those second-tier funnymen whose careers enjoy great longevity on the stand-up and TV variety circuits but fall just short of making it to the all-stars. As a gag writer, however, he reigned supreme. Pat was born on June 30, 1927, in Lakewood, Ohio. Already a ...
Big Enos Burdette. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died July 29, 2005. Cause of death "stroke".
16. Macon McCalman
Actor | Smokey and the Bandit
Macon McCalman was born on December 30, 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Deliverance (1972). He died on November 29, 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Mr. B. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977). He died November 29, 2005. Cause of death "following a series of strokes".
17. Benny Parsons
Actor | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Benny Parsons was born on July 12, 1941 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) and Stroker Ace (1983). He was married to Teresa Kiel and Connie Parsons. He died on January 16, 2007 in ...
Self. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). He died January 16, 2007. Cause of death "complications from lung cancer".
18. Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor | Millennium
Charles Nelson Reilly was born to Charles Joseph Reilly and Signe Elvera Nelson. His father was Irish-American and Catholic, his mother was Swedish-American and Lutheran. As a child he amused himself with improvised puppet theater performances.
He had a traumatic experience in 1944, when present for...
Teach. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died May 25, 2007. Cause of death "complications from pneumonia".
19. Rick Marshall
Actor | Staying Together
Rick Marshall was born on November 18, 1948 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Staying Together (1989), House of Cards (1993) and Dead Inn (1997). He was married to April Callahan. He died on June 9, 2008 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
Thug #2. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). He died June 9, 2008. Cause of death "undisclosed".
20. Jerry Reed
Soundtrack | Smokey and the Bandit
Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955. However, in ...
Cledus Snow. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died September 1, 2008. Cause of death "complications from emphysema".
21. Dom DeLuise
Actor | The Cannonball Run
As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...
Doc. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died May 4, 2009. Cause of death "kidney failure and respiratory complications from cancer".
22. Tony Curtis
Actor | Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz, the eldest of three children of Helen (Klein) and Emanuel Schwartz, Jewish immigrants from Hungary. Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the "school of hard knocks" and learned from a young age that the only ...
Lucky Bergstrom. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). He died September 29, 2010. Cause of death "cardiopulmonary arrest".
23. Gary Collins
Actor | Airport
Born on April 30, 1938 in Venice, California, Gary Collins was one of the most versatile actors in the entertainment industry. Gary attended Santa Monica City College and then enlisted in the United States Army for two years. While in uniform, Gary discovered acting and performed as a radio and ...
Governor Denton. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994). He died October 13, 2012. Cause of death "natural causes".
24. Ed Grady
Actor | The Notebook
Ed Grady was born on August 31, 1923 in Kinston, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Notebook (2004), Lolita (1997) and A Simple Twist of Fate (1994). He was married to Carolyn Frances Ramsay and Diana Jayne Elliott. He died on December 10, 2012 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Preacher. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died December 10, 2012. Cause of death "undisclosed".
25. Mimi Eisman
Actress | Toy Soldiers
Mimi Eisman currently works at an acting school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. She has taught a student who was also on an episode of one life to live. She did a few movies and a TV show and was on Saturday night live a few times and now, she's teaching young kids who are interested in acting.
Glenda. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994). She died September 25, 2013. Cause of death "cancer".
26. Lucy Alpaugh
Actress | Super Mario Bros.
Lucy Alpaugh was born on December 5, 1926 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), Paradise (1991) and Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). She died on June 8, 2014 in Jamestown, New York, USA.
Aunt Sara. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). She died June 8, 2014. Cause of death "undisclosed".
27. Mary Ann Mobley
Actress | Get Yourself a College Girl
Born on February 17, 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Ann Mobley is one of the few Miss Americas to have true success as an actress or television personality (the others are Barnaby Jones (1973) beauty Lee Meriwether, television hostess Phyllis George, Consumer advocate/game show panelist Bess ...
Annie. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994). She died December 9, 2014. Cause of death "breast cancer".
28. Dawn Sears
Soundtrack | Bandit: Bandit Bandit
Dawn Sears was born on December 7, 1961 in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994), Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994) and Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994). She was married to Kenny Sears. She died on December 11, 2014 in Gallatin, Tennessee,...
Singing Troubadour/Troubadour. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994), Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994), Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994) and Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994). She died December 11, 2014. Cause of death "lung cancer".
29. J. Michael Hunter
Actor | Blue Velvet
J. Michael Hunter was born on November 25, 1949 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Blue Velvet (1986), The Handmaid's Tale (1990) and Waterland (1992). He died on June 21, 2016 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Bob. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994). He died June 21, 2016. Cause of death "undisclosed".
30. David Huddleston
Actor | The Big Lebowski
David Huddleston was born on September 17, 1930 in Vinton, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Big Lebowski (1998), Blazing Saddles (1974) and The Producers (2005). He was married to Sarah C. Koeppe and Carole Ann Swart. He died on August 2, 2016 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
John Conn. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died August 2, 2016. Cause of death "kidney and lung disease".
31. Al Wiggins
Actor | Road Trip
Al Wiggins was born on July 4, 1936 in Waller County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Road Trip (2000), Drumline (2002) and Nell (1994). He was married to Barbara Stum. He died on February 22, 2017 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA.
Wilson. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died February 22, 2017. Cause of death "undisclosed".
32. Don Williams
Soundtrack | Smokey and the Bandit II
Don Williams was born on May 27, 1939 in Floydada, Texas, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) and The Wendell Baker Story (2005). He was married to Joy Bucher. He died on September 8, 2017 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Don Williams. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died September 8, 2017. Cause of death "emphysema".
33. Robert D. Raiford
Actor | Super Mario Bros.
Robert D. Raiford was born on December 27, 1927 in Concord, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Handmaid's Tale (1990) and The Program (1993). He died on November 17, 2017 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
Host. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died November 17, 2017. Cause of death "undisclosed".
34. Mel Tillis
Actor | The Cannonball Run
Mel Tillis was born on August 8, 1932 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Every Which Way But Loose (1978). He was married to Julia Ann Edwards and Doris Yvonne Duckworth. He died on November 19, 2017 in Ocala, ...
Fairground Owner/Mel. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died November 19, 2017. Cause of death "respiratory failure".
35. Dean Whitworth
Actor | Cold Mountain
Dean Whitworth was born on October 17, 1937 in Wise County, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Cold Mountain (2003), Trapper County War (1989) and Sommersby (1993). He died on September 1, 2018 in Butler, Tennessee, USA.
Jake. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994). He died September 1, 2018. Cause of death "undisclosed".
36. Burt Reynolds
Actor | Boogie Nights
Enduring, strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in T.V. westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan" magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a ...
Bandit. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died September 6, 2018. Cause of death "heart attack".
37. C.K. Bibby
Actor | Bull Durham
C.K. Bibby was born on October 15, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Bull Durham (1988), Unmasking the Idol (1986) and The Order of the Black Eagle (1987). He was married to Nancy Culbreath Bibby. He died on February 8, 2019 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
Charley. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died February 8, 2019. Cause of death "undisclosed".
38. Marilyn Gleason
Actress | The Toy
Marilyn Gleason was born on October 25, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Toy (1982), Mr. Billion (1977) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). She was married to Jackie Gleason and George Horwich. She died on April 2, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Lady Getting Ticket. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). She died April 2, 2019. Cause of death "undisclosed".
39. Harold Reid
Soundtrack | Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Harold Reid was born on August 21, 1939 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973), Drive-In (1976) and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He was married to Brenda. He died on April 24, 2020 in Staunton, Virginia, USA.
Harold Reid. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He died April 24, 2020. Cause of death "kidney failure".
40. David S. Cass Sr.
Stunts | Tequila Sunrise
Cass began his career in the motion picture industry as an extra - but soon he was alternating between acting parts and stunt work. The stunt work eventually prevailed and Cass went on to become one of Hollywood's top stunt co-ordinators and Second Unit Directors. This led to his producing several ...
Local Tough Guy. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died August 28, 2020. Cause of death "complications from cancer".
41. Cress Horne
Cress Horne was born on December 1, 1959 in the USA. He was an actor, known for The Fugitive (1993), Nell (1994) and The Gingerbread Man (1998). He died on December 18, 2020 in Marvin, North Carolina, USA.
Helicopter Pilot. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). He died December 18, 2020. Cause of death "undisclosed".
42. Mike Henry
Actor | Smokey and the Bandit
Michael Dennis Henry was born August 15th, 1936. He was an athletic professional football player at the time he entered the movies. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1958-61) and the Los Angeles Rams (1962-64). During part of that time (1961-64) he was under contract with Warner Brothers and ...
Junior. Appeared in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). He died January 8, 2021. Cause of death "Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy".
43. Dave Hager
Actor | Catch Me If You Can
Dave Hager was born on August 7, 1944. He was an actor, known for Catch Me If You Can (2002), Double Jeopardy (1999) and The Bay (2012). He died on September 22, 2021 in Wilson, North Carolina, USA.
Edgar. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994). He died September 22, 2021. Cause of death "undisclosed".
44. Richard Belzer
Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
A social misfit, Belzer was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. Four years later, his father (Charles) committed suicide. A dedication is written to Charles Belzer in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK,...
Big Bob. Appeared in Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994). He died February 19, 2023. Cause of death "undisclosed".
45. Mark Joy
Actor | Black Knight
Mark Joy was born on July 31, 1950 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Black Knight (2001), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Pecker (1998). He died on January 24, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Agent Thatcher. Appeared in Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994). He died January 24, 2024. Cause of death "undisclosed".
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