Bob Penny, an actor who appeared in supporting roles in “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has passed away.
According to an online obituary from the Laughlin Service Funeral Home, Bob passed away on Christmas Day in Huntsville, Alabama. His death did not have a known cause.
Throughout his lengthy career, which began in the 1980s, Penny played a variety of small roles in a large number of movies and TV shows.
Mississippi Burning, My Cousin Vinny, and “The Legend of Bagger Vance” are just a few of his filmography credits.” In “Forrest Gump” he portrayed a “crony,” and in “Sweet Home Alabama” he portrayed a clueless small-town lawyer.” Additionally, he was cast in the TV show “In the Heat of the Night.”
He got his start in acting by appearing in The United Way and local department store TV commercials.