Charles "Bubba" Smith, who played the giant police officer Moses Hightower in the Police Academy comedy films, has died aged 66. The film star's body was found at his home in Los Angeles - he is ...

Bubba Smith, the American football star who found fame on screen playing Hightower in the Police Academy movies, has died at the age of 66. The 6ft 7in (2m) star won the 1971 Super Bowl with the ...

The original Police Academy was released on March 23 back in 1984 and the group of misfits soon won over the hearts of the audience. With so many characters to warm to it was their charm as well ...

Police Academy star Bubba Smith has been found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. The 6ft 7in former American football pro was best known for playing the physically intimidating but ...

When audiences were introduced to the original Police Academy cast four decades ago, the film had its share of critics, with reviewer Roger Ebert calling the movie the “absolute pits” of the ...

The first Police Academy (1984 ... Returning from the first Academy film were Hightower (Bubba Smith), Tackleberry (David Graf), Jones (Michael Winslow), Hooks (Marion Ramsey), and Fackler ...

Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series ...