Charles “Bubba” Smith, the No. 1 pick of the 1967 NFL draft whose post-football acting career included the memorable role of Hightower in the “Police Academy” films, had brain disease when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...