‘Forrest Gump’ Actor Bob Penny Useless at 87

Actor Bob Penny, who scored minor roles within the movies “Forrest Gump” and “Candy Residence Alabama,” has died.

Bob handed away in Huntsville, Alabama on Christmas Day, in response to an internet obit from Laughlin Service Funeral Residence. His reason for demise was not disclosed.

Penny was a bit half actor in dozens of movies and TV exhibits throughout his lengthy profession stretching again to the ’80s. A few of his film credit embrace, “Mississippi Burning,” “My Cousin Vinny” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance.” He performed a “crony” in “Forrest Gump,” and a bumbling, small-town lawyer in “Candy Residence Alabama.” He additionally landed a job within the TV collection “Within the Warmth of the Night time.”

He started his performing profession doing TV commercials for an area division retailer and advert campaigns for The United Means.

Bob was 87.