Wise played a trooper in the prison-set The Longest Yard (1974), his first onscreen collaboration with Reynolds, and he worked with the movie star in The End (1978), Hooper (1978), Starting Over (1979), Paternity (1981), Stroker Ace (1983), City Heat (1984) and Heat (1986) as well.

In a May 1988 issue of PEOPLE covering Reynolds’ wedding to Loni Anderson (who died Aug. 3 at age 79), Wise commented on his longtime friendship with the screen star. “Eighteen years of my life,” he quipped to Reynolds. “I thought [the wedding] would be you and I!”

Alfie Wise, the character actor and longtime friend of Burt Reynolds who appeared in 10 of his films, has died at 82.