The athletically gifted 6' 7" Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith played defensive end / defensive tackle for the National Football League's Baltimore Colts (1967-1971), Oakland Raiders (1973-1974), and Houston Oilers (1975-1976). After the conclusion of his football career, Smith moved into a TV & film career, with initial guest appearances on prime time TV shows including Wonder Woman (1975), Charlie's Angels (1976) and Eight Is Enough (1977).

Smith is best known to international film audiences as the softly spoken police officer "Moses Hightower" from the Police Academy (1984) series of comedies, in which he has appeared in all but one of the numerous sequels.

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Bubba Smith and Sam Whipple in Open All Night (1981)

Joe Mantegna and Bubba Smith in Open All Night (1981)

Bubba Smith and Michael Winslow in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, George Gaynes, David Graf, Janet Jones, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, Marion Ramsey, Bubba Smith, Tab Thacker, and Michael Winslow in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

G.W. Bailey, Janet Jones, Marion Ramsey, and Bubba Smith in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

G.W. Bailey, Dan Fitzgerald, Janet Jones, Lance Kinsey, Matt McCoy, George R. Robertson, Bubba Smith, and Tab Thacker in Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

Ed O'Neill and Bubba Smith in Married... with Children (1987)

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)

Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach

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