Bob Penny, a longtime former UAB professor and actor who performed in more than 30 films, including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died. He was 87. A cause of death was not given in his obituary.
Bob Penny, a longtime former UAB professor and actor who performed in more than 30 films, including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died.Born in Anniston in 1935, Dr. Robert Lynn “Bob” Penny won several awards for his poetry, teaching and acting, including the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence on Classroom Teaching in 1974. He had been nominated for that honor six times, according to his obituary.
After retiring in 1990 from 32 years in teaching, including 21 at UAB, Penny continued to focus on his acting career, which began while teaching English at the university. “Then the movies began to come,” Penny said. “I was really lucky. I had these very small roles, but they sure helped pay the mortgage.”
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