Smokey and the Bandit

Does anyone have any idea who the actor was that took Jackie Gleason’s door off with the empty, yellow car hauler truck in the first movie?
He looks just like Roy Rogers to me, but apparently its not really him, much to my chagrin.

I checked IMDB, and have creeped through the credits a couple of times now, there are a whole lot of characters in this movie not credited.

thanks for any help, in advance.

I’d look for an actor with an Oriental name. The character hollered “Banzai!” as he took out the door.

yep, thats what startd this, a buddy of mine was giggling at that part, and I spouted off, as I am apt to do, “That’s Roy Rogers”.
he’s still giggling, but not a the “Banzai!” anymore…

To my eyes, he looked like a particular Asian-looking guy who guest starred on a bunch of TV shows. This guy almost always played a cop who spoke like John Wayne. I don’t recall his name though and have no idea if it was really him or not.