Bruce Penhall

Biography

Bruce Lee Penhall (born May 10, 1957 in Balboa, California, U.S.) is an American former motorcycle speedway racer who also starred in television and in film. He was the World Speedway Champion in 1981 and 1982 and rode for the successful Cradley Heath Heathens speedway team in the United Kingdom. He retired from speedway racing the night he won his second World Championship in 1982 in front of his home crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In his relatively short career Bruce Penhall appeared in 7 World Finals in all speedway competitions including the riding for the United States in the World Pairs Championship and the World Team Cup. He would win 4 World Championships in total, adding the 1981 World Pairs and 1982 World Team Cup to his individual titles.

Known For

Acting

1986

Body Count

as

Dave Calloway

1991

Do or Die

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Bruce Christian

1993

Fit to Kill

as

Bruce Christian

1992

Hard Hunted

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Bruce Christian

1990

Guns

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Bruce Christian

1989

Savage Beach

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Bruce Christian

1994

The Dallas Connection

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Chris Cannon

1981

On Any Sunday II

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Self - Speedway Rider

1994

Enemy Gold

as

Chris Cannon

1988

Picasso Trigger

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Hondo

1998

CHiPs '99

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Bruce Nelson

CHiPs

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Bruce Nelson

The Love Boat

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Neil Bonhoff

Renegade

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Donny

Production

Crew

Directing