James William Reiher ( born May 18 , 1943 in Fiji ) is a semi-retired Fijian-American professional wrestler who is best known for wrestling with WWF under the ring name , Jimmy `` Superfly '' Snuka . James William Reiher ( born May 18 , 1943 ) is a semi-retired Fijian professional wrestler and actor , better known by his ring name Jimmy `` Superfly '' Snuka .