Robert Guillaume

Robert "Bob" Guillaume (November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night. In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage (including a Tony Award nomination), television (including winning two Emmy Awards), and film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Guillaume, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1927-11-30

Died: 2017-10-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin	Self	50
2	1973	Super Fly T.N.T.	Jordan Gaines	55
3	1979	The Kid from Left Field	Larry Cooper	58
4	1980	The Donna Summer Special	An Angel	0
5	1980	Seems Like Old Times	Fred	63
6	1981	Purlie	Purlie	70
7	1982	Magic with the Stars	Host	0
8	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
9	1982	The Kid with the Broken Halo	Blake	60
10	1983	The Kid with the 200 I.Q.	Prof. Jason Mills	50
11	1985	Prince Jack	Martin Luther King	0
12	1986	Passion and Memory	Host	0
13	1986	Christmas	John Grin	0
14	1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Philmore Walker	59
15	1987	They Still Call Me Bruce	V.A. Officer Johnson	51
16	1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel	Harlan Wade	71
17	1989	Lean On Me	Dr. Frank Napier	73
18	1989	The Penthouse	Eugene St. Clair	45
19	1990	Death Warrant	Hawkins	62
20	1990	Fire and Rain	Carter	50
21	1992	You Must Remember This	Uncle Buddy	0
22	1992	Mastergate	Senator Sellers	20
23	1993	The Meteor Man	Ted Reed	58
24	1994	The Lion King	Rafiki (voice)	83
25	1994	Greyhounds	Robert Smith	0
26	1994	The Making of the Lion King	Self - Host	100
27	1994	Cosmic Slop	Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')	60
28	1996	Shari's Passover Surprise	Robert	0
29	1996	Spy Hard	Agent Steve Bishop	54
30	1996	Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	Reverend Devers	0
31	1996	Panic in the Skies	Rob Barnes	46
32	1997	Merry Christmas, George Bailey!	Mr. Gower	0
33	1998	His Bodyguard	Garrett	0
34	1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Rafiki (voice)	70
35	1999	Silicon Towers	Detective Green	43
36	2001	The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	Mr. Thicknose (voice)	61
37	2002	13th Child	Riley	25
38	2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives		59
39	2003	The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina	Ben (voice)	53
40	2003	Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari	Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)	0
41	2003	Big Fish	Dr. Bennett (senior)	78
42	2004	The Lion King 1½	Rafiki (voice)	66
43	2004	Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5	Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)	0
44	2004	Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0	Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)	0
45	2008	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Mr. Barnes	70
46	2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Self (archive footage)	73
47	2011	Satin	Doc Bishop	40
48	2012	Columbus Circle	Howard Miles	57
49	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0
50	2023	Once Upon a Studio	Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)	83

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
2	1950	The Bob Hope Show	The Singer	70
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self (archive footage)	46
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer	46
6	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
7	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
8	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
9	1968	Julia		60
10	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Aaron Carothers	65
11	1971	All in the Family	Dr. Franklin	78
12	1971	Great Performances	Self	54
13	1972	Sanford and Son		75
14	1974	Good Times		80
15	1975	The Jeffersons		73
16	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
17	1977	Soap	Benson	73
18	1977	The Love Boat	Frank Belloque	63
19	1977	The Love Boat	Allan Curtis	63
20	1979	Benson	Benson DuBois	72
21	1980	Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters	Self	50
22	1982	Hotel		68
23	1983	Reading Rainbow	Himself - Narrator (voice)	84
24	1985	North and South	Frederick Douglass	74
25	1986	L.A. Law	Edward Rollins	71
26	1987	A Different World	Dean Winston	70
27	1987	A Different World	Prof. Murphy	70
28	1989	The Robert Guillaume Show	Edward Sawyer	50
29	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Pete Fletcher	79
30	1991	Pacific Station	Detective Bob Ballard	50
31	1992	Fish Police		54
32	1992	Jack's Place		80
33	1993	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Dr. Arthur Hemmings	68
34	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Father Morrissey	71
35	1994	Burke's Law	Eugene Sayers	67
36	1994	Touched by an Angel	Judge Dawes	72
37	1995	Children of the Dust	Mossburger	70
38	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Narrator (voice)	60
39	1995	The Outer Limits	Mr. Brown	77
40	1995	Timon and Pumbaa		72
41	1996	Moesha		68
42	1996	Promised Land		66
43	1996	Pandora's Clock	Ambassador Lee Lancaster	44
44	1998	Sports Night	Isaac Jaffe	73
45	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sonny Bridges	76
46	2001	The Proud Family	Dr. Parker (voice)	78
47	2002	8 Simple Rules	Cody Grant	67
48	2004	Century City		70