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Bill Cobbs

William Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor. He was known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He played Lewis Coleman on I'll Fly Away (1991–1993), Jack on The Michael Richards Show (2000), and had guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger and The Sopranos. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1934-06-16

Died: 2024-06-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Man on Platform	75
2	1975	A Boy and a Boa	father	0
3	1977	Greased Lightning	Mr Jones	63
4	1977	Greased Lightning	Mr. Jones	63
5	1979	The Hitter	Louisiana Slim	37
6	1982	The Member of the Wedding	T.T. Williams	50
7	1983	Rage of Angels	Abraham Wilson	70
8	1983	Trading Places	Bartender	72
9	1983	Silkwood	Man in Lunchroom	70
10	1984	The Brother from Another Planet	Walter	66
11	1984	The Cotton Club	Big Joe Ison	65
12	1985	Compromising Positions	Sgt. Williams	55
13	1986	Johnny Bull	Wiggins	10
14	1986	The Color of Money	Orvis	69
15	1987	Five Corners	Elderly Man in Bar	58
16	1987	Suspect	Judge Franklin	66
17	1988	Dominick and Eugene	Jesse Johnson	68
18	1988	Bird	Dr. Caulfield	68
19	1989	The January Man	Detective Reilly	50
20	1990	Moe's World		0
21	1990	Decoration Day	Gee Pennywell	70
22	1991	New Jack City	Old Man	66
23	1991	The Hard Way	Raggedy Man	62
24	1991	Carolina Skeletons	Elijah Crooks	68
25	1991	The People Under the Stairs	Grandpa Booker	65
26	1992	Roadside Prophets	Oscar	57
27	1992	Exiled in America	Abraham White	30
28	1992	The Bodyguard	Bill Devaney	67
29	1993	Demolition Man	Zachary Lamb - Aged	67
30	1993	I'll Fly Away: Then and Now	Lewis Coleman	80
31	1993	Fatal Instinct	Man in Park	54
32	1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Moses	71
33	1995	Captiva Island	Vernon	0
34	1995	Tuesday Morning Ride	Jeff	63
35	1995	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Caleb	45
36	1995	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Pullman Porter	75
37	1995	Fluke	Bert	71
38	1995	Divas	Sippy	100
39	1995	Man with a Gun	Henry Griggs	42
40	1995	Out There	Lyman Weeks	48
41	1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Malt	64
42	1996	Ed	Tipton	41
43	1996	Nightjohn	Old man	56
44	1996	First Kid	Speet	57
45	1996	That Thing You Do!	Del Paxton	69
46	1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Charlie Evers	66
47	1997	Air Bud	Arthur Chaney	56
48	1998	Always Outnumbered	Right Burke	64
49	1998	Paulie	Virgil the Janitor	69
50	1998	Hope Floats	Nurse	64
51	1998	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Estes	54
52	1999	Random Hearts	Marvin	55
53	2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story		0
54	2000	For All Time	Proprietor / Conductor	63
55	2001	A Rugrats Kwanzaa	Uncle Charles (voice)	68
56	2002	Enough	Jim Toller	67
57	2002	Sunshine State	Dr. Elton Lloyd	64
58	2003	A Mighty Wind	Blues Musician	67
59	2004	Beah: A Black Woman Speaks	Self	0
60	2005	Duck	Norman	69
61	2005	The Derby Stallion	Houston Jones	59
62	2005	The Final Patient	Dr. Daniel Green	66
63	2006	Special Ed	Lou	90
64	2006	Queen of Swing	Narrator	0
65	2006	Hard Luck	Cobb	56
66	2006	Night at the Museum	Reginald	66
67	2007	Three Days to Vegas	Marvin Jeffries	38
68	2007	The Ultimate Gift	Ted Hamilton	76
69	2008	The Morgue	George	47
70	2008	This Man's Life	Myer Truman	20
71	2009	Black Water Transit	Frank Vermillion	43
72	2010	No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School		60
73	2010	Get Low	Rev. Charlie Jackson	67
74	2010	The Search for Santa Paws	Mr. Stewart	63
75	2011	The Arcadian	Charles	0
76	2011	The Tenant	Jack Rymer	35
77	2011	The Muppets	Grandfather	67
78	2012	Lukewarm	Thomas	50
79	2012	The Undershepherd	Dr. Ezekiel Cannon	20
80	2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	Master Tinker	59
81	2013	The Ultimate Life	Ted Hamilton	69
82	2013	Dear Secret Santa	Ted	60
83	2013	The Last Letter	Pastor	36
84	2014	On Angel's Wings	Mr. Dupac	0
85	2014	Of Mind and Music	Stompleg	56
86	2014	Christmas In Palm Springs	Gabriel	50
87	2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Reginald	62
88	2015	A House Is Not a Home	Paul	20
89	2015	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Mr Randolph	66
90	2015	The Ultimate Legacy	Ted Hamilton	56
91	2016	New Life	Mr. Charles	66
92	2017	Call Me King	Malachi	50
93	2017	My Christmas Grandpa	Fred	34
94	2019	Beyond the Law	Swilley	52
95	2020	Dino Dana: The Movie	Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)	72
96	2021	Saving Paradise	John Thompson	59
97	2022	Block Party	Uncle Jim	61
98	2022	Caroltyn	Dr. Mason	27

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Gee Pennywell	86
2	1974	Good Times		80
3	1983	Rage of Angels	Abraham Wilson	55
4	1984	Kate & Allie		59
5	1985	The Equalizer	Barry	72
6	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
7	1986	L.A. Law	Webb Johnson	71
8	1986	Designing Women	Henry / Charlie	67
9	1988	Empty Nest		58
10	1989	Coach	George	68
11	1990	Northern Exposure	Angelo Maxwell	79
12	1990	True Colors		85
13	1990	Gabriel's Fire		62
14	1990	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Fish Fry Baby	53
15	1991	I'll Fly Away	Lewis Coleman	74
16	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Gino Costa	70
17	1993	NYPD Blue	Bernie Carpenter	70
18	1993	NYPD Blue	Norval Stevens	70
19	1994	ER	Mr. Bowman	78
20	1994	Touched by an Angel	Henry Baldwin	72
21	1995	The Wayans Bros.	Fred Watson	71
22	1995	The Watcher		60
23	1995	The Outer Limits	Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777	77
24	1995	The Outer Limits	Joe Dell	77
25	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Tony	66
26	1995	JAG	Matthew Turner	73
27	1997	The Practice	Arthur Turner	77
28	1997	The Gregory Hines Show		0
29	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Chief (voice)	69
30	1998	L.A. Doctors	Bob	70
31	1999	The Sopranos	Reverend James Sr.	87
32	1999	The West Wing	Alan Tatum	83
33	2000	The Others	Elmer Greentree	62
34	2000	Soul Food	Mr. Bradford	70
35	2000	Yes, Dear	Counterman	67
36	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Harry Bastille	76
37	2000	The Michael Richards Show	Jack	45
38	2001	The Division	Mr. Greene	70
39	2001	My Wife and Kids		74
40	2001	Six Feet Under	Mr. Jones	81
41	2001	Star Trek: Enterprise	Dr. Emory Erickson	76
42	2003	One Tree Hill	Gus	78
43	2003	10-8: Officers on Duty		91
44	2007	October Road		66
45	2007	Army Wives		74
46	2007	Side Order of Life	Eddie Morgan	85
47	2010	The Glades	Gregory Richmond	70
48	2011	Harry's Law	Judge	73
49	2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Bishop Sanford	71
50	2012	Go On	George	64
51	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Old Man	75
52	2014	Rake	Judge Rutchland	53
53	2014	Rake	Federal Judge	53
54	2014	Hand of God	Papa Gene	67
55	2015	The Carmichael Show	Vernon	72
56	2016	Greenleaf	John McCready	71
57	2016	Greenleaf	Henry McCready	71