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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 16, 1934
Place of Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Bill Cobbs
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Caroltyn | Dr. Mason |
| 2022 | Block Party | Uncle Jim |
| 2021 | Saving Paradise | John Thompson |
| 2020 | Dino Dana: The Movie | Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited) |
| 2019 | Beyond the Law | Swilley |
| 2017 | Call Me King | Malachi |
| 2017 | My Christmas Grandpa | Fred |
| 2016 | New Life | Mr. Charles |
| 2015 | A House Is Not a Home | Paul |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Mr Randolph |
| 2015 | The Ultimate Legacy | Ted Hamilton |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Reginald |
| 2014 | Christmas In Palm Springs | Gabriel |
| 2014 | On Angel's Wings | Mr. Dupac |
| 2014 | Of Mind and Music | Stompleg |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Master Tinker |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Life | Ted Hamilton |
| 2013 | Dear Secret Santa | Ted |
| 2013 | The Last Letter | Pastor |
| 2012 | Lukewarm | Thomas |
| 2012 | The Undershepherd | Dr. Ezekiel Cannon |
| 2011 | The Tenant | Jack Rymer |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Grandfather |
| 2011 | The Arcadian | Charles |
| 2010 | Get Low | Rev. Charlie Jackson |
| 2010 | No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School | |
| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Mr. Stewart |
| 2009 | Black Water Transit | Frank Vermillion |
| 2008 | The Morgue | George |
| 2008 | This Man's Life | Myer Truman |
| 2007 | Hard Luck | Cobb |
| 2007 | Three Days to Vegas | Marvin Jeffries |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Gift | Ted Hamilton |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Reginald |
| 2006 | Special Ed | Lou |
| 2006 | Queen of Swing | Narrator |
| 2005 | The Final Patient | Dr. Daniel Green |
| 2005 | The Derby Stallion | Houston Jones |
| 2005 | Duck | Norman |
| 2004 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Blues Musician |
| 2002 | Enough | Jim Toller |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Dr. Elton Lloyd |
| 2001 | A Rugrats Kwanzaa | Uncle Charles (voice) |
| 2000 | For All Time | Proprietor / Conductor |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Marvin |
| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Estes |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Nurse |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered | Right Burke |
| 1998 | Paulie | Virgil the Janitor |
| 1997 | Air Bud | Arthur Chaney |
| 1996 | Ed | Tipton |
| 1996 | Nightjohn | Old man |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Del Paxton |
| 1996 | First Kid | Speet |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Charlie Evers |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Malt |
| 1995 | Captiva Island | Vernon |
| 1995 | Tuesday Morning Ride | Jeff |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Pullman Porter |
| 1995 | Divas | Sippy |
| 1995 | Man with a Gun | Henry Griggs |
| 1995 | Fluke | Bert |
| 1995 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Caleb |
| 1995 | Out There | Lyman Weeks |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Moses |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Zachary Lamb - Aged |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Lewis Coleman |
| 1993 | Fatal Instinct | Man in Park |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Bill Devaney |
| 1992 | Roadside Prophets | Oscar |
| 1992 | Exiled in America | Abraham White |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Old Man |
| 1991 | The People Under the Stairs | Grandpa Booker |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Elijah Crooks |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Raggedy Man |
| 1990 | Moe's World | |
| 1990 | Decoration Day | Gee Pennywell |
| 1989 | The January Man | Detective Reilly |
| 1988 | Bird | Dr. Caulfield |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene | Jesse Johnson |
| 1987 | Suspect | Judge Franklin |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Elderly Man in Bar |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Orvis |
| 1986 | Johnny Bull | Wiggins |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet | Walter |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Big Joe Ison |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Abraham Wilson |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Bartender |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Man in Lunchroom |
| 1982 | The Member of the Wedding | T.T. Williams |
| 1979 | The Hitter | Louisiana Slim |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Mr Jones |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Mr. Jones |
| 1975 | A Boy and a Boa | father |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Man on Platform |
| Segal | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Greenleaf | John McCready |
| 2016 | Greenleaf | Henry McCready |
| 2015 | The Carmichael Show | Vernon |
| 2014 | Hand of God | Papa Gene |
| 2014 | Rake | Judge Rutchland |
| 2014 | Rake | Federal Judge |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Old Man |
| 2012 | Go On | George |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Judge |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Bishop Sanford |
| 2010 | The Glades | Gregory Richmond |
| 2007 | October Road | |
| 2007 | Army Wives | |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | Eddie Morgan |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill | Gus |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Mr. Jones |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Dr. Emory Erickson |
| 2001 | The Division | |
| 2001 | My Wife and Kids | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Harry Bastille |
| 2000 | The Others | Elmer Greentree |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Mr. Bradford |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Jack |
| 2000 | Yes, Dear | Counterman |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Alan Tatum |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | Reverend James Sr. |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Chief (voice) |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Bob |
| 1997 | The Practice | Arthur Turner |
| 1997 | The Gregory Hines Show | |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Fred Watson |
| 1995 | JAG | Matthew Turner |
| 1995 | The Watcher | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Joe Dell |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Tony |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Henry Baldwin |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Bowman |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Gino Costa |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Bernie Carpenter |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Norval Stevens |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away | Lewis Coleman |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | |
| 1990 | True Colors | |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Angelo Maxwell |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Fish Fry Baby |
| 1989 | Coach | George |
| 1988 | Empty Nest | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Webb Johnson |
| 1986 | Designing Women | Henry / Charlie |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Barry |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Abraham Wilson |
| 1974 | Good Times | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Gee Pennywell |