
Bill Cobbs
Actor
Born: June 16, 1934 (90 years old)
Died: June 25, 2024
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (119)
- Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
- Six Feet Under (2001, ★ 8.1)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
- The West Wing (1999, ★ 8.2)
- The Sopranos (1999, ★ 8.7)
- The Bodyguard (1992, ★ 6.7)
- Night at the Museum (2006, ★ 6.6)
- Enough (2002, ★ 6.7)
- New Jack City (1991, ★ 6.7)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994, ★ 7.1)
- Bird (1988, ★ 6.8)
- The Color of Money (1986, ★ 6.9)
- Demolition Man (1993, ★ 6.8)
- The People Under the Stairs (1991, ★ 6.6)
- Paulie (1998, ★ 6.9)
- Get Low (2010, ★ 6.7)
- Decoration Day (1990, ★ 6.9)
- Carolina Skeletons (1991, ★ 6.8)
- The Ultimate Life (2013, ★ 6.9)
- The Muppets (2011, ★ 6.7)
- That Thing You Do! (1996, ★ 6.9)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974, ★ 7.5)
- Fluke (1995, ★ 7.1)
- Duck (2005, ★ 7)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015, ★ 6.6)
- A Mighty Wind (2003, ★ 6.8)
- New Life (2016, ★ 6.6)
- Suspect (1987, ★ 6.6)
- Trading Places (1983, ★ 7.2)
- Silkwood (1983, ★ 6.9)