Robert Guillaume

Actor

Born: November 30, 1927 (89 years old)

Died: October 24, 2017

Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography (57)

• Big Fish (2003, ★ 7.8)
• The Lion King (1994, ★ 8.3)
• Once Upon a Studio (2023, ★ 8.3)
• Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000, ★ 7.6)
• Reading Rainbow (1983, ★ 8.3)
• The Lion King 1½ (2004, ★ 6.6)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998, ★ 6.9)
• Lean On Me (1989, ★ 7.3)
• Seems Like Old Times (1980, ★ 6.3)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009, ★ 7.2)
• Death Warrant (1990, ★ 6.2)
• The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008, ★ 6.9)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987, ★ 7.1)
• L.A. Law (1986, ★ 7.1)
• Benson (1979, ★ 7.1)
• Touched by an Angel (1994, ★ 7.2)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990, ★ 7.9)
• All in the Family (1971, ★ 7.8)
• The Jeffersons (1975, ★ 7.3)
• Sports Night (1998, ★ 7.3)
• Sanford and Son (1972, ★ 7.5)
• Diagnosis: Murder (1993, ★ 7.1)
• Moesha (1996, ★ 6.9)
• Timon and Pumbaa (1995, ★ 7.2)
• North and South (1985, ★ 7.5)
• The Outer Limits (1995, ★ 7.7)
• Children of the Dust (1995, ★ 7)
• A Different World (1987, ★ 7)
• The Proud Family (2001, ★ 7.7)