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Bill Cobbs

AKA: William Francisco Cobbs
Birthday: 1934-06-16
Died: 2024-06-25
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA


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

The Bodyguard
Character: Bill Devaney
Night at the Museum
Character: Reginald
Enough
Character: Jim Toller

New Jack City
Character: Old Man
Air Bud
Character: Arthur Chaney

Bird
Character: Dr. Caulfield
The Hudsucker Proxy
Character: Moses
The Color of Money
Character: Orvis

Ed
Character: Tipton
Hope Floats
Character: Nurse
Demolition Man
Character: Zachary Lamb - Aged

Always Outnumbered
Character: Right Burke
Hard Luck
Character: Cobb
The People Under the Stairs
Character: Grandpa Booker

Paulie
Character: Virgil the Janitor
The Morgue
Character: George
Greased Lightning
Character: Mr Jones

Get Low
Character: Rev. Charlie Jackson
The Final Patient
Character: Dr. Daniel Green
Oz the Great and Powerful
Character: Master Tinker

Caroltyn
Character: Dr. Mason
The Derby Stallion
Character: Houston Jones
The Tenant
Character: Jack Rymer


Decoration Day
Character: Gee Pennywell
Lukewarm
Character: Thomas
Carolina Skeletons
Character: Elijah Crooks

The Hitter
Character: Louisiana Slim
The Ultimate Life
Character: Ted Hamilton
Captiva Island
Character: Vernon

A House Is Not a Home
Character: Paul
Tuesday Morning Ride
Character: Jeff
Block Party
Character: Uncle Jim

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Character: Pullman Porter
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Character: Lewis Coleman

The Hard Way
Character: Raggedy Man
Three Days to Vegas
Character: Marvin Jeffries
Divas
Character: Sippy

Dear Secret Santa
Character: Ted
Man with a Gun
Character: Henry Griggs
Nightjohn
Character: Old man

The Muppets
Character: Grandfather
That Thing You Do!
Character: Del Paxton
First Kid
Character: Speet

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Character: Man on Platform
Roadside Prophets
Character: Oscar

Greased Lightning
Character: Mr. Jones
Special Ed
Character: Lou
Fluke
Character: Bert

Duck
Character: Norman
The Member of the Wedding
Character: T.T. Williams
Call Me King
Character: Malachi

Random Hearts
Character: Marvin
For All Time
Character: Proprietor / Conductor
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Character: Mr Randolph

The Search for Santa Paws
Character: Mr. Stewart
The Ultimate Legacy
Character: Ted Hamilton
A Mighty Wind
Character: Blues Musician

Christmas In Palm Springs
Character: Gabriel
On Angel's Wings
Character: Mr. Dupac

Queen of Swing
Character: Narrator
New Life
Character: Mr. Charles

The January Man
Character: Detective Reilly
Exiled in America
Character: Abraham White
My Christmas Grandpa
Character: Fred

Fatal Instinct
Character: Man in Park
Sunshine State
Character: Dr. Elton Lloyd
Suspect
Character: Judge Franklin

Five Corners
Character: Elderly Man in Bar
Dominick and Eugene
Character: Jesse Johnson
The Arcadian
Character: Charles

Out There
Character: Lyman Weeks
The Cotton Club
Character: Big Joe Ison

Beyond the Law
Character: Swilley
Trading Places
Character: Bartender
Of Mind and Music
Character: Stompleg

Silkwood
Character: Man in Lunchroom
The Last Letter
Character: Pastor
The Ultimate Gift
Character: Ted Hamilton

This Man's Life
Character: Myer Truman
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
Character: Uncle Charles (voice)
The Undershepherd
Character: Dr. Ezekiel Cannon

Ghosts of Mississippi
Character: Charlie Evers
Saving Paradise
Character: John Thompson
Dino Dana: The Movie
Character: Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)

A Boy and a Boa
Character: father
Johnny Bull
Character: Wiggins
Compromising Positions
Character: Sgt. Williams

Streets of Gold
Character: Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
Broken Church
Character: Pastor Evans