Bill Cobbs
Acting • Born 1934-06-16 – Died 2024-06-25
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
158 credits
The Bodyguard
Movie • 1992
Bill Devaney
Night at the Museum
Movie • 2006
Reginald
Enough
Movie • 2002
Jim Toller
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Movie • 1998
Estes
New Jack City
Movie • 1991
Old Man
Air Bud
Movie • 1997
Arthur Chaney
Bird
Movie • 1988
Dr. Caulfield
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie • 1994
Moses
The Color of Money
Movie • 1986
Orvis
Ed
Movie • 1996
Tipton
Hope Floats
Movie • 1998
Nurse
Demolition Man
Movie • 1993
Zachary Lamb - Aged
Always Outnumbered
Movie • 1998
Right Burke
Hard Luck
Movie • 2006
Cobb
The People Under the Stairs
Movie • 1991
Grandpa Booker
Paulie
Movie • 1998
Virgil the Janitor
The Morgue
Movie • 2008
George
Greased Lightning
Movie • 1977
Mr Jones
Get Low
Movie • 2010
Rev. Charlie Jackson
The Final Patient
Movie • 2005
Dr. Daniel Green
Oz the Great and Powerful
Movie • 2013
Master Tinker
Caroltyn
Movie • 2022
Dr. Mason
The Derby Stallion
Movie • 2005
Houston Jones
The Tenant
Movie • 2011
Jack Rymer
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
Movie • 2010
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Movie • 1995
Malt
Moe's World
Movie • 1990
Decoration Day
Movie • 1990
Gee Pennywell
Lukewarm
Movie • 2012
Thomas
Carolina Skeletons
Movie • 1991
Elijah Crooks
The Hitter
Movie • 1979
Louisiana Slim
The Ultimate Life
Movie • 2013
Ted Hamilton
Captiva Island
Movie • 1995
Vernon
A House Is Not a Home
Movie • 2015
Paul
Tuesday Morning Ride
Movie • 1995
Jeff
Block Party
Movie • 2022
Uncle Jim
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Movie • 1995
Pullman Porter
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Movie • 1993
Lewis Coleman
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie • 2014
Reginald
The Hard Way
Movie • 1991
Raggedy Man
Three Days to Vegas
Movie • 2007
Marvin Jeffries
Divas
Movie • 1995
Sippy
Dear Secret Santa
Movie • 2013
Ted
Man with a Gun
Movie • 1995
Henry Griggs
Nightjohn
Movie • 1996
Old man
The Muppets
Movie • 2011
Grandfather
That Thing You Do!
Movie • 1996
Del Paxton
First Kid
Movie • 1996
Speet
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie • 1974
Man on Platform
Roadside Prophets
Movie • 1992
Oscar
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie • 1984
Walter
Greased Lightning
Movie • 1977
Mr. Jones
Special Ed
Movie • 2006
Lou
Fluke
Movie • 1995
Bert
Duck
Movie • 2005
Norman
The Member of the Wedding
Movie • 1982
T.T. Williams
Call Me King
Movie • 2016
Malachi
Random Hearts
Movie • 1999
Marvin
For All Time
Movie • 2000
Proprietor / Conductor
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Movie • 2015
Mr Randolph
The Search for Santa Paws
Movie • 2010
Mr. Stewart
The Ultimate Legacy
Movie • 2015
Ted Hamilton
A Mighty Wind
Movie • 2003
Blues Musician
Christmas in Palm Springs
Movie • 2014
Gabriel
On Angel's Wings
Movie • 2014
Mr. Dupac
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie • 1995
Caleb
Queen of Swing
Movie • 2006
Narrator
New Life
Movie • 2016
Mr. Charles
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie • 2004
Self
The January Man
Movie • 1989
Detective Reilly
Exiled in America
Movie • 1992
Abraham White
My Christmas Grandpa
Movie • 2017
Fred
Fatal Instinct
Movie • 1993
Man in Park
Sunshine State
Movie • 2002
Dr. Elton Lloyd
Suspect
Movie • 1987
Judge Franklin
Five Corners
Movie • 1987
Elderly Man in Bar
Dominick and Eugene
Movie • 1988
Jesse Johnson
The Arcadian
Movie • 2011
Charles
Out There
Movie • 1995
Lyman Weeks
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Big Joe Ison
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Movie • 2000
Beyond the Law
Movie • 2019
Swilley
Trading Places
Movie • 1983
Bartender
Of Mind and Music
Movie • 2014
Stompleg
Silkwood
Movie • 1983
Man in Lunchroom
The Last Letter
Movie • 2013
Pastor
The Ultimate Gift
Movie • 2007
Ted Hamilton
This Man's Life
Movie • 2008
Myer Truman
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
Movie • 2001
Uncle Charles (voice)
The Undershepherd
Movie • 2012
Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie • 1996
Charlie Evers
Saving Paradise
Movie • 2021
John Thompson
Dino Dana: The Movie
Movie • 2020
Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
A Boy and a Boa
Movie • 1975
father
Johnny Bull
Movie • 1986
Wiggins
Compromising Positions
Movie • 1985
Sgt. Williams
Streets of Gold
Movie • 1986
Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
Broken Church
Movie • 2025
Pastor Evans
Thrill
Movie • 1996
Norm Duprey
As Evil Does
Movie • 2018
Jeremiah
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Webb Johnson
October Road
TV • 2007
Good Times
TV • 1974
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Mr. Jones
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Dr. Emory Erickson
Gabriel's Fire
TV • 1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Harry Bastille
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Designing Women
TV • 1986
Henry / Charlie
The Division
TV • 2001
Mr. Greene
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Henry Baldwin
The Others
TV • 2000
Elmer Greentree
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
Fred Watson
Coach
TV • 1989
George
My Wife and Kids
TV • 2001
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Gino Costa
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Mr. Bradford
Empty Nest
TV • 1988
The Michael Richards Show
TV • 2000
Jack
The Practice
TV • 1997
Arthur Turner
True Colors
TV • 1990
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Barry
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Harry
JAG
TV • 1995
Matthew Turner
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Angelo Maxwell
I'll Fly Away
TV • 1991
Lewis Coleman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Gee Pennywell
ER
TV • 1994
Mr. Bowman
Yes, Dear
TV • 2000
Counterman
The Watcher
TV • 1995
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV • 2003
Earl Edmonds
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777
The Gregory Hines Show
TV • 1997
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Chief (voice)
The Glades
TV • 2010
Gregory Richmond
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Alan Tatum
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Reverend James Sr.
One Tree Hill
TV • 2003
Gus
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Joe Dell
Rage of Angels
TV • 1983
Abraham Wilson
The Carmichael Show
TV • 2015
Vernon
Greenleaf
TV • 2016
John McCready
Greenleaf
TV • 2016
Henry McCready
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Bernie Carpenter
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Norval Stevens
Hand of God
TV • 2014
Papa Gene
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Tony
Rake
TV • 2014
Judge Rutchland
Rake
TV • 2014
Federal Judge
Go On
TV • 2012
George
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Judge
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
TV • 2011
Bishop Sanford
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV • 1990
Fish Fry Baby
Side Order of Life
TV • 2007
Eddie Morgan
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
Old Man
L.A. Doctors
TV • 1998
Bob
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
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