Robert Guillaume

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-11-30 (90 years old)

Deathday

2017-10-24

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Robert Guillaume

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.

Acting

2003

Big Fish

as Dr. Bennett (senior)

1996

Spy Hard

as Agent Steve Bishop

1993

The Meteor Man

as Ted Reed

2004

The Lion King 1½

as Rafiki (voice)

1987

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Philmore Walker

1994

The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

2001

1998

2002

13th Child

as Riley

1989

Lean On Me

as Dr. Frank Napier

1990

Death Warrant

as Hawkins

1987

They Still Call Me Bruce

as V.A. Officer Johnson

2011

Satin

as Doc Bishop

2003

Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

2004

Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

2004

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)

1973

Super Fly T.N.T.

as Jordan Gaines

1979

1990

Fire and Rain

as Carter

2023

Once Upon a Studio

as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Panic in the Skies

as Rob Barnes

1994

Cosmic Slop

as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')

1985

Prince Jack

as Martin Luther King

1986

Christmas

as John Grin

1981

Purlie

as Purlie

1989

The Penthouse

as Eugene St. Clair

1992

Mastergate

as Senator Sellers

1983

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

as Prof. Jason Mills

1998

His Bodyguard

as Garrett

2012

Columbus Circle

as Howard Miles

1994

Greyhounds

as Robert Smith

1999

Silicon Towers

as Detective Green

1992

1994

Production

1984

1983

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

as Executive Producer

1986

Christmas

as Director

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