Bill Cobbs

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-06-16 (90 years old)

Deathday

2024-06-25

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Bill Cobbs

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 und...

Acting

1992

The Bodyguard

as Bill Devaney

2006

2002

Enough

as Jim Toller

1991

New Jack City

as Old Man

1997

Air Bud

as Arthur Chaney

1988

Bird

as Dr. Caulfield

1986

1996

Ed

as Tipton

1998

Hope Floats

as Nurse

1993

Demolition Man

as Zachary Lamb - Aged

1998

Always Outnumbered

as Right Burke

2006

Hard Luck

as Cobb

1991

1998

Paulie

as Virgil the Janitor

2008

The Morgue

as George

1977

2010

Get Low

as Rev. Charlie Jackson

2005

The Final Patient

as Dr. Daniel Green

2013

2022

Caroltyn

as Dr. Mason

2005

The Derby Stallion

as Houston Jones

2011

The Tenant

as Jack Rymer

1990

Decoration Day

as Gee Pennywell

2012

Lukewarm

as Thomas

1991

Carolina Skeletons

as Elijah Crooks

1979

The Hitter

as Louisiana Slim

2013

The Ultimate Life

as Ted Hamilton

1995

1983

Rage of Angels

as Abraham Wilson

2022

Block Party

as Uncle Jim

1993

1991

The Hard Way

as Raggedy Man

2007

Three Days to Vegas

as Marvin Jeffries

1995

Divas

as Sippy

1995

Man with a Gun

as Henry Griggs

1996

Nightjohn

as Old man

2011

The Muppets

as Grandfather

1996

That Thing You Do!

as Del Paxton

1996

First Kid

as Speet

1992

1977

Greased Lightning

as Mr. Jones

2006

1995

Fluke

as Bert

2009

Black Water Transit

as Frank Vermillion

2005

Duck

as Norman

1982

2017

Call Me King

as Malachi

1999

Random Hearts

as Marvin

2000

For All Time

as Proprietor / Conductor

2015

2010

2015

The Ultimate Legacy

as Ted Hamilton

2003

A Mighty Wind

as Blues Musician

2014

On Angel's Wings

as Mr. Dupac

2006

Queen of Swing

as Narrator

2016

New Life

as Mr. Charles

1989

The January Man

as Detective Reilly

1992

Exiled in America

as Abraham White

1993

Fatal Instinct

as Man in Park

2002

Sunshine State

as Dr. Elton Lloyd

1987

Suspect

as Judge Franklin

1987

Five Corners

as Elderly Man in Bar

1988

Dominick and Eugene

as Jesse Johnson

2011

The Arcadian

as Charles

1995

Out There

as Lyman Weeks

1984

The Cotton Club

as Big Joe Ison

2019

Beyond the Law

as Swilley

1983

Trading Places

as Bartender

2014

1983

Silkwood

as Man in Lunchroom

2013

2007

The Ultimate Gift

as Ted Hamilton

2008

This Man's Life

as Myer Truman

2001

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

as Uncle Charles (voice)

2012

The Undershepherd

as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon

1996

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Charlie Evers

2021

Saving Paradise

as John Thompson

2020

Dino Dana: The Movie

as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)

1975

1986

Johnny Bull

as Wiggins

1985

Compromising Positions

as Sgt. Williams

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