Bill Cobbs
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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.
Known for
Credits
Night at the Museum (2006)
as Reginald
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
as Reginald
Trading Places (1983)
as Bartender
Demolition Man (1993)
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
as Master Tinker
The Bodyguard (1992)
as Bill Devaney
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
as Estes
The Muppets (2011)
as Grandfather
The Color of Money (1986)
as Orvis
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Big Joe Ison
That Thing You Do! (1996)
as Del Paxton
Random Hearts (1999)
as Marvin
The Hard Way (1991)
as Raggedy Man
Fatal Instinct (1993)
as Man in Park
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Moses
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
as Malt
Enough (2002)
as Jim Toller
The Ultimate Gift (2007)
as Ted Hamilton
Air Bud (1997)
as Arthur Chaney
Hope Floats (1998)
as Nurse
The January Man (1989)
as Detective Reilly
Paulie (1998)
as Virgil the Janitor
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
as Grandpa Booker
New Jack City (1991)
as Old Man
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Man on Platform
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
as Mr Randolph
Beyond the Law (2019)
as Swilley
Fluke (1995)
as Bert
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
as Charlie Evers
First Kid (1996)
as Speet
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Walter
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
as Pullman Porter
The Ultimate Life (2013)
as Ted Hamilton
Suspect (1987)
as Judge Franklin
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
as Mr. Stewart
A Mighty Wind (2003)
as Blues Musician
Get Low (2010)
as Rev. Charlie Jackson
Silkwood (1983)
as Man in Lunchroom
Hard Luck (2006)
as Cobb
Bird (1988)
as Dr. Caulfield
Greased Lightning (1977)
as Mr Jones
Man with a Gun (1995)
as Henry Griggs
Duck (2005)
as Norman
Dino Dana: The Movie (2020)
as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
The Ultimate Legacy (2015)
as Ted Hamilton
Ed (1996)
as Tipton
Out There (1995)
as Lyman Weeks
Of Mind and Music (2014)
as Stompleg
The Undershepherd (2012)
as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
Saving Paradise (2021)
as John Thompson
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
as Bartender
Christmas in Palm Springs (2014)
as Gabriel
For All Time (2000)
as Proprietor / Conductor
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School (2010)
Actor
The Hitter (1979)
as Louisiana Slim
Three Days to Vegas (2007)
as Marvin Jeffries
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Actor
The Derby Stallion (2005)
as Houston Jones
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
as Caleb
Call Me King (2016)
as Malachi
New Life (2016)
as Mr. Charles
Five Corners (1987)
as Elderly Man in Bar
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
as Self
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly (2018)
as Judge Johnson
Compromising Positions (1985)
as Sgt. Williams
The Last Letter (2013)
as Pastor
Exiled in America (1992)
as Abraham White
Sunshine State (2002)
as Dr. Elton Lloyd
On Angel's Wings (2014)
as Mr. Dupac
The Morgue (2008)
as George
A House Is Not a Home (2015)
as Paul
Dear Secret Santa (2013)
as Ted
Block Party (2022)
as Uncle Jim
Decoration Day (1990)
as Gee Pennywell
Caroltyn (2022)
as Dr. Mason
The Member of the Wedding (1982)
as T.T. Williams
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
as Jesse Johnson
Roadside Prophets (1992)
as Oscar
Streets of Gold (1986)
as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
as Lewis Coleman
Always Outnumbered (1998)
as Right Burke
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
as Jeff
My Christmas Grandpa (2017)
as Fred
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Elijah Crooks
The Arcadian (2011)
as Charles
A Rugrats Kwanzaa (2001)
as Uncle Charles (voice)
Soulmates (1997)
as Mr. Williams
Captiva Island (1995)
as Vernon
This Man's Life (2008)
as Myer Truman
Moe's World (1990)
Actor
Lukewarm (2012)
as Thomas
Divas (1995)
as Sippy
Nightjohn (1996)
as Old man
The Tenant (2011)
as Jack Rymer
A Boy and a Boa (1975)
as father
Special Ed (2006)
as Lou
Thrill (1996)
as Norm Duprey
The Final Patient (2005)
as Dr. Daniel Green
Broken Church (2025)
as Pastor Evans
Johnny Bull (1986)
as Wiggins
As Evil Does (2018)
as Jeremiah
Queen of Swing (2006)
as Narrator