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