Bill Cobbs
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
The Bodyguard
1992
Night at the Museum
2006
Enough
2002
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
New Jack City
1991
Air Bud
1997
Bird
1988
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
The Color of Money
1986
Ed
1996
Hope Floats
1998
Demolition Man
1993
Always Outnumbered
1998
Hard Luck
2006
The People Under the Stairs
1991
Paulie
1998
The Morgue
2008
Greased Lightning
1977
Get Low
2010
The Final Patient
2005
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Caroltyn
2022
The Derby Stallion
2005
The Tenant
2011
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
2010
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Moe's World
1990
Decoration Day
1990
Lukewarm
2012
Carolina Skeletons
1991
The Hitter
1979
The Ultimate Life
2013
Captiva Island
1995
A House Is Not a Home
2015
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
Block Party
2022
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
The Hard Way
1991
Three Days to Vegas
2007
Divas
1995
Dear Secret Santa
2013
Man with a Gun
1995
Nightjohn
1996
The Muppets
2011
That Thing You Do!
1996
First Kid
1996
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Roadside Prophets
1992
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Greased Lightning
1977
Special Ed
2006
Fluke
1995
Duck
2005
The Member of the Wedding
1982
Call Me King
2016
Random Hearts
1999
For All Time
2000
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
The Search for Santa Paws
2010
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
A Mighty Wind
2003
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014
On Angel's Wings
2014
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
Queen of Swing
2006
New Life
2016
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
The January Man
1989
Exiled in America
1992
My Christmas Grandpa
2017
Fatal Instinct
1993
Sunshine State
2002
Suspect
1987
Five Corners
1987
Dominick and Eugene
1988
The Arcadian
2011
Out There
1995
The Cotton Club
1984
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Beyond the Law
2019
Trading Places
1983
Of Mind and Music
2014
Silkwood
1983
The Last Letter
2013
The Ultimate Gift
2007
This Man's Life
2008
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001
The Undershepherd
2012
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Saving Paradise
2021
Dino Dana: The Movie
2020
A Boy and a Boa
1975
Johnny Bull
1986
Compromising Positions
1985
Streets of Gold
1986
Broken Church
2025
Thrill
1996
As Evil Does
2018
L.A. Law
1986
October Road
2007
Good Times
1974
Six Feet Under
2001
Kate & Allie
1984
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Gabriel's Fire
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Designing Women
1986
The Division
2001
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Others
2000
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Coach
1989
My Wife and Kids
2001
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Soul Food
2000
Empty Nest
1988
The Michael Richards Show
2000
The Practice
1997
True Colors
1990
The Equalizer
1985
Army Wives
2007
JAG
1995
Northern Exposure
1990
I'll Fly Away
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
ER
1994
Yes, Dear
2000
The Watcher
1995
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
The Outer Limits
1995
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The Glades
2010
The West Wing
1999
The Sopranos
1999
One Tree Hill
2003
The Outer Limits
1995
Rage of Angels
1983
The Carmichael Show
2015
Greenleaf
2016
Greenleaf
2016
NYPD Blue
1993
NYPD Blue
1993
Hand of God
2014
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Rake
2014
Rake
2014
Go On
2012
Harry's Law
2011
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Side Order of Life
2007
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
L.A. Doctors
1998
L.A. Law
1986