Bill Cobbs

Actor Jun 16 (died age 90) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Night at the Museum

Reginald

Film

Trading Places

Bartender

Film

Demolition Man

Zachary Lamb - Aged

Film

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Reginald

Film

The Bodyguard

Bill Devaney

Film

Oz the Great and Powerful

Master Tinker

Film

The Color of Money

Orvis

Film

The Hudsucker Proxy

Moses

Filmography

Acting (151)

Movies (98)

Broken Church

as Pastor Evans

Caroltyn

as Dr. Mason

Block Party

as Uncle Jim

Saving Paradise

as John Thompson

Dino Dana: The Movie

as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)

Beyond the Law

as Swilley

My Christmas Grandpa

as Fred

New Life

as Mr. Charles

Call Me King

as Malachi

The Ultimate Legacy

as Ted Hamilton

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015

as Mr Randolph

6.6

A House Is Not a Home

as Paul

Of Mind and Music

as Stompleg

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

as Reginald

6.2

Christmas in Palm Springs

2014

as Gabriel

5.0

On Angel's Wings

2014

as Mr. Dupac

The Ultimate Life

2013

as Ted Hamilton

6.9

Oz the Great and Powerful

as Master Tinker

Dear Secret Santa

as Ted

The Last Letter

as Pastor

The Undershepherd

as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon

Lukewarm

as Thomas

The Muppets

as Grandfather

The Arcadian

as Charles

The Tenant

2011

as Jack Rymer

3.5

Get Low

2010

as Rev. Charlie Jackson

6.7

The Search for Santa Paws

2010

as Mr. Stewart

6.3

No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School

This Man's Life

as Myer Truman

The Morgue

as George

The Ultimate Gift

as Ted Hamilton

Three Days to Vegas

as Marvin Jeffries

Night at the Museum

as Reginald

Hard Luck

as Cobb

Special Ed

as Lou

Queen of Swing

as Narrator

Duck

as Norman

The Derby Stallion

as Houston Jones

The Final Patient

as Dr. Daniel Green

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004

as Self

A Mighty Wind

as Blues Musician

Enough

as Jim Toller

Sunshine State

as Dr. Elton Lloyd

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

as Uncle Charles (voice)

7.0

For All Time

2000

as Proprietor / Conductor

6.3

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Random Hearts

as Marvin

Paulie

as Virgil the Janitor

6.9

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

as Estes

Hope Floats

as Nurse

Always Outnumbered

as Right Burke

Air Bud

as Arthur Chaney

That Thing You Do!

as Del Paxton

Ghosts of Mississippi

as Charlie Evers

First Kid

as Speet

as Tipton

Nightjohn

as Old man

Thrill

as Norm Duprey

Tuesday Morning Ride

as Jeff

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

as Malt

Divas

as Sippy

Fluke

as Bert

Out There

as Lyman Weeks

Man with a Gun

as Henry Griggs

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

1995

as Pullman Porter

6.2

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1995

as Caleb

4.5

Captiva Island

1995

as Vernon

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

as Moses

7.1

Demolition Man

1993

as Zachary Lamb - Aged

6.8

Fatal Instinct

1993

as Man in Park

5.5

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

as Lewis Coleman

The Bodyguard

as Bill Devaney

Exiled in America

as Abraham White

Roadside Prophets

as Oscar

New Jack City

as Old Man

The People Under the Stairs

as Grandpa Booker

Carolina Skeletons

as Elijah Crooks

The Hard Way

as Raggedy Man

Decoration Day

as Gee Pennywell

Moe's World

The January Man

as Detective Reilly

Bird

as Dr. Caulfield

Dominick and Eugene

as Jesse Johnson

Suspect

as Judge Franklin

Five Corners

as Elderly Man in Bar

The Color of Money

as Orvis

Streets of Gold

as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)

5.0

Johnny Bull

1986

as Wiggins

1.0

Compromising Positions

1985

as Sgt. Williams

5.2

The Brother from Another Planet

as Walter

The Cotton Club

as Big Joe Ison

Trading Places

as Bartender

Silkwood

as Man in Lunchroom

The Member of the Wedding

as T.T. Williams

The Hitter

as Louisiana Slim

Greased Lightning

as Mr Jones

A Boy and a Boa

as father

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

as Man on Platform

7.4

Television (53)

Greenleaf

as Henry McCready

The Carmichael Show

as Vernon

Hand of God

as Papa Gene

Rake

as Judge Rutchland

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Old Man

Go On

as George

Harry's Law

as Judge

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

as Bishop Sanford

The Glades

as Gregory Richmond

Army Wives

as Harry

October Road

Side Order of Life

as Eddie Morgan

One Tree Hill

as Gus

10-8: Officers on Duty

2003

as Earl Edmonds

7.9

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

as Dr. Emory Erickson

Six Feet Under

as Mr. Jones

My Wife and Kids

The Division

as Mr. Greene

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Harry Bastille

Yes, Dear

as Counterman

The Michael Richards Show

as Jack

Soul Food

as Mr. Bradford

The Others

as Elmer Greentree

The Sopranos

as Reverend James Sr.

The West Wing

as Alan Tatum

The Wild Thornberrys

as Chief (voice)

L.A. Doctors

as Bob

The Practice

as Arthur Turner

The Gregory Hines Show

JAG

as Matthew Turner

The Drew Carey Show

as Tony

The Outer Limits

as Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777

The Wayans Bros.

as Fred Watson

The Watcher

as Mr. Bowman

Touched by an Angel

as Henry Baldwin

NYPD Blue

as Norval Stevens

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Gino Costa

I'll Fly Away

as Lewis Coleman

Northern Exposure

as Angelo Maxwell

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

as Fish Fry Baby

Gabriel's Fire

True Colors

Coach

as George

Empty Nest

L.A. Law

as Webb Johnson

Designing Women

as Henry / Charlie

The Equalizer

as Barry

Spenser: For Hire

Kate & Allie

Rage of Angels

as Abraham Wilson

Good Times

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Gee Pennywell

8.6