Robert Guillaume

ActorDirectorProducer Nov 30 (died age 89) St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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Biography

Robert "Bob" Guillaume (November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night. In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage (including a Tony Award nomination), television (including winning two Emmy Awards), and film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert …

Known For

Film

The Lion King

Rafiki (voice)

Film

Big Fish

Dr. Bennett (senior)

Film

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Rafiki (voice)

Film

The Lion King 1½

Rafiki (voice)

Film

Once Upon a Studio

Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)

Film

Timon and Pumbaa

Rafiki (voice)

Film

Lean On Me

Dr. Frank Napier

Film

Death Warrant

Hawkins

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (51)

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)

8.3

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Columbus Circle

as Howard Miles

Satin

as Doc Bishop

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

as Mr. Barnes

The Lion King 1½

as Rafiki (voice)

Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

2004

as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)

Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

2004

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

Big Fish

2003

as Dr. Bennett (senior)

7.8

Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari

2003

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003

as Ben (voice)

5.3

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

13th Child

as Riley

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

2001

as Mr. Thicknose (voice)

6.1

Silicon Towers

1999

as Detective Green

4.3

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

1998

as Rafiki (voice)

6.9

His Bodyguard

1998

as Garrett

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

1997

as Mr. Gower

5.0

Spy Hard

1996

as Agent Steve Bishop

First Kid

as Wilkes

Panic in the Skies!

as Rob Barnes

Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise

1996

as Robert

5.0

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Reverend Devers

The Lion King

1994

as Rafiki (voice)

8.3

Greyhounds

1994

as Robert Smith

The Making of the Lion King

1994

as Self - Host

10.0

Cosmic Slop

1994

as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')

The Meteor Man

as Ted Reed

Mastergate

as Senator Sellers

You Must Remember This

as Uncle Buddy

Fire and Rain

as Carter

Death Warrant

as Hawkins

Lean On Me

as Dr. Frank Napier

The Penthouse

as Eugene St. Clair

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

as Philmore Walker

5.9

They Still Call Me Bruce

1987

as V.A. Officer Johnson

5.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

1987

as Harlan Wade

7.1

John Grin's Christmas

1986

as John Grin

4.0

Passion and Memory

1986

as Host

Prince Jack

1985

as Martin Luther King

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

1983

as Prof. Jason Mills

5.0

The Kid with the Broken Halo

as Blake

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Magic with the Stars

as Host

Purlie

as Purlie

Seems Like Old Times

as Fred

The Donna Summer Special

1980

as An Angel

The Kid from Left Field

as Larry Cooper

Super Fly T.N.T.

as Jordan Gaines

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

1972

as Self

5.0

Television (45)

Century City

8 Simple Rules

as Cody Grant

The Proud Family

as Dr. Parker (voice)

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Sonny Bridges

Sports Night

as Isaac Jaffe

Moesha

as Arthur

Promised Land

Pandora's Clock

as Ambassador Lee Lancaster

Timon and Pumbaa

as Rafiki (voice)

The Outer Limits

as Mr. Brown

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Narrator (voice)

Children of the Dust

as Mossburger

Touched by an Angel

as Judge Dawes

Burke's Law

as Eugene Sayers

Diagnosis: Murder

as Father Morrissey

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

1993

as Dr. Arthur Hemmings

Jack's Place

Fish Police

Pacific Station

as Bob Ballard

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990

as Pete Fletcher

7.9

The Robert Guillaume Show

as Edward Sawyer

Crossbow

A Different World

as Dean Winston

L.A. Law

as Edward Rollins

North and South

as Frederick Douglass

Jeopardy!

as Self

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.4

Hotel

1982

6.8

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

as Self

Benson

as Benson DuBois

The Love Boat

as Frank Belloque

Soap

as Benson

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Jeffersons

Good Times

Sanford and Son

Great Performances

as Self

All in the Family

as Dr. Franklin

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Aaron Carothers

Julia

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Bob Hope Show

as The Singer

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

John Grin's Christmas

1986

Director

4.0

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

1984

Executive Producer

4.8

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

1983

Executive Producer

5.0