
Robert Guillaume
Acting
- Born:
- 1927-11-30
- Died:
- 2017-10-24
- Place of birth:
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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 Guillaume, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography

Once Upon a Studio

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Columbus Circle

Satin

Waking Sleeping Beauty

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

The Lion King 1½
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

Century City
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

Big Fish
Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

13th Child

8 Simple Rules

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

The Proud Family

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Silicon Towers

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Sports Night

His Bodyguard

The Easter Story Keepers

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Pandora's Clock

Panic in the Skies!

Promised Land

First Kid
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Spy Hard

Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise

Moesha

Timon and Pumbaa

The Outer Limits

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Children of the Dust

Cosmic Slop

Touched by an Angel

Greyhounds

The Making of the Lion King

The Lion King

Burke's Law

Diagnosis: Murder

The Meteor Man

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Mastergate

Jack's Place

Fish Police

You Must Remember This

Pacific Station

Fire and Rain

Death Warrant

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Robert Guillaume Show

The Penthouse
The Debbie Allen Special

Lean On Me

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

A Different World

Crossbow

They Still Call Me Bruce

Wanted: Dead or Alive

John Grin's Christmas

L.A. Law

Passion and Memory

Prince Jack

North and South

Jeopardy!

Reading Rainbow

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

Hotel

The Kid with the Broken Halo

Night of 100 Stars

Magic with the Stars

Purlie

Seems Like Old Times

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

The Donna Summer Special

The Kid from Left Field

Benson

The Love Boat

Soap

Saturday Night Live

The Jeffersons

Good Times

Super Fly T.N.T.
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

Sanford and Son

Great Performances

All in the Family

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Julia

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Awards

The Bob Hope Show

Golden Globe Awards