
Bill Cobbs
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-06-16
- Died:
- 2024-06-25
- Place of birth:
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Filmography

Broken Church

Caroltyn

Block Party

Saving Paradise

Dino Dana: The Movie

Beyond the Law
As Evil Does
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly

My Christmas Grandpa

New Life

Call Me King

Greenleaf

The Ultimate Legacy

The Great Gilly Hopkins

A House Is Not a Home

The Carmichael Show

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Christmas in Palm Springs

Of Mind and Music

On Angel's Wings

Hand of God

Rake

The Last Letter

Dear Secret Santa

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

The Ultimate Life

Oz the Great and Powerful

Go On

The Undershepherd

Lukewarm

The Muppets

The Tenant

The Arcadian

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Harry's Law

The Search for Santa Paws

Get Low

The Glades

No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
This Man's Life

The Morgue

Side Order of Life

Army Wives

October Road

The Ultimate Gift

Three Days to Vegas

Night at the Museum

Hard Luck
Queen of Swing

Special Ed

The Final Patient

The Derby Stallion

Duck

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

10-8: Officers on Duty

One Tree Hill

A Mighty Wind

Sunshine State

Enough

Star Trek: Enterprise

A Rugrats Kwanzaa

Six Feet Under

My Wife and Kids

The Division

The Michael Richards Show

For All Time

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Yes, Dear

Soul Food

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Others

Random Hearts

The West Wing

The Sopranos

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

L.A. Doctors

The Wild Thornberrys

Hope Floats

Paulie

Always Outnumbered
The Gregory Hines Show

Air Bud
Soulmates

The Practice

Ghosts of Mississippi

That Thing You Do!

First Kid

Nightjohn

Thrill

Ed

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Out There

Man with a Gun

JAG

Divas

The Drew Carey Show

Fluke

The Outer Limits

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
The Watcher

The Wayans Bros.
Captiva Island

Tuesday Morning Ride

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Touched by an Angel

ER

The Hudsucker Proxy

Fatal Instinct
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

Demolition Man

NYPD Blue

Walker, Texas Ranger

The Bodyguard

Exiled in America

Roadside Prophets

The People Under the Stairs

I'll Fly Away

Carolina Skeletons

New Jack City

The Hard Way

Decoration Day

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

Gabriel's Fire

True Colors

Moe's World

Northern Exposure

Coach

The January Man

Empty Nest

Bird

Dominick and Eugene

Suspect

Five Corners

Streets of Gold

The Color of Money

Designing Women

L.A. Law

Johnny Bull

Spenser: For Hire

The Equalizer

Compromising Positions

The Cotton Club

The Brother from Another Planet

Kate & Allie

Silkwood

Trading Places

Rage of Angels

The Member of the Wedding

The Hitter

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Greased Lightning
A Boy and a Boa

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Good Times

Hallmark Hall of Fame