
Cast
Bill Cobbs
Acting
Cast
Bill Cobbs
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-06-16
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
2024-06-25
Also known as William Francisco Cobbs, William Cobbs, بیل کابز
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.

Trading Places
as Bartender

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Reginald

Night at the Museum
as Reginald

Demolition Man
as Zachary Lamb - Aged

The Bodyguard
as Bill Devaney

Oz the Great and Powerful
as Master Tinker

The Ultimate Gift
as Ted Hamilton

Enough
as Jim Toller

The Muppets
as Grandfather

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Estes

That Thing You Do!
as Del Paxton

Hope Floats
as Nurse

The Ultimate Life
as Ted Hamilton

Paulie
as Virgil the Janitor

The Cotton Club
as Big Joe Ison

The Color of Money
as Orvis

Random Hearts
as Marvin

Suspect
as Judge Franklin

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Man on Platform

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Malt

Air Bud
as Arthur Chaney

New Jack City
as Old Man

First Kid
as Speet

Ed
as Tipton

Out There
as Lyman Weeks

Fatal Instinct
as Man in Park

The Hudsucker Proxy
as Moses

Silkwood
as Man in Lunchroom

The People Under the Stairs
as Grandpa Booker

Roadside Prophets
as Oscar

Beyond the Law
as Swilley

Bird
as Dr. Caulfield

The Hard Way
as Raggedy Man

Fluke
as Bert

Get Low
as Rev. Charlie Jackson

Hard Luck
as Cobb

Block Party
as Uncle Jim

Duck
as Norman

The Search for Santa Paws
as Mr. Stewart

Ghosts of Mississippi
as Charlie Evers

Caroltyn
as Dr. Mason

Greased Lightning
as Mr Jones

Greased Lightning
as Mr. Jones

Of Mind and Music
as Stompleg

The Brother from Another Planet
as Walter

The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Mr Randolph

Sunshine State
as Dr. Elton Lloyd

A Mighty Wind
as Blues Musician

Compromising Positions
as Sgt. Williams

Five Corners
as Elderly Man in Bar

Carolina Skeletons
as Elijah Crooks

The January Man
as Detective Reilly

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Pullman Porter

No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School

Always Outnumbered
as Right Burke

Christmas in Palm Springs
as Gabriel

The Ultimate Legacy
as Ted Hamilton

Saving Paradise
as John Thompson

Streets of Gold
as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)

Dear Secret Santa
as Ted

Decoration Day
as Gee Pennywell

Dominick and Eugene
as Jesse Johnson

New Life
as Mr. Charles

The Derby Stallion
as Houston Jones

Man with a Gun
as Henry Griggs

Exiled in America
as Abraham White

Nightjohn
as Old man

A Rugrats Kwanzaa
as Uncle Charles (voice)

The Last Letter
as Pastor

The Final Patient
as Dr. Daniel Green

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self

Moe's World

Dino Dana: The Movie
as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)

The Member of the Wedding
as T.T. Williams

The Hitter
as Louisiana Slim

Special Ed
as Lou

The Arcadian
as Charles

Three Days to Vegas
as Marvin Jeffries

The Tenant
as Jack Rymer

The Undershepherd
as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

For All Time
as Proprietor / Conductor

The Morgue
as George

Lukewarm
as Thomas

Johnny Bull
as Wiggins

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Caleb

Divas
as Sippy

Call Me King
as Malachi

On Angel's Wings
as Mr. Dupac

This Man's Life
as Myer Truman

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Lewis Coleman

Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jeff

Captiva Island
as Vernon

Broken Church
as Pastor Evans

My Christmas Grandpa
as Fred

Thrill
as Norm Duprey

As Evil Does
as Jeremiah

A House Is Not a Home
as Paul

Queen of Swing
as Narrator

A Boy and a Boa
as father

Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
as Judge Johnson