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, Ψ¨ΫΩ Ϊ©Ψ§Ψ¨Ψ²
Biography
William Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 β 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 (1991β1993), 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.
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6.7
MOVIE1992
The Bodyguard
as Bill Devaney
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7.2
MOVIE1983
Trading Places
as Bartender
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6.6
MOVIE2006
Night at the Museum
as Reginald
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6.2
MOVIE2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Reginald
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6.8
MOVIE1993
Demolition Man
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
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5.9
MOVIE2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Master Tinker
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6.7
MOVIE1991
New Jack City
as Old Man
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6.5
MOVIE1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Malt
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6.9
MOVIE1996
That Thing You Do!
as Del Paxton
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7.6
MOVIE2007
The Ultimate Gift
as Ted Hamilton
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6.7
MOVIE2011
The Muppets
as Grandfather
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6.4
MOVIE1998
Hope Floats
as Nurse
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6.8
MOVIE1986
The Color of Money
as Orvis
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5.6
MOVIE1997
Air Bud
as Arthur Chaney
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5.4
MOVIE1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Estes
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6.2
MOVIE1991
The Hard Way
as Raggedy Man
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6.6
MOVIE2002
Enough
as Jim Toller
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6.7
MOVIE1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Pullman Porter
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5.6
MOVIE1999
Random Hearts
as Marvin
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MOVIE2013
The Ultimate Life
as Ted Hamilton
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6.5
MOVIE1984
The Cotton Club
as Big Joe Ison
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MOVIE1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Moses
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MOVIE2022
Caroltyn
as Dr. Mason
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6.5
MOVIE1991
The People Under the Stairs
as Grandpa Booker
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7.0
MOVIE1998
Paulie
as Virgil the Janitor
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7.5
MOVIE1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Man on Platform
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6.6
MOVIE1996
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Charlie Evers
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5.5
MOVIE1993
Fatal Instinct
as Man in Park
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5.2
MOVIE2019
Beyond the Law
as Swilley
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7.1
MOVIE1995
Fluke
as Bert
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6.0
MOVIE2012
The Undershepherd
as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
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6.9
MOVIE1983
Silkwood
as Man in Lunchroom
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6.8
MOVIE2003
A Mighty Wind
as Blues Musician
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7.2
MOVIE2005
Duck
as Norman
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6.6
MOVIE2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Mr Randolph
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6.3
MOVIE2010
The Search for Santa Paws
as Mr. Stewart
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6.6
MOVIE1987
Suspect
as Judge Franklin
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7.2
MOVIE1991
Carolina Skeletons
as Elijah Crooks
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5.7
MOVIE2014
Of Mind and Music
as Stompleg
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5.1
MOVIE1989
The January Man
as Detective Reilly
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5.4
MOVIE2015
The Ultimate Legacy
as Ted Hamilton
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9.0
MOVIE1990
Moe's World
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5.8
MOVIE1996
First Kid
as Speet
MOVIE2018
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
as Judge Johnson
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6.9
MOVIE1988
Bird
as Dr. Caulfield
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6.7
MOVIE2010
Get Low
as Rev. Charlie Jackson
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5.5
MOVIE2006
Hard Luck
as Cobb
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4.1
MOVIE1979
The Hitter
as Louisiana Slim
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6.0
MOVIE2010
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
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6.9
MOVIE1990
Decoration Day
as Gee Pennywell
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6.7
MOVIE1984
The Brother from Another Planet
as Walter
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6.0
MOVIE2013
Dear Secret Santa
as Ted
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7.0
MOVIE1995
Captiva Island
as Vernon
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6.4
MOVIE2002
Sunshine State
as Dr. Elton Lloyd
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6.0
MOVIE2021
Saving Paradise
as John Thompson
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3.4
MOVIE2017
My Christmas Grandpa
as Fred
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6.0
MOVIE2005
The Derby Stallion
as Houston Jones
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4.6
MOVIE1995
Man with a Gun
as Henry Griggs
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5.3
MOVIE1985
Compromising Positions
as Sgt. Williams
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5.9
MOVIE1987
Five Corners
as Elderly Man in Bar
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1.7
MOVIE2015
A House Is Not a Home
as Paul
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6.4
MOVIE1998
Always Outnumbered
as Right Burke
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6.4
MOVIE2000
For All Time
as Proprietor / Conductor
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4.9
MOVIE1995
Out There
as Lyman Weeks
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7.2
MOVIE2020
Dino Dana: The Movie
as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE2016
New Life
as Mr. Charles
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3.5
MOVIE2013
The Last Letter
as Pastor
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5.0
MOVIE2016
Call Me King
as Malachi
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5.0
MOVIE2014
Christmas in Palm Springs
as Gabriel
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6.9
MOVIE1988
Dominick and Eugene
as Jesse Johnson
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6.5
MOVIE1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jeff
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5.4
MOVIE1986
Streets of Gold
as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1977
Greased Lightning
as Mr Jones
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6.4
MOVIE1977
Greased Lightning
as Mr. Jones
MOVIE2006
Queen of Swing
as Narrator
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MOVIE2022
Block Party
as Uncle Jim
MOVIE2018
As Evil Does
as Jeremiah
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4.7
MOVIE2008
The Morgue
as George
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3.9
MOVIE2007
Three Days to Vegas
as Marvin Jeffries
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5.8
MOVIE1996
Nightjohn
as Old man
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5.5
MOVIE1992
Roadside Prophets
as Oscar
MOVIE2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
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4.1
MOVIE1996
Ed
as Tipton
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7.0
MOVIE2025
Broken Church
as Pastor Evans
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9.0
MOVIE2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
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6.0
MOVIE1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Caleb
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7.0
MOVIE2001
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
as Uncle Charles (voice)
MOVIE1975
A Boy and a Boa
as father
MOVIE2014
On Angel's Wings
as Mr. Dupac
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5.0
MOVIE2012
Lukewarm
as Thomas
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5.5
MOVIE1992
Exiled in America
as Abraham White
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8.0
MOVIE2006
Special Ed
as Lou
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7.1
MOVIE2005
The Final Patient
as Dr. Daniel Green
MOVIE2011
The Arcadian
as Charles
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9.5
MOVIE1995
Divas
as Sippy
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5.0
MOVIE1982
The Member of the Wedding
as T.T. Williams
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5.3
MOVIE1996
Thrill
as Norm Duprey
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3.5
MOVIE2011
The Tenant
as Jack Rymer
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8.5
MOVIE1993
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Lewis Coleman
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5.5
MOVIE1986
Johnny Bull
as Wiggins
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2.0
MOVIE2008
This Man's Life
as Myer Truman