Bill Cobbs
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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
Credits
Night at the Museum (2006)
as Reginald
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
as Reginald
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
as Master Tinker
Trading Places (1983)
as Bartender
Demolition Man (1993)
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
The Bodyguard (1992)
as Bill Devaney
The Muppets (2011)
as Grandfather
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
as Estes
Enough (2002)
as Jim Toller
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Moses
The Color of Money (1986)
as Orvis
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
as Grandpa Booker
The Ultimate Gift (2007)
as Ted Hamilton
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Big Joe Ison
Air Bud (1997)
as Arthur Chaney
That Thing You Do! (1996)
as Del Paxton
Hope Floats (1998)
as Nurse
The Hard Way (1991)
as Raggedy Man
Paulie (1998)
as Virgil the Janitor
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
as Malt
New Jack City (1991)
as Old Man
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
as Mr Randolph
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
as Mr. Stewart
Random Hearts (1999)
as Marvin
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
as Charlie Evers
Suspect (1987)
as Judge Franklin
The Ultimate Life (2013)
as Ted Hamilton
Beyond the Law (2019)
as Swilley
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Man on Platform
A Mighty Wind (2003)
as Blues Musician
Fluke (1995)
as Bert
Hard Luck (2006)
as Cobb
Silkwood (1983)
as Man in Lunchroom
Fatal Instinct (1993)
as Man in Park
First Kid (1996)
as Speet
Get Low (2010)
as Rev. Charlie Jackson
The January Man (1989)
as Detective Reilly
Bird (1988)
as Dr. Caulfield
Greased Lightning (1977)
as Mr Jones
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
as Pullman Porter
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Walter
Dino Dana: The Movie (2020)
as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
The Derby Stallion (2005)
as Houston Jones
Five Corners (1987)
as Elderly Man in Bar
The Ultimate Legacy (2015)
as Ted Hamilton
Captiva Island (1995)
as Vernon
Compromising Positions (1985)
as Sgt. Williams
The Undershepherd (2012)
as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
New Life (2016)
as Mr. Charles
Out There (1995)
as Lyman Weeks
Ed (1996)
as Tipton
Man with a Gun (1995)
as Henry Griggs
Christmas in Palm Springs (2014)
as Gabriel
Sunshine State (2002)
as Dr. Elton Lloyd
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School (2010)
Actor
Moe's World (1990)
Actor
Duck (2005)
as Norman
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
as Elijah Crooks
Call Me King (2016)
as Malachi
Streets of Gold (1986)
as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
Always Outnumbered (1998)
as Right Burke
Dear Secret Santa (2013)
as Ted
For All Time (2000)
as Proprietor / Conductor
Saving Paradise (2021)
as John Thompson
The Morgue (2008)
as George
The Hitter (1979)
as Louisiana Slim
Soulmates (1997)
as Mr. Williams
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
as Caleb
Roadside Prophets (1992)
as Oscar
As Evil Does (2018)
as Jeremiah
The Last Letter (2013)
as Pastor
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
as Jesse Johnson
Three Days to Vegas (2007)
as Marvin Jeffries
Block Party (2022)
as Uncle Jim
Of Mind and Music (2014)
as Stompleg
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly (2018)
as Judge Johnson
Decoration Day (1990)
as Gee Pennywell
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
as Self
Nightjohn (1996)
as Old man
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
Actor
Special Ed (2006)
as Lou
The Final Patient (2005)
as Dr. Daniel Green
Caroltyn (2022)
as Dr. Mason
A Rugrats Kwanzaa (2001)
as Uncle Charles (voice)
A House Is Not a Home (2015)
as Paul
The Arcadian (2011)
as Charles
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
as Bartender
Broken Church (2025)
as Pastor Evans
Exiled in America (1992)
as Abraham White
Johnny Bull (1986)
as Wiggins
My Christmas Grandpa (2017)
as Fred
Divas (1995)
as Sippy
Lukewarm (2012)
as Thomas
Thrill (1996)
as Norm Duprey
Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
as Jeff
On Angel's Wings (2014)
as Mr. Dupac
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
as Lewis Coleman
The Member of the Wedding (1982)
as T.T. Williams
This Man's Life (2008)
as Myer Truman
A Boy and a Boa (1975)
as father
The Tenant (2011)
as Jack Rymer
Queen of Swing (2006)
as Narrator