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