Bill Cobbs
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Bodyguard
as Bill Devaney
1992
Night at the Museum
as Reginald
2006
Enough
as Jim Toller
2002
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Estes
1998
New Jack City
as Old Man
1991
Air Bud
as Arthur Chaney
1997
Bird
as Dr. Caulfield
1988
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Moses
1994
The Color of Money
as Orvis
1986
Ed
as Tipton
1996
Hope Floats
as Nurse
1998
Demolition Man
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
1993
Always Outnumbered
as Right Burke
1998
Hard Luck
as Cobb
2006
The People Under the Stairs
as Grandpa Booker
1991
Paulie
as Virgil the Janitor
1998
The Morgue
as George
2008
Greased Lightning
as Mr Jones
1977
Get Low
as Rev. Charlie Jackson
2010
The Final Patient
as Dr. Daniel Green
2005
TV Appearances
L.A. Law
as Webb Johnson
1986
October Road
2007
Good Times
1974
Six Feet Under
as Mr. Jones
2001
Kate & Allie
1984
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Dr. Emory Erickson
2001
Gabriel's Fire
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Harry Bastille
2000
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Designing Women
as Henry / Charlie
1986
The Division
as Mr. Greene
2001
Touched by an Angel
as Henry Baldwin
1994