Robert Guillaume
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert "Bob" Guillaume (November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night. In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage (including a Tony Award nomination), television (including winning two Emmy Awards), and film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Guillaume, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 30, 1927 In St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 74
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962-10-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Once Upon a Studio 2023-09-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Once Upon a Studio | Rafiki (voice) (archive footage) | 2023-09-24 |
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
| Movie | Columbus Circle | Howard Miles | 2012-03-05 |
| Movie | Satin | Doc Bishop | 2011-03-01 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Movie | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | Mr. Barnes | 2008-04-27 |
| Movie | The Lion King 1½ | Rafiki (voice) | 2004-02-06 |
| Series | Century City | Unknown | 2004-03-16 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | Big Fish | Dr. Bennett (senior) | 2003-12-25 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina | Ben (voice) | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter | Unknown | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | 13th Child | Riley | 2002-10-25 |
| Series | The Proud Family | Unknown | 2001-09-15 |
| Movie | The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze | Mr. Thicknose (voice) | 2001-12-04 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Silicon Towers | Detective Green | 1999-11-17 |
| Movie | His Bodyguard | Garrett | 1998-07-22 |
| Series | Sports Night | Isaac Jaffe | 1998-09-22 |
| Movie | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Rafiki (voice) | 1998-10-24 |
| Movie | Spy Hard | Agent Steve Bishop | 1996-05-24 |
| Series | Moesha | Unknown | 1996-01-23 |
| Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Reverend Devers | 1996-06-16 |
| Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Series | Pandora's Clock | Ambassador Lee Lancaster | 1996-11-10 |
| Movie | Panic in the Skies | Rob Barnes | 1996-10-13 |
| Series | Children of the Dust | Mossburger | 1995-02-26 |
| Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Narrator (voice) | 1995-03-12 |
| Series | Timon & Pumbaa | 1995-09-08 | |
| Movie | The Making of the Lion King | Self - Host | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Rafiki (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Unknown | 1993-05-22 |
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Father Morrissey | 1993-10-29 |
| Movie | The Meteor Man | Ted Reed | 1993-08-06 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | You Must Remember This | Uncle Buddy | 1992-01-01 |
| Series | Jack's Place | Unknown | 1992-05-26 |
| Movie | Mastergate | Senator Sellers | 1992-11-01 |
| Series | Pacific Station | Detective Bob Ballard | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | Death Warrant | Hawkins | 1990-09-14 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Pete Fletcher | 1990-09-10 |
| Movie | Fire and Rain | Carter | 1990-10-26 |
| Movie | Lean On Me | Dr. Frank Napier | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | The Penthouse | Eugene St. Clair | 1989-03-05 |
| Series | The Robert Guillaume Show | Edward Sawyer | 1989-04-05 |
| Movie | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Philmore Walker | 1987-01-16 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel | Harlan Wade | 1987-11-15 |
| Movie | They Still Call Me Bruce | V.A. Officer Johnson | 1987-05-01 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Christmas | John Grin | 1986-12-01 |
| Series | North and South | Frederick Douglass | 1985-11-03 |
| Movie | Prince Jack | Martin Luther King | 1985-12-01 |
| Movie | The Kid with the 200 I.Q. | Prof. Jason Mills | 1983-02-06 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | The Kid with the Broken Halo | Blake | 1982-04-05 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Purlie | Purlie | 1981-10-12 |
| Series | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters | Unknown | 1980-11-18 |
| Movie | Seems Like Old Times | Fred | 1980-12-19 |
| Series | Benson | Benson DuBois | 1979-09-13 |
| Movie | The Kid from Left Field | Larry Cooper | 1979-09-30 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | Soap | Benson DuBois | 1977-09-13 |
| Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
| Movie | Super Fly T.N.T. | Jordan Gaines | 1973-06-15 |
| Series | Sanford and Son | Unknown | 1972-01-14 |
| Movie | S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Self | 1972-01-17 |
| Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
| Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
| Series | Julia | Unknown | 1968-09-17 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |