Bill Cobbs
Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1934
Died: June 25, 2024
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…
Known for
The Morgue
2008
The Final Patient
2005
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
2010
Queen of Swing
2006
My Christmas Grandpa
2017
As Evil Does
2018
The Derby Stallion
2005
Moe's World
1990
Lukewarm
2012
The Ultimate Life
2013
A House Is Not a Home
2015
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
Dear Secret Santa
2013
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
This Man's Life
2008
Broken Church
2025
Ed
1996
Always Outnumbered
1998
The Tenant
2011
Nightjohn
1996
Special Ed
2006
On Angel's Wings
2014
Out There
1995
A Boy and a Boa
1975
The Bodyguard
1992
Air Bud
1997
Caroltyn
2022
Decoration Day
1990
The Hitter
1979
Three Days to Vegas
2007
Call Me King
2016
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014
Beyond the Law
2019
Of Mind and Music
2014
The Ultimate Gift
2007
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
2018
Night at the Museum
2006
Get Low
2010
Carolina Skeletons
1991
Captiva Island
1995
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
Sunshine State
2002
Dominick and Eugene
1988
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
The Color of Money
1986
Greased Lightning
1977
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
Man with a Gun
1995
The Member of the Wedding
1982
New Life
2016
The Arcadian
2011
The Undershepherd
2012
Thrill
1996
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
The People Under the Stairs
1991
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
Fluke
1995
Duck
2005
For All Time
2000
Saving Paradise
2021
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
Hope Floats
1998
Hard Luck
2006
New Jack City
1991
Exiled in America
1992
Suspect
1987
The Last Letter
2013
Enough
2002
Demolition Man
1993
Paulie
1998
Block Party
2022
Divas
1995
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Johnny Bull
1986
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
That Thing You Do!
1996
Streets of Gold
1986
The Muppets
2011
First Kid
1996
The January Man
1989
Fatal Instinct
1993
Bird
1988
Roadside Prophets
1992
The Search for Santa Paws
2010
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Random Hearts
1999
Five Corners
1987
A Mighty Wind
2003
Compromising Positions
1985
Dino Dana: The Movie
2020
Silkwood
1983
The Hard Way
1991
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
The Cotton Club
1984
Trading Places
1983
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
L.A. Law
1986
October Road
2007
Good Times
1974
Six Feet Under
2001
Kate & Allie
1984
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Gabriel's Fire
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Designing Women
1986
The Division
2001
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Others
2000
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Coach
1989
My Wife and Kids
2001
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Soul Food
2000
Empty Nest
1988
The Michael Richards Show
2000
The Practice
1997
True Colors
1990
The Equalizer
1985
Army Wives
2007
JAG
1995
Northern Exposure
1990
I'll Fly Away
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
ER
1994
Yes, Dear
2000
The Watcher
1995
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
The Outer Limits
1995
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The Glades
2010
The West Wing
1999
The Sopranos
1999
One Tree Hill
2003
Rage of Angels
1983
The Carmichael Show
2015
Greenleaf
2016
NYPD Blue
1993
Hand of God
2014
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Rake
2014
Go On
2012
Harry's Law
2011
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Side Order of Life
2007
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
L.A. Doctors
1998