Bill Cobbs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-06-16
Day of Death
2024-06-25 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Broken Church
as Pastor Evans
(2022)
Block Party
as Uncle Jim
(2022)
Caroltyn
as Dr. Mason
(2021)
Saving Paradise
as John Thompson
(2020)
Dino Dana: The Movie
as Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
(2019)
Beyond the Law
as Swilley
(2017)
My Christmas Grandpa
as Fred
(2016)
Call Me King
as Malachi
(2016)
New Life
as Mr. Charles
(2015)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Mr Randolph
(2015)
The Ultimate Legacy
as Ted Hamilton
(2015)
A House Is Not a Home
as Paul
(2014)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Reginald
(2014)
Of Mind and Music
as Stompleg
(2014)
Christmas In Palm Springs
as Gabriel
(2014)
On Angel's Wings
as Mr. Dupac
(2013)
The Ultimate Life
as Ted Hamilton
(2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Master Tinker
(2013)
Dear Secret Santa
as Ted
(2013)
The Last Letter
as Pastor
(2012)
Lukewarm
as Thomas
(2012)
The Undershepherd
as Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
(2011)
The Muppets
as Grandfather
(2011)
The Arcadian
as Charles
(2011)
The Tenant
as Jack Rymer
(2010)
The Search for Santa Paws
as Mr. Stewart
(2010)
Get Low
as Rev. Charlie Jackson
(2010)
(2009)
Black Water Transit
as Frank Vermillion
(2008)
The Morgue
as George
(2008)
This Man's Life
as Myer Truman
(2007)
The Ultimate Gift
as Ted Hamilton
(2007)
Three Days to Vegas
as Marvin Jeffries
(2006)
Night at the Museum
as Reginald
(2006)
Hard Luck
as Cobb
(2006)
Special Ed
as Lou
(2006)
Queen of Swing
as Narrator
(2005)
The Derby Stallion
as Houston Jones
(2005)
The Final Patient
as Dr. Daniel Green
(2005)
Duck
as Norman
(2004)
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
(2003)
A Mighty Wind
as Blues Musician
(2002)
Enough
as Jim Toller
(2002)
Sunshine State
as Dr. Elton Lloyd
(2001)
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
as Uncle Charles (voice)
(2000)
For All Time
as Proprietor / Conductor
(2000)
(1999)
Random Hearts
as Marvin
(1998)
(1998)
Hope Floats
as Nurse
(1998)
Paulie
as Virgil the Janitor
(1998)
Always Outnumbered
as Right Burke
(1997)
Air Bud
as Arthur Chaney
(1996)
That Thing You Do!
as Del Paxton
(1996)
First Kid
as Speet
(1996)
Ed
as Tipton
(1996)
Ghosts of Mississippi
as Charlie Evers
(1996)
Nightjohn
as Old man
(1995)
(1995)
Fluke
as Bert
(1995)
Out There
as Lyman Weeks
(1995)
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Pullman Porter
(1995)
Man with a Gun
as Henry Griggs
(1995)
Divas
as Sippy
(1995)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Caleb
(1995)
Tuesday Morning Ride
as Jeff
(1995)
Captiva Island
as Vernon
(1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Moses
(1993)
Demolition Man
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
(1993)
Fatal Instinct
as Man in Park
(1993)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Lewis Coleman
(1992)
The Bodyguard
as Bill Devaney
(1992)
Roadside Prophets
as Oscar
(1992)
Exiled in America
as Abraham White
(1991)
New Jack City
as Old Man
(1991)
The Hard Way
as Raggedy Man
(1991)
The People Under the Stairs
as Grandpa Booker
(1991)
Carolina Skeletons
as Elijah Crooks
(1990)
Decoration Day
as Gee Pennywell
(1990)
(1989)
The January Man
as Detective Reilly
(1988)
Bird
as Dr. Caulfield
(1988)
Dominick and Eugene
as Jesse Johnson
(1987)
Five Corners
as Elderly Man in Bar
(1987)
Suspect
as Judge Franklin
(1986)
The Color of Money
as Orvis
(1986)
Streets of Gold
as Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited)
(1986)
Johnny Bull
as Wiggins
(1985)
Compromising Positions
as Sgt. Williams
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Big Joe Ison
(1984)
The Brother from Another Planet
as Walter
(1983)
Trading Places
as Bartender
(1983)
Silkwood
as Man in Lunchroom
(1983)
Rage of Angels
as Abraham Wilson
(1982)
The Member of the Wedding
as T.T. Williams
(1979)
The Hitter
as Louisiana Slim
(1977)
Greased Lightning
as Mr Jones
(1977)
Greased Lightning
as Mr. Jones
(1975)
A Boy and a Boa
as father
(1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Man on Platform