Credits

• 2023 · Once Upon a Studio as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)
• 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
• 2012 · Columbus Circle as Howard Miles
• 2011 · Satin as Doc Bishop
• 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
• 2008 · The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry as Mr. Barnes
• 2004 · Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
• 2004 · Century City as
• 2004 · Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
• 2004 · The Lion King 1½ as Rafiki (voice)
• 2003 · Big Fish as Dr. Bennett (senior)
• 2003 · Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
• 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Ben (voice)
• 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
• 2002 · 13th Child as Riley
• 2002 · 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter as Cody Grant
• 2001 · The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
• 2001 · The Proud Family as Dr. Parker (voice)
• 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sonny Bridges
• 1999 · Silicon Towers as Detective Green
• 1998 · The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Rafiki (voice)
• 1998 · Sports Night as Isaac Jaffe
• 1998 · His Bodyguard as Garrett
• 1997 · Merry Christmas, George Bailey! as Mr. Gower
• 1996 · Pandora's Clock as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
• 1996 · Panic in the Skies as Rob Barnes
• 1996 · Promised Land as
• 1996 · Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Reverend Devers
• 1996 · Spy Hard as Agent Steve Bishop
• 1996 · Shari's Passover Surprise as Robert
• 1996 · Moesha as
• 1995 · Timon and Pumbaa as
• 1995 · The Outer Limits as Mr. Brown
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Narrator (voice)
• 1995 · Children of the Dust as Mossburger
• 1994 · Cosmic Slop as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Judge Dawes
• 1994 · The Lion King as Rafiki (voice)
• 1994 · Greyhounds as Robert Smith
• 1994 · The Making of the Lion King as Self - Host
• 1994 · Burke's Law as Eugene Sayers
• 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Father Morrissey
• 1993 · The Meteor Man as Ted Reed
• 1993 · Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dr. Arthur Hemmings
• 1992 · Mastergate as Senator Sellers
• 1992 · Jack's Place as
• 1992 · Fish Police as
• 1992 · You Must Remember This as Uncle Buddy
• 1991 · Pacific Station as Detective Bob Ballard
• 1990 · Fire and Rain as Carter
• 1990 · Death Warrant as Hawkins
• 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Pete Fletcher
• 1989 · The Robert Guillaume Show as Edward Sawyer
• 1989 · The Penthouse as Eugene St. Clair
• 1989 · Lean On Me as Dr. Frank Napier
• 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as Harlan Wade
• 1987 · A Different World as Dean Winston
• 1987 · A Different World as Prof. Murphy
• 1987 · They Still Call Me Bruce as V.A. Officer Johnson
• 1987 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Philmore Walker
• 1986 · Christmas as John Grin
• 1986 · L.A. Law as Edward Rollins
• 1986 · Passion and Memory as Host
• 1985 · Prince Jack as Martin Luther King
• 1985 · North and South as Frederick Douglass
• 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• 1983 · The Kid with the 200 I.Q. as Prof. Jason Mills
• 1982 · Hotel as
• 1982 · The Kid with the Broken Halo as Blake
• 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
• 1982 · Magic with the Stars as Host
• 1981 · Purlie as Purlie
• 1980 · Seems Like Old Times as Fred
• 1980 · Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
• 1980 · The Donna Summer Special as An Angel
• 1979 · The Kid from Left Field as Larry Cooper
• 1979 · Benson as Benson DuBois
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Frank Belloque
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Allan Curtis
• 1977 · Soap as Benson
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• 1975 · The Jeffersons as
• 1974 · Good Times as
• 1973 · Super Fly T.N.T. as Jordan Gaines
• 1972 · S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
• 1972 · Sanford and Son as
• 1971 · Great Performances as Self
• 1971 · All in the Family as Dr. Franklin
• 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Aaron Carothers
• 1968 · Julia as
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
• 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as The Singer