Robert Guillaume
November 30, 1927 (96 years old) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Known For
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