Robert Guillaume
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert "Bob" Guillaume (born November 30, 1927) is 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 has spanned more than 50 years he has 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:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Super Fly T.N.T. 1973-06-15
- 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 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Ben (voice) | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | Big Fish | Dr. Bennett (senior) | 2003-12-25 |
| Movie | 13th Child | Riley | 2002-10-25 |
| Movie | The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze | Mr. Thicknose (voice) | 2001-12-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Reverend Devers | 1996-06-16 |
| Movie | Panic in the Skies | Rob Barnes | 1996-10-13 |
| Series | Pandora's Clock | Ambassador Lee Lancaster | 1996-11-10 |
| 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 and 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 |
| Movie | Cosmic Slop | Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders') | 1994-11-08 |
| Movie | The Meteor Man | Ted Reed | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | You Must Remember This | Uncle Buddy | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Mastergate | Senator Sellers | 1992-11-01 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Series | Pacific Station | Detective Bob Ballard | 1991-09-15 |
| Movie | Fire and Rain | Carter | 1990-10-26 |
| Movie | Death Warrant | Hawkins | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Lean On Me | Dr. Frank Napier | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | The Penthouse | Eugene St. Clair | 1989-03-05 |
| Movie | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Philmore Walker | 1987-01-16 |
| Movie | They Still Call Me Bruce | V.A. Officer Johnson | 1987-05-01 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel | Harlan Wade | 1987-11-15 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Purlie | Purlie | 1981-10-12 |
| Movie | Seems Like Old Times | Fred | 1980-12-19 |
| Series | Benson | Benson DuBois | 1979-09-13 |
| Series | Soap | Benson DuBois | 1977-09-13 |
| Movie | Super Fly T.N.T. | Jordan Gaines | 1973-06-15 |