Robert Guillaume
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA — Nov 30 1927• Died Oct 24 2017
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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 contributor…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sonny Bridges
Jeopardy!
Self
Diagnosis: Murder
Father Morrissey
Great Performances
Self
The Love Boat
Frank Belloque
L.A. Law
Edward Rollins
Touched by an Angel
Judge Dawes
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Aaron Carothers
Hotel
The Outer Limits
Mr. Brown
Moesha
Arthur
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Pete Fletcher
A Different World
Dean Winston
Timon and Pumbaa
Rafiki (voice)
Benson
Benson DuBois
All in the Family
Dr. Franklin
Sanford and Son
Soap
Benson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Narrator (voice)
The Jeffersons
8 Simple Rules
Cody Grant
The Lion King
Rafiki (voice)
Good Times
North and South
Frederick Douglass
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Promised Land
The Proud Family
Dr. Parker (voice)
Sports Night
Isaac Jaffe
Burke's Law
Eugene Sayers
Big Fish
Dr. Bennett (senior)
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Dr. Arthur Hemmings
Julia
Crossbow
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Rafiki (voice)
Jack's Place
The Lion King 1½
Rafiki (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
Century City
Pacific Station
Bob Ballard
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
Spy Hard
Agent Steve Bishop
Lean On Me
Dr. Frank Napier
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Children of the Dust
Mossburger
First Kid
Wilkes
Fish Police
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Pandora's Clock
Ambassador Lee Lancaster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Harlan Wade
Death Warrant
Hawkins
The Making of the Lion King
Self - Host
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Mr. Gower
The Meteor Man
Ted Reed
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Philmore Walker
Magic with the Stars
Self - Host
Satin
Doc Bishop
Columbus Circle
Howard Miles
Mastergate
Senator Sellers
Seems Like Old Times
Fred
Cosmic Slop
Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
Mr. Thicknose (voice)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
Production
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Ben (voice)
They Still Call Me Bruce
V.A. Officer Johnson
Greyhounds
Robert Smith
Purlie
Purlie
Silicon Towers
Detective Green
The Kid with the Broken Halo
Blake
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
Prof. Jason Mills
The Penthouse
Eugene St. Clair
The Kid from Left Field
Larry Cooper
Panic in the Skies!
Rob Barnes
Fire and Rain
Carter
His Bodyguard
Garrett
13th Child
Riley
Prince Jack
Martin Luther King
You Must Remember This
Uncle Buddy
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
Mr. Barnes
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Self
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise
Robert
The Robert Guillaume Show
Edward Sawyer
Super Fly T.N.T.
Jordan Gaines
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
Reverend Devers
John Grin's Christmas
John Grin
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0
Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
The Donna Summer Special
An Angel
Passion and Memory
Host
Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari
Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter