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:
- 43
- 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 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Ben (voice) | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| 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 |
| Series | Sports Night | Isaac Jaffe | 1998-09-22 |
| Movie | His Bodyguard | Garrett | 1998-07-22 |
| 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 | Children of the Dust | Mossburger | 1995-02-26 |
| Series | Timon and Pumbaa | 1995-09-08 | |
| 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 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Mastergate | Senator Sellers | 1992-11-01 |
| 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 | They Still Call Me Bruce | V.A. Officer Johnson | 1987-05-01 |
| Movie | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Philmore Walker | 1987-01-16 |
| 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 | 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 |