Robert Guillaume
Born: 1927-11-30 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 2017-10-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2023
- Once Upon a Studio as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
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
- The Lion King 1½ as Rafiki (voice)
- Century City
- Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
- Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
2003
- Big Fish as Dr. Bennett (senior)
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Ben (voice)
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2002
- 8 Simple Rules as Cody Grant
- 13th Child as Riley
2001
- The Proud Family as Dr. Parker (voice)
- The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Mr. Thicknose (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)
- His Bodyguard as Garrett
- Sports Night as Isaac Jaffe
1997
- Merry Christmas, George Bailey as Mr. Gower
1996
- Moesha as Arthur
- Spy Hard as Agent Steve Bishop
- Promised Land
- Panic in the Skies as Rob Barnes
- Pandora's Clock as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
- Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Reverend Devers
- Shari's Passover Surprise as Robert
1995
- The Outer Limits as Mr. Brown
- Timon and Pumbaa as Rafiki (voice)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Narrator (voice)
- Children of the Dust as Mossburger
1994
- The Lion King as Rafiki (voice)
- Touched by an Angel as Judge Dawes
- Burke's Law as Eugene Sayers
- The Making of the Lion King as Self - Host
- Cosmic Slop as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
- Greyhounds as Robert Smith
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Father Morrissey
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dr. Arthur Hemmings
- The Meteor Man as Ted Reed
1992
- Jack's Place
- Mastergate as Senator Sellers
- Fish Police
- You Must Remember This as Uncle Buddy
1991
- Pacific Station as Bob Ballard
1990
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Pete Fletcher
- Death Warrant as Hawkins
- Fire and Rain as Carter
1989
- Lean On Me as Dr. Frank Napier
- The Penthouse as Eugene St. Clair
- The Robert Guillaume Show as Edward Sawyer
1987
- A Different World as Dean Winston
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Philmore Walker
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as Harlan Wade
- They Still Call Me Bruce as V.A. Officer Johnson
1986
- L.A. Law as Edward Rollins
- John Grin's Christmas as John Grin
- Passion and Memory as Host
1985
- North and South as Frederick Douglass
- Prince Jack as Martin Luther King
1984
- Jeopardy! as Self
- The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins ... (Executive Producer)
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Kid with the 200 I.Q. as Prof. Jason Mills
1982
- Hotel
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Magic with the Stars as Host
- The Kid with the Broken Halo as Blake
1981
- Purlie as Purlie
1980
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
- Seems Like Old Times as Fred
- The Donna Summer Special as An Angel
1979
- Benson as Benson DuBois
- The Kid from Left Field as Larry Cooper
1977
- The Love Boat as Frank Belloque
- Soap as Benson
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- The Jeffersons
1974
1973
- Super Fly T.N.T. as Jordan Gaines
1972
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- All in the Family as Dr. Franklin
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Aaron Carothers
1968
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as The Singer
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee