Actor
· Acting
Robert Guillaume
Born 1927-11-30
Died 2017-10-24
📍 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.
Filmography 96
Once Upon a Studio
as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
2023
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Columbus Circle
as Howard Miles
2012
Satin
as Doc Bishop
2011
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
as Mr. Barnes
2008
The Lion King 1½
as Rafiki (voice)
2004
Century City
2004
Big Fish
as Dr. Bennett (senior)
2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Ben (voice)
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
13th Child
as Riley
2002
8 Simple Rules
as Cody Grant
2002
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
2001
The Proud Family
as Dr. Parker (voice)
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sonny Bridges
2000
Silicon Towers
as Detective Green
1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Rafiki (voice)
1998
Sports Night
as Isaac Jaffe
1998
His Bodyguard
as Garrett
1998
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
as Mr. Gower
1997
Pandora's Clock
as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
1996
Panic in the Skies!
as Rob Barnes
1996
Promised Land
1996
First Kid
as Wilkes
1996
Spy Hard
as Agent Steve Bishop
1996
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise
as Robert
1996
Moesha
as Arthur
1996
Timon and Pumbaa
as Rafiki (voice)
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
1995
Cosmic Slop
as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Judge Dawes
1994
Greyhounds
as Robert Smith
1994
The Making of the Lion King
as Self - Host
1994
The Lion King
as Rafiki (voice)
1994
Burke's Law
as Eugene Sayers
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as Father Morrissey
1993
The Meteor Man
as Ted Reed
1993
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
as Dr. Arthur Hemmings
1993
Mastergate
as Senator Sellers
1992
Jack's Place
1992
Fish Police
as Det. Catfish (voice)
1992
You Must Remember This
as Uncle Buddy
1992
Pacific Station
as Bob Ballard
1991
Fire and Rain
as Carter
1990
Death Warrant
as Hawkins
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Pete Fletcher
1990
The Robert Guillaume Show
as Edward Sawyer
1989
The Penthouse
as Eugene St. Clair
1989
Lean On Me
as Dr. Frank Napier
1989
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
Crossbow
1987
They Still Call Me Bruce
as V.A. Officer Johnson
1987
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Philmore Walker
1987
John Grin's Christmas
as John Grin
1986
L.A. Law
as Edward Rollins
1986
Passion and Memory
as Host
1986
Prince Jack
as Martin Luther King
1985
North and South
as Frederick Douglass
1985
Jeopardy!
as Self
1984
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as Prof. Jason Mills
1983
Hotel
1982
The Kid with the Broken Halo
as Blake
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Magic with the Stars
as Self - Host
1982
Purlie
as Purlie
1981
Seems Like Old Times
as Fred
1980
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
1980
The Donna Summer Special
as An Angel
1980
The Kid from Left Field
as Larry Cooper
1979
Benson
as Benson DuBois
1979
The Love Boat
as Frank Belloque
1977
The Love Boat
as Allan Curtis
1977
Soap
as Benson
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The Jeffersons
1975
Good Times
1974
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Jordan Gaines
1973
Sanford and Son
1972
Great Performances
as Self
1971
All in the Family
as Dr. Franklin
1971
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Aaron Carothers
1969
Julia
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1956
The Bob Hope Show
as The Singer
1950
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944