Bill Cobbs
Birthday: 1934-06-16
Deathday: 2024-06-25
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
William Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor. He was known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He played Lewis Coleman on I'll Fly Away (1991–1993), Jack on The Michael Richards Show (2000), and had guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger and The Sopranos. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana.
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2022-06-17 | Caroltyn | Dr. Mason |
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2022-06-08 | Block Party | Uncle Jim |
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2021-09-03 | Saving Paradise | John Thompson |
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2020-03-21 | Dino Dana: The Movie | Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited) |
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2019-12-06 | Beyond the Law | Swilley |
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2017-12-16 | My Christmas Grandpa | Fred |
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2017-09-04 | Call Me King | Malachi |
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2016-10-28 | New Life | Mr. Charles |
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2015-12-04 | The Ultimate Legacy | Ted Hamilton |
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2015-10-05 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Mr Randolph |
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2015-09-07 | A House Is Not a Home | Paul |
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2014-12-17 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Reginald |
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2014-11-23 | Christmas In Palm Springs | Gabriel |
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2014-10-19 | Of Mind and Music | Stompleg |
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2014-09-01 | On Angel's Wings | Mr. Dupac |
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2013-12-17 | The Last Letter | Pastor |
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2013-12-01 | Dear Secret Santa | Ted |
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2013-09-06 | The Ultimate Life | Ted Hamilton |
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2013-03-07 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Master Tinker |
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2012-02-15 | The Undershepherd | Dr. Ezekiel Cannon |
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2012-01-01 | Lukewarm | Thomas |
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2011-11-22 | The Muppets | Grandfather |
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2011-08-19 | The Tenant | Jack Rymer |
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2011-04-28 | The Arcadian | Charles |
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2010-10-12 | The Search for Santa Paws | Mr. Stewart |
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2010-07-30 | Get Low | Rev. Charlie Jackson |
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2010-01-01 | No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School | |
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2009-05-13 | Black Water Transit | Frank Vermillion |
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2008-03-29 | This Man's Life | Myer Truman |
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2008-01-01 | The Morgue | George |
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2007-10-17 | Hard Luck | Cobb |
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2007-03-09 | The Ultimate Gift | Ted Hamilton |
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2007-02-02 | Three Days to Vegas | Marvin Jeffries |
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2006-12-20 | Night at the Museum | Reginald |
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2006-01-20 | Special Ed | Lou |
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2005-08-05 | The Final Patient | Dr. Daniel Green |
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2005-07-04 | The Derby Stallion | Houston Jones |
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2005-03-11 | Duck | Norman |
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2003-04-16 | A Mighty Wind | Blues Musician |
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2002-06-21 | Sunshine State | Dr. Elton Lloyd |
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2002-05-21 | Enough | Jim Toller |
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2001-07-21 | A Rugrats Kwanzaa | Uncle Charles (voice) |
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2000-10-18 | For All Time | Proprietor / Conductor |
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2000-05-31 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | |
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1999-10-08 | Random Hearts | Marvin |
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1998-11-13 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Estes |
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1998-05-29 | Hope Floats | Nurse |
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1998-04-17 | Paulie | Virgil the Janitor |
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1998-03-21 | Always Outnumbered | Right Burke |
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1997-08-01 | Air Bud | Arthur Chaney |
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1996-12-20 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Charlie Evers |
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1996-10-04 | That Thing You Do! | Del Paxton |
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1996-08-30 | First Kid | Speet |
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1996-06-01 | Nightjohn | Old man |
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1996-03-15 | Ed | Tipton |
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1995-12-01 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Malt |
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1995-11-19 | Out There | Lyman Weeks |
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1995-10-09 | Man with a Gun | Henry Griggs |
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1995-09-19 | Divas | Sippy |
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1995-06-02 | Fluke | Bert |
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1995-03-18 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Pullman Porter |
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1995-01-01 | Captiva Island | Vernon |
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1995-01-01 | Tuesday Morning Ride | Jeff |
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1995-01-01 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Caleb |
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1994-03-11 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Moses |
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1993-10-29 | Fatal Instinct | Man in Park |
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1993-10-11 | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Lewis Coleman |
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1993-10-08 | Demolition Man | Zachary Lamb - Aged |
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1992-11-25 | The Bodyguard | Bill Devaney |
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1992-11-04 | Exiled in America | Abraham White |
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1992-03-27 | Roadside Prophets | Oscar |
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1991-11-01 | The People Under the Stairs | Grandpa Booker |
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1991-09-30 | Carolina Skeletons | Elijah Crooks |
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1991-03-08 | New Jack City | Old Man |
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1991-03-08 | The Hard Way | Raggedy Man |
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1990-12-02 | Decoration Day | Gee Pennywell |
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1990-07-14 | Moe's World | |
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1989-01-13 | The January Man | Detective Reilly |
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1988-06-01 | Bird | Dr. Caulfield |
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1988-03-18 | Dominick and Eugene | Jesse Johnson |
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1987-10-23 | Suspect | Judge Franklin |
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1987-09-11 | Five Corners | Elderly Man in Bar |
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1986-10-17 | The Color of Money | Orvis |
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1984-12-14 | The Cotton Club | Big Joe Ison |
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1984-09-07 | The Brother from Another Planet | Walter |
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1983-12-14 | Silkwood | Man in Lunchroom |
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1983-06-07 | Trading Places | Bartender |
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1983-02-19 | Rage of Angels | Abraham Wilson |
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1982-12-20 | The Member of the Wedding | T.T. Williams |
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1979-02-01 | The Hitter | Louisiana Slim |
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1977-07-01 | Greased Lightning | Mr Jones |
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1977-07-01 | Greased Lightning | Mr. Jones |
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1975-01-01 | A Boy and a Boa | father |
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1974-10-02 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Man on Platform |