Acting

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as Narrator

2006

as Self - Host

2005

as Kirby the Elder

2004		The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self
2004		Uh-Oh! as King Tooetu
2004		Father of the Pride 1 episode as Himself (voice)

2003		The 6th Annual Sears Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self - Host / Performer
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode
2003		Sam Cooke: Legend as Self

2002		The Code Conspiracy as Carriage Driver
2002		The Proud Family 1 episode as Self (voice)

2001

1 episode as Himself

2000		Where Are They Now? 1 episode as Self
2000		Everything's Jake as Hot Dog Vendor
2000		Bel Air
2000		The Jazz Channel Presents Lou Rawls

1999		The Norm Show 1 episode
1999		Hey Arnold! 1 episode as Harvey / Pop Daddy (voice)
1999		Malevolence as Rev. Luke Thomas

1998		The Rugrats Movie as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
1998		Watchers Reborn as Doc Grimes
1998		Good News 1 episode
1998		Driven as Charlie
1998		Blues Brothers 2000 as The Louisiana Gator Boys

1997		Motel Blue as Gospel Minister
1997		Snowden on Ice as Self - Performer (voice)
1997		Don King: Only in America as Harold Logan
1997		Morella as Professor Larson
1997		Arnold's Halloween as Harvey (voice)
1997		Still Breathing as The Tree Man
1997		Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1 episode as Bat (voice)
1997		Martin 1 episode
1997		The Price of Kissing as Ben
1997		Early Edition 1 episode as Hanratty
1997		The Last Hand as Joe Wilkins

1996		The Prince
1996		Hey Arnold! 9 episodes as Harvey (voice) 1 episode as Harvey (voice; uncredited) 1 episode as Harvey / Bus Driver (voice)
1996		Dream On 1 episode as Minister
1996		The Real Thing as MC
1996		Wildly Available as Jazzman

1995		Leaving Las Vegas as Concerned Cabbie
1995		Baywatch Nights 22 episodes as Lou Raymond
1995		The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
1995		The Watcher 1 episode

1994		Roc 1 episode
1994		Lookin' Italian as Willy

1992		Baywatch 1 episode
1992		Captain Planet and the Planeteers 1 episode
1992		Lou Rawls: Live in Concert

1991

as Self

1989

1 episode as Vocalist (voice)

1988

as Self

1987		Throb 1 episode
1987		Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1986		Tall Tales & Legends 1 episode as Jim Wallace
1986		John Henry as Jim Wallace

1985

as Garfield [singing voice for "This is the Night (Trick or Treat)"]

1983

1 episode as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982

2 episodes as Self

1981

1 episode as Country Joe Walker

1979

1 episode as Self - Co-Host

1977		The Muppet Show 1 episode as Self - Special Guest Star
1977		Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1 episode as Self
1977		The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1977 as Self
1977		The Captain and Tennille 1 episode as Self

1973

1 episode as Host

1972

1 episode

1970

1 episode as Self

1969		The Red Skelton Show 1 episode as Self - Guest Vocalist
1969		The Music Scene 1 episode
1969		Angel, Angel, Down We Go as Joe
1969		The Dean Martin Show 2 episodes
1969		The Big Valley 1 episode as Joshua Watson

1968		Playboy After Dark 3 episodes
1968		The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show 1 episode as Self
1968		The Hollywood Palace 1 episode as Self
1968		Jack Benny's Bag as Self
1968		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 8 episodes as Self

1967		Kraft Music Hall 2 episodes as Self
1967		Malibu U 1 episode as Self

1966

2 episodes as Self

1964

7 episodes as Self

1960

1 episode