Robert Guillaume

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 94

Gender Male

Birthday November 30, 1927

Day of Death October 24, 2017 (89 years old)

Place of Birth St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Bob Guillaume

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Robert Guillaume

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.

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Acting

2023

as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)

2021

as Self

2012

as Howard Miles

2011

as Doc Bishop

2009

as Self (archive footage)

2008

as Mr. Barnes

2004		Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2004		Century City (1 episode)
2004		Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
2004		The Lion King 1½ as Rafiki (voice)

2003		Big Fish as Dr. Bennett (senior)
2003		Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2003		The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Ben (voice)
2003		Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2002		13th Child as Riley
2002		8 Simple Rules (1 episode) as Cody Grant

2001		The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
2001		The Proud Family (1 episode) as Dr. Parker (voice)

2000

(1 episode) as Sonny Bridges

1999

as Detective Green

1998		The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Rafiki (voice)
1998		Sports Night (45 episodes) as Isaac Jaffe
1998		His Bodyguard as Garrett

1997

as Mr. Gower

1996		Pandora's Clock (2 episodes) as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
1996		Panic in the Skies as Rob Barnes
1996		Promised Land (1 episode)
1996		Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Reverend Devers
1996		Spy Hard as Agent Steve Bishop
1996		Shari's Passover Surprise as Robert
1996		Moesha (1 episode)

1995		Timon and Pumbaa (169 episodes)
1995		The Outer Limits (1 episode) as Mr. Brown
1995		Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (39 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1995		Children of the Dust (2 episodes) as Mossburger

1994		Cosmic Slop as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
1994		Touched by an Angel (1 episode) as Judge Dawes
1994		The Making of the Lion King as Self - Host
1994		Greyhounds as Robert Smith
1994		The Lion King as Rafiki (voice)
1994		Burke's Law (1 episode) as Eugene Sayers

1993		Diagnosis: Murder (1 episode) as Father Morrissey
1993		The Meteor Man as Ted Reed
1993		Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1 episode) as Dr. Arthur Hemmings

1992		Mastergate as Senator Sellers
1992		Jack's Place (1 episode)
1992		Fish Police (6 episodes)
1992		You Must Remember This as Uncle Buddy

1991

(13 episodes) as Detective Bob Ballard

1990		Fire and Rain as Carter
1990		Death Warrant as Hawkins
1990		The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1 episode) as Pete Fletcher

1989		The Robert Guillaume Show (12 episodes) as Edward Sawyer
1989		The Penthouse as Eugene St. Clair
1989		Lean On Me as Dr. Frank Napier

1987		Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as Harlan Wade
1987		A Different World (1 episode) as Prof. Murphy (2 episodes) as Dean Winston
1987		They Still Call Me Bruce as V.A. Officer Johnson
1987		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Philmore Walker

1986		Christmas as John Grin
1986		L.A. Law (1 episode) as Edward Rollins
1986		Passion and Memory as Host

1985		Prince Jack as Martin Luther King
1985		North and South (2 episodes) as Frederick Douglass

1983		Reading Rainbow (1 episode) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1983		The Kid with the 200 I.Q. as Prof. Jason Mills

1982		Hotel (1 episode)
1982		The Kid with the Broken Halo as Blake
1982		Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982		Magic with the Stars as Host

1981

as Purlie

1980		Seems Like Old Times as Fred
1980		Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1 episode) as Self
1980		The Donna Summer Special as An Angel

1979		The Kid from Left Field as Larry Cooper
1979		Benson (158 episodes) as Benson DuBois

1977		The Love Boat (1 episode) as Allan Curtis (2 episodes) as Frank Belloque
1977		Soap (47 episodes) as Benson

1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		The Jeffersons (1 episode)

1974

(1 episode)

1973

as Jordan Gaines

1972		S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
1972		Sanford and Son (1 episode)

1971		Great Performances (1 episode) as Self
1971		All in the Family (1 episode) as Dr. Franklin

1969

(1 episode) as Aaron Carothers

1968

(1 episode)

1962

(3 episodes) as Self

1961

(1 episode) as Self - Co-Host (8 episodes) as Self

1956

(1 episode) as Self - Performer (2 episodes) as Self - Presenter (1 episode) as Self (archive footage)

1950

(1 episode) as The Singer

1944

(1 episode) as Self - Nominee

Production

1984

… Executive Producer

1983

… Executive Producer

Directing

1986

… Director

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