Robert Guillaume
- Acting
- November 30, 1927 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- October 24, 2017
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Once Upon a Studio · Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Columbus Circle · Howard Miles
- Satin · Doc Bishop
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry · Mr. Barnes
- The Lion King 1½ · Rafiki (Voice)
- Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 · Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
- Century City · Judge
- Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 · Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
- Big Fish · Dr. Bennett (senior)
- Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari · Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina · Ben (Voice)
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 13th Child · Riley
- 8 Simple Rules · Cody Grant
- The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze · Mr. Thicknose (Voice)
- The Proud Family · Dr. Parker (Voice)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Sonny Bridges
- Silicon Towers · Detective Green
- The Lion King II: Simba's Pride · Rafiki (Voice)
- Sports Night · Isaac Jaffe
- His Bodyguard · Garrett
- The Easter Story Keepers · Ben (Voice)
- Merry Christmas, George Bailey · Mr. Gower
- Pandora's Clock · Ambassador Lee Lancaster
- Panic in the Skies! · Rob Barnes
- Promised Land
- First Kid · Wilkes
- Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story · Reverend Devers
- Spy Hard · Agent Steve Bishop
- Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise · Robert
- Moesha · Arthur
- Timon and Pumbaa · Rafiki (Voice)
- The Outer Limits · Mr. Brown
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · Narrator (Voice)
- Children of the Dust · Mossburger
- Cosmic Slop · Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
- Touched by an Angel · Judge Dawes
- Greyhounds · Robert Smith
- The Making of the Lion King · Self
- The Lion King · Rafiki (Voice)
- Burke's Law · Eugene Sayers
- Diagnosis: Murder · Father Morrissey
- The Meteor Man · Ted Reed
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years · Dr. Arthur Hemmings
- Mastergate · Senator Sellers
- Jack's Place
- Fish Police · Det. Catfish (Voice)
- You Must Remember This · Uncle Buddy
- Pacific Station · Bob Ballard
- Fire and Rain · Carter
- Death Warrant · Hawkins
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · Pete Fletcher
- The Robert Guillaume Show · Edward Sawyer
- The Penthouse · Eugene St. Clair
- The Debbie Allen Special · Self
- Lean On Me · Dr. Frank Napier
- Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief · Self
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel · Harlan Wade
- A Different World · Dean Winston, Prof. Murphy
- Crossbow
- They Still Call Me Bruce · V.A. Officer Johnson
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Philmore Walker
- John Grin's Christmas · John Grin, Director
- L.A. Law · Edward Rollins
- Passion and Memory · Host
- Prince Jack · Martin Luther King
- North and South · Frederick Douglass
- Jeopardy! · Self
- The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins · Executive producer
- Reading Rainbow · Self
- The Kid with the 200 I.Q. · Prof. Jason Mills, Executive producer
- Hotel
- The Kid with the Broken Halo · Blake
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Magic with the Stars · Self
- Purlie · Purlie
- Seems Like Old Times · Fred
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters · Self