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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-11-30

Deathday

2017-10-24 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Bob Guillaume

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

Once Upon a Studio as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self

2012

Columbus Circle as Howard Miles

2011

Satin as Doc Bishop

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)

2008

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry as Mr. Barnes

2004		Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2004		Century City
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 as Cody Grant

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

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sonny Bridges

1999

Silicon Towers as Detective Green

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

1997

Merry Christmas, George Bailey! as Mr. Gower

1996		Pandora's Clock as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
1996		Panic in the Skies as Rob Barnes
1996		Promised Land
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

1995		Timon and Pumbaa
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

1994		Cosmic Slop as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
1994		Touched by an Angel 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 as Eugene Sayers

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

1992		Mastergate as Senator Sellers
1992		Jack's Place
1992		Fish Police
1992		You Must Remember This as Uncle Buddy

1991

Pacific Station as Detective Bob Ballard

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

1989		The Robert Guillaume Show 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 as Dean Winston
1987		A Different World as Prof. Murphy
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 as Edward Rollins
1986		Passion and Memory as Host

1985		Prince Jack as Martin Luther King
1985		North and South as Frederick Douglass

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

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

1981

Purlie as Purlie

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

1979		The Kid from Left Field as Larry Cooper
1979		Benson as Benson DuBois

1977		The Love Boat as Frank Belloque
1977		The Love Boat as Allan Curtis
1977		Soap as Benson

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975		The Jeffersons

1974

Good Times

1973

Super Fly T.N.T. as Jordan Gaines

1972		S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
1972		Sanford and Son

1971		Great Performances as Self
1971		All in the Family as Dr. Franklin

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Aaron Carothers

1968

Julia

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1956		Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1950

The Bob Hope Show as The Singer

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Directing

1986

Christmas as Director

Production

1984

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins as Executive Producer

1983

The Kid with the 200 I.Q. as Executive Producer