Bill Cobbs
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Bill Devaney
The Bodyguard
Reginald
Night at the Museum
Jim Toller
Enough
Estes
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Old Man
New Jack City
Arthur Chaney
Air Bud
Dr. Caulfield
Bird
Moses
The Hudsucker Proxy
Orvis
The Color of Money
Tipton
Ed
Nurse
Hope Floats
Zachary Lamb - Aged
Demolition Man
Right Burke
Always Outnumbered
Cobb
Hard Luck
Grandpa Booker
The People Under the Stairs
Virgil the Janitor
Paulie
George
The Morgue
Mr Jones
Greased Lightning
Rev. Charlie Jackson
Get Low
Dr. Daniel Green
The Final Patient
Master Tinker
Oz the Great and Powerful
Dr. Mason
Caroltyn
Houston Jones
The Derby Stallion
Jack Rymer
The Tenant
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
Malt
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Moe's World
Gee Pennywell
Decoration Day
Thomas
Lukewarm
Elijah Crooks
Carolina Skeletons
Louisiana Slim
The Hitter
Ted Hamilton
The Ultimate Life
Vernon
Captiva Island
Paul
A House Is Not a Home
Abraham Wilson
Rage of Angels
Jeff
Tuesday Morning Ride
Uncle Jim
Block Party
Pullman Porter
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Lewis Coleman
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Reginald
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Raggedy Man
The Hard Way
Marvin Jeffries
Three Days to Vegas
Sippy
Divas
Ted
Dear Secret Santa
Henry Griggs
Man with a Gun
Old man
Nightjohn
Grandfather
The Muppets
Del Paxton
That Thing You Do!
Speet
First Kid
Man on Platform
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Oscar
Roadside Prophets
Walter
The Brother from Another Planet
Mr. Jones
Greased Lightning
Lou
Special Ed
Bert
Fluke
Frank Vermillion
Black Water Transit
Norman
Duck
T.T. Williams
The Member of the Wedding
Malachi
Call Me King
Marvin
Random Hearts
Proprietor / Conductor
For All Time
Mr Randolph
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Mr. Stewart
The Search for Santa Paws
Ted Hamilton
The Ultimate Legacy
Blues Musician
A Mighty Wind
Gabriel
Christmas In Palm Springs
Mr. Dupac
On Angel's Wings
Caleb
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Narrator
Queen of Swing
Mr. Charles
New Life
Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Detective Reilly
The January Man
Abraham White
Exiled in America
Fred
My Christmas Grandpa
Man in Park
Fatal Instinct
Dr. Elton Lloyd
Sunshine State
Judge Franklin
Suspect
Elderly Man in Bar
Five Corners
Jesse Johnson
Dominick and Eugene
Charles
The Arcadian
Lyman Weeks
Out There
Big Joe Ison
The Cotton Club
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Swilley
Beyond the Law
Bartender
Trading Places
Stompleg
Of Mind and Music
Man in Lunchroom
Silkwood
Pastor
The Last Letter
Ted Hamilton
The Ultimate Gift
Myer Truman
This Man's Life
Uncle Charles (voice)
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
Dr. Ezekiel Cannon
The Undershepherd
Charlie Evers
Ghosts of Mississippi
John Thompson
Saving Paradise
Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited)
Dino Dana: The Movie
father
A Boy and a Boa
Wiggins
Johnny Bull
Sgt. Williams
Compromising Positions
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-06-16
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
William Francisco Cobbs