Robert Guillaume

Acting · Born 1927-11-30 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography

• Big Fish as Dr. Bennett (senior)
• The Lion King as Rafiki (voice)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Rafiki (voice)
• Lean On Me as Dr. Frank Napier
• Once Upon a Studio as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
• Spy Hard as Agent Steve Bishop
• The Meteor Man as Ted Reed
• The Lion King 1½ as Rafiki (voice)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive as Philmore Walker
• The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Mr. Thicknose (voice)

TV

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sonny Bridges
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Pete Fletcher
• All in the Family as Dr. Franklin
• The Outer Limits as Mr. Brown
• The Proud Family as Dr. Parker (voice)
• Good Times
• L.A. Law as Edward Rollins
• The Love Boat as Frank Belloque
• Benson as Benson DuBois
• Touched by an Angel as Judge Dawes