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Bill Cobbs

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6/16/1936, Cleveland, Ohio

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Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, where his mother was a cleaning lady and his father was a construction worker. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician…more

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Star (42)

Role
- Lukewarm
  Star
  2012
- The Muppets (2011)
  Star
  2011
- The Tenant
  Star
  2011
- Get Low
  Star
  2010
- No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School
  Star
  2010
- The Morgue
  Star
  2008
- Three Days to Vegas
  Star
  2007
- Night at the Museum
  Reginald
  2006
- The Ultimate Gift
  Star
  2006
- Duck
  Star
  2005
- The Bodyguard
  Star
  2004
- Enough
  Jim Toller
  2002
- Sunshine State
  Star
  2002
- The Michael Richards Show
  Jack
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Consultant
    12/19/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 USA Toy
    12/12/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 It's Only Personal
    12/5/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Nursing Home
    11/28/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Identity Loan
    11/21/00
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Others
  Elmer Greentree
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mora
    6/10/00
  - S 1: Ep 12 Life is For the Living
    5/13/00
  - S 1: Ep 11 $4.95 a Minute
    5/6/00
  - S 1: Ep 10 Till Then
    4/29/00
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Ones That Lie in Wait
    4/22/00
  - + 8 More Credits
- Random Hearts
  Marvin
  1999
- The Gregory Hines Show
  James Stevenson
  - S 1: Ep 15 Per Chance to Dance
    2/27/98
  - S 1: Ep 14 Carpe Diem
    1/30/98
  - S 1: Ep 13 James Stevenson Stands Alone
    1/23/98
  - S 1: Ep 12 Love Thy Neighbor
    1/16/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 To Volunteer Is Human
    1/9/98
  - + 17 More Credits
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
  Estes
  1998
- Paulie
  Virgil the Janitor
  1998
- Hope Floats
  Star
  1998
- Air Bud
  Star
  1998
- That Thing You Do!
  Star
  1996
- Ghosts of Mississippi
  Star
  1996
- First Kid
  Speet
  1996
- Ed
  Tipton
  1996
- Nightjohn
  Star
  1996
- Fluke
  Bert
  1995
- The Hudsucker Proxy
  Moses
  1994
- I'll Fly Away
  Lewis Coleman
  - S 3: Ep 1 I'll Fly Away: Then And Now
    10/11/93
  - S 2: Ep 16 State
    2/5/93
  - S 2: Ep 15 Commencement
    1/29/93
  - S 2: Ep 14 What's In A Name?
    1/22/93
  - S 2: Ep 13 Small Wishes
    1/15/93
  - + 34 More Credits
- Demolition Man
  Zachary Lamb - Aged
  1993
- The Bodyguard
  Devaney
  1992
- Roadside Prophets
  Star
  1992
- The People Under the Stairs
  Grandpa Booker
  1991
- New Jack City: Special Edition
  Old Man
  1991
- New Jack City
  Old Man
  1991
- Homeroom
  Phil Drexler
  - S 1: Ep 10 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Sister
    12/17/89
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mr. Drexler's Neighborhood
    12/10/89
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Commercial Break
    12/3/89
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dinner at Fiveish
    11/19/89
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who Is Captain Fitness?
    11/5/89
  - + 8 More Credits
- The January Man
  Detective Reilly
  1989
- The Slap Maxwell Story
  The Dutchman
  - S 1: Ep 16 Slap's Father
    2/10/88
- The Color of Money
  Orvis
  1986
- The Brother From Another Planet
  Star
  1984
- Trading Places
  Bartender
  1983
- Greased Lightning
  Star
  1977
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Go On
  George
  - S 1: Ep 22 Urn-ed Run
    4/11/13
  - S 1: Ep 20 Matchup Problems
    3/26/13
  - S 1: Ep 16 Go Deep
    2/19/13
  - S 1: Ep 14 Comeback Player of the Year
    1/22/13
  - S 1: Ep 10 Back, Back, Back ... It's Gone!
    11/27/12
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Drew Carey Show
  Tony
  - S 9: Ep 26 Finale
    9/8/04
  - S 9: Ep 14 Asleep at the Wheel
    7/14/04
  - S 9: Ep 6 Sealed in a Kiss
    6/16/04
  - S 8: Ep 26 The Bataan Wedding March
    8/27/03
  - S 8: Ep 22 A Means to an End
    7/16/03
  - + 3 More Credits
Guest Star (48)

Role
- Harry's Law
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 7 American Dreamers
    2/28/11
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  Bishop Sanford
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lonely Hearts
    2/23/11
- The Glades
  Gregory "Stovepipe" Richmond
  - S 1: Ep 9 Honey
    9/5/10
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Harry Bastille
  - S 9: Ep 8 Young Man With A Horn
    12/4/08
- One Tree Hill
  Gus
  - S 6: Ep 1 Touch Me I'm Going To Scream, Part 1
    9/1/08
- Army Wives
  Harry
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Messenger
    6/22/08
- October Road
  Mr. Bolivar
  - S 1: Ep 5 Forever. Until Now
    4/19/07
- Yes, Dear
  Counterman
  - S 6: Ep 5 Barbecue
    10/12/05
- Yes, Dear
  Starter
  - S 6: Ep 2 Greg's a Mooch
    9/21/05
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  Emory Erickson
  - S 4: Ep 10 Daedalus
    1/14/05
- Soul Food
  Mr. Bradford
  - S 5: Ep 13 Fear Eats the Soul (1)
    5/19/04
- JAG
  Chaplain Turner
  - S 9: Ep 11 A Merry Little Christmas
    12/12/03
  - S 9: Ep 8 Posse Comitatus
    11/14/03
  - S 7: Ep 20 Port Chicago
    4/9/02
  - S 7: Ep 11 Answered Prayers
    12/11/01
- 10-8
  Earl Edmonds
  - S 1: Ep 6 Mercy, Mercy Me
    11/2/03
- NYPD Blue
  Bernie Carpenter
  - S 10: Ep 20 Maybe Baby
    5/6/03
- The Division
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 7 Strangers
    3/9/03
- The Drew Carey Show
  Tony (bus driver)
  - S 8: Ep 3 Eyes Wide Open
    9/23/02
- My Wife and Kids
  Minister Johnny (Michael's Golf Buddy)
  - S 2: Ep 29 Anniversary (2)
    5/22/02
- My Wife and Kids
  Michael's Golf Buddy
  - S 2: Ep 28 Anniversary (1)
    5/22/02
- The West Wing
  Alan Tatum
  - S 3: Ep 18 Enemies Foreign and Domestic
    5/1/02
- Philly
  Warren Bell
  - S 1: Ep 9 Loving Sons
    12/4/01
- Six Feet Under
  Mr. Jones
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Room
    7/8/01
- Touched by an Angel
  Henry Baldwin
  - S 7: Ep 20 Band of Angels
    4/15/01
- The Fighting Fitzgeralds
  Chet Armentrout
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Fire Fight
    3/13/01
- The Practice
  Arthur Turner
  - S 4: Ep 19 Till Death Do Us Part (1)
    4/30/00
- The Sopranos
  Reverend James, Sr.
  - S 2: Ep 2 Do Not Resuscitate
    1/23/00
- The Outer Limits
  Joe "Madman" Dell
  - S 5: Ep 20 Fathers and Sons
    8/6/99
- For Your Love
  Uncle Stanley
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Golf War
    1/21/99
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Hair Club for Men
    10/1/98
- L. A. Doctors
  Bob
  - S 1: Ep 9 What About Bob?
    11/16/98
- The Wayans Bros.
  Fred Watson
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Black Widower
    4/30/97
- The Outer Limits
  Prisoner 91777
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Camp
    2/21/97
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Gino Costa
  - S 5: Ep 16 Full Contact
    2/1/97
- ER
  Mr. Bowman
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Match Game
    3/28/96
- NYPD Blue
  Norval Stevens
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Nutty Confessor
    2/20/96
- Northern Exposure
  Angelo Maxwell
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Letter
    10/10/94
- Empty Nest
  Jerome
  - S 6: Ep 16 Gesundeit
    1/22/94
- Coach
  George
  - S 5: Ep 21 Why So Happy, Hayden?
    5/11/93
- I'll Fly Away
  Guest Star
- True Colors
  Bernard Freeman
  - S 1: Ep 25 Favorite Son
    5/12/91
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Gee Pennywell
  - S 40: Ep 1 Decoration Day
    12/2/90
- Married People
  Willis
  - S 1: Ep 5 Money Changes Everything
    10/10/90
- Designing Women
  Henry Wilson/Charlie Monroe
  - S 5: Ep 2 Papa Was a Rolling Stone
    9/24/90
- L.A. Law
  Webb Johnson
  - S 2: Ep 17 Belle of the Bald
    4/14/88
- Spenser: For Hire
  Larry Sills
  - S 2: Ep 20 If You Knew Sammy
    4/4/87
- Kate & Allie
  Sam Butcher
  - S 4: Ep 11 The Goodbye Girl
    12/8/86
  - S 4: Ep 10 Stage Mother
    12/1/86
- Designing Women
  Henry/Charles
- The Equalizer
  Harry
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Distant Fire
    11/6/85
- Baby I'm Back
  Attorney Adam Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Living Proof
    1/30/78
- Good Times
  Mr. Gillard
  - S 4: Ep 6 Evans Versus Davis
    10/27/76

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- In 2006, Bill Cobs won the "Richard Kind Dramatic Award" for best actor in 2005's, The Final Patient.
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- In the 1990's, Bill Cobbs did radio commercials for "Carl Jr.'s" and television commercials for "Yuban".
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