Bill Cobbs
Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1934
Died: June 25, 2024
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Filmography
102 movies · 53 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Broken Church
2025
2.7
Caroltyn
2022
6.1
Block Party
2022
6.0
Saving Paradise
2021
7.2
Dino Dana: The Movie
2020
5.2
Beyond the Law
2019NR
As Evil Does
2018NR
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
2018
3.4
My Christmas Grandpa
2017
6.5
New Life
2016
5.0
Call Me King
2016
7.1
Greenleaf
2016
5.4
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
6.6
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015
1.7
A House Is Not a Home
2015
7.2
The Carmichael Show
2015
6.2
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
5.0
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014
5.7
Of Mind and Music
2014
NR
On Angel's Wings
2014
6.8
Hand of God
2014
5.3
Rake
2014
3.5
The Last Letter
2013
6.0
Dear Secret Santa
2013
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
6.9
The Ultimate Life
2013
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
6.5
Go On
2012
6.0
The Undershepherd
2012
5.0
Lukewarm
2012
6.7
The Muppets
2011
3.5
The Tenant
2011
NR
The Arcadian
2011
7.2
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
7.5
Harry's Law
2011
6.3
The Search for Santa Paws
2010
6.7
Get Low
2010
7.0
The Glades
2010
6.0
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
20102.0
This Man's Life
2008
4.7
The Morgue
2008
8.5
Side Order of Life
2007
7.5
Army Wives
2007
6.2
October Road
2007
7.7
The Ultimate Gift
2007
3.9
Three Days to Vegas
2007
6.6
Night at the Museum
2006
5.5
Hard Luck
2006NR
Queen of Swing
2006
8.0
Special Ed
2006
7.1
The Final Patient
2005
5.9
The Derby Stallion
2005
7.0
Duck
2005
NR
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
7.8
One Tree Hill
2003
6.8
A Mighty Wind
2003
6.4
Sunshine State
2002
6.6
Enough
2002
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
7.0
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001
8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
7.4
My Wife and Kids
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
5.7
The Michael Richards Show
2000
6.4
For All Time
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
6.8
Yes, Dear
2000
7.2
Soul Food
2000
9.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
6.5
The Others
2000
5.6
Random Hearts
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
8.7
The Sopranos
1999
5.4
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
8.5
L.A. Doctors
1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
6.4
Hope Floats
1998
7.0
Paulie
1998
6.4
Always Outnumbered
199810.0
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
5.6
Air Bud
19979.0
Soulmates
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
6.9
That Thing You Do!
1996
5.7
First Kid
1996
6.2
Nightjohn
1996
5.3
Thrill
1996
4.1
Ed
1996
6.4
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
5.0
Out There
1995
4.6
Man with a Gun
1995
7.3
JAG
1995
9.5
Divas
1995
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
1995
7.0
Fluke
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
6.7
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
19957.0
The Watcher
1995
7.2
The Wayans Bros.
19957.0
Captiva Island
1995
6.5
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995
6.0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.1
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
5.5
Fatal Instinct
19938.5
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
6.8
Demolition Man
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
6.7
The Bodyguard
1992
5.5
Exiled in America
1992
5.6
Roadside Prophets
1992
6.6
The People Under the Stairs
1991
7.5
I'll Fly Away
1991
7.2
Carolina Skeletons
1991
6.7
New Jack City
1991
6.2
The Hard Way
1991
6.9
Decoration Day
1990
5.8
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
6.9
Gabriel's Fire
1990
8.7
True Colors
1990
9.0
Moe's World
1990
7.8
Northern Exposure
1990
6.7
Coach
1989
5.0
The January Man
1989
5.9
Empty Nest
1988
6.9
Bird
1988
6.8
Dominick and Eugene
1988
6.6
Suspect
1987
5.9
Five Corners
1987
5.4
Streets of Gold
1986
6.9
The Color of Money
1986
6.8
Designing Women
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
5.5
Johnny Bull
1986
6.9
Spenser: For Hire
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
1985
5.3
Compromising Positions
1985
6.5
The Cotton Club
1984
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
6.1
Kate & Allie
1984
6.9
Silkwood
1983
7.2
Trading Places
1983
5.9
Rage of Angels
1983
5.0
The Member of the Wedding
1982
4.1
The Hitter
1979
5.9
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
6.4
Greased Lightning
1977NR
A Boy and a Boa
1975
7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
8.0
Good Times
1974
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951