Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self - Co-Host

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 • as Sonny Bridges

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 • as Frank Belloque

Filmography

2023

Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio
as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/24/2023

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/14/2021

2012

Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
as Howard Miles
Movie - Released: 3/5/2012

2011

Satin
Satin
as Doc Bishop
Movie - Released: 3/1/2011

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/5/2009

2008

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
as Mr. Barnes
Movie - Released: 4/27/2008

2004

The Lion King 1½
The Lion King 1½
as Rafiki (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/6/2004
Movie
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0
as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
Movie - Released: 8/31/2004
Movie
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
Movie - Released: 2/10/2004
Century City
Century City
TV - Released: 3/16/2004

2003

Big Fish
Big Fish
as Dr. Bennett (senior)
Movie - Released: 12/25/2003
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Ben (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/8/2003
Movie
Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari
as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
Movie - Released: 10/7/2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie - Released: 2/10/2003

2002

13th Child
13th Child
as Riley
Movie - Released: 10/25/2002
8 Simple Rules
8 Simple Rules
as Cody Grant
TV - Released: 9/17/2002

2001

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/4/2001
The Proud Family
The Proud Family
as Dr. Parker (voice)
TV - Released: 9/15/2001

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sonny Bridges
TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

Silicon Towers
Silicon Towers
as Detective Green
Movie - Released: 11/17/1999

1998

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Rafiki (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/24/1998
His Bodyguard
His Bodyguard
as Garrett
Movie - Released: 7/22/1998
Sports Night
Sports Night
as Isaac Jaffe
TV - Released: 9/22/1998

1997

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
as Mr. Gower
Movie - Released: 12/25/1997

1996

Spy Hard
Spy Hard
as Agent Steve Bishop
Movie - Released: 5/24/1996
Shari's Passover Surprise
Shari's Passover Surprise
as Robert
Movie - Released: 4/14/1996
Movie
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
as Reverend Devers
Movie - Released: 6/16/1996
Panic in the Skies
Panic in the Skies
as Rob Barnes
Movie - Released: 10/13/1996
Moesha
Moesha
TV - Released: 1/23/1996
Promised Land
Promised Land
TV - Released: 9/17/1996
Pandora's Clock
Pandora's Clock
as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
TV - Released: 11/10/1996

1995

Timon and Pumbaa
Timon and Pumbaa
TV - Released: 9/8/1995
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
as Mr. Brown
TV - Released: 3/26/1995
Children of the Dust
Children of the Dust
as Mossburger
TV - Released: 2/26/1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/12/1995

1994

The Lion King
The Lion King
as Rafiki (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/15/1994
Cosmic Slop
Cosmic Slop
as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
Movie - Released: 11/8/1994
Greyhounds
Greyhounds
as Robert Smith
Movie - Released: 6/24/1994
The Making of the Lion King
The Making of the Lion King
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 6/24/1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Judge Dawes
TV - Released: 9/21/1994
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Eugene Sayers
TV - Released: 1/7/1994

1993

The Meteor Man
The Meteor Man
as Ted Reed
Movie - Released: 8/6/1993
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
as Dr. Arthur Hemmings
TV - Released: 5/22/1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Father Morrissey
TV - Released: 10/29/1993

1992

Mastergate
Mastergate
as Senator Sellers
Movie - Released: 11/1/1992
You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This
as Uncle Buddy
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Fish Police
Fish Police
TV - Released: 2/28/1992
Jack's Place
Jack's Place
TV - Released: 5/26/1992

1991

TV
Pacific Station
as Detective Bob Ballard
TV - Released: 9/15/1991

1990

Death Warrant
Death Warrant
as Hawkins
Movie - Released: 9/14/1990
Fire and Rain
Fire and Rain
as Carter
Movie - Released: 10/26/1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Pete Fletcher
TV - Released: 9/10/1990

1989

Lean On Me
Lean On Me
as Dr. Frank Napier
Movie - Released: 3/3/1989
The Penthouse
The Penthouse
as Eugene St. Clair
Movie - Released: 3/5/1989
The Robert Guillaume Show
The Robert Guillaume Show
as Edward Sawyer
TV - Released: 4/5/1989

1987

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Philmore Walker
Movie - Released: 1/16/1987
They Still Call Me Bruce
They Still Call Me Bruce
as V.A. Officer Johnson
Movie - Released: 5/1/1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as Harlan Wade
Movie - Released: 11/15/1987
A Different World
A Different World
as Dean Winston
TV - Released: 9/24/1987
A Different World
A Different World
as Prof. Murphy
TV - Released: 9/24/1987

1986

Christmas
Christmas
as John Grin
Movie - Released: 12/1/1986
Passion and Memory
Passion and Memory
as Host
Movie - Released: 5/13/1986
L.A. Law
L.A. Law
as Edward Rollins
TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1985

Prince Jack
Prince Jack
as Martin Luther King
Movie - Released: 12/1/1985
North and South
North and South
as Frederick Douglass
TV - Released: 11/3/1985

1983

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as Prof. Jason Mills
Movie - Released: 2/6/1983
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1982

The Kid with the Broken Halo
The Kid with the Broken Halo
as Blake
Movie - Released: 4/5/1982
Magic with the Stars
Magic with the Stars
as Host
Movie - Released: 1/17/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/1982
Hotel
Hotel
TV - Released: 8/21/1982

1981

Purlie
Purlie
as Purlie
Movie - Released: 10/12/1981

1980

Seems Like Old Times
Seems Like Old Times
as Fred
Movie - Released: 12/19/1980
The Donna Summer Special
The Donna Summer Special
as An Angel
Movie - Released: 1/27/1980
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self
TV - Released: 11/18/1980

1979

The Kid from Left Field
The Kid from Left Field
as Larry Cooper
Movie - Released: 9/30/1979
Benson
Benson
as Benson DuBois
TV - Released: 9/13/1979

1977

The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Frank Belloque
TV - Released: 9/24/1977
Soap
Soap
as Benson
TV - Released: 9/13/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Allan Curtis
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1975

The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
TV - Released: 1/18/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Good Times
Good Times
TV - Released: 2/8/1974

1973

Super Fly T.N.T.
Super Fly T.N.T.
as Jordan Gaines
Movie - Released: 6/15/1973

1972

S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/17/1972
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son
TV - Released: 1/14/1972

1971

All in the Family
All in the Family
as Dr. Franklin
TV - Released: 1/12/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Aaron Carothers
TV - Released: 9/23/1969

1968

Julia
Julia
TV - Released: 9/17/1968

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 4/1/1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1950

The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
as The Singer
TV - Released: 4/9/1950

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944