Robert Guillaume

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-11-30

Deathday 2017-10-24 (89 years old)

Place of Birth St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Bob Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

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.

Known For

Actor

2023
Once Upon a Studio

as Rafiki (voice) (archive footage)

2012
Columbus Circle

as Howard Miles

2011
Satin

as Doc Bishop

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

2004
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5

as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)

2004
The Lion King 1½

as Rafiki (voice)

2003
Big Fish

as Dr. Bennett (senior)

2003
Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari

as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)

2002
13th Child

as Riley

2001
2001
The Proud Family

as Dr. Parker (voice)

2000
1999
Silicon Towers

as Detective Green

1998
1998
His Bodyguard

as Garrett

1998
Sports Night

as Isaac Jaffe

1996
Panic in the Skies

as Rob Barnes

1996
Spy Hard

as Agent Steve Bishop

1996
Pandora's Clock

as Ambassador Lee Lancaster

1996
1995
The Outer Limits

as Mr. Brown

1995
Children of the Dust

as Mossburger

1994
Cosmic Slop

as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')

1994
The Lion King

as Rafiki (voice)

1994
Greyhounds

as Robert Smith

1994
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Judge Dawes

1994
Burke's Law

as Eugene Sayers

1993
The Meteor Man

as Ted Reed

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Father Morrissey

1993
1992
Mastergate

as Senator Sellers

1992
You Must Remember This

as Uncle Buddy

1991
Pacific Station

as Detective Bob Ballard

1990
Fire and Rain

as Carter

1990
Death Warrant

as Hawkins

1990
1989
The Penthouse

as Eugene St. Clair

1989
Lean On Me

as Dr. Frank Napier

1989
The Robert Guillaume Show

as Edward Sawyer

1987
They Still Call Me Bruce

as V.A. Officer Johnson

1987
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Philmore Walker

1987
A Different World

as Dean Winston

1987
A Different World

as Prof. Murphy

1986
Christmas

as John Grin

1986
1986
L.A. Law

as Edward Rollins

1985
Prince Jack

as Martin Luther King

1985
North and South

as Frederick Douglass

1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

as Prof. Jason Mills

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982
1982
1981
Purlie

as Purlie

1980
1979
The Kid from Left Field

as Larry Cooper

1979
Benson

as Benson DuBois

1977
The Love Boat

as Frank Belloque

1977
The Love Boat

as Allan Curtis

1977
Soap

as Benson

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1973
Super Fly T.N.T.

as Jordan Gaines

1971
1971
All in the Family

as Dr. Franklin

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Aaron Carothers

1968
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1956
Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1950
The Bob Hope Show

as The Singer

Producer

1984
1983
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

as Executive Producer

Director

1986
Christmas

as Director