Bill Cobbs
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1934-06-16 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 2024-06-25
Known for
- Night at the Museum (2006) — Reginald
- Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) — Master Tinker
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) — Reginald
- Demolition Man (1993) — Zachary Lamb - Aged
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) — Old Man
- Trading Places (1983) — Bartender
- The Sopranos (1999) — Reverend James Sr.
- The Bodyguard (1992) — Bill Devaney
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) — Estes
- The Muppets (2011) — Grandfather
- The Color of Money (1986) — Orvis
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Harry Bastille
- Enough (2002) — Jim Toller
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — Moses
- Six Feet Under (2001) — Mr. Jones
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) — Dr. Emory Erickson