Bill Cobbs
Actor
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Master Tinker 2013
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Reginald 2014
Demolition Man
as Zachary Lamb - Aged 1993
Trading Places
as Bartender 1983
The Bodyguard
as Bill Devaney 1992
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
as Estes 1998
The Muppets
as Grandfather 2011
The Color of Money
as Orvis 1986
Enough
as Jim Toller 2002
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Moses 1994
That Thing You Do!
as Del Paxton 1996
The People Under the Stairs
as Grandpa Booker 1991
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Man on Platform 1974
New Jack City
as Old Man 1991
Paulie
as Virgil the Janitor 1998
Air Bud
as Arthur Chaney 1997