Bill Cobbs
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.…
Filmography
The Gregory Hines Show
1997 · 10.0
Divas
1995 · 9.5
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · 9.0
Soulmates
1997 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
True Colors
1990 · 8.7
The Sopranos
1999 · 8.7
L.A. Doctors
1998 · 8.5
Side Order of Life
2007 · 8.5
The West Wing
1999 · 8.3
Six Feet Under
2001 · 8.1
Good Times
1974 · 8.0
Special Ed
2006 · 8.0
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · 7.9
ER
1994 · 7.8
One Tree Hill
2003 · 7.8
Northern Exposure
1990 · 7.8
The Ultimate Gift
2007 · 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7
Rugrats
1991 · 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
The Practice
1997 · 7.6
Army Wives
2007 · 7.5
My Wife and Kids
2001 · 7.5
Harry's Law
2011 · 7.5
I'll Fly Away
1991 · 7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · 7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · 7.5
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 · 7.5
The Watcher
1995 · 7.3
JAG
1995 · 7.2
Trading Places
1983 · 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · 7.2
The Carmichael Show
2015 · 7.2
Soul Food
2000 · 7.2
Dino Dana: The Movie
2020 · 7.2
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011 · 7.2
NYPD Blue
1993 · 7.1
The Division
2001 · 7.1
Greenleaf
2016 · 7.1
The Final Patient
2005 · 7.1
Paulie
1998 · 7.1
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · 7.1
Fluke
1995 · 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · 7.0
L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0
The Ultimate Life
2013 · 7.0
Duck
2005 · 7.0
Captiva Island
1995 · 7.0
Broken Church
2025 · 7.0
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001 · 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · 7.0
The Glades
2010 · 7.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9
Gabriel's Fire
1990 · 6.9
That Thing You Do!
1996 · 6.9
Silkwood
1983 · 6.9
The Color of Money
1986 · 6.9
Hand of God
2014 · 6.8
Designing Women
1986 · 6.8
Bird
1988 · 6.8
A Mighty Wind
2003 · 6.8
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · 6.8
Demolition Man
1993 · 6.8
New Jack City
1991 · 6.7
The Bodyguard
1992 · 6.7
Yes, Dear
2000 · 6.7
Get Low
2010 · 6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · 6.7
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995 · 6.7
Coach
1989 · 6.7
The Muppets
2011 · 6.7
Enough
2002 · 6.6
Night at the Museum
2006 · 6.6
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015 · 6.6
Suspect
1987 · 6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 · 6.6
The People Under the Stairs
1991 · 6.6
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · 6.5
Go On
2012 · 6.5
Hope Floats
1998 · 6.5
The Cotton Club
1984 · 6.5
New Life
2016 · 6.5
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995 · 6.5
The Others
2000 · 6.4
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · 6.4
Greased Lightning
1977 · 6.4
For All Time
2000 · 6.4
Always Outnumbered
1998 · 6.4
Sunshine State
2002 · 6.4
The Search for Santa Paws
2010 · 6.3
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014 · 6.2
Kate & Allie
1984 · 6.2
The Hard Way
1991 · 6.2
Nightjohn
1996 · 6.2
October Road
2007 · 6.1
Block Party
2022 · 6.1
The Undershepherd
2012 · 6.0
Saving Paradise
2021 · 6.0
Dear Secret Santa
2013 · 6.0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995 · 6.0
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
2010 · 6.0
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 · 5.9
Empty Nest
1988 · 5.9
Rage of Angels
1983 · 5.9
Five Corners
1987 · 5.9
The Derby Stallion
2005 · 5.9
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977 · 5.9
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · 5.8
First Kid
1996 · 5.8
The Michael Richards Show
2000 · 5.7
Of Mind and Music
2014 · 5.7
Roadside Prophets
1992 · 5.6
Random Hearts
1999 · 5.6
Air Bud
1997 · 5.6
Fatal Instinct
1993 · 5.5
Hard Luck
2006 · 5.5
The Ultimate Legacy
2015 · 5.5
Exiled in America
1992 · 5.5
Rake
2014 · 5.4
Streets of Gold
1986 · 5.4
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998 · 5.4
Compromising Positions
1985 · 5.3
Beyond the Law
2019 · 5.2
Thrill
1996 · 5.2
The January Man
1989 · 5.0
Christmas in Palm Springs
2014 · 5.0
Out There
1995 · 5.0
Lukewarm
2012 · 5.0
Call Me King
2016 · 5.0
The Member of the Wedding
1982 · 5.0
The Morgue
2008 · 4.7
Man with a Gun
1995 · 4.6
Ed
1996 · 4.1
The Hitter
1979 · 4.1
Three Days to Vegas
2007 · 3.9
The Last Letter
2013 · 3.5
The Tenant
2011 · 3.5
My Christmas Grandpa
2017 · 3.4
Caroltyn
2022 · 2.7
This Man's Life
2008 · 2.0
A House Is Not a Home
2015 · 1.7
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
2018 · 0.0
On Angel's Wings
2014 · 0.0
As Evil Does
2018 · 0.0
The Arcadian
2011 · 0.0
A Boy and a Boa
1975 · 0.0
Queen of Swing
2006 · 0.0