Bill Cobbs
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Trading Places
1983
as Bartender
Night at the Museum
2006
as Reginald
Demolition Man
1993
as Zachary Lamb - Aged
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
as Reginald
The Bodyguard
1992
as Bill Devaney
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
as Master Tinker
The Ultimate Life
2013
as Ted Hamilton
New Jack City
1991
as Old Man
Paulie
1998
as Virgil the Janitor
Enough
2002
as Jim Toller
The Color of Money
1986
as Orvis
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Moses
The Muppets
2011
as Grandfather
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Charlie Evers
The Ultimate Gift
2007
as Ted Hamilton
The People Under the Stairs
1991
as Grandpa Booker
The Cotton Club
1984
as Big Joe Ison
Fluke
1995
as Bert
Hope Floats
1998
as Nurse
Air Bud
1997
as Arthur Chaney