Bill Cobbs
Date of birth: 1934-06-16
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William Francisco Cobbs, William Cobbs, بیل کابز, بیل کوبز, بیل کوبس
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Bodyguard
1992-11-25
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened
Night at the Museum
2006-12-20
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an
Enough
2002-05-21
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998-11-13
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after h
New Jack City
1991-03-08
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack.
Air Bud
1997-08-01
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experie
Bird
1988-06-01
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994-03-11
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock sc
The Color of Money
1986-10-17
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He
Ed
1996-03-15
Jack Cooper could be a world-class baseball pitcher if he didn't keep buckling under the pressure. H
Hope Floats
1998-05-29
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping
Demolition Man
1993-10-08
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to dec
Always Outnumbered
1998-03-21
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More impo
Hard Luck
2006-10-17
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A
The People Under the Stairs
1991-11-01
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true na
Paulie
1998-04-17
Paulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor w
The Morgue
2008-01-01
A supernatural killer terrorizes a group of people in an eerie morgue.
Greased Lightning
1977-07-01
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier N
Get Low
2010-07-30
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Te
The Final Patient
2005-08-05
When retired physician Daniel Green (Bill Cobbs, Night at the Museum) lifts a 5-ton farm tractor off
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013-03-07
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of O
Caroltyn
2022-06-17
When a mysterious illness targets several children in the small town of Caroltyn, young single mom K
The Derby Stallion
2005-07-04
An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship
The Tenant
2011-08-19
A simple man, Dr. Walter Newman has high aspirations to cure all disease through genetic manipulatio
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School
2010-01-01
No Limit Kids centers on a group of young teens that band together to save their town's landmark, th
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995-12-01
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Moe's World
1990-07-14
The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the worki
Decoration Day
1990-12-02
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin hi
Lukewarm
2012-01-01
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the
Carolina Skeletons
1991-09-30
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, h
The Hitter
1979-02-01
An ex-professional boxer gets a new start when teaming up with an ageing hoodlum and an ex-call girl
The Ultimate Life
2013-09-06
Despite his best intentions, billionaire Jason Stevens can’t find enough time to keep his beloved Al
Captiva Island
1995-01-01
While vacationing on Captiva Island, Florida with his parents, a teen, gloomy about his future, find
A House Is Not a Home
2015-09-07
Ben (Webb) and Linda Williams move the family into a dream home in a last ditch effort to save their
Tuesday Morning Ride
1995-01-01
Tuesday Morning Ride is based on the short story "A Summer Tragedy" by Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renai
Block Party
2022-06-08
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for h
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995-03-18
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993-10-11
Lilly Taylor returns to her hometown for the first time in thirty years, where she remembers the dra
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014-12-17
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, unit
The Hard Way
1991-03-08
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollyw
Three Days to Vegas
2007-02-02
Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Ve
Divas
1995-09-19
This pilot for a prospective series is an ensemble drama chronicling the ups and downs of a young, a
Dear Secret Santa
2013-11-30
Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just befor
Man with a Gun
1995-10-09
Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.
Nightjohn
1996-06-01
John is a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young s
The Muppets
2011-11-22
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sy
That Thing You Do!
1996-10-04
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with
First Kid
1996-08-30
Some say that to be the leader of a country is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. But being the
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974-10-02
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid
Roadside Prophets
1992-03-27
On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson
The Brother from Another Planet
1984-09-07
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through th
Greased Lightning
1977-07-01
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier N
Special Ed
2006-01-20
Dr. David Edwards is a cancer specialist, and his life is his work. His only friend is Lou Rosen, 73
Fluke
1995-06-02
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of hi
Duck
2005-03-11
An aging widower and a duck encounter helpful and hostile characters as they search for a place and
The Member of the Wedding
1982-12-20
12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their
Call Me King
2016-08-18
In the international world of gun running... loyalty, honor and discretion are valuable commodities,
Random Hearts
1999-10-08
After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each o
For All Time
2000-10-18
A man facing middle-age and a failing marriage finds a time slip that can take him back to the end o
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015-10-05
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with
The Search for Santa Paws
2010-10-12
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost th
The Ultimate Legacy
2015-12-04
A self-absorbed young man is challenged to grow a conscience and change his ways in order to receive
A Mighty Wind
2003-04-16
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following
Christmas In Palm Springs
2014-11-23
Jessica has a big presentation in Palm Springs. There are a couple of problems though: her two kids
On Angel's Wings
2014-09-01
When the Angel's Soccer team's top player is injured, the Coach decides to play water girl McKenzie
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995-01-01
Orphaned after her parents are killed in an accident, Goldilocks is sent to live with her Uncle Hal
Queen of Swing
2006-02-20
QUEEN OF SWING recounts the true story of a Jazz Age trailblazer — 95-year-old entertainer Norma Mil
New Life
2016-10-28
Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004-02-25
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress B
The January Man
1989-01-13
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial k
Exiled in America
1992-11-04
A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees
My Christmas Grandpa
2017-12-16
The cashier at a small market is a grouchy man who never has a smile for anyone; but when a little g
Fatal Instinct
1993-10-29
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He cr
Sunshine State
2002-06-21
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal
Suspect
1987-10-23
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to
Five Corners
1987-09-11
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the wo
Dominick and Eugene
1988-03-18
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. Th
The Arcadian
2011-04-28
The Arcadian follows "The Lighthouse Keeper" on a story of revenge and redemption in a strange futur
Out There
1995-11-19
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. A
The Cotton Club
1984-12-14
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000-05-31
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i
Beyond the Law
2019-12-06
When a former detective learns of the murder of his estranged son, he ventures back to the darkened
Trading Places
1983-06-07
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t
Of Mind and Music
2014-10-19
Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to hel
Silkwood
1983-12-14
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highl
The Last Letter
2013-12-17
Catharine Wright struggles with a debilitating sleep disorder. Her husband Michael struggles to cope
The Ultimate Gift
2007-03-09
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to t
This Man's Life
2008-03-29
A magical tale about a man traveling home to claim his estranged father's inheritance when he encoun
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001-07-21
When Aunt T. visits the Carmichaels to celebrate Kwanzaa, she tells Susie the holiday is a time to h
The Undershepherd
2012-02-15
Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church u
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996-12-20
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist
Saving Paradise
2021-09-03
A ruthless corporate raider is forced to return to his small town roots where he suddenly inherits h
Dino Dana: The Movie
2020-03-21
Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where a
A Boy and a Boa
1975-01-01
A story of a young boy and his pet boa. The boa gets loose in a library and gives the viewer a snake
Johnny Bull
1986-05-19
An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the lat
Compromising Positions
1985-08-30
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigat
Streets of Gold
1986-11-14
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allow
Broken Church
2025-07-21
Rev. James Logan and his wife Beverly Logan were forced into a vicious spiritual warfare against the