
Bill Cobbs
Born
1934-06-16
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
2024-06-25
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 f...
Known for

Night at the Museum
Reginald

Oz the Great and Powerful
Master Tinker

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Reginald

Demolition Man
Zachary Lamb - Aged

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Old Man

Trading Places
Bartender

The Sopranos
Reverend James Sr.

The Bodyguard
Bill Devaney

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Estes

The Muppets
Grandfather

The Color of Money
Orvis

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Harry Bastille

Enough
Jim Toller

The Hudsucker Proxy
Moses

Six Feet Under
Mr. Jones