Robert Guillaume
Biography
Robert "Bob" Guillaume (November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night. In a career that spanned more than 50 years he worked extensively on stage (including a Tony Award nomination), television (including winning two Emmy Awards), and film.
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Acting History
2023
Once Upon a Studio as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2012Columbus Circle as Howard Miles
2011Satin as Doc Bishop
2009Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
2008The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry as Mr. Barnes
2004The Lion King 1½ as Rafiki (voice)
2004Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2004Century City
2004Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 as Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
2003Big Fish as Dr. Bennett (senior)
2003Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari as Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
2003The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Ben (voice)
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
200213th Child as Riley
20028 Simple Rules as Cody Grant
2001The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Mr. Thicknose (voice)
2001The Proud Family as Dr. Parker (voice)
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sonny Bridges
1999Silicon Towers as Detective Green
1998The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Rafiki (voice)
1998Sports Night as Isaac Jaffe
1998His Bodyguard as Garrett
1997Merry Christmas, George Bailey as Mr. Gower
1996Pandora's Clock as Ambassador Lee Lancaster
1996Panic in the Skies as Rob Barnes
1996Promised Land
1996Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Reverend Devers
1996Spy Hard as Agent Steve Bishop
1996Shari's Passover Surprise as Robert
1996Moesha as Arthur
1995Timon and Pumbaa as Rafiki (voice)
1995The Outer Limits as Mr. Brown
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Narrator (voice)
1995Children of the Dust as Mossburger
1994Cosmic Slop as Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
1994Touched by an Angel as Judge Dawes
1994The Making of the Lion King as Self - Host
1994Greyhounds as Robert Smith
1994The Lion King as Rafiki (voice)
1994Burke's Law as Eugene Sayers
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Father Morrissey
1993The Meteor Man as Ted Reed
1993Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dr. Arthur Hemmings
1992Mastergate as Senator Sellers
1992Jack's Place
1992Fish Police
1992You Must Remember This as Uncle Buddy
1991Pacific Station as Bob Ballard
1990Fire and Rain as Carter
1990Death Warrant as Hawkins
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Pete Fletcher
1989The Robert Guillaume Show as Edward Sawyer
1989The Penthouse as Eugene St. Clair
1989Lean On Me as Dr. Frank Napier
1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as Harlan Wade
1987A Different World as Dean Winston
1987A Different World as Prof. Murphy
1987They Still Call Me Bruce as V.A. Officer Johnson
1987Wanted: Dead or Alive as Philmore Walker
1986John Grin's Christmas as John Grin
1986L.A. Law as Edward Rollins
1986Passion and Memory as Host
1985Prince Jack as Martin Luther King
1985North and South as Frederick Douglass
1984Jeopardy! as Self
1983Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983The Kid with the 200 I.Q. as Prof. Jason Mills
1982Hotel
1982The Kid with the Broken Halo as Blake
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982Magic with the Stars as Host
1981Purlie as Purlie
1980Seems Like Old Times as Fred
1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
1980The Donna Summer Special as An Angel
1979The Kid from Left Field as Larry Cooper
1979Benson as Benson DuBois
1977The Love Boat as Frank Belloque
1977The Love Boat as Allan Curtis
1977Soap as Benson
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975The Jeffersons
1974Good Times
1973Super Fly T.N.T. as Jordan Gaines
1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin as Self
1972Sanford and Son
1971Great Performances as Self
1971All in the Family as Dr. Franklin
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. as Aaron Carothers
1968Julia
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1956Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1950The Bob Hope Show as The Singer
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee