Robert Guillaume

Actor · Producer · Crew· St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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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Known For

The roles that explain the career.

Full credits

The Lion Kingposter

The Lion King

Rafiki (voice) · 1994

Big Fishposter

Big Fish

Dr. Bennett (senior) · 2003

The Lion King II: Simba's Prideposter

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Rafiki (voice) · 1998

The Lion King 1½poster

The Lion King 1½

Rafiki (voice) · 2004

Spy Hardposter

Spy Hard

Agent Steve Bishop · 1996

Death Warrantposter

Death Warrant

Hawkins · 1990

Once Upon a Studioposter

Dr. Frank Napier · 1989

Filmography

37 credits across 3 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2012	Columbus Circle	Howard Miles	Film
2011	Satin	Doc Bishop	Film
2008	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Mr. Barnes	Film
2004	The Lion King 1½	Rafiki (voice)	Film
2003	The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina	Ben (voice)	Film
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives		Film
2003	Big Fish	Dr. Bennett (senior)	Film
2002	13th Child	Riley	Film
2001	The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	Mr. Thicknose (voice)	Film
1999	Silicon Towers	Detective Green	Film
1998	Sports Night	Isaac Jaffe	TV
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Rafiki (voice)	Film
1996	First Kid	Wilkes	Film
1996	Spy Hard	Agent Steve Bishop	Film
1996	Panic in the Skies!	Rob Barnes	Film
1995	Children of the Dust	Mossburger	TV
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Narrator (voice)	TV
1995	Timon and Pumbaa	Rafiki (voice)	TV
1994	The Lion King	Rafiki (voice)	Film
1993	The Meteor Man	Ted Reed	Film
1992	Fish Police	Det. Catfish (voice)	TV
1991	Pacific Station	Bob Ballard	TV
1990	Death Warrant	Hawkins	Film
1990	Fire and Rain	Carter	Film
1989	The Robert Guillaume Show	Edward Sawyer	TV
1989	Lean On Me	Dr. Frank Napier	Film
1987	They Still Call Me Bruce	V.A. Officer Johnson	Film
1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel	Harlan Wade	Film
1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Philmore Walker	Film
1983	The Kid with the 200 I.Q.	Prof. Jason Mills	Film
1983	The Kid with the 200 I.Q.	Executive Producer	Film
1982	The Kid with the Broken Halo	Blake	Film
1981	Purlie	Purlie	Film
1980	Seems Like Old Times	Fred	Film
1979	Benson	Benson DuBois	TV
1979	The Kid from Left Field	Larry Cooper	Film
1973	Super Fly T.N.T.	Jordan Gaines	Film

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