Robert Guillaume

Acting

Born: 1927-11-30

Died: 2017-10-24

From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.9

Also Known As

Bob 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Guillaume, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

1995

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Benson

1985

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Soap

1979

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

1977

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Robert Guillaume

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 1 nominated

Acting91 titles

The Donna Summer Special

His Bodyguard

The Making of the Lion King

Passion and Memory

Magic with the Stars

Prince Jack

You Must Remember This

The Lion King

Once Upon a Studio

Reading Rainbow

Good Times

Jack's Place

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Big Fish

All in the Family

The Outer Limits

The Proud Family

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Sanford and Son

North and South

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

Lean On Me

The Jeffersons

Sports Night

Soap

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Touched by an Angel

Timon and Pumbaa

Golden Globe Awards

L.A. Law

Benson

Diagnosis: Murder

Moesha

Children of the Dust

Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise

Greyhounds

The Bob Hope Show

A Different World

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Saturday Night Live

Night of 100 Stars

Hotel

8 Simple Rules

Burke's Law

Jeopardy!

The Kid with the Broken Halo

The Lion King 1½

Marcus Welby, M.D.

John Grin's Christmas

Purlie

Promised Land

The Kid from Left Field

Julia

Seems Like Old Times

Death Warrant

Fire and Rain

The Love Boat

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Crossbow

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

Great Performances

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Century City

The Robert Guillaume Show

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

The Meteor Man

Panic in the Skies!

Columbus Circle

The Mike Douglas Show

Super Fly T.N.T.