
Bill Cobbs
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-06-16 in 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 from the Wikipedia article Bill Cobbs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Harry Bastille

The Sopranos
as Reverend James Sr.

The West Wing
as Alan Tatum

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

JAG
as Matthew Turner

ER
as Mr. Bowman

One Tree Hill
as Gus

Star Trek: Enterprise
as Dr. Emory Erickson

The Practice
as Arthur Turner

The Drew Carey Show
as Tony

The Outer Limits
as Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777

The Outer Limits
as Joe Dell

NYPD Blue
as Bernie Carpenter

NYPD Blue
as Norval Stevens

Walker, Texas Ranger
as Gino Costa

The Equalizer
as Barry

Six Feet Under
as Mr. Jones

Touched by an Angel
as Henry Baldwin

L.A. Law
as Webb Johnson

L.A. Law
as Webb Cobbs