Bill Cobbs

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.

Known For

Night at the Museum

as Reginald

Oz the Great and Powerful

as Master Tinker

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

as Reginald

Demolition Man

as Zachary Lamb - Aged

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

as Old Man

Trading Places

as Bartender

The Bodyguard

as Bill Devaney

The Sopranos

as Reverend James Sr.

The Muppets

as Grandfather

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

as Estes