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.

Filmography

• 2023Once Upon a Studio — Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
• 2012Columbus Circle — Howard Miles
• 2011Satin — Doc Bishop
• 2008The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry — Mr. Barnes
• Century City — Judge
• 2004The Lion King 1½ — Rafiki (voice)
• 2004Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 — Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
• 2004Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 — Rafiki (voice) (archive sound)
• 2003Big Fish — Dr. Bennett (senior)
• 2003The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina — Ben (voice)
• 2003Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari — Rafiki (voice) (archive audio)
• 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
• 200213th Child — Riley
• 8 Simple Rules — Cody Grant
• 2001The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze — Mr. Thicknose (voice)
• The Proud Family — Dr. Parker (voice)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Sonny Bridges
• 1999Silicon Towers — Detective Green
• 1998His Bodyguard — Garrett
• Sports Night — Isaac Jaffe
• 1998The Easter Story Keepers — Ben (voice)
• 1998The Lion King II: Simba's Pride — Rafiki (voice)
• 1997Merry Christmas, George Bailey — Mr. Gower
• 1996First Kid — Wilkes
• 1996Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise — Robert
• Moesha — Arthur
• Pandora's Clock — Ambassador Lee Lancaster
• 1996Panic in the Skies! — Rob Barnes
• Promised Land
• 1996Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story — Reverend Devers
• 1996Spy Hard — Agent Steve Bishop
• Children of the Dust — Mossburger
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Narrator (voice)
• The Outer Limits — Mr. Brown
• Timon and Pumbaa — Rafiki (voice)
• Burke's Law — Eugene Sayers
• 1994Cosmic Slop — Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders')
• 1994Greyhounds — Robert Smith
• 1994The Lion King — Rafiki (voice)
• Touched by an Angel — Judge Dawes
• Diagnosis: Murder — Father Morrissey
• Saved by the Bell: The College Years — Dr. Arthur Hemmings
• 1993The Meteor Man — Ted Reed
• Fish Police — Det. Catfish (voice)
• Jack's Place
• 1992Mastergate — Senator Sellers
• 1992You Must Remember This — Uncle Buddy
• Pacific Station — Bob Ballard
• 1990Death Warrant — Hawkins
• 1990Fire and Rain — Carter
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Pete Fletcher
• 1989Lean On Me — Dr. Frank Napier
• 1989The Penthouse — Eugene St. Clair
• The Robert Guillaume Show — Edward Sawyer
• A Different World — Dean Winston, Prof. Murphy
• Crossbow
• 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel — Harlan Wade
• 1987They Still Call Me Bruce — V.A. Officer Johnson
• 1987Wanted: Dead or Alive — Philmore Walker
• 1986John Grin's Christmas — John Grin, Director
• L.A. Law — Edward Rollins
• 1986Passion and Memory — Host
• North and South — Frederick Douglass
• 1985Prince Jack — Martin Luther King
• 1984The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins — Executive Producer
• 1983The Kid with the 200 I.Q. — Prof. Jason Mills, Executive Producer
• Hotel
• 1982The Kid with the Broken Halo — Blake
• 1981Purlie — Purlie
• 1980Seems Like Old Times — Fred
• 1980The Donna Summer Special — An Angel
• Benson — Benson DuBois
• 1979The Kid from Left Field — Larry Cooper
• Soap — Benson
• The Love Boat — Frank Belloque, Allan Curtis
• The Jeffersons
• Good Times
• 1973Super Fly T.N.T. — Jordan Gaines
• Sanford and Son
• All in the Family — Dr. Franklin
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Aaron Carothers
• Julia
• The Bob Hope Show — The Singer

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 1994The Making of the Lion King — Self - Host
• 1989Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief — Self
• 1989The Debbie Allen Special — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1982Magic with the Stars — Self - Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 1972S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Performer, Self (archive footage)
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee