Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor. He is known for his role as Benson on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, voicing the high priest of Midian Jethro in The Prince of Egypt and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night.

Guillaume died on October 24, 2017 at his home in Los Angeles, California from prostate cancer at the age of 89.

Filmography
 Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) – Jordan Gaines
 Good Times  (1977) – Fishbone – Theodopius P. Johnson
 Soap (1977–1980, TV series) – Benson DuBois
 The Kid from Left Field (1979, TV movie) – Larry Cooper
 Benson (1979–1986, TV series) – Benson DuBois
 Seems Like Old Times (1980) – Fred
 The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982, TV movie) – Blake
 The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983, TV movie) – Professor Mills
 Prince Jack (1985) – Martin Luther King Jr.
 John Grin's Christmas (1986) – John Grin. Guillaume also directed film.
 North and South (1985, TV miniseries) – Frederick Douglass
 Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987) – Philmore Walker
 They Still Call Me Bruce (1987) – V.A. Officer
 Lean on Me (1989) – Dr. Frank Napier
 The Penthouse (1989) – Eugene St. Clair
 Death Warrant (1990) – Hawkins
 Fish Police (1992) – Detective Catfish (voice)
 The Meteor Man (1993) – Ted Reed, Jeff's Father
 The Lion King (1994) – Rafiki (voice)
 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994) – Citizen (voice)
 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995–2000, TV series) – Narrator (voice)
 Spy Hard (1996) – Agent Steve Bishop
 First Kid (1996) – Wilkes
 The Prince of Egypt (1997) - Jethro (voice)
 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998, Video) – Rafiki (voice)
 Sports Night (1998–2000, TV series) – Isaac Jaffe
 Silicon Towers (1999) – Detective Green
 The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001, Video) – Mr. Thicknose (voice)
 The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil (2002) – Riley
 Unchained Memories (2003) – Reader
 Big Fish (2003) – Dr. Bennett
 The Lion King 1½ (2004, Video) – Rafiki (voice)
 The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2009) – Mr. Barnes
 Satin (2011) – Doc Bishop
 Columbus Circle (2012) – Howard Miles

References

Other websites



 St. Louis Walk of Fame 
 Robert Guillaume's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project

Category:American Emmy Award winning actors
Category:1927 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Deaths from prostate cancer
Category:Cancer deaths in Los Angeles
Category:Actors from St. Louis, Missouri
Category:African-American actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:American stage actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American voice actors