Bill Cobbs
- a.k.a. Билл Коббс
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Bill Cobbs (born June 16, 1934) is an American actor. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in "Ride a Black Horse" at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there, he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. His first television credit was in Vegetable Soup (1975), a New York public television educational series, and he made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). In his free time, Cobbs enjoys music, reading, and playing his drums. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles, California and continues acting.
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Bill Cobbs (* 16. Juni 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Als Teenager spielte Cobbs als Amateur an dem weltberühmten Karamu House Theater. Seine eigentliche Schauspielerkarriere begann er relativ spät, nachdem er vorher seinen Lebensunterhalt in Cleveland mit verschiedenen Gelegenheitsarbeiten verdiente. Sein Broadway-Debüt hatte er in dem Stück First Breeze of Summer. Nach einigen Jahren Theaterarbeit hatte er 1974 sein Filmdebüt in Taking of Pelham One Two Three. In den späten 1970ern spielte er kleine Filmrollen und Gastrollen in Fernsehserien. In den frühen 1980er-Jahren arbeitete er in verschiedenen Aufführungen für die NBC Live Theatre-Serien. Normalerweise wird er besetzt für den klugen, alten farbigen Mann, der weise Worte von sich gibt. Aufgrund seines verwitterten, ehrlichen Aussehens hat er in seiner Filmkarriere meist die Rolle der gütigen Väter, Großväter und auch Moses (in Hudsucker – Der große Sprung) gespielt.
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- Place of Birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cast
Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
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Reginald | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | 62% · 5,653 | ||
Grandfather | The Muppets | 67% · 1,477 | ||
Reginald | Night at the Museum | 66% · 9,829 | ||
Jim Toller | Enough | 66% · 1,085 | ||
Dr. Emory Erickson | Star Trek: EnterpriseTV | 76% · 731 | ||
Harry Bastille | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTV | 76% · 1,142 | ||
Chaplain Matthew Turner | JAGTV3 Episodes | 72% · 321 | ||
Bernie Carpenter | NYPD BlueTV | 70% · 128 | ||
Norval Stevens | NYPD BlueTV | 70% · 128 |