Monthly bill Cobbs, the prolific Daytime Emmy-profitable actor who starred in 1992’s “The Bodyguard” and the “Night at the Museum” franchise, has died.
He was 90. A result in of dying was not quickly obvious. Cobbs’ longtime manager, Susan Zachary, confirmed that Cobbs died Tuesday.
“He was one of my 1st consumers in every incarnation of this leg of my specialist occupation and I am honored and happy to be his previous talent consultant,” Zachary reported in a assertion. “He was loyal and dear… an inspiring actor, director, and human. He will be sorely missed by all who understood him.”
In a assertion launched Wednesday, his loved ones mentioned, “We are saddened to share the passing of Monthly bill Cobbs. On Tuesday, June 25, Bill handed away peacefully at his household in California. A beloved spouse, big brother, uncle, surrogate mum or dad, godfather and friend, Monthly bill not long ago and happily celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by cherished loved types.
“As a family members we are comforted knowing Bill has uncovered peace and eternal relaxation with his Heavenly Father. We check with for your prayers and encouragement during this time.”
All over his approximately 50-year occupation, Cobbs gathered 200 movie and Tv set credits, according to IMDB. In “The Bodyguard,” which was Whitney Houston’s feature film debut and starred Kevin Costner as her guard, Cobbs performed her supervisor, Bill Devaney.
He also played night time guard Reginald, who labored alongside Dick Van Dyke’s Cecil and Mickey Rooney’s Gus and became a person of the film’s villains in 2006’s “Night at the Museum.” He briefly reprised his position in the 2014 sequel “Night at the Museum: Solution of the Tomb.”
His other Disney credits included 1997’s “Air Bud” (as basketball coach Arthur Chaney) and 2013’s “Oz the Wonderful and Highly effective.”
It was his job as Mr. Hendrickson in Amazon Prime Video’s Canadian collection “Dino Dana” that acquired Cobbs a Daytime Emmy in 2020. His other Television set roles incorporated taking part in Rev. James, Sr. in an episode of “The Sopranos” in 2000 and collection normal The Dutchman in “The Slap Maxwell Story” in the ’80s, as properly as appearances on “ER” in 1996 and “The West Wing” in 2002.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934, Cobbs held many positions in the U.S. Air Pressure, IBM and as a automobile salesman prior to discovering his way into performing at 36. He begun his vocation in nearby theater, stepping into his 1st function in the Negro Ensemble Company’s “Ride a Black Horse” generation.
Ultimately, he manufactured his Television debut in the academic series “Vegetable Soup” prior to generating his way onto the silver display screen in 1974’s “The Using of Pelham A single Two 3.”
