Bill Cobbs, Actor in ‘The West Wing,’ ‘The Bodyguard,’ Dies at 90

He was 90. Among his most notable roles were on Season 3 of “The West Wing,” where his character Alan Tatum visits the White House with his son. In the Coen brothers “The Hudsucker Proxy,” Cobbs played Moses, the clock man who delivers the prologue at the beginning of the film. Cobbs played manager Devaney in “The Bodyguard” starring Whitney Houston. His first television credit was 1975’s “Vegetable Soup,” a New York public television educational series.

” He later appeared in 1979’s “The Hitter,” 1984’s “Brother From Another Planet,” 1997’s “Air Bud,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and 2011’s “The Muppets.” He also played security guard Reginald in 2006’s “Night at the Museum” starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Born in Cleveland, he served as an Air Force radar technician and worked other jobs before leaving for New York at the age of 36 to pursue acting.

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