Bill Cobbs, the prolific and sage character actor, dies at 90

FIL - Actor Bill Cobbs, a cast member in"Get Low," arrives at the premiere of the film in Beverly Hills, Calif., July 27, 2010. Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, died Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at his home in Inland Empire, Calif. He was 90. – Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90.

Cobbs appeared on television shows including “The Sopranos," “The West Wing,” “Sesame Street” and “Good Times.” He was Whitney Houston's manager in “The Bodyguard” , the mystical clock man of the Coen brothers' “The Hudsucker Proxy” and the doctor of John Sayles' “Sunshine State” . He played the coach in “Air Bud” , the security guard in “Night at the Museum” and the father on “The Gregory Hines Show.

as “a father figure, a griot, an iconic artist that me by the way he led his life as an actor," he wrote on the social media platform X.

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