Bill Cobbsactor with more than 50 years of experience in Hollywood, is dead… TMZ confirmed.
Bill died Tuesday night at his home in Riverside, CA…according to his publicist, Chuck I. Jones. The cause of death is unclear.
With an acting career dating back to the 1970s, Bill has nearly 200 film and TV credits to his name.
Some highlights… he played Devaney, one of Whitney Houston’s employees, in “The Bodyguard”, Louisiana Slim in “The Big Short”, in 1979, he was Walter in “A Brother From Another Planet”, in 1984, and had a role as Reginald in 2006’s “Night at the Museum.”
Bill also appeared in 2013’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” as Master Tinker and played Arthur Chaney in 1997’s “Air Bud.”
He made his film debut in 1974 with a role in “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.”
His TV credits include a recurring role as Lewis Coleman on “I’ll Fly Away” in the early 1990s… plus guest appearances on “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “The Sopranos”… just to name a few .
Bill even won a Daytime Emmy Award… taking home the hardware for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for his work on the children’s show “Dino Dana.”
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Bill served in the Air Force for 8 years and worked at IBM and as a car salesman before moving to New York City to find work as an actor.
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Bill also acted in theater productions and played the drums.
He was 90 years old and had just celebrated that milestone birthday on June 16th.
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