RECENT CREDITS
True Hollywood Story (TV)  Sep. 25, 2005
TV Land Confidential (TV)  Sep. 21, 2005
Larry King Live (TV)  May. 20, 2005
Timon & Pumbaa (TV)  Sep. 18, 2004
Century City (TV)  Mar. 23, 2004


HIGHLIGHTS
Raised by his maternal grandmother.
Served in the United States Army between high school and college; received an honorable discharge.
Made his Broadway debut in Kwamina in 1961.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Big Fish  2003 -Dr. Bennett (Senior)
Actor
Film


The Lion King  2002 -Rafiki
Voice
Film


Death Warrant  1990 -Hawkins
Actor
Film


Lean on Me  1989 -Dr. Frank Napier
Actor
Film


They Still Call Me Bruce  1987 -V.A. Officer
Actor
Film


Wanted: Dead or Alive  1987 -Philmore Walker
Actor
Film


8 Simple Rules   -Cody Grant
Actor
TV
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Benson   -Benson DuBois
Actor
TV


Century City   -Judge Barnett
Actor
TV
Expand


CSI: Crime Scene Investigation   -Sonny Bridges
Actor
TV


Different World   -Dean Winston, Prof. Murphy
Actor, Actor
TV


Fish Police   -Det. Catfish
Voice
TV


Actor
TV
Expand


Greyhounds   -Robert Smith
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Pacific Station   -Det. Bob Ballard
Actor
TV


Panic in the Skies!   -Barnes
Actor
TV


Proud Family   -Dr. Parker
Voice
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Host
TV
Expand


Soap   -Benson
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Timon & Pumbaa  1995-2004 -Rafiki
Voice
TV
Expand


The Lion King 1½  2003 -Rafiki
Voice
Film


Voice
Film


First Kid  1996 -Wilkes
Actor
Film


Spy Hard  1996 -Agent Steve Bishop
Actor
Film


Prince Jack  1984 -Martin Luther King
Actor
Film


Purlie  
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Meteor Man   -Mr. Reed
Actor
Film


The Penthouse   -Eugene St. Clair
Actor
Film


Superfly T.N.T.   -Jordan Gaines
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Actor
Film


You Must Remember This   -Uncle Buddy
Actor
Film


North and South   -Frederick Douglass
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Children of the Dust   -Mossburger
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Raised by his maternal grandmother.
Served in the United States Army between high school and college; received an honorable discharge.
Made his Broadway debut in Kwamina in 1961.
After playing sarcastic butler Benson on Soap for two years, the character was spun-off into his own show, Benson.
In 1990, replaced Michael Crawford in the lead role in the Los Angeles production of Phantom of the Opera, becoming the first African American to perform the role.
Started the Confetti Entertainment Company in 1991 with wife Donna Brown Guillaume, which publishes read-along books and tapes, and is the inspiration behind the award-winning animated HBO series H
Released a CD of show tunes in 1996, called This Is The Moment.


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Century City
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Roma Downey
Aired: Oct. 19, 1997

First Kid
Released: Aug. 30, 1996


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