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RIP Bill Cobbs

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:38 pm
by Vandal
Bill Cobbs, Actor in ‘The Hudsucker Proxy,’ ‘Night at the Museum’ and ‘Air Bud,’ Dies at 90


Bill Cobbs, the convincing character actor who had pivotal turns in such films as The Hudsucker Proxy, Sunshine State and Night at the Museum, has died. He was 90.

Cobbs died Tuesday night of natural causes at his home in Riverside, his publicist, Chuck I. Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A native of Cleveland who excelled at comedy as well as drama, Cobbs portrayed Whitney Houston’s manager in The Bodyguard (1992), the older brother of Medgar Evers in Rob Reiner’s Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), a jazz pianist in Tom Hanks’ That Thing You Do! (1996) and the Master Tinker, builder of the Tin Woodsman, in Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

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Re: RIP Bill Cobbs

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:40 pm
by silverscreenselect
Bill Cobbs looked like he was in his 80s when he was in his 50s.

Re: RIP Bill Cobbs

Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2024 12:55 pm
by SportsFan68
He was brilliant, another of those talented artists the movie and television industries can't do without.