Bill Cobbs: movies and TV shows
Bill Cobbs has 159 credits in the archive: 101 films and 58 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 1995 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Broken Church | Pastor Evans | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2022 | Caroltyn | Dr. Mason | Film | 2.7 | 88 |
| 2022 | Block Party | Uncle Jim | Film | 6.1 | 88 |
| 2021 | Saving Paradise | John Thompson | Film | 6.0 | 87 |
| 2020 | Dino Dana: The Movie | Mr. Hendersen (Uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 86 |
| 2019 | Beyond the Law | Swilley | Film | 5.2 | 85 |
| 2018 | Clipped Wings, They Do Fly | Judge Johnson | Film | — | 84 |
| 2018 | As Evil Does | Jeremiah | Film | — | 84 |
| 2017 | My Christmas Grandpa | Fred | Film | 3.4 | 83 |
| 2016 | Greenleaf | John McCready | TV | 7.1 | 82 |
| 2016 | Greenleaf | Henry McCready | TV | 7.1 | 82 |
| 2016 | New Life | Mr. Charles | Film | 6.6 | 82 |
| 2016 | Call Me King | Malachi | Film | 5.0 | 82 |
| 2015 | The Carmichael Show | Vernon | TV | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Mr Randolph | Film | 6.6 | 81 |
| 2015 | The Ultimate Legacy | Ted Hamilton | Film | 5.4 | 81 |
| 2015 | A House Is Not a Home | Paul | Film | 1.7 | 81 |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Reginald | Film | 6.2 | 80 |
| 2014 | Hand of God | Papa Gene | TV | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2014 | Rake | Federal Judge | TV | 5.2 | 80 |
| 2014 | Rake | Judge Rutchland | TV | 5.2 | 80 |
| 2014 | Christmas in Palm Springs | Gabriel | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | Of Mind and Music | Stompleg | Film | 5.7 | 80 |
| 2014 | On Angel's Wings | Mr. Dupac | Film | — | 80 |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Old Man | TV | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Master Tinker | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Life | Ted Hamilton | Film | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2013 | Dear Secret Santa | Ted | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2013 | The Last Letter | Pastor | Film | 3.5 | 79 |
| 2012 | Go On | George | TV | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2012 | The Undershepherd | Dr. Ezekiel Cannon | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2012 | Lukewarm | Thomas | Film | 5.0 | 78 |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Judge | TV | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Grandfather | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Bishop Sanford | TV | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2011 | The Arcadian | Charles | Film | — | 77 |
| 2011 | The Tenant | Jack Rymer | Film | 3.5 | 77 |
| 2010 | The Glades | Gregory Richmond | TV | 6.9 | 76 |
| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Mr. Stewart | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2010 | Get Low | Rev. Charlie Jackson | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2010 | No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School | Film | 6.0 | 76 | |
| 2008 | The Morgue | George | Film | 4.7 | 74 |
| 2008 | This Man's Life | Myer Truman | Film | 2.0 | 74 |
| 2007 | Army Wives | Harry | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Gift | Ted Hamilton | Film | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2007 | October Road | TV | 6.2 | 73 | |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | Eddie Morgan | TV | 8.5 | 73 |
| 2007 | Three Days to Vegas | Marvin Jeffries | Film | 3.9 | 73 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Reginald | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2006 | Hard Luck | Cobb | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2006 | Queen of Swing | Narrator | Film | — | 72 |
| 2006 | Special Ed | Lou | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2005 | Duck | Norman | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2005 | The Derby Stallion | Houston Jones | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2005 | The Final Patient | Dr. Daniel Green | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2004 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill | Gus | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Earl Edmonds | TV | 7.9 | 69 |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Blues Musician | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2002 | Enough | Jim Toller | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2002 | Sunshine State | Dr. Elton Lloyd | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Dr. Emory Erickson | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Mr. Jones | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 2001 | The Division | Mr. Greene | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2001 | My Wife and Kids | TV | 7.4 | 67 | |
| 2001 | A Rugrats Kwanzaa | Uncle Charles (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Harry Bastille | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2000 | Yes, Dear | Counterman | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Mr. Bradford | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Jack | TV | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Others | Elmer Greentree | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2000 | For All Time | Proprietor / Conductor | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Film | 9.0 | 66 | |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | Reverend James Sr. | TV | 8.7 | 65 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Alan Tatum | TV | 8.3 | 65 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Marvin | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Chief (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Bob | TV | 8.5 | 64 |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Nurse | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Estes | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 1998 | Paulie | Virgil the Janitor | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1998 | Always Outnumbered | Right Burke | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Arthur Turner | TV | 7.7 | 63 |
| 1997 | The Gregory Hines Show | TV | 10.0 | 63 | |
| 1997 | Air Bud | Arthur Chaney | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Del Paxton | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Charlie Evers | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1996 | First Kid | Speet | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1996 | Ed | Tipton | Film | 4.1 | 62 |
| 1996 | Nightjohn | Old man | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1996 | Thrill | Norm Duprey | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1995 | JAG | Matthew Turner | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Tony | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Second Elder - Prisoner No. 91777 | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Joe Dell | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Fred Watson | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Malt | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Pullman Porter | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Watcher | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1995 | Fluke | Bert | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1995 | Man with a Gun | Henry Griggs | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1995 | Captiva Island | Vernon | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | Tuesday Morning Ride | Jeff | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1995 | Out There | Lyman Weeks | Film | 4.9 | 61 |
| 1995 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Caleb | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | Divas | Sippy | Film | 9.5 | 61 |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Bowman | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Henry Baldwin | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Moses | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Bernie Carpenter | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Norval Stevens | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Gino Costa | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Zachary Lamb - Aged | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1993 | Fatal Instinct | Man in Park | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Lewis Coleman | Film | 8.5 | 59 |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Bill Devaney | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1992 | Roadside Prophets | Oscar | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1992 | Exiled in America | Abraham White | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Old Man | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away | Lewis Coleman | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Raggedy Man | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1991 | The People Under the Stairs | Grandpa Booker | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons | Elijah Crooks | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Angelo Maxwell | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1990 | True Colors | TV | 8.7 | 56 | |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | TV | 6.9 | 56 | |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Fish Fry Baby | TV | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1990 | Decoration Day | Gee Pennywell | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1990 | Moe's World | Film | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 1989 | Coach | George | TV | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1989 | The January Man | Detective Reilly | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1988 | Empty Nest | TV | 5.9 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Bird | Dr. Caulfield | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1988 | Dominick and Eugene | Jesse Johnson | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1987 | Suspect | Judge Franklin | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Elderly Man in Bar | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Webb Johnson | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Webb Cobbs | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1986 | Designing Women | Henry / Charlie | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Orvis | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Dishwasher at Klebanov's (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1986 | Johnny Bull | Wiggins | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Barry | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | TV | 6.9 | 51 | |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions | Sgt. Williams | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | TV | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Big Joe Ison | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet | Walter | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Bartender | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Man in Lunchroom | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Abraham Wilson | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1982 | The Member of the Wedding | T.T. Williams | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1979 | The Hitter | Louisiana Slim | Film | 4.1 | 45 |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Mr Jones | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Mr. Jones | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1975 | A Boy and a Boa | father | Film | — | 41 |
| 1974 | Good Times | TV | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Man on Platform | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Gee Pennywell | TV | 8.8 | 17 |