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Bill Cobbs, Actor in ‘The West Wing,’ ‘The Bodyguard,’ Dies at 90
Bill Cobbs, a character actor whose credits included 'The West Wing,' 'The Bodyguard' and 'The Hudsucker Proxy,' died Tuesday.
Bill Cobbs, a prolific character actor who had a 50-year career with almost 200 film and TV credits, died Tuesday at his home in Riverside, Calif. In the “West Wing” episode, presidential personal aide Charlie Young tells Tatum that they had rediscovered a letter he had written when he was 9 years old to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He made his feature film debut in 1974’s “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.” He later appeared in 1979’s “The Hitter,” 1984’s “Brother From Another Planet,” 1997’s “Air Bud,” “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and 2011’s “The Muppets.” He also played security guard Reginald in 2006’s “Night at the Museum” starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
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