Longtime Character Actor Bill Cobbs Dies at 90

[JamesG]

Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90.

Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire, California, surrounded by family and friends, his publicist Chuck I. Jones said. Natural causes is the likely cause of death, Jones said.

https://apnews.com/article/bill-cobb...8558eac34c85ed



Sitcom Appearances:

Good Times (1976)
Baby, I'm Back (1977)
Kate & Allie (1986)
The Slap Maxwell Story (1987) *Main Cast*
Homeroom (1989) *Main Cast*
Designing Women (1990)
Married People (1990)
True Colors (1991)
Coach (1993)
Empty Nest (1994)
The Wayans Bros. (1997)
The Gregory Hines Show (1997) *Main Cast*
For Your Love (1998)
The Michael Richards Show (2000) *Main Cast*
The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001)
My Wife and Kids (2002)
The Drew Carey Show (2002)
Yes, Dear (2005)
Go On (2012) *Recurring*
Back in the Game (2013)
The Carmichael Show (2017)
Superior Donuts (2018)

[icecream]

Was he the janitor in Billy Joel's For the Longest Time music video?

[Hawkee]

Was Bill Cobbs that guy who was in the movie The Derby Stallion with Zac Efron? That movie was the first time I saw Bill Cobbs act and he played the horse trainer in The Derby Stallion and Bill Cobbs also was in The Bodyguard too

[Dude111]

Very sad.......

[TVLegend]

Wasn’t he the man who Bookman was showing the Evans’ apartment to in the “Evans Versus Davis” episode of Good Times? Anyways, RIP to him.

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by icecream

Was he the janitor in Billy Joel's For the Longest Time music video?

After some searching, I found that the janitor was Nick Stewart who was mostly known from "Amos 'n' Andy".

Yes to the other "Was he the guy from..." questions.