Death of Bill Cobbs, American actor seen in hundreds of films and series

DEATH – He was a well-known face on both the small and big screens in the United States. This Tuesday, June 25, the American actor Bill Cobbs, who played in several hundred films and TV series, died just a few days after celebrating his 90th birthday, we learned from several media, including the magazine specialized in the entertainment industry Variety.

Bird de Clint Eastwood, The big jump of the Coen brothers, but also An armchair for two and of course Bodyguard… The man who is said to have appeared in nearly 500 productions played in Mick Jackson’s classic one of the collaborators of the singer Rachel Marron (played by Whitney Houston), who asks Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) to ensure the protection of the latter.

An acting career spanning more than 50 years

Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934, Bill Cobbs came from a modest family, his father working in construction and his mother a domestic servant. First a technician in the Air Force, as recalled Varietybefore moving into amateur theater, he left his hometown for New York at the turn of the 1970s with the aim of launching his career on the stage.

On television, where he began his career in 1975 in TV films, he made numerous appearances in several cult series, like the Scott Brothers, Six Feet Under, The Experts, My family first et To the White House.

On social media, Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Suits, Treme) paid tribute to him, welcoming among other things a “ father figure ” and one “ iconic artist ».

For his part, Wesley Snipes shared a scene from New Jack City in which the “ old man » played by Bill Cobbs, kills his cult character Nino Brown.

« As his family, we are comforted to know that Bill has found peace and eternal rest with his Heavenly Father », writes Thomas Cobbs, one of the relatives of the deceased actor, on Facebook, whom he describes as “ big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend “. Before concluding : ” We ask that you pray and encourage us during this time. »

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