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Robert Guillaume

1927 - 2017

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Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Guillaume worked extensively on stage, television and film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Robert Guillaume is the 4,224th most popular actor (up from 4,565th in 2024), the 6,746th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,691st in 2019) and the 1,940th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Guillaume ranks 4,224 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Hays, Jason O'Mara, Nayanthara, Juliet Berto, Roger Blin, and Kurt Fuller. After him are Martin Donovan, Kerry Washington, Brian Krause, Matt Walsh, Bobby Cannavale, and Kim Sae-ron.

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Among people born in 1927, Robert Guillaume ranks 299. Before him are David Padilla, Lisa Lu, Walter Zeman, Nikola Kljusev, Estelle Parsons, and Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio. After him are Tibor Csík, Adrián Escudero, Ad-Diba, Jerry Schatzberg, Mark Blaug, and Svyatoslav Fyodorov. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Guillaume ranks 342. Before him are Leonid Kharitonov, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, Om Puri, John Abercrombie, and Wu Wenjun. After him are Issam Zahreddine, Eduard Mudrik, Jean Vuarnet, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Sue Grafton, and Eugene Garfield.

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Among people born in United States, Robert Guillaume ranks 6,747 out of 20,380. Before him are Nas (1973), Robert Hays (1947), Little Walter (1930), Akebono Tarō (1969), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After him are Peter Fleming (1955), Aron Ralston (1975), Martin Donovan (1957), Kerry Washington (1977), Mike Resnick (1942), Nancy Wilson (1954), and Randy Orton (1980).

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Among actors born in United States, Robert Guillaume ranks 1,941. Before him are Pamela Tiffin (1942), Dann Florek (1950), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Robert Hays (1947), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After him are Martin Donovan (1957), Kerry Washington (1977), Brian Krause (1969), Matt Walsh (1964), Bobby Cannavale (1970), and Maggie Grace (1983).

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