Bill Cobbs

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Birth Name: Wilbert Cobbs

Born: 16 June 1934 Died: 25 June 2024

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 1"

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Gone, but not forgotten (2079 items)
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Published 1 year, 7 months ago

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Rest in Peace (498 items)
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Published 15 years ago

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People...Black Actors (887 items)
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Published 12 years, 4 months ago

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Mupnificently Muppety Muppetness (184 items)
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Published 10 years, 2 months ago

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Directed by Martin Scorsese (209 items)
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Published 16 years ago

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Description: As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorious. Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in Ride a Black Horse at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there he appeared in small thea ... (more)