Bill Cobbs, actor in The West Wing, The Bodyguard, dies at 90

Bill Cobbsa prolific actor who had a 50-year career with nearly 200 film and television credits, died Tuesday at his home in Riverside, Calif., his spokesman confirmed. He was 90.

Among his most notable roles is season 3 of The West Wing, where his character Alan Tatum visits the White House with his son. In the Coen brothers' The Hudsucker Proxy, Cobbs plays Moses, the watchman who speaks the prologue at the beginning of the film.

Cobbs played Manager Devaney in The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston.

His first television credit was 1975's Vegetable Soup, an educational series on New York Public Television. He later appeared on shows like The Sopranos, Good Times, Sesame Street and My Wife and Kids. He also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program in the Series Dino Dana in 2020.

In the episode West Wing, the president's personal assistant, Charlie Young, told Tatum that they had rediscovered a letter he wrote when he was 9 years old to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

He made his film debut in 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He then appeared in The Hitter in 1979, Brother From Another Planet in 1984, Air Bud in 1997, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and The Muppets in 2011. He also played the role of security guard Reginald in Night at the Museum in 2006 with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.

Born in Cleveland, he served as a radar technician in the Air Force and held other jobs before moving to New York at age 36 to become an actor. His first professional acting role was in Ride a Black Horse in the New York-based theater and workshop company, Negro Ensemble Company. He later appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater.

Cobbs' parent, Thomas Cobbs, posted on Facebook to memorialize Bill Cobbs, calling him a beloved partner, big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend.

As a family, we are comforted to know that Bill has found peace and eternal rest with his Heavenly Father, the message read. We ask for your prayers and encouragement during this time.

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