Bill Cobbs had 195 acting credits to his name.
The sad news broke today that legendary character actor, Bill Cobbs , has passed away at age 90. Cobbs' publicist, Chick I. Jones, informed The Hollywood Reporter that the actor died of natural causes at his home in Riverside. Cobbs lived quite a life before he moved to New York to become an actor when he was 36. Born in Cleaveland, Ohio, Cobbs served in the U.S. Air Force as a radar technician for eight years, worked at IBM, and sold cars before pursuing his creative career.
"Once I realized I could walk on the stage with people like that, I thought, 'Maybe I can be an actor,'" Cobbs shared in 2015."I came back home to see my mom and dad, and all our friends and neighbors went to see , and everyone was waiting for my appearance," he shared in another interview in 2013."I walk up to a policeman in the subway and say, 'Hey, man.
Once Cobbs' acting career kicked off, he spent the rest of his life building a massive filmography. At the time of his death, he had 195 onscreen acting credits to his name.
Cobb's television credits included episodes of Good Times , The Equalizer , One Life To Live , Sesame Street , L.A. Law , Designing Women , Coach , Northern Exposure , ER , Walker, Texas Ranger , The Wayans Bros. , The Sopranos , Six Feet Under , The West Wing , NYPD Blue , JAG , The Drew Carey Show , Star Trek: Enterprise , One Tree Hill , Greenleaf , Agents of SHIELD , and more. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom Homeroom in 1989.
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