A distinguished, dapper veteran of stage musicals, Robert Guillaume was nominated for a Tony Award for his starring role as Nathan Detroit in the 1976-77 all-black revival of "Guys and Dolls". After numerous small screen appearances, he came to prominence on the sitcom "Soap" (ABC, 1977-79) as the acerbic, insolent butler Benson, a role that won him a supporting Emmy in 1979. His character was spun off onto a long-running series of his own, "Benson" (ABC, 1979-86), for which the actor copped a second Emmy in 1985. In the late 70s and early 80s, Guillaume starred in three TV-movies with Gary