Robert Guillaume

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AKA: Robert Williams
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/30/1927
Birthplace: St Louis, Missouri, USA

biography

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 Continued

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Judge Barnett
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Dr Bennett (senior)
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Cody Grant
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Wilkes
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Martin Luther King
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised by his maternal grandmother in St Louis, Missouri
 
Served in the US Army
 
While in college won a scholarship to a musical festival in Aspen, Colorado
 
Stage debut as Billy Bigelow in regional production of "Carousel"
1964 
Off-Broadway debut, "Fly Blackbird" (date approximate)
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