![]() His film credits also include Lean on Me, The Meteor Man, First Kid, Spy Hard, and Big Fish. In film, he is known as the voice of Rafiki in Disney’s classic animated feature The Lion King. He went on to reprise his role as the mandrill shaman in spin-offs and sequels of the movie. He also appeared in the television mini-series North and South as abolitionist Fredrick Douglass. His TV career was diverse and plentiful throughout the decades with roles in Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Pacific Station, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, A Different World, All in the Family as well as The Robert Guillaume Show. He also starred in the short-lived critically acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series Sports Night (1998-2000 where he played television executive Isaac Jaffe. ![]() He won an Emmy for both shows playing the acerbic, dry-witted butler Benson Du Bois. His television career spanned many decades, but it was his role on ABC’s Soap (1977-1979) and the spin-off series Benson (1979-1986) that earned him recognition. Soap was anything but typical, from its reception to its plotlines to its legacythis is a. (though a few would be answered a few years later on Benson). Robert Morse Dies: 'Mad Men', 'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying' Actor Was 90 Synopsis of TV Show You want me to get that The butler named Benson wasn’t exactly the most eager of door-openersthis being his patent response when the doorbell rang out.
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