RIP Robert Guillaume, "BENSON" Emmy-Winning 'Soap' Actor, Dies at 89

[Azul]

He was 62 in Lean On Me? wow.


RIP to the OG

 

[hayesc0]

He even played on an episode of Saved By The Bell: The College Years. The man was everywhere.
R.I.P.

Yeah I also remember him being on a different world a true legend.

 

[Cadillac]

R.i.p

 

[James Gordon]

That guy was in a lot of stuff man. My whole childhood is dying.

RIP Benson.

Aint that the truth RIP Boss

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

GOAT shyt

I don't recognize Benson or none of that other shyt. He is Dr. Jack Napier to me forever lol. Lean On Me is one of my favorite movies ever. R.I.P.

This. Rip to man

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Who gone tell Joe Clark when he’s gone too far??

 

[Doobie Doo]

I never saw benson but I watched the lion king, and he was on that fresh prince episode when he owned that car shop.

Will: you know that man has six kids and you want me to fire him?

Robert: of course I know he has six kids, he’s my brother

Will:

Robert: Business is Business.

Rip man.

Now that you mention it, it seems like he had a guest appearance on every black show in the 90s

 

[TKOK]

ri

 

[West Coast Avenger]

He also did Phantom Of The Opera....I was lucky enough to catch him play the Phantom....he was the only black man to ever play that part.......a hell of actor...R.I.P....

 

[West Coast Avenger]

He even played on an episode of Saved By The Bell: The College Years. The man was everywhere.
R.I.P.

Ever see the movie Death Warrant with Van Damme?....he was in that as well...

 

[OGBIGBOY187]

My nikka from that Sinbad flick First Kid

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Big big fan of his... Followed his career from Soap, Benson, the Gary Coleman movies (the kid from left field, the kid with the broken halo) down to Lean on Me and Death Warrant with Jean Claude

This man for whatever reason doesn't get the credit for being a legend in TV... He should be up there with all of the sitcom greats but is always overlooked. Everything he touched I had to sit down and watch cause he was that charismatic on screen.

His standout episodes on a different world and the fresh Prince were proof he still had it later in his career and I always felt he should've been cast in way more films/TV

RIP Robert and tell them boys up in heaven to get it their damn selves

 

[lotteryplaya]

RIP

 

[Blankthawtz]

Who gone tell Joe Clark when he’s gone too far??

 

[patscorpio]

Damn..he was 89...RIP....i remember I used to watch benson as a kid