The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Guillaume.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.114
Subjects

Other author/creatorGuillaume, Robert, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Robert Guillaume
Portion of title Robert Guillaume
Abstract Actor Robert Guillaume was born Robert P. Williams on November 30, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University and Washington University. In 1958, he joined Karamu House Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Some of Guillaume's numerous musical credits include performances in Free and Easy, Kwamina, Fly Blackbird, Tambourines to Glory, Golden Boy, Porgy and Bess, Purlie, and Guys and Dolls. Guillaume won an Emmy Award playing the role of Benson on ABC's hit sitcom, Soap, in 1979. Guillaume's own show, Benson, won him another Emmy Award in 1985. In 1990, Guillaume sang the lead vocals in Phantom of the Opera. In 1994, Guillaume voiced Rafiki in Walt Disney's The Lion King. In 1999, he suffered a mild stroke while working on the TV series, Sports Night. After recovering, he returned to the show, and his character was later depicted having a stroke.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Burbank, California 2005 April 29.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.114 HistoryMakers

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