The HistoryMakers video oral history with Robert Guillaume.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 11 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.114 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Guillaume, Robert, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Burbank, California 2005 April 29. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.114 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |