Robert Guillaume, the Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated star who is distinguished in theater circles as the first African-American actor to take on the title role in The Phantom of the Opera ...

Guillaume made his Broadway ... The actor starred as 'The Phantom' in the 1990 Los Angeles production of The Phantom of the Opera, replacing Michael Crawford opposite Dale Kristien as 'Christine.' ...

Though Guillaume’s name evokes origins in some far off French Caribbean island, he was born Robert Williams on ... stint as the star of The Phantom of the Opera in 1990. Guillaume was well ...

Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid ... He became the first African-American to sing the title role of “Phantom of the Opera,” appearing with an all-white cast in Los Angeles.

Two-time Emmy winner Robert Guillaume died Tuesday in Los ... first African-American to perform the title character “Phantom of the Opera.” He earned a Tony nomination in 1977 for his part ...

In addition to his television work, Robert Guillaume was the first African-American to sing the title role of "Phantom of the Opera," appearing with an all-white cast in Los Angeles.Guillaume rose ...

Pictured: Robert Guillaume starring as 'The Phantom' in The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo by Joan Marcus. Dead Outlaw is the darkly ...

Robert Guillaume ... Los Angeles home. Guillaume was best known for playing the wry, sharp-tongued Benson DuBois, first as a supporting player on the primetime soap opera parody "Soap" (1977-81 ...

Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Guillaume, best known as the title ... to play the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” onstage. After suffering through a period ...