“Benson” was followed in 1989 by “The Robert Guillaume Show,” a comedy in which he played a psychologist who becomes romantically involved with a white woman. The show was canceled after ...

NEW YORK — Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid ... the second season proved to be the last for the much-praised show. Guillaume resumed his career and traveled as a new spokesman for the ...

Robert Guillaume first played sarcastic and irascible ... Richard Mulligan and Billy Crystal. His work on that show won Guillaume won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series ...

So every moment Benson was on camera, Guillaume made sure he wasn't a typical, shuffling stereotype. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BENSON") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) You must be Benson. ROBERT ...

Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings ... the second season proved to be the last for the much-praised show. Guillaume resumed his career and traveled as a new spokesman for the ...

Robert Guillaume, who played the quick-witted and ... eventually running for political office himself. In 2015, the show ranked among Rolling Stone’s 20 Best TV Spin-offs.

The career of Robert Guillaume almost ended in January 1999 at Walt Disney Studio. He was appearing in the TV series "Sports Night" as Isaac Jaffee, executive producer of a sports highlight show.

Sponsor Message Guillaume moved through this role with such authority, but also with such love and humor toward the people who worked for him. He had some of the best line readings in the show's ...

By Duane Byrge, Mike Barnes Robert Guillaume, the urbane actor who received ... ending cliff-hanger — went undecided because the show went off the air. “But the more I examined the role ...

It was in Cleveland that Robert Williams officially ... (1975) and All in the Family. Guillaume likely caught the attention of the latter show’s producer Norman Lear, during his turn as the ...

Robert Guillaume played Isaac Jaffe on ABC's Sports Night — Aaron Sorkin's first TV show — from 1998 to 2000. Guillaume died Tuesday at the age of 89. It takes a lot to convince an audience that the ...

He tried another sitcom in 1989, "The Robert Guillaume Show," playing a marriage counselor. The series lasted four months before ABC pulled the plug. He returned to singing in 1990 in the Los ...