The movie finds Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella reprising their roles as Timon and Pumbaa respectively, along with Matthew Broderick as Simba, Robert Guillaume as Rafiki, Moira Kelly as Nala and ...

Whether you knew him as Isaac, or Benson, or Rafiki, whether he made you laugh or made you think — or both — Robert Guillaume touched so many people in so many ways. Even though most of us ...

Actor Robert Guillaume died Tuesday at the age of 89 ... Guillaume was the voice of Rafiki in the 1994 Disney film, The Lion King, a role for which he won a Grammy, according to the AP.

Actor Robert Guillaume, the butler of popular TV series Soap and the voice of baboon Rafiki in The Lion King, has died aged 89 at his home in Los Angeles. SEE ALSO: Prince George's favourite film ...

Of the 14 main characters, just five -- Mufasa (James Earl Jones), Shenzi (Whoopi Goldberg), Rafiki (Robert Guillaume), Sarabi (Madge Sinclair) and the young Nala (Niketa Calame) were black ...

By Ben Kenigsberg It was hard not to get swept up in the anticipation when “Rafiki” was shown last May at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Kenyan feature to be shown in the event’s ...

The stylized hand-drawn animation allowed Rafiki's hair to look like a beard and the added walking stick made it clear he was an older character, so when you hear the voice of Robert Guillaume ...

The baboon shaman Rafiki (centre), voiced by Robert Guillaume in The Lion King Credit: Disney Enterprises/ Film Stills He landed his first role, in a production of Carousel, not long after and ...

THE opening of Robert Guillaume’s 2002 autobiography is nothing if not arresting: “I’m a b*****d, a Catholic, son of a prostitute and a product of the poorest slums of St Louis”.

More on Robert Guillaume: Robert Guillaume starred as ... Guillaume also voiced the role of 'Rafiki' in Disney's The Lion King, which earned him a Grammy Award. BroadwayWorld has learned that ...

Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings ... and was the voice of the shaman-slash-mandrill Rafiki in the film version of "The Lion King." "Robert was a lovely man who we brought in ...

New York — Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sharp-tongued butler in the TV sitcoms ...