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 ...

Ostensibly a star turn for Morgan Freeman — released shortly before his breakthrough in Driving Miss Daisy — it was Robert ... When Guillaume suffered a stroke midway through the first season ...

"The Robert Guillaume Show." Guillaume personified another dignified character as Isaac Jaffe, executive producer of a sports news program on Aaron Sorkin's first TV series, "Sports Night." ...

"Giant of stage + screen," tweeted filmmaker Ava DuVernay. "Also let's remember that Robert Guillaume was among the first celebs to appear at AIDS fundraisers. Thank you, sir." Actor Josh Charles ...

Made me want to be an actor. It was a thrill to work w him on SN. RIP Robert Guillaume....he was the first Phantom of the Opera I ever saw when it came to Los Angeles. Great actor.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Actor and singer Robert ... Guillaume said he died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer. In addition to his television work, Guillaume was the ...

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 "Soap ...

Actor Robert Guillaume, the butler of popular TV series ... For the latter role, he became the first black actor to win an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in 1985. In 1990, he was the first ...

3 Review Roundup: JUST IN TIME Opens on Broadway Starring Jonathan Groff BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Robert Guillaume, the stage's first African American 'Phantom', passed away today ...

Robert Guillaume ... adding that he died in their Los Angeles home. Guillaume was best known for playing the wry, sharp-tongued Benson DuBois, first as a supporting player on the primetime ...