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Date of Birth

30 November 1927, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Birth Name

Robert Williams

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Donna Brown Guillaume	(1986 - present) 1 child
Marlene Williams	(1955 - 21 December 1984) (divorced) 2 children

Trivia

There was some controversy when he replaced the original Phantom (Michael Crawford) in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera". Some tickets were returned to protest his selection as lead actor even before his first performance. His run was none the less popular with audiences and critics.

Guillaume's stroke was paralleled in his TV series where his character, boss "Isaac Jaffe" also was shown to have suffered a stroke, and where he was also shown to be missed and idolized by his TV-staff colleagues.

Suffered a mild stroke on the set of his TV series "Sports Night" (1998). [14 January 1999]

One son died of AIDS in 1990 at age 32.

Daughter, Rachel, born 1990

Was once engaged to actress Fay Hauser.

Father of Kevin Guillaume

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 198. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award a Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of "Guys and Dolls.

Guillaume was born as Robert P. Williams (Guillaume is the French translation of William).

He was the producers first choice for the role of Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. The role eventually went to Tim Russ.

Along with James Garner, he was among the original cast for "The Powers That Be" (1992) in the TV Guide Fall Preview.

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