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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Once Upon a Studio 09/24/23 Rafiki (voice) (archive footage) 89
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 08/14/21 Self 89
Columbus Circle 03/05/12 Howard Miles 84
Satin 03/01/11 Doc Bishop 83
Waking Sleeping Beauty 09/05/09 Self (archive footage) 81
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry 04/27/08 Mr. Barnes 80
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0 08/31/04 Rafiki (voice) (archive audio) 76
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5 02/10/04 Rafiki (voice) (archive sound) 76
The Lion King 1½ 02/06/04 Rafiki (voice) 76
Big Fish 12/25/03 Dr. Bennett (senior) 76
Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari 10/07/03 Rafiki (voice) (archive audio) 75
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina 08/08/03 Ben (voice) 75
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 02/10/03 75
13th Child 10/25/02 Riley 74
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze 12/04/01 Mr. Thicknose (voice) 74
Silicon Towers 11/17/99 Detective Green 71
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 10/24/98 Rafiki (voice) 70
His Bodyguard 07/22/98 Garrett 70
Merry Christmas, George Bailey! 12/25/97 Mr. Gower 70
Panic in the Skies 10/13/96 Rob Barnes 68
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story 06/16/96 Reverend Devers 68
Spy Hard 05/24/96 Agent Steve Bishop 68
Shari's Passover Surprise 04/14/96 Robert 68
Cosmic Slop 11/08/94 Gleason Golightly (segment 'Space Traders') 66
The Making of the Lion King 06/24/94 Self - Host 66
Greyhounds 06/24/94 Robert Smith 66
The Lion King 06/24/94 Rafiki (voice) 66
The Meteor Man 08/06/93 Ted Reed 65
Mastergate 11/01/92 Senator Sellers 64
You Must Remember This 01/01/92 Uncle Buddy 64
Fire and Rain 10/26/90 Carter 62
Death Warrant 09/14/90 Hawkins 62
The Penthouse 03/05/89 Eugene St. Clair 61
Lean On Me 03/03/89 Dr. Frank Napier 61
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel 11/15/87 Harlan Wade 59
They Still Call Me Bruce 05/01/87 V.A. Officer Johnson 59
Wanted: Dead or Alive 01/16/87 Philmore Walker 59
Christmas 12/01/86 John Grin 59
Passion and Memory 05/13/86 Host 58
Prince Jack 12/01/85 Martin Luther King 58
The Kid with the 200 I.Q. 02/06/83 Prof. Jason Mills 55
The Kid with the Broken Halo 04/05/82 Blake 54
Night of 100 Stars 03/08/82 Self 54
Magic with the Stars 01/17/82 Host 54
Purlie 10/12/81 Purlie 53
Seems Like Old Times 12/19/80 Fred 53
The Donna Summer Special 01/27/80 An Angel 52
The Kid from Left Field 09/30/79 Larry Cooper 51
Super Fly T.N.T. 06/15/73 Jordan Gaines 45
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin 01/17/72 Self 44