Exclusive: Emmy winner Loretta Devine, Sheila E. and Misty Copeland round out the voice cast of Eureka!, Disney Jr.’s upcoming animated preschool series, joining previously announced leads Ruth Righi, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lil Rel Howery and Javier Muñoz. Also cast in recurring roles are Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Ryan Michelle Bathé (The Endgame) and Wendell Pierce (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.) Disney also has released a trailer for the upcoming series. You can watch it below.
Set in the fantastical prehistoric world of Rocky Falls, Eureka! follows the story of Eureka (Righi), a young girl inventor who is way ahead of her time. She designs inventions and contraptions in the hopes of making the world a better place and moving her prehistoric community into a more modern era.
Goldsberry and Howery voice Eureka’s parents Roxy and Rolle, and Muñoz portrays her teacher, Ohm.
Set in the fantastical prehistoric world of Rocky Falls, Eureka! follows the story of Eureka (Righi), a young girl inventor who is way ahead of her time. She designs inventions and contraptions in the hopes of making the world a better place and moving her prehistoric community into a more modern era.
Goldsberry and Howery voice Eureka’s parents Roxy and Rolle, and Muñoz portrays her teacher, Ohm.
- 5/26/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Guillaume, the portrayer of TV’s witty butler Benson, passed away at age 89 after battling prostate cancer. Robert Guillaume, Benson Actor, Dies At 89 Guillaume died in his home in Los Angeles according to his wife Donna Brown Guillaume. He landed a role in the prime-time sitcom Soap, which starred Billy Crystal and satirized the soap opera genre. […]
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- 10/25/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Robert Guillaume, who played Benson DuBois on 'Soap' and 'Benson,' has died after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 89. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Robert Guillaume, who played the quick-witted and sarcastic Benson DuBois on Soap and the spinoff Benson, has died. His widow, Donna Brown Guillaume, told The Associated Press that he died at home in Los Angeles where he was battling prostate cancer. He was 89.
In 1977, Guillaume took on the role of DuBois, a butler to the wealthy Tate family, on ABC's soap-opera parody sitcom Soap.
Robert Guillaume, who played the quick-witted and sarcastic Benson DuBois on Soap and the spinoff Benson, has died. His widow, Donna Brown Guillaume, told The Associated Press that he died at home in Los Angeles where he was battling prostate cancer. He was 89.
In 1977, Guillaume took on the role of DuBois, a butler to the wealthy Tate family, on ABC's soap-opera parody sitcom Soap.
- 10/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy winner Robert Guillaume, who starred in ABC’s Soap and its spinoff Benson, has died at the age of 89.
Guillaume passed away Tuesday at his Los Angeles home of complications from prostate cancer, according to our sister site Variety. He is survived by his wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, and four children.
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His best-known role was as the wise-cracking butler Benson DuBois on the ABC soap-opera parody Soap, which debuted in 1977; Guillaume won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy in 1979. That same year, his Soap character got his own ABC spinoff: Benson,...
Guillaume passed away Tuesday at his Los Angeles home of complications from prostate cancer, according to our sister site Variety. He is survived by his wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, and four children.
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His best-known role was as the wise-cracking butler Benson DuBois on the ABC soap-opera parody Soap, which debuted in 1977; Guillaume won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy in 1979. That same year, his Soap character got his own ABC spinoff: Benson,...
- 10/24/2017
- TVLine.com
Award-winning actor from stage and screen Robert Guillaume died today at the age of 89. Known best for his roles on the iconic sitcoms Soap and Benson, Guillaume died at his home Tuesday after battling prostate cancer. His widow, Donna Brown Guillaume made the announcement today to the Associated Press. Guillaume was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended St. Louis University and Washington University. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army before going on to pursue an…...
- 10/24/2017
- Deadline TV
Two-time Emmy winner Robert Guillaume died Tuesday after battling prostate cancer, wife Donna Brown Guillaume told the Associated Press. He was known for such shows as “Benson” and “Soap,” along with voicing Rafiki in “The Lion King.” More to come …...
- 10/24/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
Robert Guillaume, the urbane actor who received two Emmy Awards for portraying the acidic butler Benson on a pair of ABC sitcoms, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Guillaume, a baritone who also starred on the stage and voiced the wise mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King (1994) and its related sequels, video games and TV series, died at his home in Los Angeles, his wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, told the Associated Press. He had been battling prostate cancer.
Guillaume's penchant for playing distinguished characters resolutely defied racial stereotypes — as he did on ABC's critically acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series Sports Night,...
Guillaume, a baritone who also starred on the stage and voiced the wise mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King (1994) and its related sequels, video games and TV series, died at his home in Los Angeles, his wife, Donna Brown Guillaume, told the Associated Press. He had been battling prostate cancer.
Guillaume's penchant for playing distinguished characters resolutely defied racial stereotypes — as he did on ABC's critically acclaimed Aaron Sorkin series Sports Night,...
- 8/17/2016
- by Duane Byrge ,Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neighbours actress Ashleigh Brewer has revealed that she is often teased by her co-stars for an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction on set. Brewer, who plays Kate Ramsay on the Australian show, told Inside Soap that she once accidentally flashed her knickers during a catwalk scene backstage. "I'd only been on the show for a couple of months, and I was wearing a really short skirt as my costume," she explained. "It was the storyline where Donna Brown put on a runway (more)...
- 6/16/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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