Robert Guillaume: Career in pictures

Guillaume, center, accepts his Emmy Award for supporting actor in a comedy-variety or music series for his role in “Soap” from Tim Conway, right, and Loni Anderson at the 31st Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 1979.

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Oct. 24, 2017 1:01 PM PT

A look back at the career of Emmy-winning actor Robert Guillaume, known for his roles on the comedies “Soap” and “Benson.”

Guillaume poses for a photo in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 1986.

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Guillaume in Los Angeles on Sept. 4, 1991.

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Mary Tyler Moore meets with Guillaume backstage at the Neil Simon theatre in New York on March 9, 1994, where Guillaume starred in the Broadway musical “Cyrano.”

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