The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert Guillaume

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert Guillaume

4/29/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.114

Actor Robert Guillaume (1927 - 2017 ) was a two time Emmy Award winner, and the star of the first television show to feature an interracial couple, entitled The Robert Guillaume Show. Guillaume was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/29/2005, in Burbank, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 9; Total Run Time: 04h 11m 42s

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Guillaume, Robert

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Actor Robert Guillaume was born Robert P. Williams on November 30, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri. Raised by his grandmother, Jeanette Williams, Guillaume attended St. Nicholas School where, as a promising singer, he idolized Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, and William Warfield. Expelled by St. Joseph's High School, Guillaume joined the United States Army in 1945, where he served until 1947. Guillaume eventually returned to St. Joseph's High School, from which he graduated; from there he went on to wo...