Robert Guillaume was born on November 30, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Robert Peter Williams. He is an actor, known for Benson (1979), The Lion King (1994) and Big Fish (2003).
Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell (Will Lyman) and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. Guillaume takes on the role of Nolan Ben Sunniman Al Hedrem the Moor.
William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. His legend is recorded in a late 15th-century Swiss illustrated chronicle. It is set in the time of the original foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century. In the Crossbow episode he an the more make an alliance to spoil a plot against a shared adversary. According to the legend, Tell—an expert marksman with the crossbow—assassinated Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of Habsburg Austria positioned in Altdorf, Uri.