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name: "B.B. King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/b-b-king"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 September 1925"
died: "14 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T05:40:08.001918+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# B.B. King

Actor. Born 16 September 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA. Died 14 May 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 September 1925, Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA
- **Died:** 14 May 2015
- **Active:** 1996–2021
- **Also known as:** Riley Ben King, Riley B. King, B. B. King
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2020s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188969, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44999

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)*](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md) (87)
- **HBO Max:** [*When We Were Kings*](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md) (83)

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## Biography

B.B. King, also credited as Riley B. King, was an American musician who appeared in numerous films and television productions, often as himself or in supporting roles.

His film credits include *When We Were Kings* (1996) as Self, *Spies Like Us* (1985) as Ace Tomato Agent, *Heart and Souls* (1993) as Himself, *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998) as Malvern Gasperon and *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987) as B.B. King. Television appearances encompass episodes of *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990) as Pappy, *Married... with Children* (1987) as Street Singer, *The Cosby Show* (1984) as Riley Jackson and *Touched by an Angel* (1994) as B.B. King. He was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and died in 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)
- *When We Were Kings* (1996), Fi1m 83, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/when-we-were-kings.md)

## Also known for

- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Pappy
- *Married... with Children* (1987), Street Singer
- *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998), Malvern Gasperon
- *Spies Like Us* (1985), Ace Tomato Agent
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), Riley Jackson
- *Heart and Souls* (1993), Himself
- *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987), B.B. King (segment "Blacks Without Soul")
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), B.B. King

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