Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

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Bill Cosby Wiki Biography

  • William Henry Cosby is an American actor, comedian, author, television, and film producer, musician, and voice actor, commonly known as Bill Cosby. 
  • The net worth of Bill Cosby is estimated to be $460 million, according to reports. 
  • A multi-talented actor, because of his many appearances in films and television, Bill Cosby accumulated most of his net worth. 
  • Bill Cosby, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1937, left school at the age of 15 to serve in the United States Navy but returned in the 1970s to earn a degree in education. 
  • In addition to pursuing his college studies, Cosby began participating in various stand-up shows, and due to his appearance on “The Tonight Show,” he received his first exposure to a broad public in 1963. 
  • Cosby’s major acting success occurred in 1965 when he appeared in a secret-agent adventure series “I Spy”, for which he received his three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. 
  • These prosperous beginnings impacted the future endeavors of Cosby, as well as added to his net worth. 
  • Bill Cosby continued to appear at stand-up comedy events at the time and also released a record label in the late 1960s named “Tetragrammaton Records.” 
  • The television appearances of Cosby resulted in the creation of “The Bill Cosby Show,” a situation comedy that ran for two seasons and had 52 episodes in total. 
  • After the finale of “The Bill Cosby Show“, Bill Cosby launched another sitcom titled “The New Bill Cosby Show“, yet poor ratings contributed to the show’s short run. 
  • Around the same time, Cosby appeared in a variety of comedy movies, including Sidney Poitier’s “Uptown Saturday Night,” “A Piece of the Action” with Poitier and James Earl Jones, as well as “Let’s Do It Again.” 
  • A sitcom that focuses on the lives of an upper-middle-class African-American family that lives in Brooklyn was considered to be the biggest hit in the 1980s. 
  • For eight seasons, the show ran and aired 202 episodes. 
  • The Cosby Show” resulted in an “A Different World” spin-off series and received a number of awards for Cosby, including Golden Globe Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and People’s Choice Awards. 
  • Currently, Bill Cosby is married to Camille Hanks and has five children. 
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Bill Cosby Quick Info

Full Name Bill Cosby
Net Worth $460 Million
Date Of Birth July 12, 1937
Place Of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 6 ft (1.85 m)
Weight 185 lbs (84 kg)
Profession Actor, Comedian, Author, Screenwriter, Television producer, Film Producer, Educator, Activist, Musician, Voice Actor
Education University of Massachusetts Amherst (1977)
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Camille Cosby (m. 1964)
Children Ennis Cosby, Erika Cosby, Ensa Cosby, Evin Harrah Cosby, Erinn Chalene Cosby
Parents Anna Pearl Cosby, William Henry Cosby, Sr.
Siblings Russell Cosby, Robert Cosby, James Cosby
Nicknames The Cos , William Henry Cosby, Jr , William Henry Cosby Jr. , William Henry Cosby, Jr. , William H. Cosby Jr. Ed.D. , William Cosby Jr. , William H Cosby Jr , William H. Cosby Jr. Ed.D , William Cosby Jr. Ed. , William H. Cosby Jr
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Awards Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Grammy Hall of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, TV Land Impact Award, Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, NAACP Image A…
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Male, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program, NAACP Im…
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TV Shows The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Little Bill, I Spy, A Different World, The Bill Cosby Show, Kids Say the Darndest Things, The Electric Company, The New Bill Cosby Show, The Cosby Mysteries, Captain Kangaroo, OBKB, Fatherhood, Cos, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Brown Hor…

Bill Cosby Trademarks

  1. Periodically wears Temple University shirts on camera
  2. His loud, gregarious voice.
  3. His only prop onstage is a chair
  4. Stories of his childhood and fatherhood

Bill Cosby Quotes

  • The past is a ghost, the future is a dream, and all we ever have is now.
  • Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor. He lit up the hallway, but they didn’t understand his use of profanity. He didn’t use it just to be using it; he used it in the context of his satire. For instance: In one of his routines, a man wants to be the king of his house, he gets angry and drunk through frustration and takes it out on his wife. Pryor’s word choice is in the context of the story, not just to use bad language.
  • My mother was an authority on pigsties. She would look at my room and say, ‘This is the worst pigsty I’ve ever seen’.
  • Some people have said our show is about a white family in blackface. What does that mean? Does it mean only white people have a lock on living together in a home where the father is a doctor and the mother is a lawyer and the children are constantly being told to study by their parents?
  • I don’t want sitcom jokes. I don’t want jokes about behinds or breasts or pimples or characters saying, ‘Oh, my God’ every other line. What we want to deal with is human behavior. If we can put it on paper and have it come to life through the actors, then we can have people identifying with us.
  • [on artist, Varnette Honeywood, in 1997]: You can depict segregation, starving, and homelessness, but in Varnette’s work, you can see teenagers doing homework, a family cooking a meal, girls doing their hair. Certain art in our culture depicts a down feeling about African American people are treated. They are poor and needy and need help in the Rightings the wrongs. Varnette’s work let us not forget the personal joys.
  • Phil Woods said the following: Death is the last thing he wants to do. Don’t worry about it! You don’t worry about what’s going to be the last thing. You know you’re going to be dead. So do I. And if I go before you, am I worried? No. Jealous? Yeah.
  • [on Detroit’s large population of people in poverty] When I come back and come back and come back I’m making a statement that this is for real. You’re about to listen, absorb and to challenge yourself to move in a positive direction. Strength, that’s what we’re after.
  • I can tell you, from experience, that whoever said “Children and fools cannot lie” was one or the other himself. There’s only one way to guarantee that your children are telling the truth: limit your questions to the names of their schools.
  • If you’re a parent, the five worst words you can say to your children are, “When I was your age . . . ” You were NEVER their age. You were older in the womb.
  • What best defines a child is the total inability to receive information from anything not plugged in.
  • [commenting that many young actors don’t give their parents proper credit] I’m still waiting for some actor to win, say, an Oscar . . . and deliver the following acceptance speech: “I would like to thank my parents, first of all, for letting me live.”
  • No parent must ever say, “Get the kids out of here, I’m trying to watch TV. The father who does start saying this is likely to see one of his children on the 6:00 news.”
  • [on The Cosby Show (1984)] I wanted to give the house back to the parents.
  • Kids will spend $500 on sneakers but won’t spend $200 on “Hooked-on-Phonics”.
  • [speaking in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that eradicated segregated schooling in America] These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education, and now we’ve got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids–$500 sneakers for what? I can’t even talk the way these people talk, “Why you ain’t,” “Where you is?” You can’t be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth!
  • Because of my father, I thought my name was Jesus Christ. My brother Russell thought that his name was Dammit.
  • My mother and father ate oink. And they loved oink grease. Lard is what they ate. And they soaked up grease with a biscuit. And they loved butter too. And they sopped up and drank and ate grease. Sausage. Bacon. Ham. They loved it. Fatback. Salt pork. Oink. And I was born with lard all on my head, in the cracks of my arms and the back of my leg. So now my cholesterol is 741. So what? It doesn’t bother me that it’s 741. You eat what I eat, it’s supposed to be. Every once in awhile my left arm will go numb. Okay. But if you shake it, it’ll go away.
  • [on the failure of his experimental educational/variety show, Cos (1976)] My first series [I Spy (1965)] ran three years, my second [The Bill Cosby Show (1969)] ran two years and my third [The New Bill Cosby Show (1972)] ran one. This show, if I’m lucky, will run the 13 weeks we contracted for.
  • I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
  • Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come home.
  • Don’t worry about senility–when it hits you, you won’t know it.
  • A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones who need the advice.
  • Gray hair is God’s graffiti.
  • It’s the little things that count when you’re a daddy. Like taking your little girl for ice cream. First, you have to teach her about the concept of gravity. I can’t tell you how many ice creams I’ve had to pick up off the floor, rinse off and stick back on my kid’s cone. Now that may sound strange, but have you bought ice cream lately? Good gosh, it’s up to 75 cents a scoop. A scoop! What’s in it, gold?
  • The problem is that your daughter has given her heart to a 15-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy does not yet qualify as a human being.
  • [on his murdered son, Ennis] He was my hero.

Bill Cosby Important Facts

  • $1,000,000 /episode (1996)
  • The district attorney for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, charged Bill Cosby with one count of aggravated indecent assault on 30th December, 2015. The criminal charge stems from an investigation into an incident of alleged sexual assault against Andrea Constand, an employee at Temple University between 2001 and 2004, that occurred at the comedian’s home in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, in 2004.
  • Both Marquette University in Wisconsin and Fordham University in New York have both decided to pull the honorary degrees they bestowed to the comedian years ago, in wake of the sexual allegations made against Cosby.
  • Admitted to giving prescription Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with during a civil lawsuit filed in 2005 by Andrea Constand – one of the dozens of women who have publicly accused the comedian of sexual assault. The documents were made public in July 2015. As of 2015, more than 25 women have publicly accused Cosby of raping or assaulting them over the past 40 years. The comedian has never been criminally charged and has vehemently denied wrongdoing. Among the accusers is Janice Dickinson.
  • The Navy revoked Cosby’s title of honorary chief petty officer, which he was presented in 2011, saying allegations of sexual abuse made against the comedian are serious and conflict with the Navy’s core values. Cosby enlisted in the Navy in 1956 and served four years as a hospital corpsman before being honorably discharged in 1960 as a 3rd Class Petty Officer. Furthermore, Cosby resigned from Temple University’s board of trustees, a seat he had held since 1982. [December 2014]
  • In July 2015, New York Magazine depicted 35 of the 46 women who had accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them on its cover. The cover story included interviews from 35 of Cosby’s accusers.
  • In the wake of court documents from 2005 being revealed in which Cosby admitted to drugging women to have sex with them, Walt Disney World removed a Bust of Cosby from its Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza in the Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida. Furthermore, Bounce TV pulled reruns of Cosby (1996) while Centric Network no longer aired reruns of The Cosby Show (1984). [July 2015]
  • Has worked with Phylicia Rashad in episodes of both series: The Cosby Show (1984) and Cosby (1996).
  • Friend of: Joan Rivers, Oprah Winfrey, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Madeline Kahn, Robert Culp, Hugh M. Hefner, Bob Newhart, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Jack Paar, Danny Thomas, Dick Van Dyke, Sherman Hemsley, Johnny Carson, Mickey Rooney, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Betty White, Rosie O’Donnell, Richard Pryor, Sidney Poitier, Lou Rawls, Flip Wilson and Dinah Shore.
  • Acting mentor and friends of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tempestt Bledsoe and Doug E. Doug.
  • Lifelong friend of 30 years of Phylicia Rashad.
  • He walked his Cosby Show co-star Phylicia Rashad down the aisle at her wedding to Ahmad Rashad. OJ Simpson was Rashad’s best man.
  • Uncle of Braxton Cosby.
  • Bill Cosby’s television debut was on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), on August 6, 1963. Allan Sherman was the guest host and after his six-minute stand-up comedy routine (“Karate”), he was “called over” to chat.
  • Bill Cosby: Far from Finished (2013) was the first of his televised concerts which was specifically produced to accommodate the inclusion of television commercials.
  • Father of Ensa Cosby.
  • Cousin of Del Shields.
  • He was the first entertainer to win an Emmy Award, the Mark Twain Prize, and the Spingarn Medal.
  • Best known by the public for his starring role as Dr. Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984).
  • Received the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor [October 2009].
  • Played in two movies where his characters were mistook for Satan: The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) and Ghost Dad (1990).
  • Played as Running Back for Temple University (Philadelphia, PA, USA) football team during the 1962-1964 seasons.
  • Holds a Doctorate in Education.
  • Did not submit himself for Emmy consideration during the eight-year run of The Cosby Show (1984).
  • Upon receiving his Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2003 Emmys, Cosby paid tribute to two people: children’s show host Fred Rogers (who had died earlier that year) and, poignantly, his late son, Ennis.
  • Won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album six years in a row, 1965 to 1970.
  • When The Cosby Show (1984) was ruling the NBC line-up in the mid-’80s, he insisted that NBC purchase and use Ikegami studio cameras for the production of his show. At the time NBC was owned by RCA, whose studio cameras NBC used exclusively. But Cosby felt that Ikegami’s product produced a better picture. NBC agreed and used the cameras.
  • Outstanding athlete at Temple University, in football and track and field.
  • All his children name’s start with the letter E for excellence
  • Recently became a vegetarian.
  • Like Bob Newhart, has the ability to be funny without resorting to profanity.
  • Wife Camille O. Cosby (nee Hanks) is related to Tom Hanks, and both share lineage with Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks.
  • Dyslexia ran in the Cosby family. Bill didn’t inherit it, but brother Russell Cosby did (not finding out until he was an adult). Bill’s son Ennis was dyslexic, but overcame it well enough to graduate from college.
  • When The Cosby Show (1984) was ruling the NBC line-up in the mid-’80s, he insisted that his newly produced show, A Different World (1987), a spin-off of “The Cosby Show”, follow after his show instead of the hit Family Ties (1982). He wanted this because he felt there was a lack of shows on TV that featured African-Americans in a positive light. NBC made the move, which led to two things happening: “The Cosby Show” audience was cut by 20% and never fully recovered, and “Family Ties” struggled to get the high numbers it once received. It was canceled in 1989.
  • He decided to become a stand-up comedian when he was a bartender. Many of the bar’s customers would comment on how funny he was and tell him to try his act on stage for an audience. He is one of the most successful stand-up comics in history, releasing numerous hit records of his shows and still selling out venues to this date.
  • When The Simpsons (1989)) started competing with The Cosby Show (1984) in 1989, the already declining audience of the show decreased even more. Because of this, both shows had a playful attitude toward each other. “The Cosby Show” made small references to the “The Simpsons”, including one episode where Bill wore a Bart Simpson mask, and “The Simpsons” made small references to “The Cosby Show”, including the character of Dr. Hibbert, a direct reference to Cosby.
  • Within 15 seconds after watching Kenan Thompson’s Fat Albert (2004) audition tape, he said to director Joel Zwick, “Hire him!”
  • The character Dr. Hibbert from The Simpsons (1989) is based on him.
  • Has been imitated by various comedians, such as Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Dave Coulier, Eddie Griffin, Kenan Thompson and Adam Sandler.
  • Was once part-owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
  • Was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) for his commitment to advancing higher education and for his longtime love and promotion of jazz. [May 2004]
  • Fat Albert, Old Weird Harold, and Dumb Donald were based on his series of comedy routines about his school pals, and he tested them on his most appreciative audience: his mother.
  • As a child he listened to great comedians such as Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Jimmy Durante and Fred Allen.
  • Is a best-selling author.
  • Was an Honoree at the Kennedy Center Awards, and attended the ceremony with Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.
  • Broke Radio City’s 53-year-old attendance record for his concert appearance. (1986)
  • Inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1994.
  • The oldest of 4 children.
  • Cliff Huxtable, Cosby’s character on The Cosby Show (1984), was ranked #1 by TV Guide in its list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time [20 June 2004 issue].
  • Biography in “Who’s Who in Comedy” by Ronald L. Smith, pp. 120-122. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  • First black performer to win an Emmy, for I Spy (1965).
  • Son Ennis is buried on Cosby family estate in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
  • Is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
  • Many elements of The Cosby Show (1984) were references to his own family. Phylicia Rashad’s (Clair Huxtable’s) maiden name was Hanks, like his wife Camille’s maiden name. Also, like he has in real life, the Huxtables had four daughters and one son.
  • Grand marshal, Tournament of Roses parade [2003]
  • Insisted that The Cosby Show (1984) be filmed in New York; he disliked working in Hollywood.
  • In addition to numerous best-selling comedy albums over the years, for which he won several Grammy awards, Cosby had a top-40 hit as a singer in 1969 with “Little Old Man.”
  • Sang on a number of albums in the 1970s.
  • At one time expressed a very public interest in purchasing the National Broadcasting Company.
  • His wife, Camille O. Cosby, is a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln’s mother.
  • In 1976, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His dissertation was titled “An Integration of the Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning.”
  • He and wife Camille O. Cosby have five children: Erika (b. 8 April 1965), Erinn (b. 23 July 1966), Ennis (15 April 1969 – 16 January 1997), Ensa (b. 8 April 1973) and Evin (b. 27 August 1976).
  • Bill’s son, Ennis Cosby (27), was shot dead while fixing a flat tire off the San Diego Freeway. [January 1997]
  • National Enquirer offers $100,000 reward for the capture of the killer of Bill’s son, Ennis. [January 1997]

Bill Cosby Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Stand Up Planet Comedy Showcase 2014 TV Movie Actor
A Very Cosby Thanksgiving 2013 Short Actor
Obkb 2010-2011 TV Series Actor
Sylvia’s Path 2002 TV Movie voice Actor
Cosby 1996-2000 TV Series Hilton Lucas Actor
Little Bill 1999 TV Series Captain Brainstorm Actor
Becker 1999 TV Series Hilton Lucas Actor
Touched by an Angel 1997-1999 TV Series Phil Actor
Jack 1996 Lawrence Woodruff Actor
The Cosby Mysteries 1994-1995 TV Series Guy Hanks Actor
I Spy Returns 1994 TV Movie Alexander Scott Actor
The Cosby Mysteries 1994 TV Movie Guy Hanks Actor
The Meteor Man 1993 Marvin Actor
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 TV Series Dr. Heathcliff ‘Cliff’ Huxtable Actor
Ghost Dad 1990 Elliot Hopper Actor
Leonard Part 6 1987 Leonard Parker Actor
A Different World 1987 TV Series Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable Actor
Missing Children 1985 Video short Actor
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 1972-1985 TV Series Fat Albert Jackson / Host / Bill / … Actor
The Fat Albert Easter Special 1982 TV Short Fat Albert / Mudfoot (voice) Actor
The Devil and Max Devlin 1981 Barney Satin Actor
California Suite 1978 Dr. Willis Panama Actor
Top Secret 1978 TV Movie Aaron Strickland Actor
The Fat Albert Christmas Special 1977 TV Short Fat Albert
Mushmouth
Bill
… (voice)
Actor
The Fat Albert Halloween Special 1977 TV Short Fat Albert
Bill
Mushmouth
… (voice)
Actor
A Piece of the Action 1977 Dave Anderson Actor
Cos 1976 TV Series Host Actor
Mother, Jugs & Speed 1976 Mother Actor
Let’s Do It Again 1975 Billy Foster Actor
Uptown Saturday Night 1974 Wardell Franklin Actor
The Chocolate Princess 1974 Short Narrator (voice) Actor
The Electric Company 1971-1973 TV Series Hank
The Milkman
Ken Kane
Actor
Journey Back to Oz 1972 The Wizard of Oz (TV version) Actor
Hickey & Boggs 1972 Al Hickey Actor
The New Bill Cosby Show 1972 TV Series Host Actor
To All My Friends on Shore 1972 TV Movie Blue Actor
Aesop’s Fables 1971 TV Movie Aesop Actor
Man and Boy 1971 Caleb Revers Actor
The Bill Cosby Show 1969-1971 TV Series Chet Kincaid Actor
Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert 1969 TV Movie Bill
Fat Albert
Dumb Donald (voice)
Actor
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969 Nightclub Patron in Hat (uncredited) Actor
NBC Children’s Theatre 1969 TV Series Narrator Actor
I Spy 1965-1968 TV Series Alexander Scott Actor
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1966 TV Series Actor
Fatherhood 2004-2005 TV Series composer – 24 episodes Music Department
Little Bill 1999-2003 TV Series composer – 11 episodes Music Department
Cosby 1996-2000 TV Series composer – 95 episodes Music Department
A Different World 1987-1993 TV Series composer – 144 episodes Music Department
You Bet Your Life 1992-1993 TV Series composer – 3 episodes Music Department
The Cosby Show TV Series composer – 197 episodes, 1984 – 1992 theme by – 1 episode, 1985 Music Department
Pete’s Place 1983 TV Series vocalist: opening theme song – 1983 Music Department
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary composer: song “It Was a Good Idea at the Time” Music Department
The Bill Cosby Show 1969 TV Series composer: theme “Hikky Burr” Music Department
Bill Cosby: 77 2014 Video Writer
Bill Cosby: A Juggling Tribute 2014 Short co-writer Writer
Bill Cosby: Far from Finished 2013 TV Special documentary uncredited Writer
A Very Cosby Thanksgiving 2013 Short Writer
Fatherhood TV Series based on the book by – 24 episodes, 2004 – 2005 creator – 24 episodes, 2004 – 2005 Writer
Fat Albert 2004 written by – as William H. Cosby Jr. Ed.D. Writer
Little Bill 1999-2003 TV Series based on the book by – 11 episodes Writer
The Cosby Show: A Look Back 2002 TV Movie documentary Writer
Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with Love 1996 Video as William H. Cosby Writer
A Different World 1987-1993 TV Series created by – 144 episodes Writer
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 TV Series created by – 197 episodes Writer
Bill Cosby: 49 1987 Video documentary Writer
Leonard Part 6 1987 story Writer
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary written by – as William H. Cosby Jr. Writer
Cos 1976 TV Series 4 episodes Writer
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 1972 TV Series creator Writer
To All My Friends on Shore 1972 TV Movie idea Writer
Bill Cosby on Prejudice 1971 Short Writer
The Bill Cosby Show TV Series creator – 52 episodes, 1969 – 1971 written by – 1 episode, 1970 Writer
The Bill Cosby Special, or? 1971 TV Movie Writer
The Third Bill Cosby Special 1970 TV Special documentary Writer
Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert 1969 TV Movie written by Writer
Cosby 1996-2000 TV Series executive consultant – 95 episodes Miscellaneous
American Experience 1994 TV Series documentary special funding – 1 episode Miscellaneous
A Different World 1987-1993 TV Series executive consultant – 144 episodes Miscellaneous
Where I Live 1993 TV Series consultant – season 2 Miscellaneous
You Bet Your Life 1992-1993 TV Series executive consultant – 3 episodes Miscellaneous
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 TV Series executive consultant – 197 episodes Miscellaneous
Grand 1990 TV Series executive consultant – 19 episodes Miscellaneous
Bill Cosby: 77 2014 Video executive producer Producer
Bill Cosby: Far from Finished 2013 TV Special documentary executive producer Producer
Obkb 2010-2012 TV Series executive producer – 38 episodes Producer
Fatherhood 2004-2005 TV Series executive producer – 24 episodes Producer
Fat Albert 2004 executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
Little Bill 1999-2003 TV Series executive producer – 19 episodes Producer
The Cosby Show: A Look Back 2002 TV Movie documentary executive producer Producer
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey 2001 Documentary executive producer Producer
Men of Honor 2000 executive producer Producer
Cosby 1996-2000 TV Series executive producer – 91 episodes Producer
The Great Depression 1998 TV Mini-Series documentary executive producer – 1998 Producer
The Cosby Mysteries 1994-1995 TV Series executive producer – 18 episodes Producer
I Spy Returns 1994 TV Movie executive producer Producer
The Cosby Mysteries 1994 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Here and Now 1992-1993 TV Series executive producer – 11 episodes Producer
Bill Cosby: 49 1987 Video documentary producer Producer
Leonard Part 6 1987 producer Producer
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
The Fat Albert Christmas Special 1977 TV Short executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
The Fat Albert Halloween Special 1977 TV Short executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 1972 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode Producer
To All My Friends on Shore 1972 TV Movie executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
Bill Cosby on Prejudice 1971 Short producer Producer
Man and Boy 1971 executive producer – as William H. Cosby Jr. Producer
The Bill Cosby Show 1969-1971 TV Series executive producer – 52 episodes Producer
The Bill Cosby Special, or? 1971 TV Movie producer Producer
The Door 1968 Short co-producer – uncredited Producer
Cosby 1996-2000 TV Series 95 episodes Composer
The Cosby Mysteries 1994-1995 TV Series 18 episodes Composer
The Cosby Mysteries 1994 TV Movie Composer
To All My Friends on Shore 1972 TV Movie as William H. Cosby Jr. Composer
Bill Cosby: Far from Finished 2013 TV Special documentary writer: “Gangbusters” Soundtrack
Pony.Mov 2012 TV Series short 1 episode Soundtrack
Soul Kitchen 2009 performer: “Hicky Burr” / writer: “Hicky Burr” – as Bill William H. Cosby Jr. Soundtrack
Good Hair 2009 Documentary writer: “Where’s Eddie?” Echo Mix Soundtrack
Little Bill 1999-2003 TV Series writer – 30 episodes Soundtrack
The Cosby Show 1986 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary performer: “Just the Slew of Us” – as Himself Soundtrack
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary as William H. Cosby Jr. Director
Bill Cosby on Prejudice 1971 Short Director
The Bill Cosby Show 1970-1971 TV Series 3 episodes Director
Laff Mobb Presents 2012 TV Series special thanks – 2 episodes Thanks
Sleepwalk with Me 2012 the filmmakers wish to thank Thanks
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! 2010 special thanks Thanks
Queen Victoria’s Wedding 2010 Short special thanks Thanks
Artists of the Roundtable 2008 Video documentary special thanks Thanks
Louis C.K.: Chewed Up 2008 TV Special documentary thanks Thanks
Cigars!: The New Rage! 1996 Video documentary thanks Thanks
The Unknown Marx Brothers 1993 TV Movie documentary special thanks Thanks
Malcolm X 1992 thank Allah Thanks
Coming Attractions 2004 TV Series Himself Self
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema 2004 Video documentary short Himself Self
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2004 TV Movie Himself Self
Tavis Smiley 2004 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2004 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Lightning in a Bottle 2004 Documentary Himself Self
Sesame Street 1970-2004 TV Series Himself Self
The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2003 TV Special Himself – Recepient: Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Self
114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade 2003 TV Movie Himself Self
CBS Tournament of Roses Parade 2003 TV Special Himself Self
Comedian 2002 Documentary Himself Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself / Dr. Cliff Huxtable Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002 TV Special Himself Self
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
E! True Hollywood Story 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 2001 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Starz! 10th Anniversary 2001 TV Special Himself Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996-2001 TV Series Himself Self
Zone interdite 2000 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story 2000 TV Movie documentary Self
Showbiz Today 2000 TV Series Himself Self
2000 Essence Awards 2000 TV Special Himself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1999 TV Special Himself Self
1999 Essence Awards 1999 TV Special Himself Self
Intimate Portrait 1998-1999 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The American Red Cross Holiday Music Spectacular 1999 TV Movie Himself Self
The 40th Annual Grammy Awards 1998 TV Special Himself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself – Honoree Self
The American Red Cross Celebrates Real-Life Miracles 1998 TV Movie Himself Self
The Roseanne Show 1998 TV Series Himself Self
Behind the Music 1998 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Essence Awards 1998 TV Special Himself Self
Kids Say the Darndest Things 1998 TV Series Host Self
A Celebration of America’s Music 1998 TV Special Host Self
4 Little Girls 1997 Documentary Himself – Educator Self
10th Anniversary Essence Awards 1997 TV Special Himself – Honoree Self
American Masters 1997 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Ruby Wax Meets… 1997 TV Series documentary Himself – Guest Self
The 23rd Annual People’s Choice Awards 1997 TV Special Himself – Accepting Award for Favorite New TV Comedy Series & Winner: Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series Self
Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with Love 1996 Video Himself Self
Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine 1996 TV Special Himself Self
Biography 1995-1996 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Night of About 14 CBS Stars 1996 TV Movie Himself Self
25th Anniversary Essence Awards 1995 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Who Makes You Laugh? 1995 TV Special Himself Self
The 1995 ESPY Awards 1995 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame 1994 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
In a New Light ’94 1994 TV Special Himself Self
The Essence Awards 1994 TV Special Himself Self
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney 1994 TV Movie documentary Himself – Narrator Self
The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr 1993 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame 1993 TV Special documentary Himself – Host Self
1993 Essence Awards 1993 TV Special Himself Self
The Big Breakfast 1993 TV Series Himself Self
Great Performances 1986-1993 TV Series Himself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier 1992 TV Special Himself Self
You Bet Your Life 1992 TV Series Host Self
Malcolm X 1992 Himself – at End of Credits (uncredited) Self
The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show 1992 TV Special documentary Himself / Dr. Cliff Huxtable Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989-1992 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1963-1992 TV Series Himself – Guest Host / Himself – Guest / Himself / … Self
Class Clowns 1992 TV Movie Himself Self
Sinbad and Friends: All the Way Live… Almost! 1991 TV Special documentary God (voice) Self
The One, the Only… Groucho 1991 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music 1991 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Futures 1991 TV Series Himself Self
Big Break 1990 TV Series Himself Self
Children’s Miracle Network Telethon 1990 TV Movie Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1990 TV Special Himself Self
Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Ebony/Jet Showcase 1983-1990 TV Series Himself Self
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon 1990 TV Series Himself Self
Comic Relief IV 1990 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Earth Day Special 1990 TV Special Dr. Cliff Huxtable Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1990 TV Special Himself Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 1990 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The More You Know 1989 TV Series Himself Self
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars 1980-1989 TV Series Himself Self
Bill Cosby Salutes Alvin Ailey 1989 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting 1989 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Bill Cosby: 49 1987 Video documentary Himself Self
Showtime at the Apollo 1987 TV Series Himself – Guest Host Self
The Wil Shriner Show 1987 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Hour Magazine 1987 TV Series Himself Self
Superstars and Their Moms 1987 TV Movie Himself Self
The 4th Annual Black Gold Awards 1987 TV Special Himself Self
Creole Giselle 1987 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
In Remembrance of Martin 1986 Documentary Himself Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
George Burns’ 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special 1986 TV Special Himself Self
The Patti LaBelle Show 1985 TV Special Himself Self
Harry Belafonte in Concert 1985 TV Special Himself Self
The NBC All Star Hour 1985 TV Movie Himself Self
Motown Returns to the Apollo 1985 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Late Night with David Letterman 1983-1985 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Elayne Boosler: Party of One 1985 TV Movie Himself Self
PicturePages 1984 TV Series Host Self
Johnny Carson Presents the Tonight Show Comedians 1984 TV Movie Himself Self
Salute! 1983 TV Series Himself Self
Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Documentary Himself Self
Solid Gold 1980-1983 TV Series Himself Self
Hollywood’s Private Home Movies 1983 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host Self
Reading Rainbow 1983 TV Series Himself Self
Where Have All the Children Gone 1980 TV Special Self
A Tribute to the Jukebox Award Winners 1980 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The John Davidson Show 1980 TV Series Himself Self
The Merv Griffin Show 1976-1980 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Host Self
Playboy’s Roller Disco & Pajama Party 1979 TV Special Himself (uncredited) Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1963-1978 TV Series Himself / Himself – Comedian Self
All-Star Salute to Women’s Sports 1978 TV Movie Himself Self
Step That Step – A Portrait of Cecil Williams 1978 TV Movie documentary Self
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 1977 TV Movie Himself Self
Dinah! 1976 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Rich Little Show 1976 TV Series Himself Self
Lola! 1976 TV Series Himself Self
Cos: The Bill Cosby Comedy Special 1975 TV Movie Himself – Host / Comedian Self
Sammy and Company 1975 TV Series Himself Self
The Rock ‘n’ Fun Magic Show 1975 TV Movie Himself Self
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell 1975 TV Series Himself Self
Highlights of Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus 1975 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters 1974 TV Series Himself Self
The Midnight Special 1973 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself Self
The Dick Cavett Show 1972-1973 TV Series Himself – Special Guest / Himself Self
Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour 1973 TV Series Himself Self
Dinah’s Place 1970-1972 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Bill Cosby on Prejudice 1971 Short Himself Self
Goin’ Back to Indiana 1971 TV Special Himself Self
Diana! 1971 TV Special Himself Self
NBC Children’s Theatre 1971 TV Series Himself Self
Fight of the Century 1971 TV Movie Himself – Audience Member Self
The Bill Cosby Special, or? 1971 TV Movie Himself – Host / Performer Self
Flip 1970-1971 TV Series Himself Self
The David Frost Show 1971 TV Series Himself Self
A World of Love 1970 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Dick Van Dyke Meets Bill Cosby 1970 TV Movie Himself – Host Self
The Don Knotts Show 1970 TV Series Himself Self
Playboy After Dark 1969-1970 TV Series Himself / Himself – Singer Self
The Best on Record 1970 TV Special Himself – Performer Self
The Third Bill Cosby Special 1970 TV Special documentary Himself – Host / Comedian Self
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis 1970 Documentary Himself Self
The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1969 TV Special Himself – Host Self
The Second Bill Cosby Special 1969 TV Movie Himself – Host / Comedian Self
Bill Cosby Does His Own Thing 1969 TV Movie Himself – Host / Comedian Self
Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed 1968 TV Movie documentary Narrator Self
Of Black America 1968 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself – Host Self
The Bill Cosby Special 1968 TV Special Himself Self
Dateline: Hollywood 1967 TV Series Himself Self
The Dean Martin Show 1966 TV Series Himself Self
The Bob Hope Show 1966 TV Series Himself Self
The Roger Miller Show 1966 TV Series Himself Self
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1966 TV Series Himself Self
The Hollywood Palace 1965 TV Series Himself – Comedian Self
Danny Thomas Meets the Comics 1965 TV Movie Himself Self
The Celebrity Game 1965 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
It’s What’s Happening, Baby! 1965 TV Movie Himself Self
The Jack Paar Program 1963-1965 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
The Best on Record 1965 TV Special Himself Self
The Match Game 1965 TV Series Himself – Team Captain Self
The Jimmy Dean Show 1965 TV Series Himself Self
The Andy Williams Show 1964 TV Series Himself Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1964 TV Series Himself – Comedian Self
Freedom Spectacular 1964 TV Movie Himself Self
The David Susskind Show 1964 TV Series Himself Self
The Garry Moore Show 1963-1964 TV Series Himself Self
That Was the Week That Was 1964 TV Series Himself Self
Hootenanny 1963 TV Series Himself Self
Cosby: The Women Speak 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Unsung Hollywood 2014-2015 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Bill Cosby: 77 2014 Video Himself Self
CNN Newsroom 2014 TV Series Himself Self
The Colbert Report 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Nelson Mandela Redrawn 2014 Documentary Himself Self
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself / Alexander Scott – I Spy Self
American Comedy Awards 2014 TV Special Himself – Carson Award Winner Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Pioneers of Television 2011-2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself / Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Self
Keep on Keepin’ On 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Stand Up Planet 2013 TV Series Himself Self
Bill Cosby: Far from Finished 2013 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The Daily Show 2013 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2012-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
TV’s Funniest of the Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special 2013 TV Movie Himself Self
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story 2013 TV Movie Himself Self
Today 2009-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’ to Tell You 2013 Documentary Himself Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself / Himself – Guest Host Self
After Newtown: Guns in America 2013 Documentary Himself Self
Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday 2013 TV Movie Himself Self
The Doctors 2012 TV Series Himself Self
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America 2012 Documentary Chick Webb (voice) Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley 2012 Documentary Himself Self
Goose 2012 Documentary Himself Self
How Playboy Changed the World 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Obkb 2010-2012 TV Series Himself Self
The 9th Annual TV Land Awards 2011 TV Special Himself Self
Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Lopez Tonight 2010 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Ray Charles America 2010 Documentary Himself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Larry King Live 1990-2010 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots 2010 TV Movie documentary voice Self
The Jay Leno Show 2009-2010 TV Series Himself Self
The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby 2009 TV Movie Himself Self
The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Special 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself / Dr. Cliff Huxtable Self
Unsung 2009 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Meet the Press 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy 2009 Documentary Himself Self
Alfred Levitt: In Three Acts 2008 Documentary Himself Self
Flunked 2008 Documentary Himself Self
Joe Louis: America’s Hero… Betrayed 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Oprah Winfrey Show 1989-2008 TV Series Himself Self
Liberty, Friends, and the Pursuit of Education 2008 Documentary short Himself (voice) Self
Good Morning America 1979-2007 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
A Tribute to the Teachers of America 2007 TV Movie Himself Self
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven 2007 Documentary Himself Self
38th NAACP Image Awards 2007 TV Special Himself Self
The Electric Company’s Greatest Hits & Bits 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
A Call Out with Bill Cosby 2006 TV Series Himself Self
The Shame of a City 2006 Documentary Himself Self
The Pact 2006 Documentary Himself Self
Live from Lincoln Center 2005 TV Series Himself Self
ABC News Nightline 2005 TV Series Himself Self
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Dr. Phil 2005 TV Series Himself Self
An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Quincy Jones 2005 TV Movie Himself Self
Hey Hey Hey: Behind the Scenes of ‘Fat Albert’ 2004 TV Movie Himself Self
Fat Albert 2004 Himself Self
Paula Zahn Now 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Inside Edition 2014-2016 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2009-2016 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
20/20 2016 TV Series documentary Himself – Sexual Assault Suspect Archive Footage
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 2016 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
The Drunken Peasants 2014-2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Nostalgia Critic 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Extra 2014-2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Dateline NBC 2015 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Media Buzz 2014-2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Mr. Robot 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
The Insider 2014-2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Associated Press: YouTube Channel 2015 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Bill Cosby: A Voice of Reason 2015 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
CNN Newsroom 2014 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Retro Report 2013 TV Mini-Series Himself – Actor Archive Footage
American Masters 2012 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
America’s Book of Secrets 2012 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story 2010 Documentary Dr. Cliff Huxtable Archive Footage
Obama in NC: The Path to History 2010 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Hulk Hogan’s Unreleased Collector’s Series 2009 Video Himself Archive Footage
15 Unforgettable Hollywood Tragedies 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
TV Land Moguls 2009 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America 2009 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Biography 1995-2009 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
TV’s All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special 2008 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories 2008 Video Himself Archive Footage
The O’Reilly Factor 2008 TV Series Himself – ‘Patriot’ (segment “Pinheads & Patriots”) Archive Footage
Larry King Live: The Greatest Interviews 2007 Video Himself Archive Footage
100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
La tele de tu vida 2007 TV Series Dr. Cliff Huxtable Archive Footage
All the Best from Denis Norden 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
I Was a Network Star 2006 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends 2006 Video documentary short Himself Archive Footage
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class 2005 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
500 Years Later 2005 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Comedians’ Comedian 2005 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited) Archive Footage
100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time 2004 TV Mini-Series Himself #8 Archive Footage
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 2004 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Century of Black Cinema 2003 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Jack Paar: Smart Television 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Ennis’ Gift 2000 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Playboy: The Party Continues 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party 1999 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can’t Be Wrong 1997 Documentary Himself Archive Footage
Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television 1996 TV Special documentary Himself Archive Footage
Mo’ Funny: Black Comedy in America 1993 TV Special documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Unknown Marx Brothers 1993 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
Smokey Robinson: The Quiet Legend 1990 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Cosby Outtakes Show 1990 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 1988 Video documentary Himself Archive Footage
Muppet Babies 1987 TV Series Cliff Huxtable Archive Footage
Jack Paar Comes Home 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Great Standups 1984 TV Movie documentary Himself Archive Footage
The Winds of Whoopie 1983 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV Movie documentary Actor – Unidentified Film (uncredited) Archive Footage
Clapper Board 1981 TV Series Archive Footage
Sesame Street 1971-1972 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
A Secret Agent’s Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari 1965 TV Movie Alexander Scott Archive Footage

Bill Cosby Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2014 American Comedy Award American Comedy Awards, USA Johnny Carson Award Won
2011 Impact Award TV Land Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
2007 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Life Achievement (Performer) Won
2007 Hall of Fame Image Awards Won
2004 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children’s Animated Program Little Bill (1999) Won
2003 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Primetime Emmy Awards Won
2002 Career Achievement Award Television Critics Association Awards Won
2001 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children’s Series/Special Little Bill (1999) Won
2000 OFTA TV Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Actors and Actresses Won
1999 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Time Television Star Won
1998 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Cosby (1996) Won
1997 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Cosby (1996) Won
1997 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series Tied with Michael J. Fox Won
1993 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1993 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite TV Actor The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1992 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Won
1992 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1992 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite TV Actor The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1992 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1991 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Won
1991 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1991 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Won
1991 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1990 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Won
1990 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Won
1990 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1990 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Won
1990 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1989 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Won
1989 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Won
1989 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1989 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Star Won
1989 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Picture Leonard Part 6 (1987) Won
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Actor Leonard Part 6 (1987) Won
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Screenplay Leonard Part 6 (1987) Won
1988 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Won
1988 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Time TV Star Won
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Won
1987 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Won
1987 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1987 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Won
1987 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Bill Cosby Show (1969) Won
1987 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Those Of You With Or Without Children, You’ll Understand “ Won
1986 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Won
1986 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Won
1986 Q Award Viewers for Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1986 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1986 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Won
1985 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program Won
1985 Q Award Viewers for Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1985 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical The Cosby Show (1984) Won
1985 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Male Star of the Year Together with Clint Eastwood Won
1981 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children’s Programming – Performers Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) Won
1977 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Television Awarded on November 23, 1977 at 6930 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1976 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Let’s Do It Again (1975) Won
1973 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Recording for Children Won
1972 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Recording for Children For the Album “Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs “ Won
1970 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Bill Cosby” Won
1969 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety or Musical Program The Bill Cosby Special (1968) Won
1969 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “To Russell,My Brother,Whom I Slept With” Won
1969 Man of the Year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA Won
1968 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Won
1968 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Revenge” Won
1967 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Won
1967 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “Wonderfulness” Won
1966 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Won
1966 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Most Cooperative Actor Won
1966 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “Why Is There Air?” Won
1965 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “I Started Out as a Child” Won
2014 American Comedy Award American Comedy Awards, USA Johnny Carson Award Nominated
2011 Impact Award TV Land Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
2007 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Life Achievement (Performer) Nominated
2007 Hall of Fame Image Awards Nominated
2004 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children’s Animated Program Little Bill (1999) Nominated
2003 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Primetime Emmy Awards Nominated
2002 Career Achievement Award Television Critics Association Awards Nominated
2001 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children’s Series/Special Little Bill (1999) Nominated
2000 OFTA TV Hall of Fame Online Film & Television Association Actors and Actresses Nominated
1999 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Time Television Star Nominated
1998 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Cosby (1996) Nominated
1997 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards Cosby (1996) Nominated
1997 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series Tied with Michael J. Fox Nominated
1993 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1993 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite TV Actor The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1992 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Nominated
1992 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1992 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite TV Actor The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1992 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1991 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Nominated
1991 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1991 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Nominated
1991 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1990 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Nominated
1990 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Nominated
1990 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1990 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Nominated
1990 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1989 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Nominated
1989 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Nominated
1989 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1989 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Star Nominated
1989 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Picture Leonard Part 6 (1987) Nominated
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Actor Leonard Part 6 (1987) Nominated
1988 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Screenplay Leonard Part 6 (1987) Nominated
1988 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards A Different World (1987) Nominated
1988 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Time TV Star Nominated
1988 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Nominated
1987 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Nominated
1987 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1987 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Nominated
1987 BMI TV Music Award BMI Film & TV Awards The Bill Cosby Show (1969) Nominated
1987 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Those Of You With Or Without Children, You’ll Understand “ Nominated
1986 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer Nominated
1986 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male TV Performer Nominated
1986 Q Award Viewers for Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1986 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1986 TV Prize Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden Best Foreign TV Personality – Male (Bästa utländska man) Nominated
1985 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program Nominated
1985 Q Award Viewers for Quality Television Awards Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1985 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical The Cosby Show (1984) Nominated
1985 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Male Star of the Year Together with Clint Eastwood Nominated
1981 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children’s Programming – Performers Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) Nominated
1977 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Television Awarded on November 23, 1977 at 6930 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1976 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Let’s Do It Again (1975) Nominated
1973 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Recording for Children Nominated
1972 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Recording for Children For the Album “Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs “ Nominated
1970 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Bill Cosby” Nominated
1969 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety or Musical Program The Bill Cosby Special (1968) Nominated
1969 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “To Russell,My Brother,Whom I Slept With” Nominated
1969 Man of the Year Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA Nominated
1968 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Nominated
1968 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Recording For the Album “Revenge” Nominated
1967 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Nominated
1967 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “Wonderfulness” Nominated
1966 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series I Spy (1965) Nominated
1966 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Most Cooperative Actor Nominated
1966 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “Why Is There Air?” Nominated
1965 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Comedy Performance For the Album “I Started Out as a Child” Nominated