Bill CosbyFilmography

Born:: July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA
Occupation:: Actor, Executive Producer
Birth name:: William H. Cosby, Jr
Biography:: African-American entertainer Bill Cosby, in his own words, "started out as a child," the son of an eight-dollars-a-day maid and an absentee father. A product of grinding poverty, Cosby escaped his rundown Philadelphia neighborhood by dropping out of high school and joining the navy. He earned his...Read More

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Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories

Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King Jr.

Synopsis: Per its title, the compilation release Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories serves up a collection of nostalgic clips from the popular talk program The Mike Douglas Show. Featured guests include Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Steve Martin and a young Billy Crystal. ~ Nathan Read More

2007
Fat Albert

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Raven Symone, Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Shedrack Anderson III, Jermaine Williams, Keith Robinson, Aaron Andre Frazier, Marques Houston

Synopsis: Bill Cosby's gang of childhood pals evolve from standup comedy to an animated cartoon series to real life in this family-friendly comedy. Doris (Kyla Pratt) is a teenager who doesn't fit in with most of her classmates at school, has been depressed since the death of her grandfather, and is Read More

12/25/04
Lightning in a Bottle

Actors: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Ben Cauley, Natalie Cole

Synopsis: The United States Congress named 2003 the "Year of the Blues" as part of an initiative by several musical education groups to make more Americans aware of the history and heritage of blues music, one of America's most important homegrown art forms. To kick off this celebration of the blues, a Read More

10/22/04
American Drummers Achievement Awards Honoring Steve Gadd

Synopsis: After first hitting the skins at the ripe old age of three, drummer Steve Gadd was already sitting in with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie by age 11. Decades (and a rich career) later, Gadd was honored with an American Drummers Achievement Award. Hosted by the one and only Bill Cosby, American Read More

2004
Fatherhood [Animated TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Show Creator

Actors: Blair Underwood, Sabrina Le Beauf, Giovonnie Samuels, Marc John Jefferies, Jamai Fisher

Synopsis: The third TV cartoon series created by Bill Cosby, the half-hour Fatherhood had less in common with its animated predecessors Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and Little Bill than with the live-action sitcom The Cosby Show. The stories revolved around the Bindlebeep family, headed by Dr. Arthur Read More

2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Synopsis: Experience television history from an African American perspective as revealing interviews and entertaining clips combine to paint an unflinching portrait of life on the small screen from Amos and Andy to Bernie Mac. These are the programs that forever changed the way race was perceived in Read More

2003
Comedian

Actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Greg Geraldo, Sherrod Small, Jim Norton, Godfrey Danchimah

Synopsis: The world of stand-up comedy is explored from the perspectives of two very different talents -- one wet behind the years, another already a legend -- in this documentary from TV-commercial director Christian Charles. Comedian follows Jerry Seinfeld and Orny Adams as they navigate their way through Read More

10/11/02
Little Bill: Snowracer

Crew: Conception

2002
Little Bill: Merry Christmas, Little Bill

Crew: Conception

2002
Little Bill: Summertime in the Wintertime

Crew: Conception

2002
Little Bill: Super Family Fun Land

2001
Little Bill: Neighborhood Park

2001
Little Bill: Are We There Yet?

2001
Little Bill: Big Kid

2001
Little Bill: Just a Baby

2001
Little Bill: Miss Murray's Wedding

2001
Little Bill: Magic Quilt

2001
Men of Honor

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: This military drama is based on the true story of Carl Brashear, who was the first African-American to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. Brashear (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) was born to a poor farming family in the deep South, and joined the Navy in hopes of bettering himself. When Read More

11/10/00
Touched by an Angel: Family Business

Synopsis: Bill Cosby guest stars as Phil, the Angel of Reconciliation. Phil's current assignment is to mend the rifts that have separated prosperous car dealer Ben Mangione (Pat Hingle) and his prodigal son Buddy (Josh Carmichael). Ben's anger over Buddy's refusal to take over the family business--not to Read More

1999
Little Bill [Animated TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Show Creator

1999
4 Little Girls

Synopsis: Director Spike Lee made his first feature-length documentary with this powerful story of the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963, which took the lives of four girls, ages 11 through 14. The shocking incident received national press attention and became a rallying point Read More

1997
Jack

Actors: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brian Kerwin, Fran Drescher

Synopsis: In this film by director Francis Ford Coppola, Robin Williams stars as Jack, a boy who is growing normally, but at many times the normal rate. In a bizarre flashback, we see that he was born when his mother was only ten weeks pregnant. Kept out of school for years, the neighborhood children Read More

1996
I Spy Returns

Actors: Robert Culp, George Newbern, Salli Richardson, Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Though not quite as bad as it might have been, the 1994 "reunion" TV-movie I Spy Returns was some distance removed from great. Written by Michael Norell, this two-hour film is set some 25 years after the conclusion of the original I Spy weekly series. Former secret agent Alexander "Scotty" Scott Read More

1994
The Cosby Mysteries

Actors: Bill Cosby, Lynn Whitfield, James Naughton

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV whodunit, funnyman Bill Cosby shifts gears as Guy Hanks, a retired New York Police forensics investigator. Though Hanks' girlfriend Barbara (Lynn Whitfield) and smart-mouthed housekeeper Angie (Rita Moreno) do their best to keep Guy busy, his close friend and former boss Sully (James Naughton Read More

1994
The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney

Synopsis: Bill Cosby narrates this story of Captain Bill Pinkney, the first African-American to sail around the world alone, completing his trip in 22 months. During his journey at sea he kept in touch (via state-of-the-art technology) with students in Boston and Chicago, teaching them about math and Read More

1994
The Meteor Man

Actors: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: Robert Townsend's superhero action comedy underwent much tinkering during post-production, employing four editors to whip the film into shape. Townsend wrote, directed, and produced this urban fable and also stars as Jefferson Reed, a meek substitute teacher in an inner-city neighborhood dominated Read More

1993
A Different World: Season 06

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer

Synopsis: As the sixth and final season of A Different World gets under way, newlyweds Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) are returning from their honeymoon in Los Angeles -- which unfortunately coincided with the Rodney King riots! Nor is life a bed of roses for the couple upon settling Read More

1992
The Ebony/Jet Guide to Black Excellence: The Entertainers

Synopsis: Children need positive role models to understand the values and perseverance necessary to be successful in today's world. The Ebony/Jet Guide to Black Excellence series is a project designed to educate young African-Americans about leaders they can look up to. Ebony/Jet Guide to Black Excellence Read More

1991
The Cosby Show: Season 08

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Raven Symone

Synopsis: The eighth and final season of The Cosby Show opens with a shocker for obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad). It seems that the couple's daughter Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe), who'd graduated from high school a year early and has been attending Read More

1991
A Different World: Season 05

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown

Synopsis: Season five of A Different World finds sweethearts (and recent college grads) Whitley (Jasmine Guy) and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) resuming their romance; Whitley's pal Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) surprising one and all by eloping with hard-nosed calculus professor Col. Clayton Taylor (Glynn Turnan); and Read More

1991
Ghost Dad

Actors: Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Denise Nicholas, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Salim Grant

Synopsis: Bill Cosby mugs so uncontrollably that it looks as if he may be the victim of a muscular disorder in the inane and unfunny Ghost Dad. Cosby plays Elliot, a workaholic widower with three children -- Danny (Salim Grant), Amanda (Brooke Fontainbe), and the teenage Diane (Kimberly Russell). Elliot is Read More

6/29/90
A Different World: Season 04

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad

Synopsis: It's official -- the formerly self-centered Hillman College graduate Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy) is definitely in love with her fellow collegiate Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) as A Different World begins its fourth season. Unfortunately, during the summer, Dwayne has met and fallen for someone Read More

1990
The Cosby Show: Season 07

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Raven Symone

Synopsis: So here are the conditions that prevail as The Cosby Show enters its seventh season. Obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad) are still happily married, still living in the upscale Brooklyn brownstone that also serves as Cliff's office. Their youngest Read More

1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years

Synopsis: Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years is a television special celebrating 50 years of Bugs Bunny cartoons, complete with testimonials from various celebrities and a terrific end-piece "50 Years of Bugs in 3 Minutes," which features a manic collection of highlights compiled by Academy Award-winner Chuck Workman Read More

1990
Animation Wonderland

Synopsis: Jonathan Winters and Bill Cosby host this captivating collection of internationally produced cartoons. Many of the subjects offered in Animation Wonderland have won major industry and festival awards. Others have been selected purely for their entertainment value (as good a reason as any). The Read More

1990
The Earth Day Special

Synopsis: A cast of celebrities gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. It is an entertaining special that points out the crisis state of our planet's environment. It provides scientific facts and detailed analysis. The show provides ways in which everyone can participate in saving the Read More

1990
A Different World: Season 03

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jasmine Guy, Dawnn Lewis, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad

Synopsis: As the third season of A Different World rolls around, Hillman College's venerable Gilbert Hall is now a coed dorm. Lettie Bostic has quit her job as dorm director, succeeded by local community-center leader Walter Oakes (Sinbad), with whom divorced, 28-year-old college senior Jaleesa (Dawnn Read More

1989
The Cosby Show: Season 06

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tempestt Bledsoe, Raven Symone

Synopsis: The sixth season of The Cosby Show marks the full-time return of actress Lisa Bonet in the role of Denise Huxtable, second of four daughters of obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad). Bonet had been on maternity leave throughout much of season five Read More

1989
The Cosby Show: Season 05

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: America's number one-rated series for three years running, The Cosby Show manages to hold on to this lofty status throughout its fifth season on the air. Bill Cosby is of course back as obstetrician Cliff Huxtable, as is Phylicia Rashad as Cliff's attorney wife, Clair. Three of the five Huxtable Read More

1988
A Different World: Season 02

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Jasmine Guy, Sinbad, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Darryl M. Bell

Synopsis: Season two of A Different World finds the overall quality of the series improving immensely, which many insiders attributed to the fact that the multi-talented Debbie Allen had taken over as producer-director. Originally intended as a vehicle for former Cosby Show co-star Lisa Bonet in her Read More

1988
Leonard, Part 6

Crew: Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Gloria Foster, Pat Colbert

Synopsis: CIA director Snyderburn (Joe Don Baker) talks former agent Leonard (Bill Cosby) into returning to the job in this failed Bond-style spy comedy. Leonard's mission is to stop the evil Medusa (Gloria Foster) from taking over the planet by controlling the behavior of the world's animals. The highlight Read More

12/18/87
A Different World: Season 01

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Lisa Bonet, Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: Season one of A Different World focuses primarily on former Cosby Show regular Lisa Bonet in her familiar role as Denise Huxtable, 19-year-old daughter of Cleveland obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby). Having enrolled in Hillman College, the alma mater of both her father and grandfather Read More

1987
A Different World: Pilot

Synopsis: With this episode, Marisa Tomei makes her first appearance as Maggie Lauten, one of the few white students at predominantly black Hillman College. As the new roommate of Denise (Lisa Bonet) and Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis), Maggie quickly drives both girls crazy with her nonstop talking. Also puttng Read More

1987
A Different World: Rudy and the Snow Queen

Synopsis: While visiting her big sister Denise (Lisa Bonet) at Hillman, little Rudy Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam) unexpectedly forms a strong bond with the imperious Whitley (Jasmine Guy). This in itself is enough to drive Denise crazy, but it gets worse: Rudy now regards Whitley as her role model. Read More

1987
A Different World: If Chosen, I May Not Run

Synopsis: To impress her father Cliff (Bill Cosby, crossing over from his own TV series), Denise (Lisa Bonet) goes out for the Hillman College track team. Alas, our heroine can't keep up the pace, and considers giving up the team. . .until the star runner, a good-looking guy named Virgil (Guy Killum), makes Read More

1987
Bill Cosby: 49

Synopsis: Life is the fodder for a comedian, and Bill Cosby examines his as he approaches his fiftieth year. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
The Cosby Show: Season 04

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: Most of the familiar characters established during the first three seasons of The Cosby Show are still in attendance as the series launches its fourth season: obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby), his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad), daughters Sondra (Sabrina Le Beauf), Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe Read More

1987
The Tortoise and the Hare

Synopsis: Comedian and actor Bill Cosby narrates this animated version of Aesop's classic tale about perseverance and overconfidence. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
The Cosby Show: Season 03

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: The Cosby Show enters its third season as America's most-watched television series -- and would continue to enjoy this lofty honor for four seasons to come. The basic cast of characters remains the same as in season two, headed by Bill Cosby as Brooklyn obstetrician Cliff Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad Read More

1986
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Sights and Sounds

Synopsis: Bill Cosby teaches preschool-aged children about the world around them with methods that are fun and easy in this video which includes two activity books. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Words and Letters

Synopsis: Young children learn the basics of language from Bill Cosby. Recommended by the National Education Association, this fun video includes a workbook. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
The Cosby Show: Season 02

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: Season two of The Cosby Show begins with all six members of the Huxtable family of Brooklyn present and accounted for: obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby); his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Rashad); their daughters, Sondra (Sabrina Le Beauf, previously recurring and now a regular), Denise (Lisa Bonet Read More

1985
Harry Belafonte: Don't Stop the Carnival

Actors: Harry Belafonte

1985
Reading is the Way to Grow

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Clear Thinking

Synopsis: Bill Cosby teaches young children about basic direction and thought processes in this video. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: All About Animals

Synopsis: Bill Cosby helps young children learn about animals in this video with two activity books included. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Reading Readiness

Synopsis: This educational series, designed for children from 3-6 is hosted by Bill Cosby. Show your children how much fun reading can be and learn the skills needed to prepare for reading. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Numbers

Synopsis: Bill Cosby teaches young children--via fun and games--all about numbers in these episodes. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Bill Cosby's Picturepages: Shapes and Colors

Synopsis: Bill Cosby educates young children about colors and shapes in this fun video with two activity books included. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
A Toast to Lenny

Synopsis: Taped at the Troubadour nightclub in Hollywood, California, this video features Bill Cosby, Steve Allen and others in tribute to late comic Lenny Bruce. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1984
The Cosby Show: Season 01

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: In the first episode of the long-running sitcom The Cosby Show, Brooklyn obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) is asked by his attorney wife, Clair (Phylicia Ayers-Allen), "Why do we have four children?" Though no answer is forthcoming, the fact seems to remain that there are indeed four kids Read More

1984
The Cosby Show: Pilot

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The premiere episode of The Cosby Show finds obstretrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) and his attorney wife Clair (Phylicia Rashad, billed throughout Season One as Phylicia Ayers-Allen) facing domestic dilemmas from all corners. When Cliff confronts son Theo (Malcolm Jamal-Warner) about his bad Read More

1984
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 08

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: After winding up its 12-year CBS network run, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (aka The New Fat Albert Show was packaged for daily, off-network syndication. Added to the existing manifest of 60 episodes were 50 new half-hours, many of them dealing with hot-button issues that creator-producer Bill Read More

1984
Playboy Jazz Festival, Vol. 2

1984
The Cosby Show [TV Series]

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Executive Producer, Show Creator

Actors: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Synopsis: The series that literally rescued the moribund situation comedy genre from oblivion, NBC's The Cosby Show made its first appearance on September 20, 1984. By the time its first season was over, the series was the second-highest-rated program in the country, enabling NBC to build a brand-new sitcom Read More

1984
Reading Rainbow: Arthur's Eyes

Actors: LeVar Burton

Synopsis: The honors collected by Reading Rainbow include Parent's Choice, National Education Association, and Cine awards, plus numerous Emmys. Designed to draw children into the world of reading, the programs are a blend of books, field trips, and activities related to the featured topic. In Reading Read More

1983
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 07

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: The seventh and final network season of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (or to use its then-official title, The New Fat Albert Show serves up eight new episodes, bringing the total since the series' 1972 debut to sixty half-hours. The first episode of the season is "Se Habla Espanol", in which Fat Read More

1982
Fat Albert's Easter Special

Synopsis: Easter is fast approaching, and in this animated primetime special, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids find their efforts to do something nice for Mudfoot thwarted by a practical joke gone horribly awry. The gang is cleaning Mudfoot's place and paying his bills when Rudy plays a prank that quickly Read More

1982
The Devil and Max Devlin

Actors: Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich, Julie Budd

Synopsis: The title character, a nasty landlord (Elliott Gould), is killed in a car accident and descends into hell. There he meets the Devil (Bill Cosby), who promises him his life back if he can find three people willing to sell their souls in three months. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1981
Hungry i Reunion

Synopsis: During the 1950s and 1960s, San Francisco's hungry i nightclub (the lower case is not a mistake: that's how the name read on the club's outside wall) was a primary breeding ground for young and hungry comedy talent. The "i" is no longer in existence, but most of its more illustrious alumni are Read More

1981
Live at Harrah's

1981
Bill Cosby, Himself

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Some critics carped that the star of Bill Cosby, Himself delivered his nearly two-hour monologue while sitting down. "Look how lazy Cos has gotten!" went the complaint. Well, we can tell you that Cosby exudes more energy and charisma from a seated position than most younger comics do while jumping Read More

1981
Loose Shoes

Crew: Producer

Actors: Lewis Arquette, Danny Dayton, Murphy Dunne, Howard Hesseman, Steve Landesberg

Synopsis: Preview trailers for movies not coming to a theater near you are collected in this satiric comedy. Loose Shoes is a sketch comedy which takes the form of a series of "coming attractions" for movies that don't happen to exist. The oddball trailers include the Billy Jack parody Billy Jerk Read More

1980
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 06

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Although the series had been officially retitled The New Fat Albert Show, the nine new episodes offered up during the sixth season have since been incorporated in the syndicated Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids package. The first Season Six offering is "The Secret",in which Fat Albert and his friends Read More

1980
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 05

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: From 1977 to 1979, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids offered not one new episode, instead coasting on reruns of the existing episodes. But as it entered its fifth season in the fall of 1979, the series made up for lost time with eight new half-hour installments. And that's not all: The series had been Read More

1979
Top Secret

Synopsis: In this espionage adventure, a American agent is assigned to head for Rome and retrieve a stolen cache of plutonium. The film is known on video as Secret Agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
California Suite

Actors: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith

Synopsis: Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to explore four more human dramas in his play California Suite, which was adapted into this quite successful movie. In the first episode, the divorced couple of Bill and Hannah Read More

1978
Fat Albert's Christmas Special

Synopsis: This animated Christmas story features Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Be careful, because you could learn something about yourself in this adventure. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Fat Albert's Halloween Special

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Rudy and his new pal Devray get the fright of their lives while playing Halloween pranks on the elderly as the rest of the kids set their sights on Searchlight Johnson and Mudfoot Brown. Little do the kids realize that the little old lady who lives in the house by the cemetery has finally gotten Read More

1977
A Piece of the Action

Actors: Hope Clarke, Bill Cosby, Ja'net DuBois, Jason Evers, Frances Foster

Synopsis: Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, co-stars of the comic capers Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again, team up again for this socially conscious comedy-adventure. This time out, Poitier and Cosby play Manny Durrell and Dave Anderson, Windy City con artists with a long history of cheating crooks Read More

1977
Mother, Jugs & Speed

Actors: Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Larry Hagman

Synopsis: In this frantic black comedy, Harry Fishbine (Allen Garfield) is the proprietor of the F&B Ambulance Service, a low-budget free-lance rescue service which is struggling to keep up with the bigger and better funded competition after a law in Los Angeles decrees that the first ambulance to arrive at Read More

1976
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 04

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Eight new episodes are on the menu as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids enters its fourth season. For starters, the gang learn the hard way that Fat Albert's warnings about tobacco aren't to be dismissed in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair." The insufferable Rudy falls for a girl who pays no attention to Read More

1976
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 03

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: After coasting along with a full season of nothing but reruns, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids returned to CBS' Saturday morning lineup in the fall of 1975 with six brand-new episodes. The festivities begin with "The Fuzz", in which Fat Albert and his pals fall in with a new kid who doesn't like Read More

1975
Let's Do It Again

Actors: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie "J.J." Walker

Synopsis: A pair of blue-collar buddies use hypnosis to turn a wimpy boxer into a champ in this crime comedy, which reunites actor/director Sidney Poitier and comedian Bill Cosby, stars of the similarly themed Uptown Saturday Night. Clyde Williams (Poitier) and Billy Foster (Cosby) want to help raise funds Read More

1975
Uptown Saturday Night

Actors: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Calvin Lockhart, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor

Synopsis: Uptown Saturday Night is a delightful comedy directed by and starring Sidney Poitier. Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) is a factory worker. One evening, when boredom gets the best of him, Steve and his pal Wardell (Bill Cosby) decide to go to an underground gambling club to have some fun. While they Read More

1974
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 02

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Season Two of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids increases the series' episode manifest to 20, with eight brand-new adventures. Opening the season is "The Bully", in which the title character (appropriately named Slappy) bravely waits until Fat Albert isn't around to terrorize the rest of the gang. Read More

1973
The New Bill Cosby Show [TV Series]

Actors: Bill Cosby

1972
Hickey and Boggs

Actors: Matt Bennett, Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Rosalind Cash, Carmen, Louis Moreno

Synopsis: The stars of the witty TV series I Spy were reunited for this downbeat crime thriller, which takes a much darker and more violent look at the lives of two detectives for hire. Al Hickey (Bill Cosby) and Frank Boggs (Robert Culp) are a pair of private eyes who are approached by an attorney to find Read More

1972
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids [Animated TV Series]

Crew: Show Creator

Synopsis: Created and produced by Bill Cosby, the long-running animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was based on Cosby's classic monologues about his boyhood in North Philadelphia. Corpulent pre-teener Fat Albert and his buddies first appeared in cartoon form in the 1969 in the half-hour NBC Read More

1972
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Season 01

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: The most famous of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids' first season episodes doesn't show up until four weeks into the show's run: "Creativity", in which Albert and his pals create their legendary "Junkyard Band." Backtracking a bit, the series opener is "Lying", in which the gang finds out that the Read More

1972
Aesop's Fables

Actors: Bill Cosby, Keith Hamilton, Jerelyn Fields, John Byner, Larry Storch

Synopsis: Approximately one year before the debut of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, comedian Bill Cosby, the CBS network and the Filmation cartoon firm collaborated on this 30-minute TV special. Cosby appears in the live-action wraparounds as Greek storyspinner Aesop, who talk-sings a brace of songs and Read More

1971
To All My Friends on Shore

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Executive Producer, Screen Story

Actors: Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Originally telecast February 25, 1972, To All My Friends on Shore stars Bill Cosby as a middle-aged airport redcap. Frustrated by his job and his ghetto existence, Cosby vows to seek out a better life for himself and his loved ones. But his stubborn efforts to do so succeed only in turning his Read More

1971
Man and Boy

Crew: Producer

Actors: Leif Erickson, Gloria Foster, George Spell, Bill Cosby

Synopsis: This western is notable for having Bill Cosby in a dramatic role in his first feature film. Caleb Rivers (Cosby) is a black Civil War Veteran who just wants to clear out his Arizona homestead and live in peace with his neighbors. Instead, he and his son (George Spell) have to track his stolen Read More

1971
The Bill Cosby Show: Season 02

Actors: Bill Cosby

1970
The Bill Cosby Show: Season 01

Actors: Bill Cosby

1969
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed

Synopsis: In this program, host Bill Cosby shares several accomplishments that have not always been fully or properly covered in the history books. The achievements of important historical figures are discussed, including the medical advances made by black doctors, the dedication of the black soldiers who Read More

1968
I Spy [TV Series]

Synopsis: Robert Culp and Bill Cosby starred in the TV espionage series I Spy as tennis star Kelly Robinson and his trainer, Alexander Scott. Robinson and Scott, however, were also international spies, and used Robinson's globetrotting from one tournament to the next as a cover for their high-risk Read More

1965
Fun Learning: Chocolate Princess and Other Children's Stories
John Wilson: Animation Wonderland
I Spy: Season 03

Actors: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Although the episode plotlines in the third season of I Spy are as adult and cynical as ever, the venerable espionage series has for the most part become a laugh-fest, thanks to the whimsical verbal improvisations of stars Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. Many is the time during season three that all Read More
I Spy: Season 01

Actors: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby

Synopsis: American secret agents Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) and Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby) tackle an exhausting variety of international counterespionage missions while respectively posing as a champion tennis player and his athletic trainer as I Spy embarks upon its first season. Unlike other spy shows Read More
Little Bill: The Bills Go to Work
I Spy: Season 02

Actors: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby

Synopsis: Season two of I Spy finds globetrotting secret agents Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) and Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby) plying their trade in such locales as Italy, Spain, and Las Vegas -- all the while posing as a high-priced tennis bum and his athletic trainer. As in season one, the series relies Read More

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