The Bill Cosby Show
Premiered: Sep 14, 1969 | 2 seasons | 52 episodes
Popularity: 8
| Creator: | Bill Cosby, Ed. Weinberger |
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| The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Cosby | Chet Kincaid | 52 |
| Olga James | Verna Kincaid | 8 |
| Joyce Bulifant | Marsha Patterson | 6 |
| Hilly Hicks | Eddie Tucker | 3 |
| Elsa Lanchester | Mrs. Wochuk | 2 |
| Parley Baer | Mr. Tyler | 2 |
| Gloria Foster | Dolores Winters | 2 |
| Mark Hamill | Henry | 1 |
| Dick Van Dyke | Martin | 1 |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Hurricane Smith | 1 |
| Henry Fonda | Joshua Richards | 1 |
| Isabel Cooley | Miss Richards | 1 |
| Antonio Fargas | J.J. | 1 |
| Don Knotts | Leo Swann | 1 |
| Pat Morita | Tree Surgeon | 1 |
| Will Geer | Mr. Kane | 1 |
| Barry Miller | Harry | 1 |
| Tom Bosley | Cookie Maharg | 1 |
| Michael Ansara | Fletcher Rodenberry | 1 |
| Ellen Corby | Mrs. Hilberman | 1 |
| Mike Farrell | 1 | |
| Mike Farrell | Al Socconis | 1 |
| Cicely Tyson | Mildred Hermosa | 1 |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Mr. Byron | 1 |
| John Marley | John Sloan | 1 |
| Kathleen Freeman | 1 | |
| Herb Edelman | Mr. Maher | 1 |
| Wally Cox | Wally Haverstraw | 1 |
| Vic Tayback | Calvin | 1 |
| Darrell Larson | Chuck | 1 |
| Helen Funai | Miss Hillard | 1 |
| Alan Oppenheimer | 1 | |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Dwight McDevitt | 1 |
| Beah Richards | Rose Kincaid | 1 |
| Mantan Moreland | Uncle Dewey | 1 |
| Lillian Randolph | Gloria Kincaid | 1 |
| John Harmon | Mr. Gustaitis | 1 |
| Jon Walmsley | 1 | |
| Jon Walmsley | Jeff Lord | 1 |
| Bobo Lewis | 1 | |
| Lloyd Kino | Second Judge | 1 |
| Alice Nunn | Winona Fisk | 1 |
| Fran Ryan | Mrs. Beal | 1 |
| Joseph V. Perry | Max Waltz | 1 |
| Milton Selzer | Kurawitz | 1 |
| Victor Izay | 1 | |
| Victor Izay | Fitzgerald | 1 |
| Lee Weaver | 1 | |
| Frank Campanella | Mr. Lombardi | 1 |
| Rex Ingram | George | 1 |
| Byron Morrow | Wilson Ingersall | 1 |
| Joyce Bulifant | Mrs. Marsha Patterson | 1 |
| Lynn Hamilton | Mrs. Carter | 1 |
| Moms Mabley | Aunt Edna | 1 |
| Joaquín Martínez | Ortega | 1 |
| Robert Rockwell | Tom Bennett | 1 |
| Stuart Nisbet | Vic Sherman | 1 |
| Howard Morton | Lou Welk | 1 |
| Louis Quinn | Louie Cutler | 1 |
| Ta-Tanisha | Georgianna Jones | 1 |
| Richard X. Slattery | Mr. Perry | 1 |
| Victor Millan | Detective | 1 |
| Eldon Quick | Greg Samuelson | 1 |
| Dennis Cross | Policeman | 1 |
| Rupert Crosse | Felix E. LeBlanc | 1 |
| Olga James | Gail Hathaway | 1 |
| Len Lesser | Supervisor | 1 |
| Mary Treen | Mrs. Drucker | 1 |