Heathcliff Huxtable
Heathcliff is the father of the Huxtable family. In his life, he develops the profession of a paediatrician beside the study place under the house and beside the hospital of Brooklyn. He is an affectionate husband and he is evermore in love with his wife Clair. He is also a exigent father and strict some times, but in best part of the cases, he solve any problem with calm and with the smile on the lips. He has the ready beating always, and he has a facial amazing mimicry. He has diverged affair beyond to the own profession. Before all, he is fearfully greedy, especially of those things that arouse imbalances to his cholesterol. Additionally, he adore all the types of appliances, and he purchase them in big quantity, for abandon them in the closets of house. He has the hobby of the bricolage also, but each time that he tries to mend at home anything of broken, he endangers it for always (excepted the bell of house, that in the last episode he succeeds finally to adjust!). He has a big passion for the American football also and for the western films, that he adores look alone, sat on the couch, in company only of anything to eat and drink, rich of fat and of colouring matter. In last, but not for importance, he love the jazz and blues music, passion conveyed from his father, in fact he possesses a vast collection of old LP, hidden in wine cellar, that show only to few intimate.
For conclude, we could told that he is the dad that all want to have and to which we want to resemble in the future!
William H. Cosby Jr. (Bill Cosby)
Born 12th July 1937 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
Occupation: Actor, Producer, Composer, Writer, Director
First Major appearance: "The Andy Williams Show" (1962)
Current Project: "Listening with the Eyes"
Famous Quote: «Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home»
Bill Cosby is, by any standards, one of the most influential stars in America today. Whether it be through concert appearances or recordings, television or films, commercials or education, Bill Cosby has the ability to touch people's lives. His humor often centers on the basic cornerstones of our existence, seeking to provide an insight into our roles as parents, children, family members, and men and women. Without resorting to gimmickry or low-brow humor, Bill Cosby's comedy has a point of reference and respect for the trappings and traditions of the great American humorists such as Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx. The 1984-92 run of "The Cosby Show" and his books Fatherhood and Time Flies established new benchmarks on how success is measured. His status at the top of the TVQ survey year after year continues to confirm his appeal as one of the most popular personalities in America. Cosby's believability and humor makes him most effective as the spokesman for Jello and Jello Pudding Pops. In 1994, Cosby began his series, "The Cosby Mysteries" on NBC. He played Guy Hanks, a police forensic specialist. Also in 1994, he reprised his role of Scotty in a two-hour CBS television movie of "I Spy Returns," co-starring with his original partner, Robert Culp.
Cosby has now joined forces with Carsey-Werner (his producing partners on "The Cosby Show") to develop a new half hour comedy series for television. The show is based loosely on the British smash "One Foot In The Grave" and will star Cosby as a man who fights the irritations and frustrations of everyday life.
Coming from a Philadelphia ghetto, he represents the voice of the vast, ordinary world out there. 
Everyone seems to easily identify with his characters and the situations they find themselves in. He's the street-level loser who gives the twist of the ridiculous to everyday faults, foibles and successes and makes them a recognizable slice of life. Bill Cosby points out the humor in our lives, and in doing so, he touches our hearts. Because of this, his appeal is not restricted to any specific group. His Chaplinesque qualities, combined with an earthy innocence, have endeared him to people from all walks of life.
It the fusion of these qualities that has resulted in television's biggest and most influential hit of the modem era, The Cosby Show. The show was credited by many for singlehandedly resurrecting the sitcom genre. Cosby's return to television after eight years was prompted by what he perceived a lack of relevance and an abundance of superficiality in TV comedy programming. Week after week of #1 ratings and the almost unanimous critical acclaim only confirms that others agree with his opinion. Life Magazine wrote: "Cosby's success may have changed the game as well as the scores.
Before his show hit the air, many viewers had rejected primetime television as an electronic guignol of crime, slime, glitz and glands... What Cosby offered instead was a gentle, whimsical, warm-hearted sitcom about family life that found humor in the little things that happen in every home and everlasting value in the love and trust that exist between parents and children ... Nobody actually says this family represents the whole human family, but the delicious ordinariness of its pleasures and tribulations has given millions a fresh, laughter- splashed perspective on their own domestic lives."
His success on television, which had been a catalyst in promoting NBC to first place has been matched in other areas. In 1986, he broke Radio City's 53-year-old attendance record for concert appearance. In 1987, wife Camille Cosby produced a home video cassette called "Bill Cosby 49" which was distributed by Kodak and sold in the hundreds of thousands. A comedy album on Geffen Records, "Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand," sold close to a million copies, an almost unheard of phenomenon today for a comedy record. His most recent album production includes the release of a Polygram Jazz album, "My Appreciation," and a comedy album for Geffen Records, "Oh, Baby."
In the publishing world, Bill Cosby has shattered records with each of his books. "Fatherhood," published by Doubleday/Dolphin in May of 1986, became the fastest-selling hardcover book of all time. It remained for over half of its fifty-four weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List as #1. It has sold 2.6 million hardcover copies and 1.5 million paperbacks (published by Berkeley).
His next Doubleday/Dolphin title, "Time Flies" had the largest single first printing in publishing history -- 1.75 million copies. Like its predecessor, it too remained at the top of the New York Times list. Bantam Books published the paperback version in the fall of 1988 and received the same rights for Love and Marriage.
"Love and Marriage," was published by Doubleday/Dolphin in April of 1989, and covered everything from childhood romances and adolescent crushes to first love, dating and courtship, the ebb flow of relationships and the rewards of marriage.
His latest book, "Childhood" (published by Puttnam in 1991), deals with the predicaments of growing up and coming of age, combining stories of his legendary childhood with comic sights about children of today.
Exercising his deep concern with projecting positive images of African-Americans, Cosby together with partners, Tom Werner and Marcy Carsey, produced "A Different World" on NBC for seven seasons. In his partnership, they also put on the air "Here and Now" (starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner) for NBC and the revival of the classic Groucho Marx show, "You Bet Your Life," for first-run syndication.
With over twenty-six years in comedy, Bill Cosby is for many young comedian the man who wrote the textbook. What Cosby teaches is to approach the monologue as a screenwriter looks at real life, bringing to each story the structure and body of a complete work. The Cosby student also learn 
that one does not have to use offensive language or risque topics to obtain laughs. According to Cosby, "Anyone should be able to say on stage what they want. But those who have knowledge, do understand that certain things on stage can be abused and misused. And if such topics are used just for laughter, the humor will not stand the test of time."
Cosby is, without a doubt, the best-selling comedian of all time on records. He has had 21 albums (3 of them musical) on the national pop charts as well 6 singles. Three albums were in the Top 10 (Revenge went to #2 in Billboard) and three others hit the Top 20. During the mid-sixties, Cosby had many as six albums on the charts at one time. Eight of the albums have been certified Gold Records by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He won Grammy Awards for "Best Comedy Album" five times. His sales are unprecedented for any comedian and are unlikely to be challenged.
Cosby made the transition from standup comic to actor in the NBC-TV series "I Spy" and the original "The Bill Cosby Show." He made his motion picture debut in a powerful and dramatic role in the film Man and Boy, which was set in the post-Civil War era. He teamed with his "I Spy" partner, Robert Culp, for "Hickey and Boggs." Cosby has co-starred with Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte in "Uptown Saturday Night" and in the sequel "Let's Do It Again". Cosby joined Raquel Welch in "Mother, Jugs and Speed." He also starred in an animated film, Aesop's Fables. Cosby and Sidney Poitier rejoined to co-star in their third film together, "A Piece of the Action." He then teamed with Richard Pryor in a starring role in California Suite and, more Recently, Walt Disney's "The Devil and Max Devlin."
It was during Cosby's nightclub circuit period (when he was first getting started that Carl Reiner caught his act in Pittsburgh and introduced Cosby to producer Sheldon Leonard who signed him to star in the "I Spy" series. The series, about two spies disguised as tennis bums, was an instant smash hit on TV. Cosby's "I Spy" role as co-star broke the racial barrier of television. Before the series ended, he had won three Emmy Awards. It was a historic moment casting when a black man was placed along side a white man as his equal, and it created international interest the show and Bill Cosby. After "I Spy," "The Bill Cosby Show" followed on NBC in 1971. September, 1976, Cosby hosted another variety show called "Cos," this on ABC.
In addition, Cosby has hosted numerous television specials, starred in NBC-TV's "Children's Theater" and PBS-TV's "The Electric Company" (the latter created by the Sesame Street Children's Television Workshop) and has written, directed and produced two education TV shows ("Concern," dealing with his concern for school children and "Prejudice," an irreverent spoof of prejudice hang-ups). His production company also turned out two animated specials featuring his lovable gallery of childhood pals. In the early 80's, Cosby hosted Picture Pages on Captain Kangaroo's "Wake Up" program on CBS. Today, the instruction Cosby leads, which is designed to develop readiness skills in pre-school children, is available on home video by Disney. The series was awarded the Gold Award at the 1981 International Film & TV Festival in New York as "Outstanding Children's Program."
Someone up there touched Bill Cosby with the gift of comedy when he was born in Philadelphia on July 12,1937, the son of William and Anna Cosby. He has two younger brothers, Bob and Russ. It didn't take Cosby long to begin making up gags and practicing routines on his mom and dad. Although most children have cribside routines, Cosby's comedic cereal skills were endless. His appreciative audience of one, his mom, always encouraged his inventive performances of everyday household happenings.
Cosby attended Wister Elementary School along with his pals Fat Albert, Old Weird Harold, Dumb Donald, Rudy, Nolan and Weasel -- all later immortalized by Cosby's comedy Bill routines. When school was out, they could all be found romping through the "projects" (four massive suburban tenement buildings with a cement playground in the center) or under the Ninth Street Bridge. It was there Cosby acquired his athletic skills and his lifetime love of sports. Cosby's sixth grade teacher must have sensed his genius when she wrote on his report card, "William is a boy's boy, an all-around fellow, and he should grow up to do great things."
About his high school sports career, Cosby humorously claims, "I was on the ninth grade football team which was made up of me and ten other guys from the remedial gym class. All we had to do was look at the parallel bars, and they gave us a 'D'. I never got into the game, and I had to give my jersey to the guy who'd had his ripped."
He often neglected his studies for athletics, and after repeating the tenth grade, he left school to join the Navy. He finished high school via a correspondence course while still in the service. When he was discharged, he enrolled at Temple University as the result of an athletic scholarship. His goal was to become a physical education teacher. He probably could have made it as a professional football player, but the world is richer in laughter because he decided on show business.
To support himself during his college days, Cosby tended bar at night, where he found a ready-made audience for his brand of home-grown humor. The enthusiasm of customers convinced him that he might have a chance as a comedian.
His first stage appearance (for $5 a night) was at a night spot called "The Underground" in a small room named "The Cellar." It didn't have a stage, so Cosby did his act on a table with a chair propped on it. He not only had to climb over the bar to get to the "stage," but he couldn't stand up because of his height. He was probably the world's first "sitdown" comedian.
The beatniks were "in" at that time in New York's Greenwich Village, and word of Cosby's comedy spread from Philly. The club called "The Gaslight" booked him for sixty dollars a week, and he was on his way.
His routines rocked audiences with laughter at the top clubs around the country. Many of his expressions became part of the jargon of this generation, like his famous drawn-out "riiiiiiiiight." He established a rare rapport with all audiences. He talked about his youth in Philadelphia where two guys on the block shared one broken-down auto, crashed parties, cowered from trouble, and constantly scrimped around to raise the 19 cents they needed for gas for their car and the14 dollars they needed for oil.
About his performances Cosby says, "I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and timing to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do."
As busy as he is with his many ventures, Cosby has been a crusader throughout his career for a better world and for better understanding between people. Besides his involvement with a host of charity organizations, Cosby is also an active trustee of his alma mater, Temple University of Philadelphia. As philanthropists, Bill and Camille Cosby have made substantial in support of education (most notably to predominantly Black colleges) and to various social service and civil rights organizations.
In addition, Cosby earned his Master's Degree in 1972 and his Doctorate in education ) in 1977 from the University of Massachusetts. His doctorate thesis was titled "The Integration of Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Into the Elementary Schools Culminating as a Teacher Aid to Achieve Increased Learning."
Cosby's been busy raising a family, too. He married the former Camille Hanks on January 25, 1964 , while she was still a student at the University of Maryland. They have four girls, (Erika Ranee, Erinn Chalene, Ensa Camille and Evin Harrah) and one son (Ennis William). The family resides outside of Amherst, Massachusetts. While they are a constant source of material, Cosby laments the fact that his children have developed into good students. "When they didn't do well in school it made for funny material. Now, they're losing their humor!"
When speaking of Camille, Cosby has urged an amendment to the saying, "Behind every good man there's a good woman." He suggests instead of "behind" to substitute "Three miles ahead." Camille has not only raised five children and taken an active role in her husband's career (producing his last album and a live concert video), she also received her doctorate in education and still finds time to play an active role in a number of important national organizations. Most recently, Camille has added an additional hat as a film and theater producer, with a play debuting in early 1995 on the best-selling book "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years and a motion picture on the life of Winnie Mandela now in pre-production. In 1995 she premiered a sociological documentary titled "No Dreams Deferred." It still can be seen on various PBS stations around the country.
On the evolution of his own style of comedy, Cosby states that he was drawn at an early age to the masters of jazz: Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Mingus and Miles Davis. Through their musical example, Cosby learned to emulate in comedy the ability to take an idea continually find new and innovative ways of expressing the same theme.
When Cosby and his pals yelled at the top of their lungs under the Ninth Street Bridge, the echo could be heard for blocks. The legacy of Cosby's comedic genius continues to make sure that those echoes will continue to be heard around the world.
Family's Tree
Actor - Filmography
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | Character |
| 1. | "That Was the Week Thas Was" | TV Series | |
| 2. | "I Spy" (1965) | TV Series | Alexander Scott |
| 3. | "The Bill Cosby Show" (1969) | TV Series | Ched Kincaid |
| 4. | To All My Friends on Shore (1971) | TV | Blue |
| 5. | Journey Back of Oz (1971) - The Wizard of Oz | TV Version | |
| 6. | "The Electric Company" (1971) | TV Series | |
| 7. | Man and Boy (1972) | Caleb Revers | |
| 8. | Hickey and Boggs (1972) La Morte arriva con la Valigia Bianca | Al Hickey | |
| 9. | "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972) | TV Series | |
| 10. | "The New Bill Cosby Show" (1972) | TV Series | |
| 11. | Uptown Saturday Night (1974) | Wardell Franklin | |
| 12. | Let's Do It Again (1975) | Billy Foster | |
| 13. | Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) Codice 3: emergenza assoluta | Mother | |
| 14. | "Cos" (1976) | TV Series | Host |
| 15. | A Piece of the Action (1977) | Dave Anderson | |
| 16. | Top Secret (1978) | TV | Aaron Strickland |
| 17. | California Suite (1978) Neil's Simon's California Suite | Dr. Willis Panama | |
| 18. | "The New Fat Albert Show" (1979) | TV Series | |
| 19. | The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) Il Diavolo e Max | Barney Satin | |
| 20. | Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) | Himself | |
| 21. | "The Cosby Show" (1984) I Robinson | TV Series | Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable |
| 22. | Leonard Part 6 (1987) Leonard salverą il mondo | Leonard Parker | |
| 23. | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) | Archive Footage | Himself |
| 24. | Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990) | Himself | |
| 25. | Ghost Dad (1990) Papą č un fantasma | Elliot | |
| 26. | "You Bet Your Life" (1992) | TV Series | Host |
| 27. | The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993) | TV | |
| 28. | The Meteor Man (1993) | Marvin | |
| 29. | The Cosby Mysteries (1994) | TV | Guy Hanks |
| 30. | I Spy Returns (1994) | TV | Alexander Scott |
| 31. | "The Cosby Mysteries" (1994) Cosby Indaga | TV Series | Guy Hanks |
| 32. | Jack (1996) | Lawrence Woodruff | |
| 33. | "Cosby" (1996) | TV Series | Hilton Lucas |
| 34. | Jack Parr 'As I Was Saying...' (1997) | TV | Himself |
| 35. | 4 Little Girls (1997) | Interview | Himself |
| 36. | "Kids Say The Darndest Things" (1998) | TV Series | Host |
| 37. | Listening with the Eyes (2000) |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | Role |
| 1. | To All My Friends on Shore (1971) | TV | Executive |
| 2. | Man And Boy (1972) | Executive | |
| 3. | Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) | Executive | |
| 4. | Leonard Part 6 (1987) Leonard salverą il mondo | ||
| 5. | I Spy Returns (1994) | TV | Executive |
| 6. | "Cosby" (1996) | TV Series | Executive |
| 7. | Navy Driver (2000) | Executive |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | Passage |
| 1. | To All My Friends on Shore (1971) | TV | |
| 2. | "A Different World" (1987) Denise | TV Series | Theme |
| 3. | The Cosby Mysteries (1994) | TV | |
| 4. | "The Cosby Mysteries" (1994) | TV Series | |
| 5. | "Cosby" (1996) | TV Series | Theme |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | Role |
| 1. | To All My Friends on Shore (1971) | TV | Story |
| 2. | Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) | ||
| 3. | Leonard Part 6 (1987) Leonard salverą il mondo | Story |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | Role |
| 1. | "Where I Live" (1993) - solo la seconda stagione | TV Series | Consulting |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Type | |
| 1. | Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) |
| # | Original Title and in Italian | Character | Episode/Date |
| 1. | "The Andy Williams Show" (1962) | Himself | 30/11/1964 |
| 2. | "Sesame Street" (1969) | ||
| 3. | "The Flip Wilson Show" (1970) | ||
| 4. | "The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989) | 1990 | |
| 5. | "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) Tutti amano Raymond | Hilton | episode #3.23 "Be Nice" |
| 6. | "Ruby Wax Meets" (1996) | Himself | 1997 |
| 7. | "Touched by an Angel" (1994) | Phil | episode #3.29 "Inherit the Wind" 11/05/1997 |
| 8. | "The Roseanne Show" (1998) | Himself | episode #1.50 16/11/1998 |
| 9. | "Biography" (1987) | Himself | 06/01/1999 |
| 10. | "Touched by an Angel" (1994) | Phil | episode #5.17 "Family Business" 28/02/1999 |
| 11. | "The King of Queens" (1998) | Hilton Lucas | episode #1.23 "Where's Poppa" 03/05/1999 |
| 12. | "Becker" (1998) | Hilton Lucas | episode #1.20 "Drive They Said" 03/05/1999 |
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