He made two guest appearances on The Cosby Show, playing the character Colonel Sanford B. "Tailwind" Turner, Cliff Huxtable's college track rival.
Major Owens was married twice, first to Ethel (née Werfel), of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, with whom he had three sons: Brooklyn politician Chris Owens, actor Geoffrey Owens (best known for playing "Elvin" on The Cosby Show), and Milard Owens.
During the 1940s, Gentry performed in a number of Broadway productions and later appeared in several films, including School Daze, Def by Temptation, and Jungle Fever, as well as the television series All My Children and The Cosby Show.
Brisco races Cliff (Bill Cosby) at the Penn Relays in The Cosby Show episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday May 8, 1986 on NBC.
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From 1986 to 1987, she played the role of Maria Conchita Lopez in the sitcom What a Country! Maris made a big splash on an episode of The Cosby Show playing the girlfriend of a community-center director played by Tony Orlando.
She has made guest appearances on The Cosby Show, Magnum, P.I., Seinfeld, Spin City, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and had a featured role in the 1998 television remake of Rear Window starring Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah.
Caryn Mandabach produced ground-breaking US hits including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, A Different World (1990–1993), Grace Under Fire (1993–1998), Cybill (1995–1998), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997–2001), That '80s Show (2002), That '70s Show (1998–2004), and Grounded for Life (2001–2005).
Born in Buckingham County, Virginia but raised in Harlem, New York, Taylor was best known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's (Bill Cosby) mother, Anna Huxtable.
He appeared in a 1990 episode of The Cosby Show as Rudy's tap dancing teacher, facing off against Cliff (Bill Cosby) in a good natured tap challenge.
In 1986, Stevie Wonder appeared as a guest star on the American NBC television sitcom, The Cosby Show, in Season 2, Episode "A Touch of Wonder", where he performs a studio rendition of 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' accompanied by Claire Huxtable, played by Phylicia Rashād, with the children of the Huxtable family.
The series was created by Michael J. Leeson, who was one of the creators of the long running TV series The Cosby Show.
He has guest starred in many other television shows, including Columbo: How to Dial a Murder, Dark Shadows, Starsky and Hutch, The Cosby Show, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order.
He guest-starred on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air playing the role of Hilary's boyfriend, and has directed several music videos including British R&B group Five Star's "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons" (1994) as well as many sitcom episodes including The Cosby Show, All that, Kenan & Kel, and Malcolm & Eddie.
Her work includes a mixture of film and television sitcoms, such as A Different World, The Cosby Show, Gilmore Girls, and 7th Heaven.
Le Beauf was cast as the eldest Huxtable daughter Sondra on The Cosby Show despite being only 10 years younger than Phylicia Rashād, the actress who played her mother, Clair Huxtable.
Scott Schreer is an award-winning BMI composer and producer of theme songs for television programs, including NFL on Fox, NHL on Fox, MLB on Fox, NASCAR on Fox, Hope and Faith, The Cosby Show, and The O'Reilly Factor.
The series, which was created by Ned Kandel and Mardee Kravit, was taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, home of Sesame Street and The Cosby Show.
The song would be later covered by soul-gospel greats Aretha Franklin, who recorded a live version of the song on her Amazing Grace live album, and Mavis Staples, who famously covered it during an episode of The Cosby Show.
Her paintings also appeared on television on the Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, as well as on the TV series Amen and 227.