Bill Cosby

  • Birth Day

    Philadelphia Pennslyvania
  • Period: to

    Lifetime

  • Begins shining shoes to help his family's bills

  • Drops out of high school and joins the Navy

  • Records first comedy album: "Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow ... Right!"

  • Apparance on "The Tonight Show"

  • Completes Ph.D in education at the university of Massachusetts

  • Debut of "The Cosby Show"

  • Authors best-selling book: "Fatherhood"

  • Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame

  • Produces childrens television show: "Little Bill"