Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Bill Cosby Show' from 1970-1982:
- Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid (1969-1971)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Bill Cosby Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Dave Evans D: Harvey Hart
With Vic Tayback (Calvin), John Hawker (Mack), Victor Millan (Detective #1), Craig Chuoy (Policeman #1), Jay Powell (Policeman #2). Series premiere. While jogging around his neighborhood, Chet answers a phone in an outside booth and becomes involved in a garage mechanic's marital problem.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Howard Morton (Lou Welk), Joseph V. Perry (Max Waltz), Richard Eastham (Lionel Schallert), Fleurette Carter (Rona Williams). Chet is nominated as a consultant for the President's physical fitness program, but can't find the energy to serve when a barking dog robs him of sleep.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Ed Weinberger D: Harvey Hart
With Joyce Bulifant (Marsha Patterson), Gregory Gordon (Joey Howe), Richard R. Keefe (Larry Tompkins). Chet is upset by a counselor's accusation that his "prejudice" against short basketball players has caused a boy to drop out of school.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Ed Weinberger, Lou Shaw D: Seymour Robbie
With Ketty Lester (Cathy), Arlyce Baker (Punkin), San Christopher (Helen McGinn). Chet's romance with Cathy is interrupted by a settlement house child who refuses to speak.
Season 1, episode 5
W: John Lamonte D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marsha Patterson), Fran Ryan (Mrs. Beal), Len Lesser (Supervisor), Johnnie Collins III (Student), Jimmy Witherspoon (Janitor), Marguerite Ray (Nurse). Chet Kincaid raises his standard -- and quite a few eyebrows -- when he fights the battle of red tape to obtain a single basketball valve needle.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw D: Jay Sandrich
With Hilly Hicks (Eddie Tucker), Bill Zuckert (Phil), Ethelinn Block (Janet Spencer), Ron Foster (Mar. Madeo), Felix Nelson (Mr. Paskins), Glenn Dixon (Mr. Roman), Daniel F. Martin (Mr. Brizel). Chet is assigned to substitute for an algebra teacher and alienates fellow faculty members when he boasts that math instruction is simple.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Lee Karson D: Herb Wallerstein
With Nehemiah Persoff (Mr. Byron), Robert Rockwell (Tom Bennett), Thom Brann (Mr. North), Johnny Mandell (Mr. Hunt), Bill Borsella (Danny Byron). Chet Kincaid fears pressure from a crime syndicate when the father of a clumsy candidate for the football team takes a menacing interest in the selection of the players.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Gloria Calomee (Ellen Spangler), Sid McCoy (Mr. Langford), Donald Livingston (Roger Kincaid), Edward Crawford (Donald Kincaid), Carla Stephens (Rebecca Kincaid). Chet's date with a delightful substitute teacher appears ill-fated when he's reminded of a previous commitment -- babysitting!
Season 1, episode 10
W: Ed Weinberger D: Ralph Senensky
With Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Fred Pinkard (Mr. Kincaid Sr.), Charlene Jones (Beverly Scott). Chet's happy bachelor existence is disrupted when his brother comes to stay following a marital spat.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso D: Lee Philips
With Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Donald Livingston (Roger Kincaid), Dick Wilson (Mr. Jacobi), Olive Dunbar (Mrs. Jacobi), Marc Winters (Rudy), Bobby Johnson (Manny Modell). Chet Kincaid unwillingly volunteers to deliver his ill nephew's paper route and finds hazards undreamed of in his regular job.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Marvin Kaplan D: Sid McCoy
With Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Alan Oppenheimer (Dwight McDevitt), Kathleen Freeman (Eloise Hardy), Mike Farrell (Al Socconis), Victor Izay (Fitzgerald), Michael Chase (Malcolm Owens). Chet lands an assignment for a TV commercial and discovers that acting is not always easy as pie.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Ken Solms, Gail Parent D: Ralph Senensky
With Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Alice Nunn (Winona Fisk), Bryan O'Byrne (Leonard Lillibridge), Issa Arnal (Diane Taylor), Danny Llorens (Norman Botley). A possibly beautiful romance seems destined for the dump when Chet's only mode of transportation to a school dance is his brother's garbage truck.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Stan Daniels D: Coby Ruskin
With Henry Fonda (Mr. Richards), Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Wochuk). Coach Chet Kincaid is stranded overnight in an elevator with an English teacher and a cleaning woman.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Moms Mabley (Aunt Edna), Mantan Moreland (Uncle Dewey), Arthur Adams (Phys Ed Instructor), Johnnie Collins III (Roy Woodward), Jean LaGuerra (Julie Allen), Alfred Dennis (Manager). Chet is forced into second thoughts when he decides he's going to pursuade his aunt and uncle to halt their interminable bickering.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Ed Weinberger, Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With George Spell (Raymond Carter), Stuart Nisbet (Vic Sherman), Robert Karnes (Mr. Roberts). Coach Kincaid accepts a donation for new baseball uniforms along with a request that he try to counsel a youth with criminal tendencies.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Alan J. Levitt D: Jay Sandrich
With Tom Bosley (Cookie Maharg), John Harmon (Mr. Gustaitis), Roy Glenn (Jailer), Dennis Cross (Policeman), Frederic Downs (Jude). Accused of having broken a gumball machine outside a grocery store, Chet puts his faith in the American judicial system.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Ed Weinberger D: Stanley Z. Cherry
With Wally Cox (Wally Haverstraw), Alice Backes (Angela), Maria Val (Lily), Yuki Shimoda (Salesman). Chet finds himself in the unfavorable role of adviser to a spurned lover who decides life is intolerable.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Joseph Bonaduce, Betty Bonaduce D: Coby Ruskin
With Marsha Kramer (Donna), Alex Clarke (Norman), James Milhollin (Mr. Harrison), Billy Bowles (Billy). Chet learns the meaning of terror when he becomes a teacher of driver education for high school students.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Warren S. Murray D: Ralph Senensky
With Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Cicely Tyson (Mildred Hermosa), Gail Cameron (DiDi). Grudgingly agreeing to a blind date, Chet meets the girl of his dreams.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Dane Clark (Dave Baxter), Marlene Clark (Vicki Himbrough), Tony De Costa (Gene Terrell), Stuffy Singer (Garrett Winslow). A handball expert gives Coach Kincaid a good chance to live up to his own advice about being a good loser.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Rick Mittleman D: Bill Cosby
With Lou Gossett Jr. (Hurricane Smith), Don Pedro Colley (Big Bronson), Lloyd Kino (Postman), Benny Baker (Mr. Apollo). Chet Kincaid fears physical injury when an old high school enemy writes he's going to visit Chet.
Season 1, episode 25
W: Ed Weinberger, Martin Ragaway D: R. Robert Rosenbaum
With Joyce Bulifant (Marsha Patterson), Robert Burton (Bob Nicholson), Bobo Lewis (Mrs. Nicholson), Carol Green (Gail Snyder). Chet is sent scrambling for a solution to an epidemic of bad language which has infected his basketball team.
Season 1, episode 26
W: Ed Weinberger, Bill Cosby D: Melvin Van Peebles
With Robert Rockwell (Tom Bennett), Sid McCoy (Mr. Langford), Bobby Diamond (Harvey Sanderson), Olga James (Gail Hathaway), Willie Harris (Boxer). An interview for the school paper about his athletic career puts Chet in an embarrassing position.
September 13, 1970: Anytime You're Ready, C.K.
Season 2, episode 1
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Gordon Hoban (Alex), Eldon Quick (Greg Samuelson), Glen Capers (Stan), Alberto Isaac (Alberto), Alex Clarke (Bert), Mark Malmborg (Ron). Series returns for its second year. Coach Chet Kincaid helps an injured football player find a new interest to keep him from dropping out.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Roland Wolpert D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard X. Slattery (Mr. Perry), Barbara Perry (Mrs. Perry), Kip King (Wes), Paul Comi (Fred Thompson), Nancy Jeris (Jo Thompson). Chet agrees to help his friend Wes, a teacher and part-time real estate broker, sell a house. Chet winds up saving a marriage but losing a deal.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Miguel Monsalve (Jimmy Sierra), Billy Sands (Porter), Gregory Sierra (Mr. Sierra), Woodrow Parfrey (Dr. Moore), Med Flory (Doctor), James Hong (Doctor), Shirley Melline (Nurse), Arthur Adams (Ralph Shea). Hospitalized by a back injury, Chet finds it difficult to get the attention of a doctor until a plucky fellow patient shows him the trick.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Gary Belkin D: Jay Sandrich
With Ta-Tanisha (Georgianna Jones), Beah Richards (Rose Kincaid), Hilly Hicks (Bob), Vonetta McGee (Ruth), Vince Howard (Fred), David Carson (Billy). Chet draws on a wry example from his own experience to prove to a girl student that she shouldn't set her heart on winning a movie contest. However, he doesn't prove totally successful.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Ernest Kinoy D: Jay Sandrich
With Will Geer (Mr. Kane), Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Patterson), Ellen Corby (Mrs. Hilberman), Aldine King (Phyllis). Chet befriends an aged neighbor and finds that more and more of his leisure hours are being occupied by the old fellow.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Martin A. Ragaway D: Sid McCoy
With Rupert Crosse (Felix E. LeBlanc), Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Patterson), Isabel Sanford (Aunt Bertha), Beah Richards (Chet's Mom), Lee Weaver (Brian), Olga James (Verna), Laurence Haddon (Salesman), John Zaremba (Jordan Ellingsworth), Jerry Fujikawa (Teacher), Stanley Bennett Clay (Kid). Chet has dreams of fast cars and luxury when he learns he's an heir to a letter supposedly written by Abraham Lincoln to a distant relation.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Dorothy Cooper D: Bill Cosby
With George Spell (Raymond), Lynn Hamilton (Mrs. Carter), James Westerfield (Old Man), Gloria Hill (Waitress). Chet Kincaid proposes to return a young runaway, but finds it is not as easy as he thought it would be.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Dorothy Cooper D: Ivan Dixon
With Janet McLachlan (Laura Randall), Michael Ansara (Fletcher Rodenberry), James Bradley Jr. (Peter), Lloyd Kino (Judge). Chet is called on to resolve a young painter's inability to complete an art project.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw D: Coby Ruskin
With Olan Soule (Alan), Radames Pera (Bob Fullerton), Beulah Quo (Mrs. Rogers), David Choi (Harold Rogers), Gerald Edwards (Rudy Hammersmith), Jim Pete (Ducky Lynch), Jonathan Parfrey (Jimmy Lawrence), Barry Cahill (Bus Driver), Tom Moses (Dispatcher). Chet volunteers to become unofficial scoutmaster for a camping trip that can't seem to get off or on the ground.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Stanley Greenberg D: Coby Ruskin
With Gloria Foster (Dolores Winters), Parley Baer (Tyler), Paul Jackson (Harold Winters), Jill Haney (Carolyn Winters). An emergency finds teacher Kincaid caught between two uncontrollable forces of nature -- expected arrival of a baby and a torrential storm.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Stanley Greenberg D: Coby Ruskin
With Gloria Foster (Dolores Winters), Parley Baer (Tyler), Paul Jackson (Harold Winters), Jill Haney (Carolyn Winters), Charles Shull (Policeman), Jeff Burton (George Harris). Chet helps an expectant mother deliver her child.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Don Knotts (Leo Swann), Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Patterson), John Amos (Salesman). A friendly repossessor is after a television set that Chet Kincaid buys and refuses to pay for when it breaks down.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Art Wallace D: Ivan Dixon
With Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Patterson), Mark Hamill (Henry), Jerry Fujikawa (Gentry), William Wintersole (Mr. Halprin), Rc Carrott (Johnny), Isabel Cooley (Miss Richards), George Jacobs (Wallace). Chet learns the meaning of poetic justice when he tries to encourage a budding poet who fears ridicule from his classmates.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Martin A. Ragaway D: Coby Ruskin
With Joyce Bulifant (Marsha Peterson), William Wintersole (Mr. Halperin), Margueritte Ray (Miss O'Connell), Jerome Guardino (Mr. LaRosa), Jay Adler (Mr. Abrams), Dick Balduzzi (Mr. Green), E.A. Sirianni (Mr. Harrison), Helen Funai (Miss Hillard), Stanley Bennett Clay (Anderson), Dale Ishimoto (Mr. Shimura). Chet goes all out when he receives the nomination of "Teacher of the Year" from students and faculty, but then it appears the ceremony will lead to embarrassment for him.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Bob Garland D: Jay Sandrich
With Hilly Hicks (Eddie Tucker), Joyce Bulifant (Marsha Patterson), Dick Balduzzi (Mr. Green), Beulah Quo (Teacher), Ed Begley Jr. (Student), Mwako Cumbaka (Student), Bill Henderson (Teacher), Barbara Clarke Chisolm (Miss Simms), Oscar DeGruy (Watson). Chet steps in to arbitrate student grievances and winds up with a sit-in at his apartment.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Sandy Baron, Treva Silverman, Oliver Wolcott D: Luther James
With Joaquin Martinez (Ortega), Frank Campanella (Mr. Lombardi), Marcus Hemphill (Phil), Eunice Suarez (Catalina Ortega), Ref Sanchez (Hector). Chet goes out of his way to help an immigrant pass his citizenship test only to be accused by the man of conniving with the examiner to make the test too easy.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Bob Garland D: Coby Ruskin
With Dick Van Dyke (Miraculous Martin), Mary Frann (Louise), Louis Quinn (Louie Cutler), Bill Smillie (Minister), Edward Crawford (Rodger), Danny Rees (Juggler). A tippling down-on-his-luck magician persuades Chet to join his act temporarily -- and to pinch-hit as best man at his wedding.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Ed Weinberger D: Bill Cosby
With Kelvin Cosby (Davey), Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Bob), Bill Russell (Teacher), Dick Balduzzi (Teacher), Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Hazel Medina (Davey's Mother), Jerry Fujikawa (Teacher), Don Elson (Teacher). Chet is faced with 14 anxious football fans, a broken down TV set and a 5-year-old neighbor who insists on watching Sesame Street.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Art Wallace D: Jay Sandrich
With Beah Richards (Rose Kincaid), Fred Pinkard (Pop), Consuela Neal (Sheila), Kathy McKee (Margo), Helby Ziroe (Eloise), Charles Lampkin (Harold Morgan), Royce Wallace (Frances Morgan). Chet invites his father for a visit only to discover that, despite a close bond, there's a large generation gap.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin
With Herb Edelman (Mr. Maher), Donald Ein (Swedish Man). Chet sets out to help his friend break his nicotine habit but a party -- and hypnosis -- backfires.
Season 2, episode 21
W: John D.F. Black D: Coby Ruskin
With Darrell Larson (Chuck), Kip King (Sam Cutter), Mary Treen (Mrs. Drucker), Larry McCormick (Fred Shour), Alberto Isaac (Alberto). Chet Kincaid, in an effort to save his track team from utter defeat, sets out to sign up a fast student athlete. Complications develop when the young man desires only anonymity for his future profession as a spy.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw D: Coby Ruskin
With Isabel Sanford (Autn Bertha), Antonio Fargas (J.J.), Arthur French (Cartons), Jay Montgomery (Rudy), Joshua Bryant (Mr. Thomas), Heather McCoy (Mrs. Thomas), Mwako Cumbaka (Man). A barbershop challenge leaves Chet with a broken windshield and a young cousin with half a haircut that Chet must finish.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw D: Ivan Dixon
With Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Wochuk), Byron Morrow (Wilson Ingersall), Nathaniel Taylor (Bob Steffen), Pat Morita (Tree Surgeon), Penelope Gillette (Secretary). A community-minded lady enlists Chet's support in her fight to save a young tree she has planted at a construction site.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw D: Coby Ruskin
With Kim Weston (Gloria Ruskin), Otis Day (Douglas), Dorothy Meyer (Gloria's Mother), Penny Antine (Miss Elkins), Paul Bradley (Maitre'D), Carl Byrd (Dr. Mal Stuart). Chet's active imagination plays havoc with his romance with teacher Gloria Ruskin.
Season 2, episode 25
W: Art Wallace D: Coby Ruskin
With John Marley (John Sloan), Jack Naughton (Charles), Helena Hatcher (Mrs. Dixon), Peter Halton (Tony), Jim Pete (Marty). Chet reluctantly becomes involved in a strange effort to help a wealthy eccentric re-create his childhood.
Season 2, episode 26
W: Art Wallace D: Allan Sherman
With Milton Selzer (Kurawitz), Barry Miller (Harry), Vincent Van Patten (Jimmy), Stella Garcia (Miss Garcia), Craig Jue (Billy), Pepe Brown (Frank). Young Harry Kurawitz joins Chet's community baseball team and is forced into a decision of conscience. The team plays on Saturdays, a day which is committed to his faith and his father. (Last show of the series.)