Today in history, July 12th, 1937, William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's 76 years old today. You fave Cosby memories, whether on screen or off? Revisiting one of my favorite on screen Bill Cosby memories - his very first big screen role, in 1971's Man And Boy. Prior to this, he was primarily a TV celeb. A Western, occurring just after the Civil War, Cosby's Caleb Revers is a man with a family (wife and son, played well by Gloria Foster and George Spell) he must protect from racist whites determined to scare them off their newly acquired homestead. But Caleb refuses to be bullied; he's fearless, carrying a loaded rifle, and shoots with intent to kill,...
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