Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show

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fictional character television character

Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show is the affable, wisecracking Brooklyn obstetrician and patriarch of the upper-middle-class Huxtable family in the landmark 1980s sitcom.

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn The Cosby Show ⓘ
child Denise Huxtable ⓘ
Rudy Huxtable ⓘ
Sondra Huxtable ⓘ
Theo Huxtable ⓘ
Vanessa Huxtable ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Bill Cosby ⓘ
Ed. Weinberger ⓘ
Michael Leeson ⓘ
family Huxtable family ⓘ
familyName Huxtable family ⓘ
surface form: Huxtable
fictionalEthnicity African-American ⓘ
firstAiredOn 1984 ⓘ
firstAppearance The Cosby Show ⓘ
surface form: The Cosby Show season 1, episode 1
fullName Cliff Huxtable ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable
gender male ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
givenName Heathcliff ⓘ
householdMembers Clair Huxtable ⓘ
Denise Huxtable ⓘ
Rudy Huxtable ⓘ
Sondra Huxtable ⓘ
Theo Huxtable ⓘ
Vanessa Huxtable ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableCharacteristic often uses humor to teach life lessons ⓘ
notableFor depicting a successful African-American professional and family man on U.S. television ⓘ
occupation doctor ⓘ
obstetrician ⓘ
physician ⓘ
personalityTrait affable ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
warm ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ
portrayedBy Bill Cosby ⓘ
professionLocation Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York City
role patriarch of the Huxtable family ⓘ
seriesTitle The Cosby Show ⓘ
setting Park Slope ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn brownstone home
socialClass upper-middle class ⓘ
spouse Clair Huxtable ⓘ

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Bill Cosby → notableRole → Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show ⓘ