Cliff Huxtable (character)

Cliff Huxtable
The Cosby Show character
First appearance September 20, 1984
Created by Bill Cosby
Portrayed by Bill Cosby
Information
Aliases Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable
Gender Male
Occupation Physician
Title Dr
Spouse(s) Clair Huxtable
Children Theo Huxtable
Nationality American

Dr. Cliff Huxtable is a fictional character, the primary character in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show.

Background and production

Conception and development

Cosby originally proposed that the couple should both have blue-collar jobs, with the father a limousine driver,[1] who owned his own car, and the mother an electrician.[2] But with advice from his wife Camille Cosby, the concept was changed so that the family was well-off financially, with the mother a lawyer and the father a doctor.[3][4]


Reception

Bill Cosby role as Cliff Huxable has had a mostly positive reception from critics.[5] [6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. Penguin Group USA. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-14-024916-3. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Interview with Bill Cosby, Forum, KQED, broadcast July 23, 2014
  3. ↑ Cashmore, Ellis (August 2, 2012). Beyond Black: Celebrity and Race in Obama’s America. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-78093-147-0. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ Pope, Kitty (2005). Beside Every Great Man-- is a Great Woman: African American Women of Courage, Intellect, Strength, Beauty & Perseverance. Amber Books Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-9749779-4-2. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ "IGN's Top 10 Favorite TV Couples". IGN. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Watching Race: Television and the Struggle for Blackness - Herman Gray - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Harris Polls > Maybe It’s the Sweaters; Cliff Huxtable is the TV Dad Americans Would Have Wanted Growing Up". Harris Interactive. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Women Watching Television: Gender, Class, and Generation in the American ... - Andrea L. Press - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic - Mark Anthony Neal - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  10. ↑ "With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture Since 1830 - LeRoy Ashby - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-25.