- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 5.55
- Peak run
- 1972’77
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Bill by the numbers
Average
5.55
10 rated films
Vote weighted
5.51
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±1.38
rating spread
Career
25y
1972 to 1996
Total votes
109K
across every film
Best
6.2
California Suite
Worst
2.2
Leonard Part 6
Newest first
Filmography
| 1996 |  Jack | Lawrence Woodruff | 5.8 | 66,600 |
| 1990 | Ghost Dad | Elliot Hopper | 4.4 | 8,878 |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | Leonard Parker | 2.2 | 8,894 |
| 1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | Barney Satin | 5.0 | 1,560 |
| 1978 | California Suite | Dr. Willis Panama | 6.2 | 9,232 |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Dave Anderson | 6.4 | 1,794 |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Mother | 5.9 | 3,642 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Billy Foster | 6.7 | 3,655 |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Wardell Franklin | 6.6 | 3,196 |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Al Hickey | 6.3 | 1,712 |
Better together?
Bill Cosby's regulars
- Sidney PoitierDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.03 avg▲+0.18
- Sidney PoitierCo-star · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.33
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
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Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.