30. It's rumored that Carl Anthony Payne II, who played Cockroach on the show, was fired after he refused to comply with Cosby's request that he cut his hair.

30. It's rumored that Carl Anthony Payne II, who played Cockroach on the show, was fired after he refused to comply with Cosby's request that he cut his hair.

Theo, with his friend Cockroach, stepped up to the mic ... an appropriate curtain raiser to the 25th anniversary of The Cosby Show (NBC, 1984-1992) than a recap of the sounds—and moves ...

Cockroach was Theo's right-hand man ... Random fact: He has the same name as the actor who played Buckwheat. After The Cosby Show, Thomas had a few one-off appearances on television shows ...

As we celebrate The Cosby Show 30-year anniversary, here are 15 things you might not know about the sitcom. Carl Anthony Payne II, who played Theo's friend Walter “Cockroach” Bradley ...

Well, he was Cockroach in his “Cosby Show” days, but on “Martin,” he was the uber-stupid but lovable Cole Brown. You know, the guy who loved all the hats, cleaned planes, loved him some ...

Hard to believe, but it was 27 years ago today that The Cosby Show episode "Theo's Holiday ... Theo spends the night at Cockroach's, and when he arrives home the next morning, nothing is as ...

Fox and Sean Hayes and Cockroach, even though it knows they ... It was reported back in November that Cosby had reteamed with his Cosby Show producer Tom Werner for another series where Cosby ...