| 2022 | We Need to Talk About CosbySeries | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2022 | Bill Cosby: Walking FreeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2021 | When Ruby Wax Met...Series | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2019 | I Am Richard PryorMovie | Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage) | 82 |
| 2019 | Cola WarsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 82 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love StorySeries | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self - Guest | 77 |
| 2014 | Keep On Keepin' OnMovie | Self | 77 |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableyMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of RileyMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Movie | Self | 75 |
| 2012 | GooseMovie | — | 75 |
| 2009 | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black ComedyMovie | Self | 72 |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 72 |
| 2008 | Joe Louis: America's Hero BetrayedMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2008 | Miles Davis: Kind of BlueMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2007 | Le Cirque: A Table in HeavenMovie | Self | 70 |
| 2005 | Lipstick & DynamiteMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 68 |
| 2005 | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the WorldMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2005 | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working ClassMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays ItselfMovie | Al Hickey in Hickey & Boggs (archive footage) | 67 |
| 2004 | Baadasssss!Movie | Bill Cosby | 67 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 67 |
| 2004 | Fat AlbertMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2004 | Lightning in a BottleMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2002 | ComedianMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2002 | The Cosby Show: A Look BackMovie | Self / Dr. Cliff Huxtable (archive footage) | 65 |
| 1999 | Playboy: Playmate Pajama PartyMovie | — | 62 |
| 1999 | Playmate Pajama PartyMovie | self | 62 |
| 1998 | BeckerSeries | Hilton Lucas (uncredited) | 61 |
| 1998 | Kids Say the Darndest ThingsSeries | Host | 61 |
| 1997 | 4 Little GirlsMovie | Self - Educator | 60 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSeries | Self | 59 |
| 1996 | JackMovie | Lawrence Woodruff | 59 |
| 1996 | CosbySeries | Hilton Lucas | 59 |
| 1996 | Ruby Wax MeetsSeries | — | 59 |
| 1994 | Touched by an AngelSeries | Phil | 57 |
| 1994 | I Spy ReturnsMovie | Alexander Scott | 57 |
| 1994 | The Cosby MysteriesSeries | Guy Hanks | 57 |
| 1993 | The Meteor ManMovie | Marvin | 56 |
| 1993 | Zone interditeSeries | Self | 56 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries | — | 55 |
| 1992 | Malcolm XMovie | Self (uncredited) | 55 |
| 1991 | The One, the Only... GrouchoMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1990 | Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!Movie | — | 53 |
| 1990 | The Earth Day SpecialMovie | Cliff Huxtable | 53 |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary CelebrationMovie | Self | 53 |
| 1990 | Ghost DadMovie | Elliot Hopper | 53 |
| 1990 | Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney YearsMovie | Self | 53 |
| 1989 | Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989Movie | Self – Host | 52 |
| 1987 | A Different WorldSeries | Heathcliff Huxtable | 50 |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6Movie | Leonard | 50 |
| 1987 | Bill Cosby: 49Movie | Self | 50 |
| 1986 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialMovie | Self | 49 |
| 1986 | In Remembrance of MartinMovie | Self | 49 |
| 1985 | The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be ThereMovie | — | 48 |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the ApolloMovie | — | 48 |
| 1984 | The Cosby ShowSeries | Heathcliff Huxtable | 47 |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSeries | Self - Narrator (voice) | 46 |
| 1982 | Late Night with David LettermanSeries | Self | 45 |
| 1981 | Entertainment TonightSeries | Self | 44 |
| 1981 | The Devil and Max DevlinMovie | Barney Satin | 44 |
| 1979 | Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama PartyMovie | Self (uncredited) | 42 |
| 1978 | California SuiteMovie | Dr. Willis Panama | 41 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries | Self | 41 |
| 1978 | Top SecretMovie | Aaron Strickland | 41 |
| 1977 | A Piece of the ActionMovie | Dave Anderson | 40 |
| 1977 | The Fat Albert Christmas SpecialMovie | Fat Albert / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice) | 40 |
| 1977 | The Fat Albert Halloween SpecialMovie | Fat Albert Robertson / Bill / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice) | 40 |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & SpeedMovie | Mother | 39 |
| 1975 | CherSeries | Self | 38 |
| 1975 | Doug Henning's World of MagicSeries | Self | 38 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It AgainMovie | Billy Foster | 38 |
| 1974 | Dinah!Series | Self | 37 |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday NightMovie | Wardell Franklin | 37 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 36 |
| 1972 | The Midnight SpecialSeries | Self | 35 |
| 1972 | Hickey & BoggsMovie | Al Hickey | 35 |
| 1972 | To All My Friends on ShoreMovie | Blue | 35 |
| 1972 | Fat Albert and the Cosby KidsSeries | Fat Albert Robertson | 35 |
| 1972 | The New Bill Cosby ShowSeries | Self - Host | 35 |
| 1971 | The Electric CompanySeries | The Milk Man | 34 |
| 1971 | Man and BoyMovie | Caleb Revers | 34 |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSeries | Self | 34 |
| 1971 | The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to IndianaMovie | Scoop Newsworthy | 34 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisMovie | Self (archive footage) | 33 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson ShowSeries | Self | 33 |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & AliceMovie | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 32 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby ShowSeries | Chet Kincaid | 32 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 31 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries | Self (uncredited) | 31 |
| 1968 | Of Black AmericaSeries | — | 31 |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin ShowSeries | — | 28 |
| 1965 | I SpySeries | Alexander Scott | 28 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood PalaceSeries | Self - Comedian | 27 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries | — | 26 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 25 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries | Self | 25 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 24 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind ShowSeries | Self | 22 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSeries | Self | 13 |
| 1949 | The Emmy AwardsSeries | Self | 12 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 11 |
| 1947 | Meet the PressSeries | — | 10 |
