Warner—only 13 and several inches under six-feet-tall back then—showed up on Good Friday at 6:30 p.m. to give it a shot anyway, but failed to impress Cosby the first time around, admitting to NPR in ...

Actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, officials said.