Little Bill Wiki
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William "Little Bill" Glover Jr. is the main character of the series. He is an energetic and imaginative 5-year-old boy. He was created by Bill Cosby, who based the character's personality on his younger self, as well as on his son Ennis.

According to the show's executive producer, Janice Burgess, Little Bill is a fictionalized younger version of Cosby. Burgess described the character as "little Bill Cosby." The entire series is a semi-biographical representation of Cosby's childhood growing up in Philadelphia.

Little Bill's vivid imagination and fun loving nature make him a natural leader when it comes to making up a game, or creating a fantasy to act out with his friends. He tries hard to be fair and do the right thing, but like all kids, he sometimes stumbles and has hard lessons to learn. Luckily, he always has his support network of family and friends to help him through any challenge.

Looks

Little Bill is an African-American human, and he has black-colored skin, he is bald, A tooth of his is missing (probably in the center). He wears a yellow shirt, but the left sleeve is green and the right is purple. On his shirt is a big red 'B'. Little Bill's blue jeans are baggy. His shoes are mostly white with a black stripe running through the middle and tan laces. He is voiced by Xavier Pritchett.

Character

He is a 5-year-old inquisitive and imaginative boy who loves his hamster and is a fan of the (fictional) Blue Sox baseball team. He also likes Captain Brainstorm because he comes up with great ideas. He enjoys going to kindergarten, although he misses Elephant, but he is still happy. He is known as Little Bill because his actual name is Bill Jr, his father's name is also Bill, his best friends are Andrew and Bill Cosby.

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