Deon “Bud” Richmond: From the Cosby show to cancer survivor
Deon “Bud” Richmond: From the Cosby show to cancer survivor
As Rudy Huxtable’s first “boyfriend,” Kenny (aka Bud) on The Cosby Show, Deon Richmond played a small but memorable role on the family sitcom. It’s hard to believe that the adorable young man we see on TV is now 43 years old (yes, you and I both get older)! He has matured, continues to develop and is doing well.
After the show ended, he was able to star in other popular dramas at the time, such as Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper and Sister, Sister. Although Richmond’s acting seems to have declined in recent years, he has landed some notable roles. In 2006, he starred in the slasher film Hatchet, set in the bayou of Louisiana.
Richmond entered the entertainment business after graduating from Texas Christian University (TCU). Richmond got his start in professional broadcasting as a talk show host and disc jockey on KLIF and KNUS-FM (Dallas, Texas). He also worked overnight and mid-day at Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW AM, a major signal station covering the East Coast of the United States, and at other prominent stations.
Back on KLIF and KNUS in the 1990s, Richmond hosted a call-in show, Deon Richmond’s Hotline, whose controversial host and subject matter made him a frequent target of threats. kill. He had a long-running televised feud with an older woman (dubbed “Granny Hate” by a previous host) who claimed to represent the local Ku Klux Klan. Richmond also dubbed voice for several national television commercials, including commercials for Pennzoil and public archives.
Richmond’s first acting role was in the music video for the 1985 song “Cherish” by Kool & the Gang. In 1986, Richmond first appeared as Kenny on The Cosby Show, in the episode “The Flight of Theo”; he would continue to appear on the show for 32 episodes, until the show ended in 1992. In 1987, Richmond played young Eddie Murphy in the opening scenes of the film Eddie Murphy Raw, and also appeared appears in the film Enemy Territory as Chet. .Richmond appeared in the Kris Kross music video “Warm It Up” in 1992. He played Darren Dixon in the 1993–94 sitcom Getting By alongside Merlin Santana as his brother Marcus, they were cast as him em due to their interactions on the Cosby Show. In 1997, Richmond began playing Jordan Bennett, Tamera Campbell’s boyfriend, in the fifth season of the hit series Sister, Sister. He became a regular cast member during the sixth and final season. In the years that followed, Richmond appeared in films such as Trippin’, Scream 3, Not Another Teen Movie, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and the independent horror film Hatchet. Richmond has twin daughters, Lilac and Leone Richmond, born in 2009. According to many people’s website, in 2001 Richmond was diagnosed with colon cancer. He took time off from acting to undergo and recover from surgery and chemotherapy and returned a month later. A year later, his colon cancer returned, and Richmond took another temporary leave to undergo and recover from surgery on September 20, 2002. Once again, he recovered within one month. In March 2003, Richmond was diagnosed with male breast cancer. He underwent surgery and then…
