Did I Do That? A Look Back At Family Matters

Steve Urkel Was Almost a Huxtable

Before Jaleel White was cast as Steve Urkel, the child actor auditioned for the role of Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show—and he almost got the part. White told Vanity Fair, “We were all packed up and ready to go to New York and my agent had told my parents that they needed to start looking for places to live out there. Next thing you know, there was one more audition that was supposed to be a formality […] and a little girl comes walking in.”

Bill Cosby decided to model the Huxtables on his real-life family, and so Keshia Knight Pulliam was ultimately cast in the role of Rudy Huxtable, the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable.