In 1974, Tucker was inducted into the Black Film Makers Hall of Fame, and he received the Audelco Recognition Award in 1981. On the November 14, 1985 ``Denise Drives'' episode of The Cosby Show, Clair Huxtable quizzes Denise Huxtable on car safety asking if she should stop her car for a stranger on a dark rainy night with ``hair like Lorenzo Tucker, eyes like Billy Dee and a smile like Nat King Cole.''
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