Earle Hyman

Known for: Acting

Born: 1926-10-11 – 2017-11-18 (aged 91)

From: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Earle Hyman (born George Earle Plummer; October 11, 1926 – November 17, 2017) was an American stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro and various other characters. He also appeared on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. Singer Phyllis Hyman was his cousin.

Filmography (27)

MOVIE
Løven - Henrik Ibsen
2006
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
as Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Did you leave us, Blake?
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Moving of Sophia Myles
2000
as Bishop Heath
TV★ 6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Charley Freeman / Jack
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Wayne Edwards
TV★ 7.0
A Man Called Hawk
1989
MOVIE★ 7.8
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
1987
as Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)
TV★ 7.1
A Different World
1987
as Russel Huxtable
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985
as King Awgwa (voice)
TV★ 8.2
ThunderCats
1985
as Panthro (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
ThunderCats: Exodus
1985
as Panthro (voice)
TV★ 7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
as Russell Huxtable
MOVIE★ 6.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1982
as James Tyrone
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fighting Back
1982
as Police Chief Freeman
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Ivory Ape
1980
as Inspector St. George
MOVIE★ 5.0
Coriolanus
1979
as Cominius
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Super Cops
1974
as Police Detective (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
And the Bones Came Together
1973
as Roy Lockhart
MOVIE
The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament
1973
as prophet jerimiah
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Charles
MOVIE★ 7.5
The African
1966
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Premier Djatuma
MOVIE
John Brown's Raid
1960
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Bamboo Prison
1954
as Doc Jackson, medic
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Adam and Hezdrel
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945
as Smoking Man (uncredited)