Earle Hyman

Personal Info

Birthday

October 11, 1926

Day of Death

2017-11-18

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Earle Hyman

Biography

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.

Known For

The Cosby Show

A Different World

ThunderCats

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Lost Weekend

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Hijacked: Flight 285

Fighting Back

Filmography

2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
as Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)
Did you leave us, Blake?
as Self
2000
The Moving of Sophia Myles
as Bishop Heath
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Wayne Edwards
1987
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
as Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)
1985
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as King Awgwa (voice)
ThunderCats: Exodus
as Panthro (voice)
1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
Fighting Back
as Police Chief Freeman
1980
The Ivory Ape
as Inspector St. George
1979
Coriolanus
as Cominius
1974
The Super Cops
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1973
And the Bones Came Together
as Roy Lockhart
The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament
as prophet jerimiah
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Charles
1954
The Bamboo Prison
as Doc Jackson, medic
1945
The Lost Weekend
as Smoking Man (uncredited)