Acting

Earle Hyman

Born 1926-10-11 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Died 2017-11-18

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.

Credits

Newest first

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