Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 11, 1926
Died
November 18, 2017
Age
91
Place of Birth
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Popularity
0.9
Earle Hyman
Acting
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.
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Known For
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV
7.1
A Different World
1987 · TV
8.2
ThunderCats
1985 · TV
6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · TV
10.0
Espionage
1963 · TV
7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Movie
7.0
A Man Called Hawk
1989 · TV
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
5.0
Coriolanus
1979 · Movie
5.8
Fighting Back
1982 · Movie
5.6
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996 · Movie
Filmography
2006
Løven - Henrik Ibsen
Movie
0.0
2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Movie · Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)
7.8
2002
Did you leave us, Blake?
Movie · Self
6.0
2000
The Moving of Sophia Myles
Movie · Bishop Heath
8.0
1999
Twice in a Lifetime
TV · Charley Freeman / Jack
6.2
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Movie · Wayne Edwards
5.6
1989
A Man Called Hawk
TV
7.0
1987
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
Movie · Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)
7.8
1987
A Different World
TV · Russel Huxtable
7.1
1985
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Movie · King Awgwa (voice)
5.7
1985
ThunderCats
TV · Panthro (voice)
8.2
1985
ThunderCats: Exodus
Movie · Panthro (voice)
8.0
1984
The Cosby Show
TV · Russell Huxtable
7.0
1984
The Cosby Show
TV · Voice of MacBeth (uncredited)
7.0
1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie · James Tyrone
6.0
1982
Fighting Back
Movie · Police Chief Freeman
5.8
1980
The Ivory Ape
Movie · Inspector St. George
5.3
1979
Coriolanus
Movie · Cominius
5.0
1974
The Super Cops
Movie · Police Detective (uncredited)
5.9
1973
And the Bones Came Together
Movie · Roy Lockhart
6.3
1973
The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament
Movie · prophet jerimiah
0.0
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie · Charles
5.6
1966
The African
Movie
7.5
1963
Espionage
TV · Premier Djatuma
10.0