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Personal Info

Birth date

1926-10-11 (98 Years)

Day of death

2017-11-18

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Also known as

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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.

Filmography

Acting

2006Løven - Henrik Ibsen as Unknown

2002The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)

2002Did you leave us, Blake? as Self

2000The Moving of Sophia Myles as Bishop Heath

1999Twice in a Lifetime (1 Episode) as Unknown

1996Hijacked: Flight 285 as Wayne Edwards

1989A Man Called Hawk (1 Episode) as Unknown

1987ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie as Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)

1987A Different World (1 Episode) as Russel Huxtable

1985The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus as King Awgwa (voice)

1985ThunderCats (130 Episodes) as Panthro (voice)

1985ThunderCats: Exodus as Panthro (voice)

1984The Cosby Show (40, 1 Episode) as Russell Huxtable, Voice of MacBeth (uncredited)

1982Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone

1982Fighting Back as Police Chief Freeman

1980The Ivory Ape as Inspector St. George

1979Coriolanus as Cominius

1974The Super Cops as Police Detective (uncredited)

1973And the Bones Came Together as Roy Lockhart

1973The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament as prophet jerimiah

1972The Possession of Joel Delaney as Charles

1960John Brown's Raid as Unknown

1954The Bamboo Prison as Doc Jackson, medic

1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Adam and Hezdrel

1945The Lost Weekend as Smoking Man (uncredited)