Earle Hyman
American actor (1926-2017) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Earle Hyman 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.
Earle Hyman is read about 282 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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2017Died17 November 20172006
Løven - Henrik IbsenFilm2002
Did you leave us, Blake?Film2000
The Moving of Sophia MylesFilm, Bishop Heath1999
Twice in a LifetimeSeries, Charley Freeman / Jack1997American Theatre Hall of FameAward1996
Hijacked: Flight 285Film, Wayne Edwards1990Ibsen medalAward1989
A Man Called HawkSeries1987
A Different WorldSeries, Russel Huxtable1985
ThunderCatsSeries, Panthro (voice)
The Life and Adventures of Santa ClausFilm, 1985King Awgwa (voice)1984
The Cosby ShowSeries, Russell Huxtable1983CableACE AwardAward1982
Fighting BackFilm, Police Chief Freeman1980
The Ivory ApeFilm, Inspector St. George1979
CoriolanusFilm, Cominius1974
The Super CopsFilm, Police Detective (uncredited)1973
And the Bones Came TogetherFilm, Roy Lockhart1966The AfricanFilm1963
EspionageSeries, Premier Djatuma1960
John Brown's RaidFilm, Emperor Green1956Theatre World AwardAward1954
The Bamboo PrisonFilm, Doc Jackson, medic1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Adam and Hezdrel1945
The Lost WeekendFilm, Smoking Man (uncredited)1926Born11 October 1926
Løven - Henrik IbsenFilm2002Did you leave us, Blake?Film2000The Moving of Sophia MylesFilm, Bishop Heath1999Twice in a LifetimeSeries, Charley Freeman / Jack1997American Theatre Hall of FameAward1996Hijacked: Flight 285Film, Wayne Edwards1990Ibsen medalAward1989A Man Called HawkSeries1987A Different WorldSeries, Russel Huxtable1985ThunderCatsSeries, Panthro (voice)The Life and Adventures of Santa ClausFilm, 1985King Awgwa (voice)1984The Cosby ShowSeries, Russell Huxtable1983CableACE AwardAward1982Fighting BackFilm, Police Chief Freeman1980The Ivory ApeFilm, Inspector St. George1979CoriolanusFilm, Cominius1974The Super CopsFilm, Police Detective (uncredited)1973And the Bones Came TogetherFilm, Roy Lockhart1966The AfricanFilm1963EspionageSeries, Premier Djatuma1960John Brown's RaidFilm, Emperor Green1956Theatre World AwardAward1954The Bamboo PrisonFilm, Doc Jackson, medic1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Adam and Hezdrel1945The Lost WeekendFilm, Smoking Man (uncredited)1926Born11 October 1926People around Earle
Close ties
- Earl Hammond Also in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
Larry Kenney Also in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
Morgan Freeman Also in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar
Perry King Also in The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Roscoe Orman Also in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus
Joseph Papp Produced Coriolanus (1979)
Peter Francis James Also in Coriolanus (1979)- Wilford Leach Directed Coriolanus (1979)
- Michael Langham Directed Julius Caesar (1979)
Filmography 20
28 credits on file
Television 7
Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2017 · aged 91
