Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Earle Hyman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 18Series: 6
TMDB ID: 177937
IMDb ID: nm0405165
Known for: Acting
Born: October 11, 1926
Died: November 18, 2017
Age: 91
Place of birth: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 2006
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q663748
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Earle Hyman.
Løven - Henrik Ibsen
2006 Movie
7.4
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
as Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)
2002 Movie
6.0
Did you leave us, Blake?
as Self
2002 Movie
The Moving of Sophia Myles
as Bishop Heath
2000 Movie
5.6
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Wayne Edwards
1996 Movie
7.8
ThunderCats Ho! The Movie
as Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)
1987 Movie
5.5
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
as King Awgwa (voice)
1985 Movie
8.0
ThunderCats: Exodus
as Panthro (voice)
1985 Movie
6.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone
1982 Movie
5.6
Fighting Back
as Police Chief Freeman
1982 Movie
3.5
The Ivory Ape
as Inspector St. George
1980 Movie
3.5
Coriolanus
as Cominius
1979 Movie
5.7
The Super Cops
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1974 Movie
4.5
And the Bones Came Together
as Roy Lockhart
1973 Movie
5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Charles
1972 Movie
John Brown's Raid
1960 Movie
6.4
The Bamboo Prison
as Doc Jackson, medic
1954 Movie
7.6
The Lost Weekend
as Smoking Man (uncredited)
1945 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Earle Hyman.
5.5
Twice in a Lifetime
as Charley Freeman / Jack • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.6
A Man Called Hawk
1 eps
1989 Series
7.0
A Different World
as Russel Huxtable • 1 eps
1987 Series
8.3
ThunderCats
as Panthro (voice) • 130 eps
1985 Series
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Russell Huxtable • 40 eps
1984 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Adam and Hezdrel • 1 eps
1951 Series