
Earle Hyman
Acting
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.
Acting

Løven - Henrik Ibsen

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

Did you leave us, Blake?
Self

The Moving of Sophia Myles
Bishop Heath

Twice in a Lifetime
Charley Freeman / Jack

Hijacked: Flight 285
Wayne Edwards

A Man Called Hawk

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

A Different World
Russel Huxtable

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

ThunderCats
Panthro (voice)

ThunderCats: Exodus
Panthro (voice)

The Cosby Show
Russell Huxtable

The Cosby Show
Voice of MacBeth (uncredited)

Long Day's Journey Into Night
James Tyrone

Fighting Back
Police Chief Freeman

The Ivory Ape
Inspector St. George

Coriolanus
Cominius

The Super Cops
Police Detective (uncredited)

And the Bones Came Together
Roy Lockhart
The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament
prophet jerimiah

The Possession of Joel Delaney
Charles
The African

Espionage
Premier Djatuma

John Brown's Raid

The Bamboo Prison
Doc Jackson, medic

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Adam and Hezdrel

The Lost Weekend
Smoking Man (uncredited)