Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Earle Hyman is a Actor American born on 11 october 1926 at Rocky Mount (USA)

Earle Hyman

Earle Hyman
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Best films
  • Family
  • Characters
  • Awards
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1926 at Rocky Mount (USA)
Death 18 november 2017 (at 91 years)

Earle Hyman (born October 11, 1926) is an American stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his recurring role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro and later on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable.

Biography

Career
George Earle Hyman was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, of African and Native American ancestry. Hyman's parents, Zachariah Hyman (Tuscarora) and Maria Lilly Plummer (Haliwa-Saponi/Nottoway), moved their family to Brooklyn, New York, where Hyman primarily grew up. Earle Hyman became interested in acting after seeing a production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts. “The first play I ever saw was a present from my parents on my 13th birthday — Nazimova in ‘Ghosts’ at Brighton Beach on the subway circuit — and I just freaked out.

He made his Broadway stage debut as a teenager in 1943 in Run, Little Chillun, and later joined the American Negro Theater. The following year, Hyman began a two-year run playing the role of Rudolf on Broadway in Anna Lucasta, starring Hilda Simms in the title role.
He was a member of the American Shakespeare Theatre beginning with its first season in 1955, and played the role of Othello in the 1957 season.

In 1959 he appeared in the West End in the first London production of A Raisin In the Sun alongside Kim Hamilton. The show ran at the Adelphi Theatre and was directed again by Lloyd Richards.

A life member of The Actors Studio, Hyman has appeared throughout his career in productions in both the United States and Norway (he is fluent in Norwegian) where he also owns a home on Norway's west coast and an apartment in Oslo. In 1965, won a Theatre World Award and in 1988, he was awarded the St Olav's medal for his work in Norwegian theater.

In addition to his stage work, Hyman has appeared in various television and film roles including adaptions of Macbeth (1968), Julius Caesar (1979), and Coriolanus (1979), and voiced Panthro on the animated television series ThunderCats (1985-1990). He played two roles (at different times) on television's The Edge of Night.
One of his most well known roles, that of Russell Huxtable in The Cosby Show, earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 1986 where he played the father of lead character Cliff Huxtable, played by actor Bill Cosby, despite only being 11 years senior to Cosby. He is the first cousin once removed of singer Phyllis Hyman. Their common ancestors are his parental grandparents Ishmael and Cassandra (Cross) Hyman.

Usually with

Jules Bass
Jules Bass
(2 films)
Allan Graf
Allan Graf
(1 films)
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Earle Hyman (9 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

Fighting Back, 1h38
Directed by Lewis Teague
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin, Yaphet Kotto, David Rasche, Earle Hyman
Roles Police Chief Freeman
Rating59% 2.9988352.9988352.9988352.9988352.998835
The film opens with Philadelphia TV reporters viewing and broadcasting a news story about violence in society. With the increase in crime, Philadelphia is becoming unsafe. Proud Italian-American John D'Angelo (Tom Skerritt) runs a deli in town. While driving with his wife, Lisa (Patti LuPone), D'Angelo comes across a pimp known as Eldorado (Pete Richardson) brutalizing one of his prostitutes. John's wife confronts the pimp and the pimp chases the D'Angelos, ramming his car into the back of the D'Angelos' vehicle, injuring Lisa and killing their unborn baby. John's mother Vera (Gina DeAngles) is assaulted in the neighborhood.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus (1979)

Directed by Wilford Leach
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Gloria Foster, Roscoe Orman, Morgan Freeman, Earle Hyman, Maurice Woods, Keith David
Roles Cominius
Rating67% 3.3543753.3543753.3543753.3543753.354375
Une famille indienne est expulsée de l'Ouganda quand Idi Amin prend le pouvoir. Ils se déplacent dans le Mississippi et le temps passe. La fille indienne tombe en amour avec un homme noir, et les familles respectives ont à se réconcilier avec elle.
The Super Cops, 1h30
Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Documentary, Action, Crime
Actors Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer, Arny Freeman
Roles Police Detective (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2942253.2942253.2942253.2942253.294225
The film opens with archival footage from a press conference where NYPD officers Dave Greenberg and Robert Hantz are lauded by Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy commends them for the sheer volume of drugs and weaponry that the two cops have removed from the streets.
The Possession of Joel Delaney, 1h45
Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern, Barbara Trentham, Pat Ast, Míriam Colón
Roles Charles
Rating57% 2.852462.852462.852462.852462.85246
Norah Benson and her younger brother Joel Delaney attend a party being given by Dr. Erika Lorenz. Joel's girlfriend Sherry appears. Norah is extremely protective of her brother, and it is subtly implied that theirs is not an ordinary siblings' relationship. The siblings have sensibly different, albeit somehow complementary mindsets; in contrast to Norah's upscale, self-compliant snobbishness, Joel is more of an adventurous, bohemian type and frequently goes on trips to exotic locations.
The Lost Weekend, 1h41
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Terry, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen
Roles Smoking Man (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.947583.947583.947583.947583.94758
Thursday - An alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam, is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick, who is trying to discourage his drinking. When Don’s girlfriend Helen comes to see them off, she mentions in passing that she has two tickets for a concert, to which Don urges Wick to accompany her. Don heads for Nat’s Bar, deliberately missing his train, and then sneaks back into the flat to drink some cheap whisky he has bought, avoiding Helen who is worried about him being left alone.