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

• 2006Løven - Henrik Ibsen
• 2000The Moving of Sophia Myles — Bishop Heath
• Twice in a Lifetime — Charley Freeman / Jack
• 1996Hijacked: Flight 285 — Wayne Edwards
• A Man Called Hawk
• A Different World — Russel Huxtable
• 1987ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie — Panthro / Pilot / Guard / Cruncher (voice)
• 1985The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus — King Awgwa (voice)
• ThunderCats — Panthro (voice)
• 1985ThunderCats: Exodus — Panthro (voice)
• The Cosby Show — Russell Huxtable, Voice of MacBeth (uncredited)
• 1982Fighting Back — Police Chief Freeman
• 1982Long Day's Journey Into Night — James Tyrone
• 1980The Ivory Ape — Inspector St. George
• 1979Coriolanus — Cominius
• 1974The Super Cops — Police Detective (uncredited)
• 1973And the Bones Came Together — Roy Lockhart
• 1973The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament — prophet jerimiah
• 1972The Possession of Joel Delaney — Charles
• 1966The African
• Espionage — Premier Djatuma
• 1960John Brown's Raid — Emperor Green
• 1954The Bamboo Prison — Doc Jackson, medic
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Adam and Hezdrel
• 1945The Lost Weekend — Smoking Man (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2002Did you leave us, Blake? — Self
• 2002The Cosby Show: A Look Back — Self / Russell Huxtable (archive footage)