What is Earle Hyman?
{{Infobox actor | name = Earle Hyman |image = |caption = photo from 1990. | birth_date = 11 October 1926 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|11|17|1926|10|11}} | occupation = Actor }} '''Earle Hyman''' (October 11, 1926 &ndash; November 17, 2017) was an American actor. He was born in [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]]. Hyman was known for his role on ''[[ThunderCats (1985 TV series)|ThunderCats]]'' as the voice of Panthro. He also appeared on ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' as Cliff's father Russell Huxtable. He made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway stage]] debut as a teenager in 1943 in ''[[Run, Little Chillun]]''. In 1980, he was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] and in 1986, was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]]. Hyman died on November 17, 2017 in [[Englewood, New Jersey]] of [[stomach cancer]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://broadwayblack.com/tony-emmy-award-nominated-cosby-show-actor-earle-hyman-passes-91/|title = Tony & Emmy Nominated Actor Earle Hyman Passes Away at 91|last = Johnson|first = George M.|date = November 17, 2017|access-date = November 18, 2017|website = Broadway Black|archive-date = November 23, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171123040753/http://broadwayblack.com/tony-emmy-award-nominated-cosby-show-actor-earle-hyman-passes-91/|url-status = dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0405165|name=Earle Hyman}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyman, Earle}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stomach cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New Jersey]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Actors from North Carolina]] [[Category:People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina]] {{US-actor-stub}}