![]() ![]() The show ran at the Adelphi Theatre and was directed again by Lloyd Richards. In 1959 he again appeared in the West End, this time in the first London production of A Raisin In the Sun alongside Kim Hamilton. In December 1958 he came to London to play the leading role in Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, by Errol John, at the Royal Court. 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. 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 made his Broadway stage debut as a teenager in 1943 in Run, Little Chillun, and later joined the American Negro Theater. He studied acting at HB Studio in New York City. ![]() "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." Hyman knew at age 4 that he wanted to become an actor after performing a poem at a church play and was determined to become one after seeing a production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts. His parents, Zachariah Hyman and Maria Lilly Plummer seeking better educational opportunities, moved their family from the south to Brooklyn, New York in the late 1920s, where Hyman primarily grew up. Hyman was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as George Earle Plummer according to the North Carolina Birth Index. He also appeared on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. Hyman is known for his role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro and various other characters. Earle Hyman (born George Earle Plummer Octo– November 17, 2017) was an American stage, television, and film actor. ![]()
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