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Earle Hyman Biography (1926-)

Born October 11, 1926, in Rocky Mount, NC; son of Zachariah and Maria Lilly (maiden name, Plummer) Hyman. Addresses: Agent: Henderson-Hogan Agency,850 Seventh Ave., Suite 1003, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

October 11, 1926

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (New York debut) Diaperman, Three's a Family, American Negro Theatre, New York City, 1943
• Run, Little Chillun, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1943
• Rudolf, Anna Lucasta, Mansfield Theatre, New York City, 1944-46, then His Majesty's Theatre, London, 1947
• Turner Thomas, Sister Oakes, Lenox Hill Playhouse, New York City,1949
• Logan, The Climate of Eden, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1952
• Prince of Morocco, The Merchant of Venice, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1953
• Title role, Othello, Jan Hus Auditorium, New York City, 1953
• Prince of Morocco, The Merchant of Venice, Jan Hus Auditorium, 1955
• Pindarus and Soothsayer, Julius Caesar, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1955
• Boatswain, The Tempest, American Shakespeare Festival, 1955
• Lieutenant, No Time for Sergeants, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1955
• Title role, Mister Johnson, Martin Beck Theatre, 1956
• Melun, King John, American Shakespeare Festival, 1956
• Dunois, St. Joan, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1956
• Voice of the Player King, Hamlet, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1957
• Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1957
• Antonio, The Duchess of Malfi, Phoenix Theatre, 1957
• Prince of Morocco, The Merchant of Venice, American Shakespeare Festival, 1957
• Title role, Othello, American Shakespeare Festival, 1957
• Ghost of Laius, The Infernal Machine, Phoenix Theatre, 1958
• Horatio, Hamlet, American Shakespeare Festival, 1958
• Philostrate, A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Shakespeare Festival, 1958
• Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, American Shakespeare Festival, 1958
• Ephraim, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1958
• Walter Lee, A Raisin in the Sun, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1959
• Caliban, The Tempest, American Shakespeare Festival, 1960
• Alexas, Antony and Cleopatra, American Shakespeare Festival, 1960
• Mister Roberts, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Title role, Othello, Bergen, Norway, 1963
• The White Rose and the Red (Shakespeare anthology), Stage 73, NewYork City, 1963
• The Angel in Jonah, St. Clement's Church, New York City, 1966
• Captain La Hire, St. Joan, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City,1968
• Title role, Othello, Repertory Company of St. Louis, MO, 1970
• Abioseh Matoseh, Les Blancs, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1970
• Title role, The Life and Times of J. Walter Smitheus, Theatre de Lys, 1970
• The Seagull, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1970
• Alex, Orrin, Theatre de Lys, 1973
• Leonid Gayev, The Cherry Orchard, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Various roles, House Party, American Place Theatre, New York City,1973
• Waiting for Godot, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1974
• Title role, Emperor Jones, Virginia Museum Theatre, Richmond, VA,1976
• Dr. Winston Gerrard, As to the Meaning of Words, Hartman, CT, 1977
• Chorus leader, Agamemnon, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Title role, Othello, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Cicero, Julius Caesar, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, 1979
• Cominius, Coriolanus, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, then Delacorte Theatre, 1979
• Ezra Pilgrim, Remembrance, Other Stage, Public Theatre, 1979
• Oscar, The Lady from Dubuque, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1980
• James Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1981, then Public Theatre, 1981-82
• A Doll's House, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1982
• Edmund, Richard II, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1985
• Title role, Julius Caesar, Old Globe Theatre, 1985
• Rudy Notheberg and Dr. Jones, Execution of Justice, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Elsein, Death and the King's Horseman, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, then Lincoln Center, New York City, 1987
• Hoke Coleburn, Driving Miss Daisy, John Houseman Theatre, New YorkCity, 1987-?
• Colonel Pickering, Pygmalion, Roundabout Theatre, 1991
• The Master Builder, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1992
• The Play about the Baby, Alley Theatre, New York City, 2000
• Also appeared in Carnival Dreams; Sleep Beauty; and as SamSemola, Master Howard and the Boys, Oslo, Norway.
• Major Tours
• Everett du Shane, A Lady Passing Fair, U.S. cities, 1947
• (Concert reading) The Worlds of Shakespeare, U.S. cities, then Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1963
• Othello, Emperor Jones, and scenes from Shakespeare, Norwegian State Travelling Theatre, Scandinavian cities, 1964
• Stage Work
• Director, Orrin, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1973
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Russell Huxtable, a recurring role, The Cosby Show, NBC, 1984-92
• Voice of Panthro/Redeye, Thundercats (animated), 1985
• Movies
• Inspector St. George, The Ivory Ape (also known as Animal Attraction), ABC, 1980
• Wayne, Hijacked: Flight 285, ABC, 1996
• Bishop Heath, The Moving of Sophia Myles, CBS, 2000
• Specials
• Voice of King Awgwa, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, CBS,1985
• The Nineteenth Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1987
• Who Wrote Shakespeare's Works? (also known as Uncovering Shakespeare: An Update), 1990
• Also appeared as the Shepherd, Emmanuel.
• Episodic
• Adam Hezdrel, "The Green Pastures," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1957
• Jim, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," The United States Steel Hour, 1957
• "The Whistling Shrimp," Espionage, 1963
• "The Leopard Killer," The Nurses, 1964
• Russell Huxtable, "Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You," A Different World, NBC, 1987
• Reverend Mitchell, "Anniversary Waltz," Cosby, CBS, 1997
• Charlie Freeman, "Moonshine over Harlem," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 2001
• Also appeared in A Man Called Hawk.
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Smoking man, The Lost Weekend, 1945
• Doc Jackson, The Bamboo Prison, 1954
• Raymond, Afrikaneren, 1966
• Charles, the butler, The Possession of Joel Delaney, 1972
• Cicero, Julius Caesar, 1979
• Cominius, Coriolanus, 1979
• Police Chief Freeman, Fighting Back (also known as Death Vengeance), 1982
• Voice of Maxum, Light Years (also known as Gandahar), 1986

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Black Biography 2000., Vol. 25, Gale Group,