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Earle Hyman
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| Known for: | All My Children, The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, Thundercats |
| Birthday: | 11 October 1926, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA |
| Height: | 6' 4" (1.93 m) |
Trivia
Best known to the world as Bill Cosby's Dad, Russell Huxtable, in the TV show The Cosby Show.
Has a cabin in Skånevik, Norway, where he spends a lot of his spare-time.
Speaks fluent Norwegian.
Has spent a lot of his spare time in Norway where he has also acted since the 1950s. In the 1990s he also starred in a Norwegian sit-com.
Is a big fan of Henrik Ibsen and in the 1990s he starred in his own staging of Ibsen's "The Master Builder" off-Broadway.
Is the third cousin of singer Phyllis Hyman.
Originally cast in the role of "Bruce" in the film, Brother to Brother. Roger Robinson played the role in the finished film.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for Edward Albee's "The Lady from Dubuque."
He began his fifty-plus year career as a 17-year-old extra in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend.
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