KEVIN PETER HALL

'Kevin Peter Hall' (May 9, 1955 - April 10, 1991) was an American actor famous for his roles as Dr. Elvin Lincoln in ''Misfits of Science'', the monsters in ''Prophecy'', ''Harry and the Hendersons'', ''Predator'' and ''Predator 2''.

Contents

Biography

Career

Personal life

Trivia

References

External links

Biography

Career

During its developmental stages, the Predator was going to be played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, but the producers realized that all of the actors who were to be physically dominated by the creature were body builders that stood over 6 feet tall. The producers decided to cast the enormous Hall so that the Predator could realistically physically dominate the film's human characters
Hall also had guest spots on shows such as ''Night Court'' and ''. He was frequently cast in monster roles due to his extremely tall stature: he stood 7' 2½" (2.20 m). Kevin had also reprised his role as Harry on the TV series version of ''Harry and the Hendersons'' shortly before his death. He died before filming had been completed.

Personal life

Hall was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] to Sylvia and Charles Hall. During his high school years at Penn Hills High School, he excelled at basketball and eventually earned a scholarship to George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. In college, Hall continued to play basketball and majored in Theatrical Arts. During his college years, he met Jay Fenichel. They would both go on to make musical productions together. After graduation, Kevin moved to Venezuela to play basketball. After a year, he lost interest and relocated to L.A., where he again teamed up with Fenichel. The two would go on to create the semi-autobiographical two-man musical, ''In Five''. Hall and Fenichel also created a two-man show called ''The Worst Of Friends''. The duo performed the shows throughout L.A. area nightclubs.
While filming a guest spot on the tv show, ''227'', Hall met actress Alaina Reed. The couple would marry both on the show, and in real life. Together, they had two children.
In the fall of 1990, Hall was involved in a serious car accident in Los Angeles. During surgery for his critical wounds, he received a blood transfusion that was contaminated with HIV. He soon contracted AIDS and went public with his illness with the full support of his wife. Kevin died from complications related to the disease shortly afterwards. He was 35 years old.

Trivia

★ His father, Charles Hall, was 6' 6" and his mother, Sylvia Hall, was 6' 2".

★ Was the tallest of six brothers, all over 6' 5".

★ Can be seen at the end of the movie ''Predator'' as the helicopter pilot.

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Kevin-Peter-Hall.html

External links

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★ Kevin Peter Hall At Find a Grave