Everything about Kevin Peter Hall totally explained
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,
Without Warning,
Harry and the Hendersons,
Predator and
Predator 2.
Biography
Early life
Hall, an
African-American, was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Charles Hall, was 6' 6" and his mother, Sylvia Hall, was 6' 2". He was the tallest of six brothers, all over 6' 5".
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, Hall moved to
Venezuela to play basketball. After a year, he lost interest and relocated to
Los Angeles, California, 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 Los Angeles area nightclubs.
Career
During its developmental stages, the Predator was going to be played by
Jean-Claude Van Damme, who played the Predator for the first few scenes but fell out with Schwarzenegger and wasn't billed on end credits either, 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 can also be seen at the end of the movie as the helicopter pilot.
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). Hall had also reprised his role as Harry on the television series version of
Harry and the Hendersons shortly before his death, but died before filming had been completed.
Personal life
While filming a guest spot on the television show,
227, Hall met actress
Alaina Reed. The couple would marry both on the show, and in real life. Together, they'd 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. Soon after his transfusion, the HIV developed into AIDS and he went public with his illness with the full support of his wife.
Death
On
April 10,
1991, Hall met an untimely death from
AIDS. He was 35 years old.
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