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Albert Hall

Actor

Albert Hall

Born November 10, 1937 in Brighton, Alabama, U.S.30 films

Albert P. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor. Born in Brighton, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971. That same year he appeared Off-Broadway in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and on Broadway in the Melvin Van Peebles musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. His most famous film role to date is probably that of Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's award-winning Apocalypse Now. Contemporary audiences may recognise Hall as stern judge Seymore Walsh, a recurring guest-role, on Ally McBeal and The Practice. Hall also has made guest appearances on Kojak, Miami Vice, Matlock, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Strong Medicine, 24, Sleeper Cell and Grey's Anatomy.

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Apocalypse Now posterFirst watchApocalypse Now19798.3as Chief PhillipsAt the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate…View film

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Filmography

30 films as actor
  1. 2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsDr. Nichols
  2. 2007HoneydripperReverend Cutlip
  3. 2001AliElijah Muhammad
  4. 1999Swing VoteJustice Hank Banks
  5. 1998BelovedStamp Paid
  6. 1998Anarchy TVBobby
  7. 1998The Tiger Woods StoryHank Aaron
  8. 1996The Cold EquationsKeynes
  9. 1996Get on the BusCraig
  10. 1996Courage Under FireSpeaker
  11. 1996The Great White HypeRoper's Manager
  12. 1995Devil in a Blue DressDegan Odell
  13. 1995Major PayneGeneral Decker
  14. 1993StarLarry
  15. 1993Rookie of the YearSal Martinella
  16. 1992Malcolm XBaines
  17. 1991The BoysBurt Tipton
  18. 1991Separate but EqualOliver Hill
  19. 1989Music BoxMack Jones
  20. 1989The Fabulous Baker BoysHenry
  21. 1988BetrayedAl Sanders
  22. 1987Uncle Tom's CabinQuimbo
  23. 1985Trouble in MindLeo
  24. 1985Midas ValleyDr. Aaronson
  25. 1981Cry FreedomHaraka
  26. 1979Apocalypse NowChief Phillips
  27. 1976LeadbellyDicklicker
  28. 1974Wedding BandNelson Green
  29. 1974Willie DynamitePointer
  30. 1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandT-Bone Sims