- Can be seen in Predator (1987) without costume. He is the helicopter pilot at the end of the film.
- He was in a major car accident in Los Angeles. During surgery for his critical wounds, he received a contaminated blood transfusion. He died shortly thereafter of AIDS. He went public with his illness with the full support of his wife.
- He is the tallest of six brothers, all over 6' 5".
- The character of the Predator in Predator (1987) went through many development stages, including one version that was set up for Jean-Claude Van Damme to play a martial-arts fighting Predator, and finally decided on the crab-like humanoid monster seen in the film. The producers realized much of their human cast were bodybuilders over 6 feet tall (and Van Damme was clearly smaller) and thus they cast the enormous Hall so that the Predator could realistically physically dominate the film's human characters.
- His father Charles Hall was 6' 6" and his mother Sylvia Hall was 6' 2".
- This giant's face was rarely seen in his films, as he usually played monsters and semi-human creatures that required him to wear mounds of make-up, so few people know that he was a handsome and muscular man.
- Referred to his non-speaking monster parts as grunt roles.
- Auditioned for the lead role of the alien in Enemy Mine (1985) but didn't get the part.
- When he died he had just been cast as Super Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze but did not get the chance to film anything before his death.
- Inducted into Penn Hills of Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class May 8, 2009.
- Attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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