Kevin Peter Hall

Kevin Peter Hall (1955 to 1991) was an American actor whose height of seven feet two inches led casting directors to place him in monster and creature roles across film and television. Born in Pittsburgh, he played basketball at Penn Hills High School and at George Washington University, where he studied theatrical arts, before working briefly as a professional player in Venezuela. He made his screen debut in the horror film Prophecy in 1979 and went on to play the alien in Without Warning, a recurring human role in the NBC series Misfits of Science and a part in the sitcom 227. He is best remembered as the original title creature in the science fiction film Predator (1987) and its 1990 sequel, and as Harry the Bigfoot in Harry and the Hendersons, a role he carried into the first season of the television adaptation. He died in 1991 of complications of AIDS, after having contracted HIV through a blood transfusion.