Albert Hall
Born: 1937-11-10 in Brighton, Alabama, U.S.
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2009
- Men of a Certain Age as Bruce
- 3 Points ... (Producer)
2007
- Private Practice as Lewis Cartwright
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets as Nichols
- Honeydripper as Reverend Cutlip
2006
- Thief as Riley
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Eugene Foote
2002
- Half & Half as Justice Harrison Todd
2000
- Strong Medicine as Reverend Hayes
1999
- Swing Vote as Justice Hank Banks
1998
- Beloved as Stamp Paid
- Brimstone as Father Horn
- Anarchy TV as Bobby
- The Tiger Woods Story as Hank Aaron
1997
- The Practice as Judge Seymore Walsh
- Ally McBeal as Seymore Walsh
1996
- Courage Under Fire as Speaker
- The Great White Hype as Roper's Manager
- Get on the Bus as Craig
- The Cold Equations as Captain Keynes
1995
- Major Payne as Gen. Decker
- Devil in a Blue Dress as Degan Odell
1994
- ER as James Anderson
- New York Undercover
1993
- Star as Larry
- Rookie of the Year as Sal Martinella
1992
- Malcolm X as Baines
1991
- The Boys as Burt Tipton
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- Roc as Harold
- Separate But Equal as Oliver Hill
- Separate but Equal as Oliver Hill
1989
- Music Box as Mack Jones
- The Fabulous Baker Boys as Henry
- Mancuso, F.B.I.
1988
- Freddy's Nightmares as Colonel Delaney
- Betrayed as Al Sanders
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Galek Dar
- A Different World as Chaplain
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Quimbo
1986
- Matlock as Prosecutor
1985
- Midas Valley as Dr. Aaronson
- Trouble in Mind as Leo
- The Long Hot Summer as Armistead Howlett
1984
- Miami Vice as Joe Dalva
1983
- Ryan's Four as Dr. Wilson
1982
1981
- Cry Freedom as Haraka
- The Sophisticated Gents as Det. Swoop Ferguson
1980
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Otis Jefferson
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Chief Phillips
- Roots: The Next Generations as Vernon
- The Bermuda Triangle as Co-Pilot 737
1976
- Leadbelly as Dicklicker
1974
- Willie Dynamite as Pointer
- Wedding Band as Nelson Green
1973
- Kojak as Det. Gregg
1972
- M*A*S*H as Corporal
- Sanford and Son
- If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band as T-Bone Sims