Actor

Albert Hall

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

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.

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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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Filmography

2009Men of a Certain AgeSeriesBruce
20093 PointsFilmProducer
2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsFilmDr. Nichols
2007Private PracticeSeriesLewis Cartwright
2007HoneydripperFilmReverend Cutlip
2006ThiefSeriesRiley
2005Grey's AnatomySeriesEugene Foote
2002Half & HalfSeriesJustice Harrison Todd
2001AliFilmElijah Muhammad
200124SeriesAlan Milliken
2000Strong MedicineSeriesReverend Hayes
1999Swing VoteFilmJustice Hank Banks
1998BelovedFilmStamp Paid
1998BrimstoneSeriesFather Horn
1998Anarchy TVFilmBobby
1998The Tiger Woods StoryFilmHank Aaron
1997Ally McBealSeriesSeymore Walsh
1997The PracticeSeriesSeymore Walsh
1996Courage Under FireFilmSpeaker
1996The Great White HypeFilmRoper's Manager
1996Get on the BusFilmCraig
1996The Cold EquationsFilmKeynes
1996Swift JusticeSeriesRay Johnson
1995Major PayneFilmGeneral Decker
1995Devil in a Blue DressFilmDegan Odell
1994ERSeriesJames Anderson
1994New York UndercoverSeries
1993Rookie of the YearFilmSal Martinella
1993StarFilmLarry
1992Malcolm XFilmBaines
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseFilmSelf
1991Separate but EqualFilmOliver Hill
1991RocSeriesHarold
1991Separate but EqualSeriesOliver Hill
1991The BoysFilmBurt Tipton
1989The Fabulous Baker BoysFilmHenry
1989Music BoxFilmMack Jones
1989Mancuso, F.B.I.Series
1988Freddy's NightmaresSeriesColonel Delaney
1988BetrayedFilmAl Sanders
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeriesGalek Dar
1987A Different WorldSeriesChaplain
1987Uncle Tom's CabinFilmQuimbo
1986MatlockSeriesProsecutor, Assistant D.A. Corbalis
1985Trouble in MindFilmLeo
1985The Long Hot SummerSeriesArmistead Howlett
1985Midas ValleyFilmDr. Aaronson
1984Miami ViceSeriesJoe Dalva
1983Ryan's FourSeriesDr. Wilson
1982FameSeries
1981Cry FreedomFilmHaraka
1981The Sophisticated GentsSeriesDet. Swoop Ferguson
1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesSeriesOtis Jefferson
1979Apocalypse NowFilmChief Phillips
1979Roots: The Next GenerationsSeriesVernon
1979The Bermuda TriangleFilmCo-Pilot 737
1976LeadbellyFilmDicklicker
1974Willie DynamiteFilmPointer
1974Wedding BandFilmNelson Green
1973KojakSeriesDet. Gregg
1972M*A*S*HSeriesCorporal
1972Sanford and SonSeries
1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the BandFilmT-Bone Sims