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Albert Hall

Albert Hall

Born: 1937-11-10 • 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. 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
National Treasure: Book of Secrets poster
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 • Nichols
Honeydripper poster
Honeydripper
2007 • Reverend Cutlip
Ali poster
Ali
2001 • Elijah Muhammad
Swing Vote poster
Swing Vote
1999 • Justice Hank Banks
Beloved poster
Beloved
1998 • Stamp Paid
Anarchy TV poster
Anarchy TV
1998 • Bobby
The Tiger Woods Story poster
The Tiger Woods Story
1998 • Hank Aaron
The Cold Equations poster
The Cold Equations
1996 • Captain Keynes
Get on the Bus poster
Get on the Bus
1996 • Craig
Courage Under Fire poster
Courage Under Fire
1996 • Speaker
The Great White Hype poster
The Great White Hype
1996 • Roper's Manager
Devil in a Blue Dress poster
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 • Degan Odell
Major Payne poster
Major Payne
1995 • Gen. Decker
Star poster
Star
1993 • Larry
Rookie of the Year poster
Rookie of the Year
1993 • Sal Martinella
Malcolm X poster
Malcolm X
1992 • Baines
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 • Self
The Boys poster
The Boys
1991 • Burt Tipton
Separate But Equal poster
Separate But Equal
1991 • Oliver Hill
Music Box poster
Music Box
1989 • Mack Jones
The Fabulous Baker Boys poster
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 • Henry
Betrayed poster
Betrayed
1988 • Al Sanders
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 • Quimbo
Trouble in Mind poster
Trouble in Mind
1985 • Leo
Midas Valley poster
Midas Valley
1985 • Dr. Aaronson
Cry Freedom poster
Cry Freedom
1981 • Haraka
Apocalypse Now poster
Apocalypse Now
1979 • Chief Phillips
The Bermuda Triangle poster
The Bermuda Triangle
1979 • Co-Pilot 737
Leadbelly poster
Leadbelly
1976 • Dicklicker
Wedding Band poster
Wedding Band
1974 • Nelson Green
Willie Dynamite poster
Willie Dynamite
1974 • Pointer
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band poster
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972 • T-Bone Sims