Actor profile

Albert Hall

10th November 1937 Brighton, Alabama, U.S. Acting

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.

32 Movies 30 TV Shows 62 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

National Treasure: Book of Secrets poster

National Treasure: Book of Secrets 19th December 2007 as Nichols

Honeydripper poster

Honeydripper 10th September 2007 as Reverend Cutlip

Ali poster

Ali 10th December 2001 as Elijah Muhammad

Swing Vote poster

Swing Vote 19th April 1999 as Justice Hank Banks

Beloved poster

Beloved 16th October 1998 as Stamp Paid

Anarchy TV poster

Anarchy TV 31st January 1998 as Bobby

The Tiger Woods Story poster

The Tiger Woods Story 1st January 1998 as Hank Aaron

The Cold Equations poster

The Cold Equations 7th December 1996 as Captain Keynes

Get on the Bus poster

Get on the Bus 16th October 1996 as Craig

Courage Under Fire poster

Courage Under Fire 4th July 1996 as Speaker

The Great White Hype poster

The Great White Hype 3rd May 1996 as Roper's Manager

Devil in a Blue Dress poster

Devil in a Blue Dress 29th September 1995 as Degan Odell

Major Payne poster

Major Payne 24th March 1995 as Gen. Decker

Star 20th September 1993 as Larry

Rookie of the Year poster

Rookie of the Year 7th July 1993 as Sal Martinella

Malcolm X poster

Malcolm X 18th November 1992 as Baines

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 27th November 1991 as Self

The Boys poster

The Boys 15th April 1991 as Burt Tipton

Separate But Equal poster

Separate But Equal 7th April 1991 as Oliver Hill

Music Box poster

Music Box 22nd December 1989 as Mack Jones

The Fabulous Baker Boys poster

The Fabulous Baker Boys 13th October 1989 as Henry

Betrayed poster

Betrayed 26th August 1988 as Al Sanders

Uncle Tom's Cabin poster

Uncle Tom's Cabin 14th June 1987 as Quimbo

Trouble in Mind poster

Trouble in Mind 11th December 1985 as Leo

Midas Valley poster

Midas Valley 27th June 1985 as Dr. Aaronson

Cry Freedom poster

Cry Freedom 1st January 1981 as Haraka

Apocalypse Now poster

Apocalypse Now 19th May 1979 as Chief Phillips

The Bermuda Triangle poster

The Bermuda Triangle 24th January 1979 as Co-Pilot 737

Leadbelly poster

Leadbelly 28th May 1976 as Dicklicker

Wedding Band poster

Wedding Band 24th April 1974 as Nelson Green

Willie Dynamite poster

Willie Dynamite 23rd January 1974 as Pointer

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band poster

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band 19th December 1972 as T-Bone Sims

Men of a Certain Age poster

Men of a Certain Age 7th December 2009 as Bruce

Private Practice poster

Private Practice 26th September 2007 as Lewis Cartwright

Thief poster

Thief 28th March 2006 as Riley

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Eugene Foote

Half & Half poster

Half & Half 23rd September 2002 as Justice Harrison Todd

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as Alan Milliken

Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine 23rd July 2000 as Reverend Hayes

Brimstone poster

Brimstone 23rd October 1998 as Father Horn

Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal 8th September 1997 as Seymore Walsh

The Practice poster

The Practice 4th March 1997 as Seymore Walsh

Swift Justice poster

Swift Justice 13th March 1996 as Ray Johnson

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as James Anderson

New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover 8th September 1994

Roc poster

Roc 25th August 1991 as Harold

Separate but Equal poster

Separate but Equal 7th April 1991 as Oliver Hill

Mancuso, F.B.I. poster

Mancuso, F.B.I. 13th October 1989

Freddy's Nightmares poster

Freddy's Nightmares 9th October 1988 as Colonel Delaney

Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation 28th September 1987 as Galek Dar

A Different World poster

A Different World 24th September 1987 as Chaplain

Matlock poster

Matlock 3rd March 1986 as Assistant D.A. Corbalis

The Long Hot Summer poster

The Long Hot Summer 6th October 1985 as Armistead Howlett

Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice 16th September 1984 as Joe Dalva

Ryan's Four poster

Ryan's Four 5th April 1983 as Dr. Wilson

Fame poster

Fame 7th January 1982

The Sophisticated Gents poster

The Sophisticated Gents 29th September 1981 as Det. Swoop Ferguson

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 15th April 1980 as Otis Jefferson

Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations 18th February 1979 as Vernon

Kojak poster

Kojak 24th October 1973 as Det. Gregg

M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H 17th September 1972 as Corporal

Sanford and Son poster

Sanford and Son 14th January 1972