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Albert Hall

Acting · 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 (18)

YearFilmAs
2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsDr. Nichols
2001AliElijah Muhammad
1998Anarchy TVBobby
1996Courage Under FireSpeaker
1996Get on the BusCraig
1995Devil in a Blue DressDegan Odell
1995JimiBoxcar
1995Major PayneGeneral Decker
1993Rookie of the YearSal Martinella
1992Malcolm XBaines
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseSelf
1989The Fabulous Baker BoysHenry
1988BetrayedAl Sanders
1985Trouble in MindLeo
1981Cry Freedom!Haraka
1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesOtis Jefferson
1979Apocalypse NowChief Phillips
1974Willie DynamitePointer