Albert Hall

Albert W. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American retired actor. He portrayed Chief Phillips in the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now and Judge Seymore Walsh in Ally McBeal and The Practice. He also played Brother Baines in the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X. His last screen role was a 2011 episode of the television series Men of a Certain Age.

Early life and education Hall was born and raised in Brighton, Alabama. He graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts.

According to Slate, some of Hall's dialogue in Apocalypse Now Redux is semi-improvised. Hall's performance in both versions has been praised by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Variety respectively.

Later work Hall appeared in the 1981 miniseries The Sophisticated Gents. In 1983, Hall had his first regular role in the short-lived series Ryan's Four. Hall also appeared alongside Sidney Poitier in the 1991 television movie Separate but Equal. Coincidentally, he portrayed the role of a judge in soap operas such as The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives.

Hall has portrayed real life figures such as Hank Aaron in the 1998 television film The Tiger Woods Story and Elijah Muhammad in Michael Mann's 2001 biopic Ali. Hall played the recurring role of Bruce in the series Men of a Certain Age.

Filmography

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) - Background Detective (uncredited) Willie Dynamite (1973) - Pointer Leadbelly (1976) - Dicklikker Apocalypse Now (1979) - Chief Phillips Cry Freedom (1987) - Haraka The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) - Loomis Trouble in Mind (1985) - Leo Betrayed (1988) - FBI Agent Al Sanders The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) - Henry Mancuso, F.B.I. (1989) - Colonel Hallack Music Box (1989) - Mack Jones Malcolm X (1992) - Baines Rookie of the Year (1993) - Sal Martinella Major Payne (1995) - Gen. Decker Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - Odell The Great White Hype (1996) - Roper's Manager Courage Under Fire (1996) - Speaker Get on the Bus (1996) - Craig Jimi (1996) - Boxcar Anarchy TV (1998) - Bobby Beloved (1998) - Stamp Paid Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) Ali (2001) - Elijah Muhammad Honeydripper (2007) - Reverend Cutlip National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) - Dr. Nichols Not Easily Broken (2009) - Bishop Wilkes Apocalypse Now Final Cut (2019)