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Edd Hall

b. 1958

American television personality

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Born 1958. Edd Hall is an American actor and screenwriter.

Edd Hall (born December 7, 1958) is an American television personality and announcer. He was Jay Leno's announcer on The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2004, replacing Tonight Show announcer Ed McMahon after Johnny Carson's retirement. Hall introduced himself by saying, "...And me, I'm Edd Hall." He left the show in October 2004.

Early career Hall was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

After The Tonight Show

Soon after leaving The Tonight Show in 2004, Hall appeared as himself in the movie Comic Book: The Movie, directed by Mark Hamill.

During the 2007–2008 TV season, Hall was the announcer for the TV game show Merv Griffin's Crosswords.

Some of his other credits include The Young and the Restless, Sullivan & Son and Kim Possible, among others. He has done voiceover work for commercials for Volkswagen, Google, Alzheimer's Association, Burger King, Old Navy, Buick, Panda Express, and Mazda. In 2013, he was the tournament announcer and narrator of the Netflix documentary The Short Game. In 2015, Hall played a baseball announcer on the NBC series Crowded. From 2016 to 2018, Hall continued to voice commercials on radio and TV as well as a number of TV shows, including episodes of The Thundermans on Nickelodeon, Days of Our Lives on NBC, and Behind the Mask on Hulu.

Some of his recent work includes the voice of Harry, a hardboiled egg/cop in the award winning 2022 animated short, "Hardboiled". (Tribecca Film Festival, WInner - 2022 Hollywood ShortsFest and Winner - 2022 Toronto Shorts International Film Festival.)

In 2023, Edd appeared as himself (voiceover) on an episode of Comedy Central's "Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News".

Hall has done some theatre since leaving The Tonight Show. He has played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol every year since 2007 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza and played the title role in the 2005 Cabrillo Music Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz. In 2006, he reprised the role of the Wizard for the Starlight Theatre in San Diego.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Edd Hall?

American television personality

When was Edd Hall born?

Edd Hall was born on 7 December 1958 in Boston.

What is Edd Hall's occupation?

Edd Hall is an actor and screenwriter.

What nationality is Edd Hall?

Edd Hall is American.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Edd Hall

Β· Wikidata: Q3047231

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