# Tall Artists / Actors / Musicians? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078 "2006-01-09T00:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/21 "2006-01-09T02:54:24Z")
Harvey Fierstein is just under 6’5. Author Michael Crichton (_Westworld_, _Andromeda Strain_, _Timeline_) is 6’9. Ted “Lurch” Cassidy was 6’9. Craig Kilborn is 6’5. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/22 "2006-01-09T04:29:03Z")
Tom Scholz of Boston is 6’ 6", IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/23 "2006-01-09T04:30:30Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Tom Scholz of Boston is 6’ 6", IIRC. Oops, the [Boston Web site](http://www.boston.org/tom.html) says he’s 6’ 5". ---
**Author:** ![Sinek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Sinek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinek)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/24 "2006-01-09T04:50:58Z")
If you don’t mind a few pop ups you can knock yourself out at this [site](http://www.celebheights.com/). Some of them aren’t entirely accurate but they should be in the ballpark One thing that surprised me is that they have Douglas Adams at 6’5". I had no idea he was such a giant! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/25 "2006-01-09T05:42:45Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > David Letterman is 6’2". And Conan O’Brien is 6’4" (at least, that’s what Wikipedia says). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/26 "2006-01-09T06:22:29Z")
Author Michael (“Jurassic Park”) Crichton is nearly 6 foot 9. Dancer/choreographer Tommy Tune is about 6 foot 6. As John Cleese of Monty Python used to say, “I’ll do as I like, because I’m 6 foot 5.” Howard Stern & his Boston University classmate Bill O’Reilly are both about 6 foot 5, too. Many top action TV/movie stars are a LOT shorter than you’d expect- among the few who are actually tall: James Arness, Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck, Fess Parker. It’s almost a cliche to hear people say “I met such-and-such-celebrity, and he’s really a lot shorter than I expected.” One of the few celebs that I hear the opposite about: Bill Clinton. I’ve never met him, but I’ve heard from numerous people who have, “He’s a lot bigger than I thought he was.” Published reports vary, but he seems to be about 6’2" ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/27 "2006-01-09T07:50:15Z")
John Lithgow is 6’4.5 Richard Kiel is 7’2 (and has a daughter who’s a former beauty queen) Night Court’s Richard Moll is 6’7.5, an inch shorter than Everybody Loves Raymon’s Brad Garrett. Fred Gwynne, best remembered for Herman Munster but also a classically trained stage actor, a graphic artist and bestselling children’s book author, was 6’5. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/28 "2006-01-09T08:10:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Harvey Fierstein is just under 6’5. QUOTE] Seriously? I never got the impression he was especially tall. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/29 "2006-01-09T08:12:41Z")
The music video for “You can call me Al” comes to mind. Well, according to imdb, **Chevy Chase** is 6,4 long. Not to mention that his birth name is Cornelius. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/30 "2006-01-09T08:55:35Z")
Bill Murray is 6 foot 3 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/31 "2006-01-09T13:42:24Z")
Leeroy Thornhill of the band Prodigy is 6’7’’. (See what you can learn from watching the Music Choice channel. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/32 "2006-01-09T14:19:33Z")
From days gone by. My favorite MArshall. [Marshall Dillon](http://www.jamesarness.com/gunsmoke.htm) , James Arness 6 foot 7 ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/33 "2006-01-09T14:28:32Z")
Or Daniel Boone Davey Crockett actor Fess Parker, 6 foot 5 Anybody know how tall Jed Clampett, Buddy Ebson was? Well over 6 foot I’ll bet, or even MAx Baer as Jehtro? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/34 "2006-01-09T14:40:36Z")
Frank Zappa was 6 feet tall. And so am I. ---
**Author:** ![Salad\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Salad\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salad_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/35 "2006-01-09T14:49:51Z")
Eric Bana (“Munich,” “The Hulk,” etc.) is 6’4" Clive Owen (“Closer,” “Croupier,” etc) is 6’2" ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/36 "2006-01-09T14:56:29Z")
Kirsten Johnson (3rd Rock’s Sally) is 5’10". Mick Fleetwood is 6’9" ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/37 "2006-01-09T15:28:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > It’s almost a cliche to hear people say “I met such-and-such-celebrity, and he’s really a lot shorter than I expected.” One of the few celebs that I hear the opposite about: Bill Clinton. I’ve never met him, but I’ve heard from numerous people who have, “He’s a lot bigger than I thought he was.” Published reports vary, but he seems to be about 6’2" Can’t be 6’2"; I distinctly remember him being slightly shorter than me and I’m just about 6’1", I think (185 cm. roughly). He is definately taller than I had thought, though. Come to think of it, I can’t remember another celebrity I’ve met who was taller than I’d thought–Mike Patton, for example, was positively miniscule. Also… six feet is tall now? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/38 "2006-01-09T18:38:15Z")
The cast of _Night Court_ (Og, I miss that show) was well staffed with tall actors. - Richard Moll (already mentioned) - 6’7.5" - Harry Anderson - 6’4" - John Larroquette - 6’4" I understand that Charles Robinson, who played Mac on the show, was also up there with the other guys, but I can’t find a reference for his height. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/39 "2006-01-10T03:33:59Z")
Nobody has mentioned Roald Dahl yet? [6’ 6"](http://www.leninimports.com/roald_dahl.html) ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078/40 "2006-01-10T03:57:53Z")
Okay I found out, Uncle Jed was 6 foot 3 1/2 inches and Max Baer {Jethro} was 6 foot 4. Donna Douglas wasn’t that tall, but had nice tits. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tall-artists-actors-musicians/339078.md?page=3)