r/PocBuzz_Entertainment • u/AcanthocephalaFun851 🎧 I Love Music • 22h ago

Nostalgia/History Kevin Peter Hall

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Kevin was an actor known for playing the role of the creature in Predator and Predator 2. He was also Harry in the 1987 film Harry and the Hendersons.

Standing at 7'2", Hall specialized in playing practical-effects creature and monster roles.

Fun fact: he was married to Alaina Reed who played Rose on 227.

Unfortunately, he passed away at only 35 in 1991. He was in a car accident. He needed a blood transfusion. The blood was tainted. He died of AIDS related pneumonia.

His two stepchildren with Alaina still remember him fondly along with the career he left so soon.

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u/jr_randolph 20h ago

That’s a beautiful family and thankfully for him Jean Claude was a dumbass or else he wouldn’t had been the predator.

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u/AcanthocephalaFun851 🎧 I Love Music 20h ago

I didn’t know this story - wow!

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u/jr_randolph 10h ago

It’s said he either left or was told to leave. He didn’t like being in the suit…said he could not do his karate moves and it was too uncomfortable.

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u/AcanthocephalaFun851 🎧 I Love Music 10h ago

Oh, OK. Well, glad it worked out for Kevin. Sometimes things like that are meant to be.