---
name: "Albert Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-hall"
fi1m_id: "albert-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0355278"
tmdb_id: 8354
wikidata_id: "Q1387383"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T20:04:58.877283+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Hall

## Identity

Albert Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355278
- **TMDB ID:** 8354
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1387383
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355278/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8354

Actor. Born 10 November 1937 in Brighton, Alabama, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1937, Brighton, Alabama, U.S.
- **Active:** 1979–2007
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Francis Ford Coppola](https://film.one/person/francis-ford-coppola.md), [John Milius](https://film.one/person/john-milius.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (1), 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $745m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355278/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8354

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Apocalypse Now*](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md) (92)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse*](https://film.one/film/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Albert Hall

> Albert Hall gives large films people worth caring about beyond their leading men. Frequently cast as officers and judges, he is an actor we value for making authority credible, especially when the film around him grows strange.

On the boat in *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Albert Hall's Chief Phillips has a crew to lead. That gives him a practical responsibility to play as Francis Ford Coppola makes the warfare around him increasingly strange. Hall makes the chief worth attending to without needing the film to stop and announce his importance. We were frightened by the film, and Hall's believable place among the crew made us care about the people facing its dangers.

Early screen parts included *Leadbelly* (1976), before *Apocalypse Now* brought him wider attention; steady supporting work in film and television followed through the 1980s and 1990s. His breakthrough remains the clearest reason for our regard, and it depends partly on the company he keeps. Dean Tavoularis's production design supplies the disorder that keeps the soldiers from looking planted against a backdrop. Hall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne and Sam Bottoms give Coppola people whose suffering matters, even when the film's later stretches become too insistent about explaining what the warfare has already shown.

In Spike Lee's *Malcolm X* (1992), Hall plays Baines, one of the supporting parts in historical dramas and biographical films for which he became known. Our recommendation there is more qualified: Lee's film is thoughtful but sometimes overcareful, and its solemnity makes an already long evening feel longer. Denzel Washington's searching performance carries it, while the strength of the acting more broadly gives us reason to stay through the slower passages.

The authority parts continued on television with Judge Seymore Walsh in *The Practice* and *Ally McBeal* (1997), recurring roles created by David E. Kelley. Hall also played Elijah Muhammad in Michael Mann's *Ali* (2001). Those credits help explain his association with men whose words carry weight, though a stern authority figure can give an actor a narrow task. Start with *Apocalypse Now*, and pay attention to the men aboard the boat.

## Biography

Albert Hall is an American actor. Born on 10 November 1937 in Brighton, Alabama, he graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971. That year he appeared Off-Broadway in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and on Broadway in the musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death.

Hall portrayed Chief Phillips in the 1979 film *Apocalypse Now*. He played Baines in *Malcolm X* (1992), Elijah Muhammad in *Ali* (2001) and Dr Nichols in *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007). Television credits include recurring roles as Judge Seymore Walsh in *Ally McBeal* and *The Practice*, and guest appearances in *Grey's Anatomy*, *24*, *ER* and *Star Trek: The Next Generation*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5) — the average rests on these

- *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007), Fi1m 52, as Dr. Nichols — [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure-book-of-secrets.md)
- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Elijah Muhammad — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, as Baines — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Joe Dalva — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Fi1m 92, as Chief Phillips — [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse* (1991), Fi1m 84, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Men of a Certain Age* (2009), series, as Bruce
- *3 Points* (2009), Producer
- *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* (2007), as Dr. Nichols — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/national-treasure-book-of-secrets.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Lewis Cartwright
- *Honeydripper* (2007), as Reverend Cutlip
- *Thief* (2006), series, as Riley
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Eugene Foote — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Half & Half* (2002), series, as Justice Harrison Todd
- *Ali* (2001), as Elijah Muhammad — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *24* (2001), series, as Alan Milliken — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Reverend Hayes
- *Swing Vote* (1999), as Justice Hank Banks
- *Brimstone* (1998), series, as Father Horn
- *Beloved* (1998), as Stamp Paid
- *Anarchy TV* (1998), as Bobby
- *The Tiger Woods Story* (1998), as Hank Aaron
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Seymore Walsh — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Seymore Walsh
- *The Cold Equations* (1996), as Keynes
- *Get on the Bus* (1996), as Craig
- *Courage Under Fire* (1996), as Speaker
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), as Roper's Manager
- *Swift Justice* (1996), series, as Ray Johnson
- *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1995), as Degan Odell
- *Major Payne* (1995), as Gen. Decker
- *ER* (1994), series, as James Anderson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Actor
- *Star* (1993), as Larry
- *Rookie of the Year* (1993), as Sal Martinella
- *Malcolm X* (1992), as Baines — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Roc* (1991), series, as Harold
- *The Boys* (1991), as Burt Tipton
- *Separate but Equal* (1991), as Oliver Hill
- *Separate but Equal* (1991), series, as Oliver Hill
- *Music Box* (1989), as Mack Jones
- *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989), as Henry
- *Mancuso, F.B.I.* (1989), series, Actor
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), series, as Colonel Delaney
- *Betrayed* (1988), as Al Sanders
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Galek Dar — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *A Different World* (1987), series, as Chaplain
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1987), as Quimbo
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Prosecutor · Assistant D.A. Corbalis
- *Trouble in Mind* (1985), as Leo
- *The Long Hot Summer* (1985), series, as Armistead Howlett
- *Midas Valley* (1985), as Dr. Aaronson
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Joe Dalva — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Ryan's Four* (1983), series, as Dr. Wilson
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Sophisticated Gents* (1981), series, as Det. Swoop Ferguson
- *Cry Freedom* (1981), as Haraka
- *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980), series, as Otis Jefferson
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), as Chief Phillips — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), series, as Vernon
- *The Bermuda Triangle* (1979), as Co-Pilot 737
- *Leadbelly* (1976), as Dicklicker
- *Wedding Band* (1974), as Nelson Green
- *Willie Dynamite* (1974), as Pointer
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Det. Gregg — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band* (1972), as T-Bone Sims
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Corporal — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor

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