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name: "Tiny Ron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tiny-ron"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 November 1947"
died: "28 November 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
updated: "2026-09-17T00:30:41.587678+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."
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# Tiny Ron

Actor. Born 21 November 1947 in Torrance, California, USA. Died 28 November 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1947, Torrance, California, USA
- **Died:** 28 November 2019
- **Active:** 1988–1994
- **Also known as:** 'Tiny' Ron, Tiny Ron Taylor
- **Works often with:** Ira Newborn

## Biography

Tiny Ron, also credited as Tiny Ron Taylor, was an American actor and former professional basketball player. Born Ronald Taylor on 21 November 1947 in Torrance, California, he graduated from the University of Southern California and played in the American Basketball Association before pursuing acting. He adopted the name Tiny Ron upon joining the Screen Actors Guild, as another Ron Taylor was already registered.

He is known for his roles as Al, the tall police detective whose face is never shown, in the television series *Police Squad!* (1982) and the film *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988). Other credits include *Road House* (1989), *The Rocketeer* (1991) as Lothar, *Ace Ventura: Pet Detective* (1994) as Roc, and recurring parts as Maihar'du in *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* and Alpha-Hirogen Idrin in *Star Trek: Voyager*. His height of 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) was frequently used in casting. He died on 28 November 2019 in Santa Clarita, California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ace Ventura: Pet Detective* (1994), Fi1m 44, as Roc — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-pet-detective.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, as Al — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)

## Also known for

- *Road House* (1989), Mountain
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), Alpha-Hirogen Idrin
- *The Rocketeer* (1991), Lothar / Good Old Boy
- *Last Man Standing* (1996), Jacko the Giant
- *Police Squad!* (1982), Al
- *Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule* (2010), Fake Dad, God
- *Coach* (1989), Player

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