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William Hall (actor)
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William Hall is an actor, director, trainer, mask maker in San Francisco, California. He is the editor of The Playbook, Improv Games for Performers.
Hall first became involved in acting when he took a drama class while attending Maggie L. Walker high school in Richmond, Virginia. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama from Boston University, where he was classmates with Geena Davis
. After graduation, Hall came to San Francisco to pursue theater.
He has appeared in film and television including The Right Stuff, Twisted, Howard the Duck
and Midnight Caller
. He was one of the Nazis in the final ark scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
Hall is one of the founding members of BATS Improv
, an improvisational theatre
, and the last remaining “OB” (original brother) of Fratelli Bologna
.
Hall first became involved in acting when he took a drama class while attending Maggie L. Walker high school in Richmond, Virginia. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama from Boston University, where he was classmates with Geena Davis
Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist...
. After graduation, Hall came to San Francisco to pursue theater.
He has appeared in film and television including The Right Stuff, Twisted, Howard the Duck
Howard the Duck
Howard the Duck is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. The character first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, anthropomorphic, "funny...
and Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio...
. He was one of the Nazis in the final ark scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
.
Hall is one of the founding members of BATS Improv
BATS Improv
BATS Improv is a non-profit improvisational theatre company in San Francisco. Founded in 1986, their unique style of acting-based improvisational theatre is well-known in improv circles around the world...
, an improvisational theatre
Improvisational theatre
Improvisational theatre takes many forms. It is best known as improv or impro, which is often comedic, and sometimes poignant or dramatic. In this popular, often topical art form improvisational actors/improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously...
, and the last remaining “OB” (original brother) of Fratelli Bologna
Fratelli Bologna
Fratelli Bologna is a business theater company based in San Francisco.The group brings their theater skills to the business world through engaging trade show presentations, creativity training, improv training, meeting facilitation and theatrical interventions during conferences...
.