Randal Allen Mihailoff (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor and former

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Career

Mihailoff's first role was in the 1980 science fiction film ''

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''. He is best known for portraying

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in the film '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', the third in ''

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'' series of movies.

Paranormal group

In his free time, Mihailoff has ghost hunted in a

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group called the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. It is a "group of people who normally make a living by trying to scare other people. Everybody in the group has something to do with horror movies." The group was founded by Kane "Jason" Hodder, who played the lead role of

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in the ''Friday the 13th'' series, and his partner Rick "Stuntman" McCullum, a Hollywood stuntman and actor who doubles for horror film actors like

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. They formed the team after filming ''Fallen Angels'' at Mansfield Reformatory, where they claim to have had a paranormal experience in one of the cell blocks. On January 7, 2011, ''Hollywood Ghost Hunters'' was featured on the "

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Filmography

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