William Hall is an American actor, director, trainer and mask maker in
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
. 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 Acting from
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
, where he was classmates with
Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actor . 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 is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. Howard the Duck first appeared in ''Adventure into F ...
'' 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
Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...
, and the last remaining “OB” (original brother) of
Fratelli Bologna.
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Filmography
Notes
The Improv Playbook – 370 games for improv performers
External links
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Fratelli Bologna Official siteBATS Improv Official SiteThe Improv Playbook – 370 games for improv performers The Power of Theater GamesHow Well do Executives Trust Their Intuition - Chapter 10 co-authored with Rebecca Stockley
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American directors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies alumni