Rich Hall
Biography
Richard Travis Hall is an American comedian, writer, documentary maker and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and Saturday Night Live.
Known For
Man on the Moon
Club Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Christmas
Idaho Man (voice)
The Running Man
Roberts
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Street Punk (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
One Crazy Summer
Wilbur
Elliott from Earth
A Christmas Number One
Poet
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Filmography
Acting (58)
Movies (30)
The Running Man
2025as Roberts
A Christmas Number One
2021as Poet
Rich Hall's Red Menace
2019
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
2018as Self
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
2017as Self
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
2016as Himself
Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour
2016
Rich Hall's California Stars
2014as Himself
Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
2013as Himself
Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
2013as Self
Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian
2012
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
2011as Himself
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011as Self
Arthur Christmas
2011as Idaho Man (voice)
Making Qi
2011as Self
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
2010as himself
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
2009as Himself
Rich Hall's How The West Was Lost
2008as Himself
Comedy Central Presents: Southern Gents of Comedy
2006as Otis Lee Crenshaw
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2005as Otis Lee Crenshaw
Comic Aid
2005
Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: London, Not Tennessee
2001as Otis Lee Crenshaw
Man on the Moon
1999as Club Patron (uncredited)
Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party
1990
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989as Stan
Million Dollar Mystery
1987as Slaughter Buzzárd
Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"
1986as Bartender
One Crazy Summer
1986as Wilbur
Vanishing America
1986
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985as Street Punk (uncredited)
Television (28)
Elliott from Earth
2021
Brave New World
2020as Phillib J. Bream
Urban Myths
2017as Jimmy Gould
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013as Self - Dictionary Corner
Pointless Celebrities
2011as Self - Contestant
Stand Up for the Week
2010
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
2010
What the Dickens?
2008as Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007as Self
Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
2006
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005as Self
QI
2003as Self - Panellist (archive footage)
Rich Hall's Fishing Show
2003
Top Gear
2002as Self
The Entertainment Biz
1998as Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996as Self
Good News Week
1996as Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994as Self
Room 101
1994as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985as Edgar / Eddie
Not Necessarily the News
1983
Fridays
1980as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Various Characters
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Panellist
Crew (13)
Movies (9)
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
2018Writer
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
2017Writer
Rich Hall's California Stars
2014Writer
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
2011Writer
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
2010Writer
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
2009Director
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
2009Writer
Vanishing America
1986Executive Producer
Vanishing America
1986Writer
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