film. Hall would go on to reprise the role in the 1990 sequel, this time opposite Danny Glover and Gary Busey. Following his role in Predator, Hall appeared in the feature film Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and had a guest spot on Star Trek: The Next Generation; Hall had been one of the actors considered for the role of Geordi La Forge on the latter, before the role went to LeVar Burton. From 1989 to 1990, he had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom 227. In 1990, Hall reprised his role as Harry in the television series Harry and the Hendersons, based on the 1987 film of the same name. He died during the series' first season. Personal life and death Hall met actress Alaina Reed while taping a guest role on the television show 227. The couple would marry both on the show and in real life. While working on the TV series Harry and the Hendersons, Hall announced that he had contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during surgery for injuries he sustained in a car accident. He died from AIDS-related pneumonia on April 10, 1991, a month short of his 36th birthday. Honors Hall was posthumously inducted into the Penn Hills Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class on May 8, 2009. Filmography See also List of tallest people References External links Sports Reference College Basketball stats 1955 births 1991 deaths 20th-century American male actors African-American male actors AIDS-related deaths in California American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela American male film actors American male television actors American men's basketball players Basketball players from Pittsburgh Deaths from pneumonia in California George Washington Colonials men's basketball players George Washington University alumni Male actors from Pittsburgh