Cast & creator
Rich Hall
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: Richard Travis Hall, Richard Hall
39
film credits
37
television credits
61
1962–2025 · acting roles
7.0
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Otis Lee Crenshaw
1993
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
QI
Self
2003QI
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
2003
Top Gear
Self
2002
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Edgar / Eddie
1985
The Running Man
Roberts
2025
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Dictionary Corner
2013
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
Pointless Celebrities
Self - Contestant
2011Pointless Celebrities
Self - Participant
2011
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Monsters
Dr. Blackman
1988
Room 101
Self
1994
Fridays
Self
1980Fridays
Writer
1980
Not Necessarily the News
1983Not Necessarily the News
Writer
1983
Urban Myths
Jimmy Gould
2017
Brave New World
Phillib J. Bream
2020
Arthur Christmas
Idaho Man (voice)
2011
Man on the Moon
Club Patron (uncredited)
1999
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Street Punk (uncredited)
1985
Elliott from Earth
2021
What the Dickens?
Self
2008The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998Stand Up for the Week
2010Stand Up for the Week
Writer
2010
One Crazy Summer
Wilbur
1986
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
2010Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Writer
2010
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Stan
1989
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
2011
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
Otis Lee Crenshaw
2005
A Christmas Number One
Poet
2021
Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
2006Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
Creator
2006
Million Dollar Mystery
Slaughter Buzzárd
1987Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
Self
2013
Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"
Bartender
1986Comic Aid
2005
Rich Hall's Fishing Show
2003
Rich Hall's How The West Was Lost
Himself
2008
Making Qi
Self
2011
Comedy Central Presents: Southern Gents of Comedy
Otis Lee Crenshaw
2006
Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: London, Not Tennessee
Otis Lee Crenshaw
2001
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
Self
2017Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
Writer
2017
Vanishing America
1985Vanishing America
Writer
1985Vanishing America
Executive Producer
1985
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
Himself
2011Rich Hall's Continental Drifters
Writer
2011
Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian
2012
Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
Himself
2013
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
Self
2018Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream
Writer
2018Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party
1990
Rich Hall's The Dirty South
himself
2010Rich Hall's The Dirty South
Writer
2010
Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour
2016
Rich Hall's California Stars
Himself
2014Rich Hall's California Stars
Writer
2014
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match
Himself
2016
Rich Hall's Red Menace
2019
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Himself
2009Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Writer
2009Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy
Director
2009