Also known as: William Leroy Engesser Jr., Bill Engesser, Abe Greyhound
Born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
1939-02-21 (age 63 at death)
Died 2002-06-20
William Engesser was born on February 21, 1939 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA as William Leroy Engesser Jr. He was an actor, known for House on Bare Mountain (1962), Switch (1975) and Gator (1976). He was married to Marjorie Idell Gain. He died on June 20, 2002 in Alabama, USA.
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William Engesser (February 21, 1939 – June 20, 2002) was an American film actor known for his height.
Engesser stood 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall. His roles include Jerry Reed's bodyguard in Gator (1976), Richard/"Bigfoot" in The Secrets of Isis (1975), Krakow the Werewolf in the campy House on Bare Mountain (1962), and a bit part as a man in a gym in The Nutty Professor (1963).
He attended El Monte High School in El Monte, California. In high school, he was a highly scouted basketball recruit and was often linked with Wilt Chamberlain due to his height. Engesser attended the University of Southern California and played for their basketball team, the USC Trojans, and was selected by the New York Knicks as the first pick in the 14th round of the 1961 NBA Draft.