Matthew McGrory
Matthew McGrory, an actor who starred in nearly a dozen Hollywood pictures, died on Aug. 9 of natural causes. He was 32.
A native of West Chester, Pa., McGrory weighed 15 pounds and was 24 inches long at his birth. By the time he reached the first grade, he was over 5 feet tall. From that point on, all of his clothes and shoes had to be handmade at great expense to accommodate his growing dimensions.
McGrory played the drums and attended law school at Widener University, then broke into show business on Howard Stern's radio show in the 1990s. His deep voice was a hit with listeners -- and with people in the industry who hired him to appear in music videos for Iron Maiden and Marilyn Manson.
Acting offers followed as well. McGrory played a human Sasquatch in "Bubble Boy," Tiny Firefly in "House of 1000 Corpses" and its sequel "The Devil's Rejects," an alien in "Men in Black II" and Karl the Giant in the box office hit "Big Fish." He also did guest appearances on the TV shows "The Pretender," "The Drew Carey Show," "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Charmed."
McGrory was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's largest feet (size 29 ½) and for being the world's tallest actor (7 feet, 6 inches). At the time of his death, he was working on a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant.
"Like André, sometimes he just wanted to be able to walk around and be a regular guy and not have people ask him how tall he is or how much he weighs. He wanted to ride in a sports car, and he loved making movies, but it made him sad that he couldn't even go to theaters to watch them because he was too big for the seats," director Drew Sky said.
Matthew McGrory, an actor who starred in nearly a dozen Hollywood pictures, died on Aug. 9 of natural causes. He was 32.
A native of West Chester, Pa., McGrory weighed 15 pounds and was 24 inches long at his birth. By the time he reached the first grade, he was over 5 feet tall. From that point on, all of his clothes and shoes had to be handmade at great expense to accommodate his growing dimensions.
McGrory played the drums and attended law school at Widener University, then broke into show business on Howard Stern's radio show in the 1990s. His deep voice was a hit with listeners -- and with people in the industry who hired him to appear in music videos for Iron Maiden and Marilyn Manson.
Acting offers followed as well. McGrory played a human Sasquatch in "Bubble Boy," Tiny Firefly in "House of 1000 Corpses" and its sequel "The Devil's Rejects," an alien in "Men in Black II" and Karl the Giant in the box office hit "Big Fish." He also did guest appearances on the TV shows "The Pretender," "The Drew Carey Show," "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Charmed."
McGrory was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's largest feet (size 29 ½) and for being the world's tallest actor (7 feet, 6 inches). At the time of his death, he was working on a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant.
"Like André, sometimes he just wanted to be able to walk around and be a regular guy and not have people ask him how tall he is or how much he weighs. He wanted to ride in a sports car, and he loved making movies, but it made him sad that he couldn't even go to theaters to watch them because he was too big for the seats," director Drew Sky said.
