Richard Travis Hall (June 10, 1954) is an American comedian, writer, documentarian, and musician beset known for Not Necessarily the News (1982-1990), Arthur Christmas (2011), and Otis Lee Crenshaw Live (2001).
He is married to Karen Hall and they have two children.
Writer
- 1980: The David Letterman Show
- 1980-1982: Fridays (48 episodes)
- 1982: No Soap, Radio
- 1982-1984: Late Night With David Letterman (41 episodes)
- 1982-1990: Not Necessarily the News (52 episodes)
- 1984-1985: Saturday Night Live (18 episodes)
- 1986: Vanishing America (also producer)
- 1987: Our Planet Tonight (also producer)
- 1987: The Rich Hall Show (also producer)
- 1990: Rich Halls TV Dinner Party
- 1990: Onion World With Rich Hall
- 1992: Say What
- 1995: Get Serious
- 1995: Viva Vietnam A White Trash Adventure Tour (short)
- 1997: Sunday Service
- 1998: The 11 O Clock Show
- 1999: Mark Lamarr Leaving The20th Century
- 2000: Happy Hour
- 2001: Badly Funded Think Tank
- 2001: Otis Lee Crenshaw Live
- 2003: Comedy Central Presents
- 2003: Fishing Show
- 2004-2009: The Haifax Comedy Fest (5 episodes)
- 2008: How The West Was Lost
- 2009: Rich Hall Hell No Im Aint Happy
- 2010: Rich Halls The Dirty South
- 2011: Rich Hallscontinental Drifters
- 2011: Stand Up For The Week
- 2012: Rich Halls Inventing The Indian
- 2013: 10 O'Clock Live
- 2013: Rich Halls You Can Go To Hell Im Going To Texas
- 2014: Rich Halls California Stars
- 2016: Rich Halls Presidential Grudge Match
- 2017: Rich Halls Countrier Than You
- 2018: Rich Halls Working For The American Dream
- 2019: Rich Halls Red Menace
Actor
- 1982-1990: Not Necessarily the News as Rich Hall (53 episodes)
- 1983: The Lost Satellite
- 1984-1985: Saturday Night Live as Daniel Gregory/Various (16 episodes)
- 1985: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment as Street Punk (Uncredited Role)
- 1986: One Crazy Summer as Wilbur
- 1986: Harry Andersons Hello Sucker as Bartender
- 1987: Million Dollar Mystery as Slaughter
- 1987: D.C. Follies as Rich Hall
- 1989: Monsters as Dr. Blackman
- 1989: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Edgar/Eddie
- 1989: C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Stan
- 1989: True Blue as ESU Technician
- 1999: GNW Night Lite as Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 1999: Man on the Moon as Club Patron (uncredited)
- 2001: Otis Lee Crenshaw Live as Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2003: Live Floor Show as Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2005: Alan Partridge Presents The Cream Of British Comedy as Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2006: The Lives Of The Saints as Club Performer
- 2011: Arthur Christmas as Idaho Man
- 2015: Cockroaches as Pete
- 2015-2018: Thunderbirds Are Go as Capt. Lee Taylor (3 episodes)
- 2016: Drunk History: UK as Flight Lt. Wally Floody
- 2019: Urban Myths as Jimmy Gould
- 2020: Brave New World as Phillib J. Bream
- 2021: A Christmas Number One as Poet
Producer
- 1988: Two Hip Four TV
