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Subject: Re: William Shatner (the man, the institution)
Message-ID: <974@trwatf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 13:12:03 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 13:12:03 1985
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In article <1802@ut-ngp.UUCP> sunil@ut-ngp.UUCP (Sunil Trivedi) writes:
> Can anyone help me with the following:
> 
> 	1) How tall is William Shatner (in real life)?
> 	2) How tall is James T. Kirk supposed to be?
> 	3) How tall is T.J. Hooker supposed to be?
> 
> I was told that Bill (I guess I can call him Bill since I've seen
> him many times on TV) is quite short and that he uses special shoes
> and that special lenses are used to make him look much taller.  Any
> facts to clarify these conceptions?

Very true.  The use of special lenses make him look as tall as everyone
else.  Casting makes sure to always hire extras that will be as short
or shorter than Shatner.  Notice that this was not true of Nimoy who
appears quite tall in comparison.

William Shatner is also bald and wears a toupee, contact lenses and
a specially padded uniform to give him that manly "bulked-up" look.

His voice is dubbed in by a Canadian radio actor.
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