He, too, was often cast as inarticulate henchmen and lumbering beasts due to his large frame and deep voice. Then there’s the case of Richard Kiel (1939-2014), who like Hatton was afflicted with acromegaly. Berryman was born with a rare condition called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED), which gave him an unusual and highly memorable appearance - hairless and oddly proportioned, almost like something from an EC comic book brought to life.Īs with Hatton before him, Berryman found himself typecast as monsters, psychopaths, and thugs starting in the mid-1970s, though he seemed considerably more at ease with his creepy reputation than the melancholy Hatton had been. Three decades later, Los Angeles-born actor Michael Berryman (1948- ) embarked upon a strikingly similar screen career.
He typically played characters with names like The Creeper, Moloch the Brute, and Mario the Monster Man.
Rondo Hatton (1894-1946) - an actor whose facial and bodily features were distorted by a condition called acromegaly - was tastelessly touted in the 1940s as the only movie monster who didn’t need makeup.
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