Cleve Hall

{{Short description|Special effects and make-up artist (1959–2021)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cleve A. Hall

| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|06|22}}

| birth_place = Florida, U.S.{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/van-nuys-ca/cleve-hall-10158857|work=Dignity Memorial|title=Cleve Hall Obituary|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230729211207/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/van-nuys-ca/cleve-hall-10158857|archive-date=July 29, 2023|url-status=live}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|03|31|1959|06|22}}

| death_place = Burbank, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Special effects artist
make-up artist
actor}}

}}

Cleve A. Hall (June 22, 1959 – March 31, 2021) was an American special effects artist, make-up artist, and actor who starred on the Syfy reality television series Monster Man.

Career

Hall's first major job as an effects artist was on the 1981 slasher film Nightmare, which was shot on location in Florida near where Hall was living at the time.{{cite AV media|last1=Stafford|first1=Baird|last2=Hall|first2=Cleve|author2-link=Cleve Hall|last3=Ward|first3=Tom|year=2015|orig-year=2011|title=Featurette with Baird Stafford, Cleve Hall, and Tom Ward|medium=Blu-ray documentary feature|work=Nightmare|publisher=Code Red}}

Although digital special effects became more popular in the 1990s, Hall continued using physical based effects and received an Emmy nomination for his work on Yo Gabba Gabba!. He also created props for bands such as KISS (for whom he created Gene Simmons' chest armor),{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/moviestv/fearful-features/7077-qaa-cleve-hall-qmonster-manq|title=Q&A: Cleve Hall, "MONSTER MAN"|author=Joshua Emerick|work=Fangoria|accessdate=15 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521060815/http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/moviestv/fearful-features/7077-qaa-cleve-hall-qmonster-manq|archive-date=21 May 2012|url-status=dead}} Insane Clown Posse, and Alice Cooper.

As an actor, Hall appeared in numerous films beginning in the mid-1980s, most often portraying psychotic killers. In the 2012 film Black Dahlia Haunting, Hall played the killer of Elizabeth Short and won Best Killer Award for his performance at the 2013 Shockfest Film Festival. He also played keyboards in punk and death rock bands, such as Mad Love while living in Florida, and Exquisite Corpse in Los Angeles in the 1980s. He played keyboards with the gothic/Celtic/metal band Urn.

Hall starred in the Syfy reality television series Monster Man, working with Sota F/X.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sotaproductions.net/main/ |title=Sota F/X |access-date=2012-03-29 |archive-date=2013-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317092052/http://sotaproductions.net/main/ |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

Hall had two daughters; Constance and Elora. Constance and Elora were part of his special effects team, and they co-starred on his reality show Monster Man, along with his ex-wife, Sonia Hall.{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/arts/television/monster-man-reality-series-on-syfy.html|title=Up to His Neck in Blood, Shark Heads and Deadlines|work=The New York Times|author=Genzlinger, Neil Genzlinger|date=13 March 2012 |accessdate= April 11, 2012}} Hall resided in Los Angeles with his family.

Death

Hall died at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center on March 31, 2021, in Burbank, California, of congestive heart failure.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cleve-hall-acclaimed-makeup-effects-artist-dies-at-61-4160404/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Cleve Hall, Acclaimed Makeup Effects Artist, Dies at 61|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=April 2, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230410015133/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cleve-hall-acclaimed-makeup-effects-artist-dies-at-61-4160404/|archive-date=April 10, 2023}}