John Bloom (III)

Birthday: Feb 19, 1944
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Bio: The big, beefy and extremely tall John Bloom was an imposingly massive 7 foot, 4 inch bulky hulk of a man who was born on February 19th, 1944. He was originally an accountant who was coerced into acting by legendary Grade Z schlock exploitation drive-in filmmaker Al Adamson. Bloom made his debut as Frankenstein's monster in the hilariously horrible Dracula vs.… More Bio: The big, beefy and extremely tall John Bloom was an imposingly massive 7 foot, 4 inch bulky hulk of a man who was born on February 19th, 1944. He was originally an accountant who was coerced into acting by legendary Grade Z schlock exploitation drive-in filmmaker Al Adamson. Bloom made his debut as Frankenstein's monster in the hilariously horrible Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971). He also appeared in both Brain of Blood (1972) and Angels' Wild Women (1972)_ for Adamson, as well. Among Bloom's more memorable roles are a gentle, dim-witted behemoth handyman who has the head of a vicious criminal killer grafted onto his body in the deliciously cheesy The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971), a murderous extraterrestrial who terrorizes Los Angeles in the not half bad sci-fi/horror outing The Dark (1979), the intimidating bodyguard for an Indian pimp in the hilariously raunchy'n'raucous Bachelor Party (1984), the Reaper in the terrible The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985), and an enormous antagonistic alien who fights with William Shatner in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). John Bloom died of heart failure on January 15th, 1999.