Johnny Cash Height

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Carloski34 says on 17/Feb/10
Johnny Cash was a big, heavy set guy who was approx 6.2ins! Elvis was a shade over six feet Please view pic of Johnny and Elvis in 1956!

PD David says on 12/Jan/10
I was a busboy in the Le Chateau Resort restaurant in the Pocono mountains, White Haven, Pa. in 1972. We served Johnny Cash at his table. He gave me a $100.00 tip and asked that his water, bread, butter, and clean table be taken care of for the dinner. Johnny Cash was easily 6'5" tall, a very big man. When I shook hands with him, my hand was completely engulfed in his and I have big hands. My dad was a very big man and I estimated Johnny to be my dad's height or slightly taller which would have made him 6'6".

191cm is Royalty says on 12/Dec/09
186-187cm is closer escpecially around the time of his death.

Hugh 191cm says on 22/Oct/09
6 ft 1.25 in (186cm) and Elvis 6 ft 0 in (183cm)

Dylan says on 29/Jul/09
I would give Johhny a legit 6'2.

Frank2 says on 15/Jun/09
I met Cash when he was standing in line in front of me with his two daughters buying tickets to see the film CAMALOT in Westwood when the film was playing a repeat engagement. This was in 1976. I first heard that incrediblt deep, penetrating voice of his and then when he turned I could see it was him. He was over six feet, that's for sure. At least 6'1" but what got me was how big his hands and feet were.

As far as Elvis, I met him, stood right next to him and he and I was very close to the exact same height. Even Elvis stated he was under six feet and did so right next to me. He was joking with some big guy in his group who grabbed him in a headlock. I'd say if I had to wager, Elvis was 5'11", maybe 5'11 1/2". But he wore lifts in his films and especially on stage. He did so in the film he was working on at the time which was THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS. With his lifts he was taller than me by at least an inch, maybe two. But with street shoes on he wasn't six feet.

Tom says on 14/Jun/09
Elvis was 5 ft 11 and 3/4 and Cash was 6 ft 1.5 .....That sounds about right to me.

sam says on 2/Mar/09
He was the tallest member of The Highwaymen. About 4 inches taller than Kris Kristofferson, 1-2 inches taller than Waylon Jennings and about a head taller than Willie Nelson.

mcfan says on 17/Feb/09
Cash was at least a legitimate 6'2, 6'2.5, not 6'1.5. He probably shrunk when he got older.

David Melton says on 2/Dec/08
One book listed Johnny Cash as 6'2". he sang a song about him playing the guitar on the porch and said all 6 feet 2 inches playing the guitar. Sp he's as tall as i am.

Justicejayant says on 29/Jul/08
I have seen his pic with Elvis Presley too, He looks 2 inches taller than him, Elvis was of 6 feet, so cash's height was 6'2.

dfgh says on 1/Jul/08
well theres a pic with him and elvis and he is like 2 or 3 inches taller than elvis so that hights right. and the fact that he said it, i mean he knows his own height

G says on 21/Jan/08
James Hetfield, John C McGinely and Johnny Cash (all my idols) all the same height! kinda funny

Greg says on 14/Jan/08
probably easier to rhyme 6ft2 than 6ft1 and a half though aint it sam =D

Glen says on 9/Jan/08
In response to ancient Aztec guy, Johnny Cash was a good fighter. When he was in the airforce, he beat up two military cops. They tried to steal two cartons of cigarettes from him.

sam says on 4/Dec/07
In his song, "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on my Old Guitar", he sings "I have still got all six foot two in control".

Gene C says on 26/Oct/07
Johnny SERIOUSLY shrunk over the years. He seemed taller than what is listed, of course. I've seen a pic of him and Chuck Berry and they about the same: 6'1 and a half or so. But the point is he SEEMED taller and that is why Phoenix seemed too short to play him, in my book. I was hoping Vince Vaughn had gotten the part, actually.

Anonymous4 says on 27/Sep/07
loves hillbillies: Maybe your dad overestimated his height? :P

Mark says on 19/Sep/07
From the various times I've seen Johnny Cash on TV, he appears more like 5'11 than 6'1".

loves hillbillies says on 24/Aug/07
I think Johnny underestimated his height. I have a picture of my dad and Johnny. It was taken around 1960, before the man in black work boots era -- Johnny dressed like a rockabilly then. My dad was 6'3" and they are the same height. I once asked my dad what kind of shoes Johnny was wearing and daddy said, "plain old black shoes, just like mine".

Hank Snow (Nova Scotia) says on 27/Jun/07
I think Andre looked to be easily 6'2.5" standing next to Eric Clapton in that video on youtube. Maybe even 6'3". Johnny Cash was a big man.

ancient Aztec guy says on 5/May/07
I once saw a picture of Waylon Jenning who I belive is 6'1" Standing next to Johnny.They Looked to be almost the exact same height.Waylon was waering a cowboy hat so it was harder to tell. But I am Afraid I am unable to find it now. He was Likely 6'1.5" or 6'2". I bet he could fight when he was younger. He could probalby fight Gene Simmons (from KISS)no problem.

Roger Field says on 6/Feb/07
I met Johnny Cash with his band about eighteen years ago in the lobby of the Munich Hilton. I showed him my folding electric guitar invention. "I play acoustic' Johnny told me. I told Johnny that I had designed the guitar invention for a mutual friend. "It's sad to see a good man go down!" Johnny said of our mutual friend, I never could figure that one out. I remember Johnny being pretty much the same height as Schwarzenegger and Sean Connery, about 6'2," maybe just a little less. Roger Field

jaaguero says on 5/Feb/07
I think this 6 foot 1.5 is correct, you can check by looking at this video:Click Here , from his show, look at him next to Eric Clapton and Carl Perkins.

MyKat says on 21/Sep/06
I saw Cash a few times in the 70s & 80s and he was much taller than 6' 2", but his boots were very tall. Last time I saw him, his shoes were more normal & more likely 6' 1.5" as he claimed. Besides, we can trust ol' J R !

ancient Aztec Guy says on 3/Sep/06
My Gosh Most sources I have found say Reese Witherspoon was 5'1".I think she`s closer to 4'11" if Joquine Pheonix is only 5'8".By looking at the cover of the Walk the Line DVD I would think that if Joquine Pheonix was standing straighter Reese would come up to the ridge of his nose making Pheonix about 5 inches taller.That`s with her probably 3 inch heels on.Making her no more than 5'0".

Swede says on 28/Aug/06
WALK THE LINE note: Reese Witherspoon is 5'2 (157 cm). Of course Phoenix looks tall.

TR says on 15/Aug/06
I met Johnny Cash at the DFW airport many years ago. I'm 5'11" and
while shaking his hand, I was looking up at him. I noticed he had
boots with probable 2" heels. I would estimate 6'1'min. to 6'2".

Ozzy says on 3/Apr/06
Good acting job, but he wouldn't need lifts to appear taller. Movie makers know all the tricks. Reckon you've seen them used in other movies like "The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey (5'8) Bogart appearing as the tallish Sam Spade, or any Sly movie...

styleforlife says on 14/Mar/06
Phoenix looked in 'Walk the line ' as his own height ..i'm sure he wasn't wearing any lifts..sure it's a little strange because of the huge height difference but Phoenix played the role of Cash perfectly.

MHouillon says on 3/Mar/06
Isn't it weird, that a 173cm guy (Phoenix) plays a 187cm guy (Johnny Cash) ? He must have enormous lifts. But at some point, you can't wear too big lifts, the belt-line would be way too high, your legs would look too long. I think 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cm) would be the limit. Joaquin would need 14cms, that's almost 6 inches !!!
I'd like to see, how they did it in "Walk the line".

Mikex says on 1/Feb/06
I've seen a phot of Cash standing next to the evangelist Billy Graham and he looked about 2 inches shorter. I think Cash was somewhere in the 6'2'' region so his 6.1.5 inch sounds right. When Cash came on the scene in the 50s 6'2'' was big, probably the equivalent of 6'4'' today in relative terms. He did seem to shrink a bit though, I saw him next to George Bush who is 5'11'' and they were the same height.This maybe because Bush had his Texan cowboy boots on though, transforming him into a 6 footer.

sam says on 20/Nov/05
This is a quote from Johnny's brother Tommy talking about Johnny after he returned from his air-force service at 21: "and there was this giant of a man at six foot two or three, and 225 pounds."

Also, through the Browse All Photos link there is Johnny Cash's passport, on which it says he's 6'2".

I know 6'1.5" sounds solid, but Johnny Cash may have underestimate his own height.

[Editor Rob: towards 2000ish I noticed Cash had a couple of inches in height]