Dylan says on 21/Jun/09
Before I saw Roger Daltrey's photo with Glenn I would have accepted him as 5'7", the member of the band who looked really short to me was Keith Moon and he is listed as 5'9" which I find difficult to believe. He always looked shorter than Daltrey to me.

anon says on 12/May/09
He's 5' 7".

T.J. says on 3/Feb/09
this is another T.J. for all those who respond to my comment.
He looked 5'6.5" in the 60's, but looks more 5'6" now

TJ says on 21/Dec/08
Not true dudemister. The pics show around 2 inches between Fox and Daltrey. No way five. Here's three examples. Click Here Click Here Click Here So yes, it's difficult seeing Fox at more than 5'3.5.

dudemister says on 6/Dec/08
Theres a pic where him and michael J fox look to have about 4-5 inches difference between them so I dunno maybe fox needs to be downgraded

sf says on 14/Nov/08
Seen Daltrey in too many things, and can't go over 5'5". In an episode of that 70's show, he's easily 2-3 inches shorter than Fez. But, again, who cares? Plus, Glenn is only 5'4"...Glenn, just trying to set you off!!!

Donatello says on 13/Nov/08
Still seems to be a solid 5'6" to me though, Rob. Although that is his morning height and Glenn is at his lowest, so I can see where your getting 5'5" 1/2 from.

sf says on 12/Nov/08
Naw, Glenn, I haven't posted for 3 or 4 months, actually. Just came back, so was surprised to see you.

Donatello says on 12/Nov/08
I see 5'6" 1/2 - 3/4, maybe even 5'7". I don't look this tall next to my dad, and I'm about 5'6" 1/2 and my dads around 5'8". Although pictures can be decieving, in some pictures I can look the same height as my dad, but in the mirror standing with us both standing the same distance away from it you can see he is clearly taller.

glenn says on 12/Nov/08
read clays comment. sf-thats a suprise cause i saw you post on the day of my return.maybe you just missed me.

Anonymous says on 12/Nov/08
Alot of the time height confuses me because I measure myself at 5'9 and my mum is 5'7 and sometime even when she is not in footwear and I am we look the same height or maybe I'm just a tad taller than her, but I think now she is like 5'6 and a half, and 5'3 goes below my eye, am I measuring myself properly or?? because people always mension how tall I am and I think sometimes I could even be over 5'9.

Sean says on 11/Nov/08
I didn't realize he was so short. WOW!

sf says on 11/Nov/08
Glenn, I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not! Heck, I didn't even know you were back til the other day!

derek d says on 11/Nov/08
Glenn has a strong 2 inches on him don't let the other guy's hair fool you

Aaron says on 11/Nov/08
Is Roger Daltrey shrinking? His listed height seems to be going down on here and he looks shorter in every photograph.

Derek says on 11/Nov/08
Shawn- Glenn said he's 5'8" out of bed, so the lowest he would be at midday is 5'7.5".

Brad says on 11/Nov/08
He's serious, finally.

Shawn Jones says on 11/Nov/08
Glenn, are you seriously 5-6.5 in this pic, or was that a sarcastic comment? Because I've never heard of anybody shrinking an inch-and-a-half from their morning height. Hell, most people don't even shrink a full inch.

Clay says on 11/Nov/08
LoL, I love your suttle humour Glenn. Sad thing though, I think Brad still actually thinks you're 5'6.5, and isnt just some troll.

glenn says on 11/Nov/08
sf-yes,thats what i always remembered him at.he looked 5-6 this week,3 months ago.last week he looked 5-5 to me again.

glenn says on 11/Nov/08
sf-yes,thats what i always remembered him at.he looked 5-6 this week,3 months ago.last week he looked 5-5 to me again.

glenn says on 11/Nov/08
derek-newark departures.

glenn says on 11/Nov/08
thanks danimal.didnt try.seem to lose in the summer.i bloat in winter.

glenn says on 11/Nov/08
yes,very,very short.cause im very short at 5-6.5

Danimal says on 11/Nov/08
Glenn, you look like you trimmed down some man. Good job. Keep it up!

sf says on 11/Nov/08
Don't think he's anything over 5'5" these days.

Derek says on 10/Nov/08
Glenn- Was this at LaGuardia Airport?

Clay says on 10/Nov/08
I see two inches.

glenn says on 10/Nov/08
i was up from the day before with little sleep to begin with,and was sick.roger just woke up.this was 720am.i never went to sleep.

glenn says on 10/Nov/08
big king-go worry your not 6-7.

Big King says on 10/Nov/08
Come on rob, glenn doesn't even have two inches on Rodger.

Brad says on 10/Nov/08
Now I know why he wore giant heeled boots in the seventies.....he's really really short.

Lmeister says on 10/Nov/08
We gotta remeber that Roger prefers really high heeled boots, giving him 1 inch extra compared to normal casual shoes.

Rizo says on 15/May/08
John Mayer's about 6'3" and Pino Palladino towers above him so I imagine hes round the 6'6" 6'7" mark

Zedrick says on 18/Jan/08
I always find it funny when the lead singer of prominent rock bands are short guys. It just looks like they are these tall rock Gods or something.

Sherry says on 3/Jan/08
I don't care how tall he is. He is sooo hot! I'm an American woman more than half Roger's age. I never get around to looking at his height because I can't stop looking at his fabulous arms. His biceps are a site to behold. What a body! The pictures of him in the Tommy era with the open jacket, showing his chest is the hottest thing I have ever seen. Yum Yum.

glenn says on 31/Oct/07
i was there anthony.very briefly.i felt it was a waste of my time and left in seconds when i saw too many people outside.what am i to accomplish?.he isnt great in crowds.he isnt nice at all actually.he would have to be nice at his own function though.inside.i went off and one on one got stewart copeland instead who pretty much told me its over after the tour.

Anthony says on 31/Oct/07
I met Roger tonight at the premiere of the new Who documentary in the city. I got up close and managed to get his autograph. He's no more than 5'6 and that was in thick shoes. 5'5 would be more accurate. Nice guy, too, though I didn't really have time to chat with him.

John T says on 18/Sep/07
You mentioned Pino Palladino earlier. I met him several times in the early 80s when he was a lowly bassist for Welsh rock bands (albeit a brilliant bassist!). I'm 5'11" and he possitively towered above everyone in the venue. He's got to be at least 6'4". His bass guitars (all long scale ones) are dwarfed fy his frame.

glenn says on 31/Aug/07
exactly.

Mr Man says on 30/Aug/07
Roger's my friend's cousin and I've met him a few times and he's definately around the 5'5"/5'6" mark.

Alexander says on 2/Apr/07
5-5, maybe 5-5.25 tops

rogfan says on 14/Mar/07
I saw him in concert. He seems so tiny and Im 5'5.

He seems roughly my height :3 maybe a tad bigger.

still quite good looking no matter how tall he is -cough-

Hannah says on 8/Feb/07
Wow, I'm taller than one of my idols, [5'10 chick here]. But he's still hot as crazy.

Glenn says on 19/Jan/07
Interesting.I read those magazines.dont remember anything like that.5-6 is generous for this man.he can look 5-5 when I see him.

Garry says on 19/Jan/07
he's 5'5", interesting he admitted it but he's never seemed as self conscious about his height as a lot of shorter rock stars (cough..bono..cough). he got all the girls anyway...

Genevieve Hay says on 1/Jan/07
Roger's height may always remain a mystery... this year alone, he's said he was 5'5" in one magazine, 5'6" in Q mag, and 5'7" in Mojo. The 5'7" was during a part of the interview where he was laughing off his "rock god" 70's image, so it makes me wonder if 5'7" is his heeled and big hair height, 5'6" is with his present-day thick-soled shoes, and 5'5" is barefoot. Pardon the pun, but Who knows?

Dave Marsh's biography Before I Get Old just describes him as being somewhere between 5'5" and 5'7", so I'm guessing he doesn't exactly announce his true stature.

Anthony says on 7/Dec/06
Nowadays, Roger wears casual shoes with chunky soles.

Brad says on 4/Dec/06
Roger wore hilarious high heel boots in concert in the 70's. The '71 tour with the huge heels and huge hair made him look 6'. I've seen him on every tour since '74 and his heel has come down every tour, the doo too.

Anthony says on 11/Nov/06
I don't ever recall Roger's footwear ever being as outlandish as Elton's. I read somewhere, I think here, that Elton once wore 8 inch platforms. But yeah, both of them are notorious for big footwear. Heck, I've noticed most rock singers, or at least the most famous ones (Daltrey, Jagger, Mercury, Morrison, Tyler, etc.) are or were all short (some average) except for Plant (and even he insisted on big footwear despite being 6'1). Guess their heights don't matter, since they have enough of charisma and presence that their heights are of secondary concern...at least to the fans.

sf says on 9/Nov/06
I say, you're short, you're short. Daltrey's got nothing to be ashamed of. Few rock stars and bands can, and will EVER be able to claim what he and The Who can. Too bad everyone always wants or expects, people to be taller. And, too bad people like him and Elton, etc. buy into it and wear those damn lifts all of the time.

Glenn says on 8/Nov/06
I saw Roger in sandels,last time I met him 2001.I was surprised he would embarress himself like that.5-5.

Glenn says on 7/Nov/06
In his dreams 5-7.thats like 5-5 Phil Collins at 5-8.

Tom T. says on 7/Nov/06
5-7 in boots possibly (tends to wear chunky shoes but not Bono-level; incidentally haven't seen a pic of the two together but I'd wager they're about the same height, barefoot, 5-5 and change).

Padraig says on 6/Nov/06
Rob had this quote by Roger: "I'm rock god. I'm five foot seven inches. I had my jaw broken and so my chin stuck out."

Tom T. says on 6/Nov/06
Yes, Roger is probably closer to 5-5 than 5-6.

Anthony says on 4/Nov/06
Sorry, Anonymous was me.

Anonymous says on 4/Nov/06
5'4 too's low for Roger. 5'6 peak, 5'5 now.

Glenn says on 2/Nov/06
5-5 min.

Rackon says on 2/Nov/06
As related in another thread...

I would bet Roger Daltrey is under 5'6". He seemed 5'4" or 5'5" to me 25 years ago - I doubt he's grown any. I met him at a Who press conference - when he got up out of his chair, he didn't seem to get any taller. It was a shock, I can tell you. I thought he must have been t least 5'9". Nope. I'm 5'11" and I felt like I was looking down on top of his head!

Anthony says on 31/Oct/06
I agree, Pino looks very tall to me. But he is definitely skinny.

Tom T. says on 31/Oct/06
Haven't met him yet but from pictures Pino seems to be in the 6-3 or 6-4 range (but very skinny). One clue to guitarist/bassist heights is to look at the proportion of their instrument to their body - such as Angus Young who is dwarfed by his, Townshend who looks about 6 ft, and Pino who makes his bass look smaller.

Glenn says on 22/Oct/06
Your right.

Anthony says on 22/Oct/06
Oh, sorry then. He looks at least 6'1 to me. He seems pretty tall.

Glenn says on 21/Oct/06
Funny how I never saw Pino when they were in town last month.

Anthony says on 20/Oct/06
Hey Glenn, do you know how tall Pino Palladino, the current bassist, is? He looks pretty tall.

Glenn says on 18/Oct/06
Did you notice his footwear Jason?

Jason says on 17/Oct/06
I met John Entwistle on several occasions. I am 6'1" tall and John was a couple inches shorter than I am. In his younger years I suppose he could've been close to 6'.

Glenn says on 14/Oct/06
He gave me the strange illusion.

Anthony says on 13/Oct/06
I think Entwistle was 5'10-ish barefoot (178-179 cm), but with the right shoes was nearer to Pete's height (which I still believe was at his peak 6'2, especically after the May pic). I don't think John was only 5'8. Maybe it was a posture thing.

Glenn says on 13/Oct/06
Amazingly,Enthwistle did look a giant in every old photo I saw.I couldve sworn he was 5-8.5-11 in heels.must dig the pics out.he did wear megaheels in the old days too.

Anthony says on 12/Oct/06
5'8 seems right for Moon. He was a small guy. But he made up for his larger than life personality.

Middle-sized Cat says on 5/Oct/06
Saw Moon listed as 5'8" once. Maybe he was wearing heels. He was very chummy with the late Harry Nilsson; now HE was tall - 6'4"!

Anthony says on 5/Sep/06
Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to it. I have a feeling this will overtake The Rolling Stones' '03 concert at MSG as my favorite.

And the new album will be great.

Tubbs says on 5/Sep/06
Saw them at the Isle of Wight festival in 2004, even though it was just Roger and Pete from the original line up, they blew the rest of the bands away that weekend....they showed a few of the young bands how to put on a rock show i.e Snow Patrol, Electric Soft Parade, Ordinary Boys,even The Manics. Roger did look around the 5'6 mark when stood next to the 6'0 Townshend though.

Glenn says on 5/Sep/06
Im excited about new album too.have a killer pic of me and Daltry where he still has long hair.

Steven says on 5/Sep/06
It should be a great show Anthony. Have seen them about 13 times (unfortunately never with Moon), and the new album should be killer from the bit I've heard. Roger's in damn good shape for a rocker his age.

Glenn says on 3/Sep/06
Though he cant sing,David Lee Roth(6ft) is my God.

Anthony says on 2/Sep/06
Yes, I agree, Steven. Him, Plant, Mercury and Jagger are the best frontmen in rock. I also agree that their larger than life presences make them seem taller (though Plant was legitimately tall to begin with at 6'1)

I'm actually seeing The Who next month, so I'll know what it's like to really see the man in action.

Steven says on 31/Aug/06
Probly closer to 5-5 than 5-6. Tons of personality and stage presence though so seems taller. Cool guy.

Anthony says on 4/Aug/06
I have a poster in my room of the band. They're all kneeling down, so it might be hard to compare exact heights, but it's easy to tell that Daltrey standing up is no more than 5'6. I initially thought 5'10 because of the shoes and hair, but after looking at early pics of the group, it's clear he's a very small man.

As he sang in "Substitute", "I look pretty tall but my heels are high."

Brad says on 3/Aug/06
About 5' 6". He's the only person I've seen in obvious elevator sneakers. He looks really old if you catch him in reading glasses and from a foot away. Moon I met only a few weeks before he died. I knew he wasn't going to do any tour with The Who. He looked like a 55 year old butler. He said the word "Dear" in every sentance. "Dear boy", "Oh dear", "Dear me".

rod says on 25/Feb/06
there's a pic in which he seems taller than keith moon...but as editor rob said, he was wearing cowboy boots, i think he must be between 5'6" & 5'7".

[Editor Rob: in the past he has worn those boots. Check his latest pics on wireimage beside pheonix, danny baker etc...]

CelebHeights Editor says on 17/Feb/06
From a 1996 book, Rock and Roll, social history, it described him as "5ft 5"

McFan says on 8/Aug/05
I thought Eddie Vedder (5'7) was about an inch taller than Daltrey.

sf says on 6/Jul/05
A co-worker of mine met Roger when she was in high school. Had her picture taken with him at the airport. I am a little over 5'6". My co-worker said he was my height or a little shorter.

British Guy says on 4/Jul/05
Rob,

I Have To Disagree Here,

Roger Is At Least Two Inch Below This Mark...

How Could I Convince You To Change The Height To Something More Realistic?

Kat says on 1/May/05
I have met Roger on several occassions. I am 5'8" and he is no where near 5"7". More like 5'5.5" to 5'6". Way short.