Jason says on 13/Feb/12
good information Tommy but the height could have been in shoes!

Tommy says on 9/Feb/12
I just found an interview with him where he's described: "Sampson still stands tall (six-feet, 5,5-inches, in fact)." This seems like quite a specific measurement for the interviewer to have made up, and the height of his family members is described, so I think he probably claimed 6'5.5 himself. Whether he was as low is 6'4 is up for questioning.

Tommy says on 9/Feb/12
I found an old newspaper article in the Google archives which describes him as 6'5. It also says that he was already 6'1 by the age of 12, so I assume they asked him his height. I found a few other interviews with him where he's described at 6'5. So 6'5 seems to be what he claimed.

I did find a few descriptions of 6'4, but neither of them were in interviews, so I'd assume they're just guesses. Same for all the 6'7 descriptions.

Jason says on 19/Jan/12
Crazy as it sounds will could have actually been 6'4". He wore platform shoes in a few scenes in cuckoos nest to make him appear taller as the character was meant to be. If you google 'William Sampson' he's actually listed as 6'4".

Sam says on 13/Jan/12
Rob, would you consider splitting the different heights in the quotes here? He really didn't seem as low as 6'5"

Anton says on 12/Jan/12
He absolutely towers everyone in Cuckoo's nest.
I say that 6'6 or 6'7 is his real height.

Cliff Lee says on 17/Dec/11
I met him in 1974. He was Grand Marshall of a local town parade and stopped to grab a beer along the parade route. My brother in law is 6' 5 1/2" and Will was considerably taller than him. I would easily believe 6' 7". He was also a very nice man.

Sam says on 5/Nov/11
I think this is a low listing. He was gigantic-looking in every role and I believe he was closer to 6'7" than 6'5".

Jason Jeffers says on 25/Aug/11
Audiovideo analyist. For the most precise estimations of all check out Will with Don Francks in Fishhawk. Don is 5ft 9 and he comes up to bottom of Will's nose meaning a max 7 inch difference. They both have flat shoes. In Poltergist Will has near 2-3 inch cowboy boots with a big hat. 6ft 4 is very likely. He was made to look bigger in many films he did, and with clever camers angles this appeared so.

AudioVideo analist says on 20/Aug/11
How could Will Sampson be only 1&1/2 inches taller then Craig T. Nelson? Yes he wore a tall hat in poltergiest 2 but the top of his head was closer to 3in higher. I'm going with a reported height of 6'7" to be a little more accurate

Christian says on 19/Feb/11
I've seen several articles including, The New York Times, and various Biographies describing him as 6ft 4in

SolidSnake says on 9/Feb/11
He looked 2M (6'7') In cuckoo's nest I reckon