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jtm says on 2/Jul/10
i would say 5'6.5 nowadays and a little under 5'8 at his peak.
Anonymous says on 21/Apr/10
Yah I think shat's about 5'8.5", or 5'9" now.
Check out this vid of shat singing a duet with Lin Yu Chun, who says his height is 171cm.
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Shat's about an inch or so taller, which would make him about 5'9" guyfrommars says on 5/Mar/10
Yes, agreed with Bob. As I said before, the Star Trek cast wore different types of boots during the three seasons. The first season boots had much bigger heels (2 inches?) than the later versions. Bob says on 26/Feb/10
Shatner was 5'8.5"
Nimoy was 5'11.5"
Kelley was 5'10.5" in their primes
First yr, Shatner wore 2 inch heels to get to 5'10.5"
Nimoy wore 1.5 heels= 6'1", Kelley wore 1.5 heels= 6'
second yr, they all wore 1 inch heels
third yr, they all wore flats but Shatner who wore 1.5 heels= 5'10" Big T says on 12/Feb/10
Yeah...he looked AT LEAST 5'8" with Bret Hart Anonymous says on 2/Feb/10
3 inches between him and bret hart last night Kurt says on 15/Jan/10
I literally bumped into Shatner coming off an elevator at the MGM Grand in June 2001 (with a stunning, much taller blonde on his arm). I'm 5-8, and I was definitely looking down at the top of his expensive hair. Truly, I'd say 5-4, 5-5 tops. rerek says on 12/Jan/10
He Looks about 5'6 or 5'7 here: Click Here Kull says on 26/Dec/09
I saw him at a convention in 1989. He was five foot eight. He might have been five nine in his prime. Mamun says on 16/Dec/09
The date of that picture was 12 th July 2008 at around 2.30 pm !
Regards
Supermun guyfrommars says on 13/Dec/09
Shatner still used to wear some obvious looking shoes on occasions:
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And here's the young Shatner 50 years ago, wearing lifts-suspicious shoes:
Click Here Shock says on 12/Dec/09
Shatner looks no more than 5'7" today, probably 5'8" and some change peak, maybe 5'9".
Conan O'Brien recently came out a complete full head taller than Shatner on the Tonight Show, so even if we low-balled it 9" taller, at 6'3.75" maybe 6'4" even at the tallest for Conan, the most we're seeing for the Shat Man is 5'7", and I'd even go as low as 5'6.5". My best friend is 6'3.5" (verified), I'm 5'8" and come out noticeably better on him than Shatner does on Conan. Full head taller than me guys usually are between 6'5" and 6'6".
One other thing to point out, I think 5'8.25" is a wakeup height for Mamun, we need him to reverify because the pics I saw from the convenience store put him at just under 5'8". Also, when is this pic from? Leung says on 29/Nov/09
Tilt or no tilt, Shatner looks at least the same height if not slightly taller than Mamun. Shatner is not under 5'8". Vegas says on 26/Nov/09
the photo is tilted not the room lol, its not hard to understand sf says on 24/Nov/09
no, no no - you can't just tilt the picture and "correct" it. The tilt is very well due to perspective. I doubt they have Shatner on a table that is on a slanted floor, slanting down. The wall just appears to be rising away from shatner. I am sure they are on level ground. No way taller than 5'7". RisingForce says on 23/Nov/09
SF, look at the version of the picture Vegas posted where the tilt was corrected. Click Here
Shatner does not look shorter to Mamun there. guyfrommars says on 23/Nov/09
Shatner definately had a height complex in his youth, he wore the most outrageous lifts and elevator shoes. See the talk show I linked.
Nowadays he's possible shorter, but in his younger days he was 5ft8 - 5ft9 as with lifts he didn't seem to be much shorter than Nimoy. Or Nimoy wasn't the 6ft1 he claimed to be? sf says on 13/Nov/09
Obviously shorter than Mamun, evidence says no taller than 5'7", but Rob still lists him at 5'8". How much is he paying you? lol... Lozzer says on 12/Nov/09
Noel Gallagher: "William Shatner walked in this lift we was in, dead little!"... Noel is 5'8" HAHA! Wrong! guyfrommars says on 11/Oct/09
Sorry, here's the link (I forgot it yesterday):
Click Here guyfrommars says on 10/Oct/09
Bob Justman writes in the Inside Star Trek book that Shatner wore lifts to reach his advertised height of 5ft11. He was no taller than 5ft9 or even 5ft8.
Look at this page (scroll down) to see the boots Shatner wore in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. They have ca. 2-inch heels. Compare them with 5ft6 Walter Koenig's ca. 1-inch boots (above on the same page), they definately used methods like this to make Shatner appear taller. Frank2 says on 2/Sep/09
That 1969 Mike Douglas show is telling. I knew Mike. He was a very close friend of my parents going back to the 1940s. I last saw Mike about two years before he died. He was 5'8" prime. Notice that Shatner with those humungous elevators is slightly taller. Mike in regular shoes with one inch heels would have been 5'9". Shatner in those lifts appears to be about 5'10". RisingForce says on 2/Sep/09
Yeah, it does look like he's wearing elevator shoes in that video from 1969. His height looks very unnatural there as well. Frank2 says on 22/Aug/09
In JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961), Shatner was the same height as 5'8" Spencer Tracy so I assume his peak height was 5'8".
Shatner is the shortest person in this group shot which includes Sandra Bullock:
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These days I suspect Shatner is no more than 5'7". He appeared to be shorter than James Spader on the TV series BOSTON LEGAL and Spader isn't exactly tall. His bio claims he's 5'10", but in reality he's no more than 5'9". Anonymous says on 21/Aug/09
At least 5'9 peak, if he is the same height as a 5'8.25 young guy now at a million years old, he would have been taller at his peak in the early to mid 1960's! guyfrommars says on 28/Jul/09
Yes, agreed with Johnny Frogman. He looked very short next to 6ft4 Conan. Definately not taller than 5ft8 nowadays or even shorter than that. Plus he doesn't have his huge lifts anymore.
Here's the link for you:
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A much older (1969) show with Shatner, you can easily spot the huge elevator shoes he's wearing:
Click Here Johnny Frogman says on 27/Jul/09
Shatner was on Conan tonight, the top of his head was plum even with Conan's shoulder. I would say 5'6" to Conan's 6'4". But what do I know? I'm not a goddamned height expert like alot of the people here who are capable of scrutinizing heights in increments of 1/8". Me says on 17/Jul/09
William Shatner was NEVER 5'9... MHouillon says on 24/Jun/09
Again: 5'8.5 (174cm) in his prime,
5'7.5 (171cm) nowadays. guyfrommars says on 14/Jun/09
Seen a video recently of Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley on a 1990s convention with Shatner and Nimoy wearing flats, Kelley cowboy boots. Shatner looks short next to Kelley (5ft10 - 5ft11.5 in those boots) and Nimoy is taller than both of them. leonari says on 4/Jun/09
Frank2: Have you met Shatner in his prime? Was he really 5'9"?? RisingForce says on 24/May/09
look at him in sandals next to leonard nimoy in normal shoes. Click Here Click Here Click Here shatner has a big posture advantage in the first 2 pictures which is why the difference seems barely 2 inches. in the 3rd picture shatner doesn't have the same visible posture advantage, but the difference still seems like it's only 3 inches. nimoy is listed at 5-11.75 here. 5-8 minimum for shatner, even today. guyfrommars says on 12/May/09
They had two kind of boots in Star Trek. In the first season all the male and female crewmembers wore a taller, 2-inch heels version, while they changed to a smaller, 1-inch or less version in the latter two seasons.
However most of Shatner's girlfriends (not those who served on the Enterprise, but the "alien babes") wore ballet slippers or gladiator sandals (or barefoot!) all the time to make Shatner in his boots look taller.
And, although mainly all the main Enterprise crewmembers wore the 2-inch boots in season 1, they used this "trickery" on some guest stars. See my previous post, you can see Montalban wearing flat boots next to Shatner's 2-inch heeled ones. Vegas says on 3/May/09
you get a great shot of both kirk and spocks footwear 1min 10secs in here, like i said previous all members of the crew wore identical footwear Click Here M2 says on 20/Apr/09
I've seen Shatner in person twice. The first time involved an audience, and I was able to speak with him backstage. He seemed about an inch shorter than my 5'9.5", which was about what I had expected. The second time was when I literally ran into him in the lobby of a studio, where there was no chance of an audience. That time he seemed about three inches shorter than my 5'9.5". I leave the implications to any who wishes to contemplate them. Vegas says on 9/Apr/09
guyfrommars says on 9/Apr/09
They used trickery like this to make Shatner look taller as Captain Kirk (most of his girlfriends are wearing ballet slippers of flat gladiator sandals next to his 2-inch heels), so take this into account.
all the crew wore the same heeled boots even the females so it wasn't just kirk alone, kirk is there third from left Click Here guyfrommars says on 9/Apr/09
Here you can compare the 2-inch high heel boots Shater is wearing to the flat ones of Montalban from the same episode:
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(if the links seem to be broken, just push enter once more)
They used trickery like this to make Shatner look taller as Captain Kirk (most of his girlfriends are wearing ballet slippers of flat gladiator sandals next to his 2-inch heels), so take this into account. Unknown says on 8/Apr/09
You people really do waste a lot of time worrying about other people's height. You're either cocky because you're tall, or parinoid because you consider your self short. If everyone was 6'2, and exactly the same, this world would be a boring place. Get a life. Antonio says on 28/Mar/09
Rick, Montalban has one leg that is 1.5-2.0" shorter than the other. His height will depend on which leg he is standing on.
I know this because it can be seen when he is walking on camera. An old friend, who met him verified this. She told me she would guess 5-10 for him. Rick says on 27/Mar/09
In this picture Shatner and Montalban look the same height:
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and Montalban was like 5'11" or 6' sodapop says on 22/Mar/09
He's 5'7" , looks too short to be 5'9" I'm 5'9" and he looks short Doug says on 19/Mar/09
Definately between 5'8" or 5'9". Looks quite stocky these days too. Looked 5'9" on Jonathan Ross max. |
