Tiny Ron Taylor Tiny Ron Taylor Ronald "Tiny Ron" Taylor (born November 21, 1947) is an American film actor and former basketball player. He is possibly best known as Lothar in "The Rocketeer" (1991) and as Roc in "" (1994), roles that exploited his 7 ft (2.13 m) frame and craggy features. He also played Al, the tall police detective whose face is never seen, in "The Naked Gun" (1988) and on the TV series "Police Squad!". He has also appeared on television, including seven episodes of "" as the Hupyrian manservant Maihar'du, and two episodes of "" as the alpha Idrin. Taylor
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