How tall was Will Sampson

American actor, best remembered for films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Poltergeist II, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Orca. His son said in a 2000 interview (chicago times) "My father was 6-feet-7, so I looked up to him in every way", although in a 1976 courier times had been described "6ft 5, 250lbs".