Eddie Carmel
Actor
March 16, 1936 — August 14, 1972 (36 years)
Eddie Carmel, born Oded Ha-Carmeili (Hebrew: עודד הכרמלי) (March 16, 1936 – August 14, 1972) was an Israeli-born American entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy." Carmel was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 feet (274 cm) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) and 9 ft 0.625 inches (276 cm) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 3 tall.
Filmography
| 1972 | Sisters · as GiantOn Plex |
| 1963 | 50,000 B.C. (Before Clothing) · as Gorax |
| 1962 | The Brain That Wouldn't Die · as MonsterOn Plex |