John Bloom(1944-1999)

At 7 feet 4 inches tall, Bloom was the tallest actor to date to ever play the Frankenstein Monster in the history of film and the closest an actor playing the Monster has ever come to the literary Monster's height of 8 feet tall in the novel that introduced the character, "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He was also a full 17 inches taller than Boris Karloff, who was the best-known actor to play the Monster.