Matthew McGrory

Originally a student of pre-law at Widener University, and later majoring in Criminal Justice at West Chester University, Matthew started his career by making appearances on _The Howard Stern Show (1990)_ (qv), _The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)_ (qv), and music videos of 'Iron Maiden' (qv), 'Marilyn Manson' (qv), and 'Blondie' (qv). Matthew would later amass a cult following for memorable roles such as "Tiny" in 'Rob Zombie' (qv)'s _House of 1000 Corpses (2003)_ (qv), and Karl the giant in 'Tim Burton' (qv)'s _Big Fish (2003)_ (qv). In the midst of working on a biopic about 'André the Giant' (qv), Matthew died on August 9, 2005 from natural causes. _The Devil's Rejects (2005)_ (qv) (_House of 1000 Corpses (2003)_ (qv)'s sequel) was dedicated to him.::tony.r.vario@gmail.com