Scatman Crothers (1980) Melvin Van Peebles (1997) Arthur Woodley (2016) Carl Lumbly (2019)
In-universe information
Full name
Richard Hallorann
Occupation
Head Chef at The Overlook Hotel
Family
Carl Halloran (brother; deceased) Rose Hallorann (grandmother) Andy Halloran (grandfather)
Richard Hallorann is a fictional character created by Stephen King from his 1977 novel The Shining. He has telepathic abilities he called "the shining" and is the head chef at the Overlook Hotel. He meets Danny Torrance, a young boy who is also telepathic, and learns that the evil spirits of the hotel have taken control of Danny's father, Jack.
Hallorann is portrayed by Scatman Crothers in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of the novel. He was later portrayed by Melvin Van Peebles in the 1997 miniseries adaptation, Arthur Woodley in the 2016 operatic adaptation and Carl Lumbly in the 2019 film Doctor Sleep, an adaptation of the 2013 novel of the same name.[1]
^Hunt, James (August 30, 2019). "Why A "Dead" Character From The Shining Returns In Doctor Sleep". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
Richard Hallorann is a fictional character created by Stephen King from his 1977 novel The Shining. He has telepathic abilities he called "the shining"...
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"Tony." Danny is also comforted by meeting the hotel's kindly cook, DickHallorann, who shares Danny's telepathic abilities. It is later revealed that...
the child exhibiting a psychic power called "the shining". Hotel chef DickHallorann also possesses psychic powers and offers advice to the youngster about...
adaptation, he is secretive about it, even when confiding in fellow psychic DickHallorann. In the novel, Danny has an extraordinary intelligence, a large vocabulary...
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over 100 takes. In the late 1970s, Pickens was offered the part of DickHallorann in Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining, but Pickens stipulated...
fooling around". In King's novel Doctor Sleep, published later in 2013, DickHallorann reveals that during his childhood, an abusive paternal grandfather threatened...
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appearance in The Shining, another novel by King, wherein he lends DickHallorann a pair of mittens as he makes his way to The Overlook Hotel. It is explained...
Jack Torrance; Mick Thomson as Lloyd the Bartender; Craig Jones as DickHallorann; James Root as Wendy Torrance; Paul Gray as Harry Derwent; and Sid Wilson...
Charley" can be heard in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining when DickHallorann is attempting to reach the Overlook Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The...
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falls in love with him. She then performs a flamenco-influenced routine. Dick Grayson (a.k.a. Robin and Nightwing) was established to be of Roma descent...
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