How tall was Gary Coleman?

Gary Coleman is commonly listed at 4 ft 8 in (142 cm).

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Gary Coleman’s 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) is very short for a US man: fewer than 5 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Gary Coleman beside others

Gary Coleman is one of the shorter actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 3 ft 1 in (94 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 0 in (60.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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4 ft 8 in (142 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Gary Coleman, 4 ft 8 in (142 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)