How tall was Sherman Hemsley?

Sherman Hemsley is commonly listed at 5 ft 6 in (168 cm).

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Sherman Hemsley’s 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 17 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Sherman Hemsley beside others

Sherman Hemsley is one of the shorter actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 3 in (68 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 10 in (86.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 6 in (168 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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Sherman Hemsley, 5 ft 6 in (168 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)