Biography

Clayton Hill started entertaining at an early age. When he was six years old, he sang in beer gardens with 3 piece combos where they would throw money at him. When he was a teenager, he sang on the radio station, WTAE-Pittsburgh on Saturday mornings in front of crowds of thousands of people. He went into the U.S. Air Force for four years and sang with swing bands at the officers and service clubs. When he was discharged, he immediately started acting and singing in plays on the stage in Pittsburgh. He was particularly in operettas where he sang and danced. He went to drama school for two semesters at the Pittsburgh Playhouse/Point Park College and appeared in many student productions. Clayton then landed a role as lead zombie in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) where he was also weapons coordinator. He is known as the "sweater zombie" in the United States and the "escalator zombie" in Germany. He has had credited and uncredited speaking roles in many movies such as; All The Right Moves (1983), Lady Beware; Knightriders (1981); Hellraisers III; Kid Brother; Silent Witness; Maria's Lovers; The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh; Rappin'; and Death Penalty. Clayton was featured in such movies as Gung Ho; Mrs. Soffell; Stuck with Each Other, and Children of the Corn II where he also did stunts work. Clayton has worked with such directors as George A. Romero, where he was 2nd assistant director for the movie Knightriders (1981) and Ron Howard, etc. He has cast over 25 movies as a location casting director along with his wife, Sharon Ceccatti. Clayton has done location scouting for movies in many cities and in other countries such as Spain & Morocco.

His wife, Sharon, was an assistant to David Copperfield. Clayton traveled with the crew and appeared in Illusions with David Copperfield, one on one in Caesar's Palace in Lake Tahoe, Atlantic City and Las Vegas. He appeared on tour in other countries such as Germany, Spain, Czech Republic and many others. He is currently scheduled to appear in two cities in Germany, December 2003.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Patay