How tall was Patrick Swayze

American actor best remembered for starring in movies such as Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break, Road House, Red Dawn, The Outsiders, Donnie Darko and Keeping Mum. In the book 'The Time of My Life' he mentioned his height and weight: "Five-eleven and 180 pounds."Photo by PR Photos

So they brought Patrick Swayze out to the set to meet me. And Swayze’s like a short guy, like real short compared to me — I’m six-foot-four or whatever, and he’s five-foot-eight. And I’m trying to stay away from him so we don’t stand next to one another, so I reach way out to shake hands. And then they brought us both in to meet with the director and the director took a look at me and a look at him, and says, “This isn’t going to work.”
-- Dennis Hayden in Vulture.com