Few actors, if any, have marched onto a sitcom juggernaut and in a few minutes of sublime, dyspeptic, no-nonsense nonsense made such an enduring impression as Philip Baker Hall did. As “Seinfeld’s” ...

Philip Baker Hall, who is known to Seinfeld fans as Lt. Bookman, the library detective, to Curb Your Enthusiasm fans as the ultra-serious Dr. Morrison and to movie fans as any in a long list of ...

Philip Baker Hall, the journeyman character actor who was a favorite of director Paul Thomas Anderson but surely is best remembered for bringing library investigator Lt. Bookman to a 1991 episode of ...

Seinfeld might have called itself a show about nothing, but it was definitely about something. Learning lessons and hugging weren't allowed, so rather than our protagonists coming together at the end ...

The film and television actor whose career spanned decades died Sunday. By Ryan Parker Former Senior Reporter Philip Baker Hall put his stamp (yes, pun intended) on Seinfeld in 1991, cementing his ...

Netflix debuted a teaser for “2021’s hottest new show” this morning before clarifying that the show isn’t exactly new, just new to Netflix. But it is a hot commodity. The streamer announced the ...

The busy actor also appeared in three Paul Thomas Anderson dramas and played Nixon in an acclaimed one-man play and Robert Altman film. By Chris Koseluk Philip Baker Hall, the journeyman character ...