Philip Baker Hall Dies: ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Curb’ Actor Who Memorably Worked With Paul Thomas Anderson, Was 90
Philip Baker Hall, who is known to Seinfeld fans as Lt. Bookman, the library detective and Curb Your Enthusiasm fans as the ultraserious Dr. Morrison, and to film fans as any of a long list of memorable characters in films such as Hard Eight, Magnolia, Boogie Knights, Dogville, The Insider, Bruce Almighty, Rush Hour and many more has died, according to his friend and neighbor — and Los Angeles Times sportswriter — Sam Farmer. He was 90.