Philip Baker Hall, prolific character actor from 'Seinfeld' and 'Hard Eight,' dies at 90
foxnews.comPhilip Baker Hall, who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in "Seinfeld," died on Sunday in Los Angeles, California.
He was 90. Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor's wife of nearly 40 years, on Monday said Hall was surrounded by loved ones when he passed in the Glendale suburb of Southern California.
It's unclear how Hall died, but his wife suggested he had been well until a few weeks earlier and spent his final days in warm spirits, reflecting on his life. "His voice at the end was still just as powerful," said Wolfle Hall.
Her husband, she added, never retired from acting. In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity.
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