Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American film and television actor. He has played leading roles in Secret Honor, Hard Eight, Duck, and other films.

Philip Baker Hall
Hall at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1931-09-10) September 10, 1931 Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Other names	Phillip Hall, Phillip Baker Hall
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–present[1]
Spouse(s)	Dianne Lewis (1973–1976; divorced) Holly Wolfle (1981–present)
Children	4

Personal life

Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Alice Birdene (née McDonald) and William Alexander Hall, a factory worker who was from Montgomery, Alabama.[2][3] He attended the University of Toledo.[4] As a young man, Hall served in the military, had two children, and became a high school English teacher.[5] In 1960, he decided to become an actor.[1] He moved to New York, enjoying success in Off Broadway and Broadway productions. He married Holly Wolfle, and has two daughters, Adella and Anna.[1]

Career

Hall played a priest in his film debut Cowards (1970).[6] In 1975, he began acting on television and joined the Los Angeles Theatre Center.[1][6] His first television appearance came in an episode of the sitcom Good Times in 1976.[6] The following year, Hall guest starred in episodes of M*A*S*H and Man from Atlantis.[7][8] Since 1977 he has had more than 200 guest roles on television shows. He starred in many films, including Robert Altman's Secret Honor, a one-man show in which he played Richard Nixon.[9] After playing the leading role in Paul Thomas Anderson's directorial debut film Hard Eight,[9] Hall had roles in Anderson's next two films, Boogie Nights and Magnolia.[10] He also had a minor role as Captain Diel in the Rush Hour trilogy (though his scenes were cut from the theatrical release of Rush Hour 2 and he was uncredited for his scenes in Rush Hour 3).[6]

Hall has had roles in Midnight Run, Say Anything...,[6] The Rock, The Truman Show, The Talented Mr. Ripley,[10] Bruce Almighty,[11] You Kill Me, In Good Company, Ghostbusters II, The Insider, Dogville,[6] The Amityville Horror, The Matador, The Sum of All Fears, The Zodiac,[6] 50/50, and Zodiac.[6] Hall starred in the Fox sitcom The Loop[6] and had a guest starring role in The West Wing. Hall guest starred in the HBO animated series The Life & Times of Tim and appeared in All Good Things.

Hall acted in Seinfeld as Lt. Joe Bookman, the 'library cop' who tracks down Jerry for a long-overdue library book in "The Library".[6] He reprised the role in the May 1998 finale where his character is one of many to testify against Jerry.[6] More recently he has appeared as the crotchety Dr. Morrison, Larry David's physician, on Curb Your Enthusiasm[6] and an equally crotchety neighbor of the Dunphy family on Modern Family.[6] In 2012, he appeared in an episode of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom.[6] Hall appeared in a series of humorous Holiday Inn commercials.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Zabriskie Point	Diner Owner	Uncredited cameo
1971	Love-In 72	Father Reis
1974	Throw Out the Anchor!	Ryan	Credited as "Phillip Hall"
1978	The Man with Bogart's Face	Dr. Inman
	Coma	Doctor
1979	The Bushido Blade	Crook
1981	Dream On!
1982	The Last Reunion	Mike Sills
1984	Secret Honor	Richard Nixon
1986	Nothing in Common	Colonial Airlines Executive	Uncredited cameo
1987	Three O'Clock High	Detective Mulvahill
1988	Midnight Run	Sidney
1989	Say Anything...	IRS Boss
	How I Got Into College	Dean Patterson
	Ghostbusters II	Police Commissioner
	An Innocent Man	Judge Kenneth Lavet
1991	Silent Victim
	Blue Desert	Joe
1992	Live Wire	Senator Thyme
1993	Cigarettes & Coffee	Old man	Short film
1994	The Last Laugh	William T.	Short film
1995	Kiss of Death	Big Junior Brown
1996	Eye for an Eye	Sidney Hughes
	Hard Eight	Sydney
	The Little Death	Detective Snyder
	The Rock	Chief Justice	Uncredited cameo
	Hit Me	Lenny Ish
1997	Buddy	Minister
	Air Force One	U.S. Attorney General Andrew Ward
	Boogie Nights	Floyd Gondolli
1998	Sour Grapes	Mr. Bell
	The Truman Show	Network Executive
	Judas Kiss	Pobby Malavero
	Rush Hour	Captain William Diel
	Enemy of the State	Attorney Mark Silverberg	Uncredited cameo
	Psycho	Sheriff Chambers
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Sol Hirsch
	Implicated	John Swayer
	Cradle Will Rock	Gray Mathers
	The Insider	Don Hewitt
	Magnolia	Jimmy Gator
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Alvin MacCarron
2000	Rules of Engagement	General H. Lawrence Hodges
	The Contender	Oscar Billings
	Lost Souls	Father James
2001	Rush Hour 2	Captain William Diel	Scenes deleted
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Defense Secretary David Becker
	A Gentleman's Game	Charlie Logan
2003	Die, Mommie, Die!	Sol Sussman
	Dogville	Tom Edison Sr.
	Bruce Almighty	Jack Baylor
	A House on a Hill	Harry Mayfield
2004	In Good Company	Eugene Kalb
2005	The Matador	Mr. Randy
	A Buck's Worth		Voice
	Duck	Arthur Pratt
	The Amityville Horror	Father Callaway
	The Zodiac	Chief Frank Perkins
2006	The Shaggy Dog	Lance Strictland
	The TV Set	Vernon Maxwell
	Islander	Popper
2007	Zodiac	Sherwood Morrill
	You Kill Me	Roman Krzeminski
	Rush Hour 3	Captain William Diel	Uncredited cameo
2009	The Lodger	Captain Smith
	Fired Up	Coach Byrnes
	Wonderful World	The Man
2010	All Good Things	Malvern Bump
2011	The Chicago 8	Judge Julius Hoffman
	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Franklin
	50/50	Alan Lombardo
2012	Bending the Rules	Herb Gold
	Departure Date	Old Jake
	People Like Us	Ike Rafferty
	Dog Eat Dog		Short film
	Argo	CIA Director Stansfield Turner	Uncredited cameo
2013	Bad Words	Dr. William Bowman
2014	Playing It Cool	Granddad
2017	Person to Person	Jimmy
	The Last Word	Edward
2018	Dear Chickens	Emil	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Last Survivors		Television film
1976	Good Times	Motel owner	Episode: "J.J.'s Fiancee: Part 2"
	Mayday at 40,000 Feet!	Reporter	Television film
1976–77	Visions	Severson / Boyle	2 episodes
1977	Man from Atlantis	George	Episode: "Man from Atlantis"
	The Hostage Heart	Dr. Harvey Fess	Television film
	Kill Me If You Can	Phillips	Television film
	M*A*S*H	Sgt. Hacker	Episode: "The Light That Failed"
1978	The Fitzpatricks	Bertram	Episode: "A Living Wage"
	Emergency!	Oliver Warren	Episode: "The Steel Inferno"
	The Bastard	Shopkeeper	Television film
	Terror Out of the Sky	Starrett	Television film
1979	Samurai	Prof. Owens	Television film
1980	Riding for the Pony Express	Mr. Durfee	Television film
	The Waltons	Major Gordon	Episode: "The Furlough"
1981	This House Possessed	Clerk	Television film
1982	Quincy, M.E.	Captain Rasmussen DA Marty Shell	2 episode
	Cagney & Lacey	Lt. Sweeny	Episode: "Hot Line"
	T. J. Hooker	Judge Wallace	Episode: "A Cry for Help"
	Games Mother Never Taught You	Lester Greene	Television film
	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Prosecutor / Wilcox	2 episodes
1984	The Night the Bridge Fell Down	Warren Meech	Television film
	Lottery!		Episode: "Houston: Duffy's Choice"
1985	Hardcastle and McCormick	Jack Marsh	Episode: "Too Rich and Too Thin"
	Who Is Julia?	Dean May	Television film
1987	Mariah	James Malone	7 episodes
	The Spirit	Sevrin	Television film
	Miami Vice	Judge Delaporte	Episode: "Contempt of Court"
1988	Goddess of Love	Detective Charles	Television film
	Family Ties	Dr. Harrison	3 episodes
1989	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Judge Blumenfeld	Television film
	Incident at Dark River	Dr. Leo Manus	Television film
1989–90	Falcon Crest	Ed Meyers	13 episodes
1990	Matlock	Judge	Episode: "The Mother"
	Bagdad Cafe	Herb	Episode: "This Bird Has Flown"
1991	Murder, She Wrote	Len Costner	Episode: "Moving Violation"
	L.A. Law	Tom Baker	Episode: "He's a Crowd"
	Equal Justice	Judge S.E. Cleveland	Episode: "Do the Wrong Thing"
	Dark Justice	Winchester Keller	Episode: "The Neutralizing Factor"
1991–92	Civil Wars	Judge Bianchi	3 episodes
1991, 1998	Seinfeld	Lt. Joe Bookman	2 episodes
1992	Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232	Sam Gochenour	Television film
	Stormy Weathers	Dr. Comden	Television film
	Nurses	Mr. Todd	Episode: "Playing Doctor"
1993	Cheers	City Councilman Kevin Fogerty	Episode: "Woody Gets an Election"
	Bob	Jerod	Episode: "Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas"
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Smitty	Television film
	Empty Nest	Jerod	Episode: "Brotherly Shove"
	The Good Life	Mr. Humphreys	Episode: "Melissa the Thief"
	Roswell	Roswell General	Television film
	Madman of the People	Kent	Episode: "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Mad Boy"
	Chicago Hope	Mr. Wellington	Episode: "You Gotta Have Heart"
	Hardball	Beanball McGee	Episode: "Lee's Bad, Bad Day"
	Without Warning	Dr. Kurt Lowden	Television film
1995	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Himself	Episode: "Get a Job"
	Life's Work	Judge Conklin	Episode: "Contempt"
	The John Larroquette Show	Mr. Frank	Episode: "Napping to Success"
1997	3rd Rock from the Sun	President Dewey	Episode: "Proud Dick"
	The Practice	Judge Joseph Vinocour Judge Canker	4 episodes
1997–98	Millennium	Group Elder	2 episodes
	Michael Hayes	William Vaughn	20 episodes
1998	Tempting Fate	Dr. Bardwell	Television film
	Witness to the Mob	Salvatore "Toddo" Aurello	Television film
	L.A. Doctors	Vincent Cattano	Episode: "Fear of Flying"
1999	Partners	Scarpatti	Pilot
2000	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Aristotle Onassis	Television film
	The Fugitive	Stuart Kimble	Episode: "St. Christopher's Prayer"
2000, 2002	Baby Blues	Mr. Thompson / Mr. Saunders (voices)	2 episodes
2001	Loomis		Episode 1.1: "Pilot"
	Pasadena	George Reese Greeley	7 episodes
2002	Path to War	Everett Dirksen	Television film
	Night Visions	Dennis Brascom	Episode: "Cargo"
	Without a Trace	Noah Ridder	Episode: "Silent Partner"
2003	Everwood	Dr. Donald Douglas	3 episodes
2004	Monk	Salvatore Lucarelli	Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather
	Boston Legal	Ernie Dell	Episode: "Head Cases"
	The West Wing	Senator Matt Hunt	2 episodes
2004, 2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Doctor Morrison	2 episodes
2005	Mrs. Harris	Arthur Schulte	Television film
2006	The Loop	Russ McDonald	17 episodes
2007	Wildlife		Pilot
	Big Love	Ned Johanssen	Episode: "Take Me as I Am"
2008	Psych	Irving Parker	Episode: "Dis-Lodged"
	Worst Week	Reverend Lowell	2 episodes
2009	True Jackson, VP	Mr. Jenkins	Episode: "Flirting with Fame"
2010	The Life & Times of Tim	Norman Walker (voice)	Episode: "London Calling/Novelist"
	Warren the Ape	Dr. Ralph Schwartz	Episode: "Rock Opera"
2011–12	Modern Family	Walt Kleezak	3 episodes
2012	The Newsroom	Bryce Delancy	Episode: "The 112th Congress"
	Childrens Hospital	Dr. Joseph Mengele	Episode: "A Year in the Life"
	Ruth & Erica	Harry	8 episodes
2013	Clear History	McKenzie	Television film
2014	Rake	Mitch Markham	Episode: "Remembrance of Taxis Past"
	Altman	Himself	Documentary
2015	BoJack Horseman	Hank Hippopopalous (voice)	2 episodes
	Madam Secretary	Ezra Helsinger	Episode: "The Necessary Art"
2016	Second Chance	Old Man Jimmy Pritchard	5 episodes
2017	Room 104	Charlie	Episode: "My Love"
2018	Corporate	Arthur Stockheed	Episode: "Powerpoint of Death"
2020	Messiah	Zelman Katz	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Independent Spirit Award	Best Male Lead	Hard Eight	Nominated	[12]
1997	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast - Motion Picture	Boogie Nights	Nominated
1997	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble		Won
1999	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast - Motion Picture	Magnolia	Nominated
1999	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble		Won
2001	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Alan J. Pakula Award	The Contender	Won
2012	Hollywood Film Awards	Best Ensemble	Argo	Won

References

1. Cashill, Robert (20 March 2000). "Buffalo Stance: Philip Baker Hall Takes Care of Business In Mamet Revival". Playbill. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
2. "3 Cancellations Hit Detroit Music Hall". Toledo Blade. Google News. 1975-10-29. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
3. "Philip Baker Hall (b. 1931)". =Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011. Archived from the original on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2017-07-28. Philip Baker Hall was born on September 10, 1931 in Ohio. Philip was born to Alice Bindine Hall and William Alexander Hall.
4. "Biography for Philip B. Hall". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
5. Arkatov, Janice (August 1, 1988). "'Lovability' Plays No Part in Hall's Roles". Los Angeles Times.
6. Harris, Will (6 September 2012). "Philip Baker Hall on The Chicago 8, Seinfeld, and Paul Thomas Anderson". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
7. "Phillip Baker Hall List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
8. Brennan, Sandra. "Phillip Baker Hall Biography". AllMovie. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
9. Lopez, John (11 December 2014). "Good Disintegration: Paul Thomas Anderson and Robert Altman's Special Relationship". Grantland. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
10. Newman, Jason (2 February 2014). "Philip Baker Hall Remembers 'Genius' Philip Seymour Hoffman". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
11. Kehe, Jason (20 April 2011). "All the Arts, All the Time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
12. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001311/awards?ref_=nm_awd

External links

• Philip Baker Hall on IMDb
• Philip Baker Hall at the Internet Off-Broadway Database