In 1991, he appeared on Seinfeld on the Season 3 episode “The Library” — one of the show’s best — in which Jerry learns he has a mysterious outstanding fine at the New York Public Library. At one ...

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” ...

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 ...

Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died ...

Acclaimed character actor Philip Baker Hall, whose prolific career ranged from collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson, including “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights,” to a scene-stealing turn as ...

Philip Baker Hall, memorable library investigator Lt. Bookman in the 1991 episode of “Seinfeld,” died Sunday at the age of 90. Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor’s wife of nearly 40 years, on Monday said ...

Philip Baker Hall, left, and Larry David arrive at the 2013 Hollywood premiere of HBO's “Clear History.” David once said, “Philip has made me laugh harder than any actor I’ve worked with.” (Alberto E.