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Philip Baker Hall Dies: ‘Seinfeld’ Library Cop, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor & Paul Thomas Anderson Stalwart Was 90

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 ...
Yahoo

Philip Baker Hall, the Library Cop Lt. Bookman on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 90

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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Philip Baker Hall’s One-Time Guest Spot on ‘Seinfeld’ Is Arguably Series’ Greatest

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 ...
The Spokesman-Review

Philip Baker Hall’s ‘Seinfeld’ library cop was a performance for the ages

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 Stranger

Slog PM: The Return of Dick's, Giuliani May Have Had a Few Drinks, and Remembering Seinfeld's Library Detective

Juneteenth is one week away. There’s lots of great activities planned – scroll through them all over on EverOut. Heartbreaking news. I know a lot of folks will (rightfully) cite his film work, but I ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Philip Baker Hall, the Library Cop Lt. Bookman on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 90

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 ...