“My neighbor, my friend and one of the wisest, most talented and kind people I have ever met, Philip Baker Hall, died peacefully last night. He was surrounded by loved ones. “People have an empty space inside,” Farmer, a Los Angeles Times sports writer, wrote on Twitter. Although the cause of Hall’s death was not announced, he suffered from emphysema and relied on an oxygen tank, the Washington Post reported in 2017. My neighbor, my friend and one of the wisest, most talented and kind people I have ever met, Philip Baker Hall, died peacefully last night. He was surrounded by loved ones. The world has an empty space within it. pic.twitter.com/pBCaILjHPT – Sam Farmer (@LATimesfarmer) June 13, 2022 Hall’s collaboration with Anderson began with the 1993 short film “Coffee and Cigarettes,” which became Anderson’s directorial debut in 1996, “Hard Eight.” The role earned Hall a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on September 10, 1931, Hall made his film debut in the 1970 film Cowards, about escaping the Vietnam War camp. His many films also include “The Rock”, “The Insider”, “The Talented Mr. Ripley “,” Zodiac “,” Argo “,” Air Force One “and” Dogville “. Hall, whose first television appearance was in an episode of “Good Times,” also played a doctor in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and a grumpy neighbor in “Modern Family.” And years later, he was still recognized for his role as a “Bookman” in an episode of “Seinfeld”. His last television role was as Zelman Katz in the Netflix 2020 series “Messiah”. He received glamorous announcements and a Drama Desk Award for his one-man role as embarrassed former president Richard Nixon in the 1984 play “Secret Honor,” a role he repeated in Robert Altman’s feature film. His performance was a revelation for critic Roger Ebert, who wrote: “Nixon is portrayed by Philip Baker Hall, an actor unknown to me in the past, with such fierce intensity, such passion, such poison, such scandal, that we can not get away “. The New York Times’ Vincent Canby disapproved of “Mr. Hall’s huge performance, which is as astonishing and risky… as that of Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham in “Amadeus”. The actor often played authorities, such as officers and judges, including Judge Julius Hoffman in “The Chicago 8” in 2011. “The judges drove me crazy. “I did not want to do anything else,” Hall told the Washington Post. “You can never walk. You sit there behind the desk, as if you were a god. “ Hall was married to Dianne Lewis, with whom he had two children, from 1973 to 1976, and married Holly Wolfle in 1981, with whom he had daughters Adella and Anna.
