Philip Baker Hall Biography, Career, Age, Family, Wife, Kids and Net Worth

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 Who is Philip Baker Hall?

Philip Baker Hall was a famous American professional actor. Despite being known mainly as a prolific character actor, Hall starred in leading roles in movies including Secret Honor, Hard Eight, and Duck. Hall’s other supporting roles in movies comprise Say Anything…, Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Magnolia, The Contender, Zodiac, and Argo.

Philip Baker Hall Career

Following his movie debut Cowards, Hall joined the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Baker’s first television role was on an episode of Good Times. He then guests starred in episodes of M*A*S*H and Man from Atlantis and had more than 200 guest roles since 1977. Hall portrayed Richard Nixon in the one-character movie Secret Honor. His performance was praised by Roger Ebert and also by Vincent Canby of The New York Times. He later starred in various movies in supporting roles during the 1980s, such as Nothing in Common, Midnight Run, Say Anything…, and Ghostbusters II. Hall played a detective pursuing a long-overdue library book in the Seinfeld episodes, ”The Library” and ”The Finale”. Baker’s first Seinfeld appearance was widely received as one of the best guest stars on the series and led to many other works.

He then starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s short movie Cigarettes & Coffee, which was adapted into Anderson’s directorial debut movie Hard Eight. For the movie, Baker played a senior gambler who mentors a homeless man (John C. Reilly). He was positively criticized by Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. Hall was later nominated for the Best Male Lead and starred in Anderson’s other movies, Boogie Nights and Magnolia. He additionally starred alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman in four movies.

1990-2021

Later on, he has had turns in numerous movies in the 1990s such as The Rock, The Truman Show, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and The Insider. Hall co-starred in other movies in the 2000s such as Dogville, Zodiac, and Argo. He also portrayed Captain Diel in the Rush Hour trilogy (although his scenes from Rush Hour 2 were cut and he was uncredited for the scene in Rush Hour 3). He then had prominent roles in Bruce Almighty, In Good Company, The Amityville Horror, The Matador, You Kill Me, All Good Things, and 50/50.

Hall also starred in The Sum of All Fears and starred in the sitcom The Loop. He then guests starred in the animated series The Life & Times of Tim. Hall played a physician in Curb Your Enthusiasm and an equally crotchety neighbor in Modern Family. He later appeared in an episode for The Newsroom and for the Holiday Inn commercial. For the short movie Dear Chickens, Hall won the best actor at Los Angeles Short Festival and Filmets Badalona Film Festival in Barcela.

How old is Philip Baker Hall?

Philip Baker Hall was aged 90 as of his death on June 12, 2022, and was born on September 10, 1931, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. He shares his birthday with famous people including Ashley Monroe, Big Daddy Kane, Chandler Massey, Jack Ma, Ben Wallace, Misty Copeland, Jack Gilinsky, Katie Brueckner, Jack Grealish, and Emma Kittiesmama, among others.

Philip Baker Hall Family

Who are Philip Baker Hall’s parents?

Philip Baker Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio to William Alexander Hall and Alice Birdene. His father was a factory worker in Montgomery, Alabama.

Does Philip Baker Hall have siblings?

Hall was born to his parents as the only child in the family and does not have any siblings.

Philip Baker Hall Education

Hall attended the University of Toledo after graduating from high school.

Philip Baker Hall Interests

Hall worked in Germany as a United States Army translator and as a high school teacher. He then worked for Off-Broadway and Broadway productions in New York.

Philip Baker Hall Wife

Hall was happily married to his second wife at the time of his demise. First, he was married to Dianne Lewis from 1973 to 1976 and have two children together. After separation and divorce in 1976, he married Holly Wolfie in 1988. The couple was happily married to his death with two children, daughters. They lived in his home in Glendale, with his children, and died there.

Philip Baker Hall Kids

Hall and his wife have two children together, both daughters, Adella Ruth Baker and Anna Ruth Baker. He also has two children from his first marriage to Lewis.

Philip Baker Hall Height

Baker has a physically fit, muscular and bold body adding up to an impressive height of 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and a weight of 72 kg (158 lbs).

Philip Baker Hall Net Worth

American professional actor, Hall has been active from 1960 to 2021, in his acting career. He has appeared in numerous movies and television films and has gathered an estimated net worth of approximately $1 million as of 2022.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Cowards	Father Reis
1974	Throw Out the Anchor!	Ryan	Credited as “Phillip Hall”
1978	Coma	Doctor
1980	The Man with Bogart’s Face	Dr. Inman
1981	Dream On!
1982	The Last Reunion	Mike Sills
1984	Secret Honor	Richard Nixon
1986	Nothing in Common	Colonial Airlines Executive	Uncredited
1987	Three O’Clock High	Detective Mulvahill
1988	Midnight Run	Sidney
1989	Say Anything…	IRS Boss
1989	How I Got into College	Dean Patterson
1989	Ghostbusters II	Police Commissioner
1989	An Innocent Man	Judge Kenneth Lavet
1991	Blue Desert	Joe
1992	Live Wire	Senator Thyme
1993	Cigarettes & Coffee	Sydney	Short film
1994	The Last Laugh	William T.	Short film
1995	Kiss of Death	Big Junior Brown
1996	Eye for an Eye	Sidney Hughes
1996	Hard Eight	Sydney
1996	The Rock	Chief Justice	Uncredited
1996	The Little Death	Detective Snyder
1996	Hit Me	Lenny Ish
1997	Buddy	Minister
1997	Air Force One	U.S. Attorney General Andrew Ward
1997	Boogie Nights	Floyd Gondolli
1998	Sour Grapes	Mr. Bell
1998	The Truman Show	Network Executive
1998	Judas Kiss	Pobby Malavero
1998	Rush Hour	Captain Diel
1998	Enemy of the State	Mark Silverberg, Attorney	Uncredited
1998	Psycho	Sheriff Chambers
1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Sol Hirsch
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Gray Mathers
1999	Implicated	John Swayer
1999	The Insider	Don Hewitt
1999	Magnolia	Jimmy Gator
1999	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Alvin MacCarron
2000	Rules of Engagement	General H. Lawrence Hodges
2000	The Contender	Oscar Billings
2000	Lost Souls	Father James
2001	Rush Hour 2	Captain Diel	Scenes deleted
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Defense Secretary David Becker
2002	A Gentleman’s Game	Charlie Logan
2003	Die, Mommie, Die!	Sol Sussman
2003	Dogville	Tom Edison Sr.
2003	Bruce Almighty	Jack Baylor
2003	A House on a Hill	Harry Mayfield
2004	In Good Company	Eugene Kalb
2005	The Matador	Mr. Randy
2005	A Buck’s Worth		Voice Short film
2005	Duck	Arthur Pratt
2005	The Amityville Horror	Father Callaway
2005	The Zodiac	Chief Frank Perkins
2006	The Shaggy Dog	Lance Strictland
2006	The TV Set	Vernon Maxwell
2006	Islander	Popper
2007	Zodiac	Sherwood Morrill
2007	You Kill Me	Roman Krzeminski
2007	Rush Hour 3	Captain Diel	Uncredited
2009	The Lodger	Captain Smith
2009	Fired Up	Coach Byrnes
2009	Wonderful World	The Man
2010	All Good Things	Malvern Bump
2011	The Chicago 8	Judge Julius Hoffman
2011	Mr. Popper’s Penguins	Franklin
2011	50/50	Alan Lombardo
2012	Bending the Rules	Herb Gold
2012	People Like Us	Ike Rafferty
2012	Departure Date	Old Jake
2012	Dog Eat Dog	Old man	Short film
2012	Argo	CIA Director Stansfield Turner	Uncredited
2013	Bad Words	Dr. William Bowman
2014	Playing It Cool	Granddad
2017	Person to Person	Jimmy
2017	The Last Word	Edward
2018	Dear Chickens	Emil	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Last Survivors		Television film
1975; 1978	Emergency!	Oliver Warren / Dr. Scott	2 episodes
1976	Good Times	Motel Owner	Episode: “J.J.’s Fiancee: Part 2”
1976	Mayday at 40,000 Feet!	Reporter	Television film
1976–77	Visions	Boyle / Severson	2 episodes
1977	Man from Atlantis	George	Episode: “Man from Atlantis”
1977	The Hostage Heart	Dr. Harvey Fess	Television film
1977	Kill Me If You Can	Phillips	Television film
1977	M*A*S*H	Sergeant Hacker	Episode: “The Light That Failed”
1978	The Fitzpatricks	Bertram	Episode: “A Living Wage”
1978	The Bastard	Shopkeeper	Miniseries
1978	Terror Out of the Sky	Starrett	Television film
1979	Samurai	Professor Owens	Television film
1980	The Waltons	Major Gordon	Episode: “The Furlough”
1980	The Night the Bridge Fell Down	Warren Meech	Television film
1980	It’s a Living	Man in Hotel Room	Episode: “The Lois Affair”
1980	Riding for the Pony Express	Mr. Durfee	Television film
1981	This House Possessed	Clerk	Television film
1982	McClain’s Law	Mr. Harris	Episode: “Takeover”
1982	Quincy, M.E.	Deputy DA Marty Shell / Captain Rasmussen	2 episodes
1982	Cagney & Lacey	Lieutenant Sweeny	Episode: “Hot Line”
1982	T. J. Hooker	Judge Wallace	Episode: “A Cry for Help”
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Prosecutor / Wilcox	2 episodes
1982	Games Mother Never Taught You	Lester Greene	Television film
1984	Benson	Harrison Fowler	Episode: “The Election”
1984	Lottery!		Episode: “Houston: Duffy’s Choice”
1985	Hardcastle and McCormick	Jack Marsh	Episode: “Too Rich and Too Thin”
1986	Who Is Julia?	Dean May	Television film
1987	Mariah	James Malone	7 episodes
1987	The Spirit	Sevrin	Television film
1987	Miami Vice	Judge DeLaporte	Episode: “Contempt of Court”
1988	Goddess of Love	Detective Charles	Television film
1988	Family Ties	Dr. Harrison	3 episodes
1989	A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story	Judge Blumenfeld	Television film
1989	Incident at Dark River	Dr. Leo Manus	Television film
1989–90	Falcon Crest	Ed Meyers	13 episodes
1990	Matlock	Judge	Episode: “The Mother”
1990	Bagdad Cafe	Herb	Episode: “This Bird Has Flown”
1991	Murder, She Wrote	Len Costner	Episode: “Moving Violation”
1991	L.A. Law	Tom Baker	Episode: “He’s a Crowd”
1991	Equal Justice	Judge S.E. Cleveland	Episode: “Do the Wrong Thing”
1991	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	A Thousand Heroes	Sam Gochenour	Television film
1992	Stormy Weathers	Dr. Comden	Television film
1992	Nurses	Mr. Todd	Episode: “Playing Doctor”
1993	Cheers	City Councilman Kevin Fogerty	Episode: “Woody Gets an Election”
1993	Bob	Jeweler	Episode: “Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas”
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	‘Smitty’	Television film
1994	Empty Nest	Jerod	Episode: “Brotherly Shove”
1994	The Good Life	Mr. Humphreys	Episode: “Melissa the Thief”
1994	Roswell	Roswell General	Television film
1994	Madman of the People	Kent	Episode: “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Mad Boy”
1994	Chicago Hope	Mr. Wellington	Episode: “You Gotta Have Heart”
1994	Hardball	Beanball McGee	Episode: “Lee’s Bad, Bad Day”
1994	Without Warning	Dr. Kurt Lowden	Television film
1996	Life’s Work	Judge Conklin	Episode: “Contempt”
1996	The John Larroquette Show	Mr. Frank	Episode: “Napping to Success”
1997	3rd Rock from the Sun	President Dewey	Episode: “Proud Dick”
1997	The Practice	Judge Joseph Vinocour	4 episodes
1997–98	Millennium	Group Elder	2 episodes
1997–98	Michael Hayes	William Vaughn	20 episodes
1998	Tempting Fate	Dr. Bardwell	Television film
1998	Witness to the Mob	Toddo Aurello	Television film
1998	L.A. Doctors	Vincent Cattano	Episode: “Fear of Flying”
1999	Partners	Scarpatti	Pilot
2000	The Fugitive	Stuart Kimble	Episode: “St. Christopher’s Prayer”
2000	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	Aristotle Onassis	Television film
2000; 2002	Baby Blues	Mr. Thompson / Mr. Saunders (voices)	2 episodes
2001	Pasadena	George Reese Greeley	7 episodes
2001	Loomis		Episode 1.1: “Pilot”
2002	Path to War	Everett Dirksen	Television film
2002	Night Visions	Dennis Brascom (segment “Cargo”)	Episode: “Cargo/Switch”
2002	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”
2004	Boston Legal	Ernie Dell	Episode: “Head Cases”
2004	The West Wing	Senator Matt Hunt	2 episodes
2004; 2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Morrison	2 episodes
2005	Mrs. Harris	Arthur Schulte	Television film
2006–07	The Loop	Russ McDonald	17 episodes
2007	Big Love	Ned Johanssen	Episode: “Take Me as I Am”
2007	Wildlife		Pilot
2008	Psych	Irving Parker	Episode: “Dis-Lodged”
2008	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”
2010	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”
2012	Childrens Hospital	Josef Mengele	Episode: “A Year in the Life”
2012	Ruth & Erica	Harry	8 episodes
2013	Clear History	McKenzie	Television film
2014	Rake	Mitch Markham	Episode: “Remembrance of Taxis Past”
2014	Altman	Himself	Documentary
2015	Madam Secretary	Ezra Helsinger	Episode: “The Necessary Art”
2015	BoJack Horseman	Hank Hippopopalous (voice)	2 episodes
2016	Second Chance	Old 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