Philip Baker Hall, known for roles in ‘Hard Eight’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 90

GLENDALE, Calif. — Philip Baker Corridor, the prolific character actor of movie and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first motion pictures and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library e book in “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 90.

Holly Wolfle Corridor, the actor’s spouse of practically 40 years, on Monday stated Corridor died Sunday surrounded by family members in Glendale, California. She stated Corridor had been effectively till a couple of weeks earlier, and spent his closing days in heat spirits, reflecting on his life.

“His voice on the finish was nonetheless simply as highly effective,” stated Wolfle Corridor.

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Corridor had been a well-traveled stage actor and bit-part presence in movies and TV earlier than a then-little-known Paul Thomas Anderson sought him out to star in his 1993 quick movie “Cigarettes & Espresso.” After the quick, with Corridor taking part in an itinerate gambler, made it into the Sundance Movie Competition, Anderson expanded it into his function debut, 1997’s “Laborious Eight,” which catapulted Corridor’s profession. Anderson would solid him once more in “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia.”

To many, Corridor was immediately recognizable for probably the most intense visitor appearances on “Seinfeld.” Within the twenty second episode of the sitcom in 1991, Corridor performed Lt. Joe Bookman, the library investigator who comes after Seinfeld for years-overdue copy of “Tropic of Most cancers.” Corridor performed him like an old-school noir detective, telling Seinfeld: “Effectively, I bought a flash for ya, Pleasure-boy: Occasion time is over.”

Corridor’s different credit included taking part in Richard Nixon in Robert Altman’s 1984 drama “Secret Honor.” He had components in “The Truman Present,” “The Insider,” “Zodiac,” “Argo” and “Rush Hour.”

Corridor is survived by his spouse, 4 daughters, 4 grandchildren and his brother.