Philip Baker Hall, the strong-voiced character actor who for five decades exuded calm authority, unwavering confidence and impeccable equanimity on screen, died Sunday at his home in Glendale, California. His daughter Anna Ruth Hall reported complications from emphysema as the cause. Philip Baker’s numerous rolesAudiences believed in Mr. Hall’s portrayals of powerful men. Mr. Hall’s portrayal was hailed by Roger Ebert in The Chicago Sun-Times as having “such searing intensity, such passion, such venom, such scandal, that we cannot turn away.”The audience remembered Philip Baker for his famous acts in renowned filmsAudiences remembered Mr. Hall when he played a character’s passionate conviction for laughter. “You never get to go for a walk.”Filmmakers phoned Mr. Hall when a notion was ridiculous or a character’s behavior was outlandish.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 14, 2022 15:21 UTC