Phillip Baker Hall~⚰️{Death}  

{September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022}

Was an American actor

 Although known primarily as a prolific character actor, he starred in leading roles on films, such as Secret Honor, Hard Eight and Duck
 Other films in supporting roles including Say Anything...,
 Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Magnolia,
 The Contender, Zodiac and Argo

Having not started acting until age 30, Hall first guested on myriad TV series such as Good Times, Man From Atlantis, M*A*S*H and Quincy ME, before landing a role in the 1987 prison drama Mariah. He also appeared in multiple episodes of
 Family Ties, Falcon Crest, Civil Wars, The Practice and Seinfeld 
(as library cop Lt. Joe Bookman)

In 1997, he was cast in David Caruso’s short-lived
 NYPD Blue follow-up,
 Michael Hayes, followed by an arc on Pasadena, episodes of Everwood and then Fox’s 2006 workplace comedy The Loop

In more recent years, Hall has popped up in episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Second Chance (fka The Frankenstein Code) and the 2020 Netflix thriller Messiah