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Actor Born: 1932 in Ohio Biography:Primarily a supporting and character actor, "Philip Baker Hall" has also played the occasional lead on stage, screen, and television. "Hall" made his film debut playing a priest in "Cowards" (1970). He then appeared in three television series during the mid-'70s, including Man From Atlantis (1977). He became best known during the '80s for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in "Robert Altman"'s brilliant "Secret Honor" (1984), for which "Hall" also wrote the screenplay. Though the film garnered mixed reviews, the actor's portrayal of Nixon was hailed as a tour de force. Through the '80s and '90s, "Hall" continued to work steadily in films and on television; his talents were perhaps best, and most famously, utilized by director "Paul Thomas Anderson", who cast "Hall" in substantial roles in "Hard Eight" (1996), "Boogie Nights" (1997), and "Magnolia" (1999), the last of which saw the actor in fine form... Full Biography
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