Guest arcanamundi Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I would just like to offer a salute to Philip Baker Hall, the great actor who played The Elder /Old Man on Millennium. While he is known primarily as a dramatic actor, he reduced me to tears of laughter in his turn as The Library Cop on Seinfeld. It was one of the funniest bits on the show. With the same deadpan, serious-as-a-heart-attack delivery that distinguished him in such films as Magnolia, Secret Honor, and others, he manages to be hysterically funny here, as an investigator who tracks down delinquent borrowers for overdue books.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethsnafu Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 RG Armstrong will always be "The Old Man" to me but as Phillip Baker Hall assumed the mantle at the end of Roosters I guess he qualifies. Thank you for sharing those clips he was a great performer, I agree. I was delighted to see him appear in The Amityville Horror remake as Father Callaway. Have you guys seen him Magnolia? He should at least have garnered an Oscar nomination as he was incredible. Eth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthnut Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 It's showing me "embedding disabled by request." Don't understand. Why can't I watch the videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elders (Moderators) Libby Posted October 20, 2010 Elders (Moderators) Share Posted October 20, 2010 Earthnut - just click on where it says "Watch on YouTube" just under the "Embedding...." and you'll get redirected to YouTube where it'll open the clip for you. I have no real idea why embedding sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. It may be a piece of code added by whoever uploaded the clip to YouTube so that people have to go to YouTube and maybe leave a comment or increase their hits, or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arcanamundi Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 It's showing me "embedding disabled by request." Don't understand. Why can't I watch the videos? Yes, sorry about that. That's the way the link came. Thanks for the explanation, Libby. I wondered why someone did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethsnafu Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Interestingly enough something occurred to me yesterday with regards to Phillip Baker Hall. Whilst he has appeared in countless films and TV shows he is fondly remembered for his appearance in "Hard Eight" which is where he really gained a lot of accolades. Glen Morgan and James Wong named their production company "Hard Eight" and I wonder if they cast him in the show because they had admired his work on that film? It wouldn't be the first time that something they liked made it to the screen in Millennium. Eth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elders (Admins) The Old Man Posted October 22, 2010 Elders (Admins) Share Posted October 22, 2010 Great clips, thanks for sharing! Yes, when people upload to Youtube and other media sites they can choose to allow or disallow embedding of the clips in other people's websites, blogs and e-mails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ty7du Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Classic Seinfeld moment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WaveCrest Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Did Philip Baker Hall return as the second Old Man in Millennium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethsnafu Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Sadly not Richard. His last outing on the show was "Roosters" and the third season barely touched upon The Millennium Group in the same way the second season did. Eth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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