
Hal Holbrook
Born February 17, 1925 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000). Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Holbrook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Hercules

The Fog

All the President's Men

The Firm

Into the Wild

Lincoln

Wall Street

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Midway

Men of Honor

Magnum Force

Creepshow

Water for Elephants

The Bachelor

The Majestic

Capricorn One

Cats Don't Dance

Shade

Killshot

Blackway

Promised Land

Julia

Fletch Lives

Hush

The Unholy

The Star Chamber

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Waking the Dead

Tartuffe

Carried Away

Judas Kiss

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

When Hell Was in Session

The Florentine

That Evening Sun

Girls Nite Out

The Group

A Clear and Present Danger

Haven

Murder by Natural Causes

They Only Kill Their Masters

The Girl from Petrovka
TV Shows

Hawaii Five-0

The Sopranos

ER

The Mike Douglas Show

The West Wing

Saturday Night Live

Sons of Anarchy

Great Performances

Tony Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

American Experience

The Dick Cavett Show

The Outer Limits

The F.B.I.

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

Dinah!

Becker

North and South

Designing Women

Family Law

Evening Shade

Hope & Faith

Rectify

The Wonderful World of Disney

Good Morning, Miami

The Event

Monday Mornings

Dress Gray

Lincoln

The Bold Ones: The Senator

The Fortunate Pilgrim

Celebrity

George Washington

The Awakening Land

The Third Twin

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Haven

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Founding Fathers

Mark Twain

The Seventh Day
More Movies

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Mark Twain

The Great White Hope

The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Killing of Randy Webster

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

The Brotherhood

The Whole World Is Watching

A Killing in a Small Town

Stormchasers

That Certain Summer

The People Next Door

Wild in the Streets

Operation Delta Force

Dirty Harry: The Original

Off the Minnesota Strip

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

All the Winters that Have Been

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

The Designing Women Reunion

The Time of Your Life

My Own Country

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Plaza Suite

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Day One

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Savannah

Rituals

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

Natural Enemies

Flying Lessons

The Kidnapping of the President

Walking to the Waterline

Under Siege

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Eye of God

Suddenly Single

Trail of Hope

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Innocent Victims

Good Day for It

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

Purpose

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

Beauty

Our Town

Mark Twain Tonight!

Pueblo

Sorry, Wrong Number

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

The Glass Menagerie

92 Grosvenor Street

Battleships

The Legend of the Three Trees

Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail

Bonds of Love

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

The Battle of The Alamo

Interpreting Twain

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today




