Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 17, 1925
Died
Jan 23, 2021
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Credits
168 titles
Hal Holbrook
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Interpreting Twain
Self
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
Blackway
Whizzer
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mayday (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Savannah
Judge Harden
Rectify
Rutherford Gaines
Monday Mornings
Dr. Arvin Wayne
Lincoln
Preston Blair
Promised Land
Frank Yates
Water for Elephants
Old Jacob
Good Day for It
Hec
Hawaii Five-0
Leonard Patterson
The Event
James Dempsey
Flying Lessons
Harry Pleasant
That Evening Sun
Abner Meecham
Killshot
Papa
Sons of Anarchy
Nate Madock
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Other
Bones
Red Hudmore
The Seventh Day
Host
Grey's Anatomy
Lewis Clatch
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
Narrator
NCIS
Mickey Stokes
Hope & Faith
Edward Shanowski
The Designing Women Reunion
Shade
The Professor
The Street Lawyer
Arthur Jacobs
Good Morning, Miami
Jim Templeton
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
Purpose
Tom Walker
Mark Twain
self
Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
Haven
Harold L. Ickes
Haven
Harold L. Ickes
Founding Fathers
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Men of Honor
'Mr. Pappy'
Waking the Dead
Isaac Green