Hal Holbrook
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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
Credits
Hercules (1997)
as Amphitryon (voice)
All the President's Men (1976)
as Deep Throat
Into the Wild (2007)
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
The Fog (1980)
as Father Malone
Lincoln (2012)
as Preston Blair
Men of Honor (2000)
as 'Mr. Pappy'
Shade (2003)
as The Professor
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
as Mayday (voice)
The Firm (1993)
as Oliver Lambert
Wall Street (1987)
as Lou Mannheim
Killshot (2008)
as Papa
Midway (1976)
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Magnum Force (1973)
as Lieutenant Briggs
Creepshow (1982)
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
The Unholy (1988)
as Archbishop Mosely
Blackway (2015)
as Whizzer
Water for Elephants (2011)
as Old Jacob
The Majestic (2001)
as Congressman Doyle
Capricorn One (1977)
as Dr. James Kelloway
The Bachelor (1999)
as O'Dell
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
as Cranston (voice)
Julia (1977)
as Alan
Promised Land (2012)
as Frank Yates
Stormchasers (1995)
as Narrator
Hush (1998)
as Dr. Franklin Hill
Tartuffe (1978)
as Self - Host
Plaza Suite (1987)
as Sam Nash
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail (2003)
as Narrator
Mark Twain (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Fletch Lives (1989)
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
The Star Chamber (1983)
as Benjamin Caulfield
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
The Street Lawyer (2003)
as Arthur Jacobs
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa (1973)
as Narrator
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
as Harlan Webb
Girls Nite Out (1982)
as Jim MacVey
Judas Kiss (1998)
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
as Elder (voice)
Waking the Dead (2000)
as Isaac Green
Carried Away (1996)
as Doctor Evans
The Group (1966)
as Gus Leroy
The Great White Hope (1970)
as Cameron
The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
as Joe
When Hell Was in Session (1979)
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
The Battle of The Alamo (1996)
as Voice
The Brotherhood (1968)
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
The Florentine (1999)
as Smitty
Rituals (1977)
as Harry
America Remembers John F. Kennedy (1983)
as Host
Savannah (2013)
as Judge Harden
The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)
as J.R. Swackhammer
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Trail of Hope (1997)
as Narrator
A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
as Dr. Beardsley
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994)
as Wild Bill McKenzie
Battleships (1999)
as Narrator
That Evening Sun (2009)
as Abner Meecham
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Day One (1989)
as Gen. George Marshall
Flying Lessons (2010)
as Harry Pleasant
Operation Delta Force (1997)
as Admiral Henshaw
Mark Twain Tonight! (1967)
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Wild in the Streets (1968)
as Senator Fergus
Pueblo (1973)
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
The People Next Door (1970)
as David Hoffman
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City (1970)
as Mitch Collins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
as William McKenzie
Eye of God (1997)
as Sheriff Rogers
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
as President Adam Scott
All the Winters that Have Been (1997)
as Uncle Ren Corvin
Purpose (2002)
as Tom Walker
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008)
as Self
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
as Self
Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
as Arthur Sinclair
Dirty Harry: The Original (2001)
as Self - Actor
A Clear and Present Danger (1970)
as Hays Stowe
My Own Country (1998)
as Lloyd Flanders
The Whole World Is Watching (1969)
as Chancellor Graham
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
as Boyd Callahan
Under Siege (1986)
as President Maxwell Monroe
That Certain Summer (1972)
as Doug Salter
Beauty (1998)
as Alexander Miller
Bonds of Love (1993)
as Jim Smith
The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)
as Self
Haven (2001)
as Harold L. Ickes
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008)
as Self
Good Day for It (2011)
as Hec
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995)
as Adm. Kelso
Off the Minnesota Strip (1980)
as Bud Johansen
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Innocent Victims (1996)
as Bob Hennis
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self
The Designing Women Reunion (2003)
Actor
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
as John Webster
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
as Joseph Bundy
Travis Logan, D.A. (1971)
as Matthew Sand
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008)
as Self
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995)
as Wild Bill McKenzie
Sorry, Wrong Number (1989)
as Jim Coltrane
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)
as Grandpa Grier
Our Town (1977)
as Stage manager
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
as Self (uncredited)
The Legend of the Three Trees (2001)
as Narrator
Walking to the Waterline (1998)
as Man on the Beach
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story (2017)
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today (1973)
as Self
92 Grosvenor Street (1985)
Actor
Natural Enemies (1979)
as Paul Steward
Suddenly Single (1971)
as Larry Hackett
The Time of Your Life (1976)
as Self - Host
The Glass Menagerie (1966)
as her son
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next) (1999)
as Narrator
Interpreting Twain (2018)
as Self
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions (1983)
as Narrator (voice)