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