Hal Holbrook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1925
- Died
- January 23, 2021 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
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Filmography
Presenting Geraldine Page
Movie
Interpreting Twain
Movie · as Self
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Movie · as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
Blackway
Movie · as Whizzer
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie · as Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie · as Mayday (voice)
Savannah
Movie · as Judge Harden
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self
Rectify
TV · as Rutherford Gaines · 1 ep
Monday Mornings
TV · as Dr. Arvin Wayne · 1 ep
Lincoln
Movie · as Preston Blair
Promised Land
Movie · as Frank Yates
Good Day for It
Movie · as Hec
Water for Elephants
Movie · as Old Jacob
Flying Lessons
Movie · as Harry Pleasant
The Event
TV · as James Dempsey (voice) · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Leonard Patterson · 1 ep
That Evening Sun
Movie · as Abner Meecham
Killshot
Movie · as Papa
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Movie · as Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Movie · as Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Movie · as Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Movie · as Self
Sons of Anarchy
TV · as Nate Madock · 5 eps
Into the Wild
Movie · as Ronald "Ron" Franz
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Lewis Clatch · 1 ep
Bones
TV · as Red Hudmore · 1 ep
The Seventh Day
TV · as Host · 11 eps
The Street Lawyer
Movie · as Arthur Jacobs
The Designing Women Reunion
Movie
Shade
Movie · as The Professor
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
Movie · as Narrator
Hope & Faith
TV · as Edward Shanowski · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Mickey Stokes · 1 ep
Purpose
Movie · as Tom Walker
Mark Twain
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
TV · as self · 2 eps
Good Morning, Miami
TV · as Jim Templeton · 2 eps
The Majestic
Movie · as Congressman Doyle
Haven
Movie · as Harold L. Ickes
The Legend of the Three Trees
Movie · as Narrator
Dirty Harry: The Original
Movie · as Self - Actor
Haven
TV · as Harold L. Ickes · 2 eps
Waking the Dead
Movie · as Isaac Green
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Movie · as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Men of Honor
Movie · as 'Mr. Pappy'
Founding Fathers
TV · as Benjamin Franklin (voice) · 4 eps
The Bachelor
Movie · as O'Dell
The Florentine
Movie · as Smitty
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
Movie · as Narrator
Battleships
Movie · as Narrator
The West Wing
TV · as Albie Duncan · 2 eps
Family Law
TV · as Judge Richard Lloyd · 1 ep
The Sopranos
TV · as John Schwinn · 1 ep
Judas Kiss
Movie · as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
Hush
Movie · as Dr. Franklin Hill
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Movie · as Boyd Callahan
My Own Country
Movie · as Lloyd Flanders
Beauty
Movie · as Alexander Miller
Walking to the Waterline
Movie · as Man on the Beach
Becker
TV · as Mr. Humphries · 1 ep
Hercules
Movie · as Amphitryon (voice)
Trail of Hope
Movie · as Narrator
Eye of God
Movie · as Sheriff Rogers
Operation Delta Force
Movie · as Admiral Henshaw
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie · as Uncle Ren Corvin
Cats Don't Dance
Movie · as Cranston (voice)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
The Third Twin
TV · as Pete · 2 eps
The Battle of The Alamo
Movie · as Voice
Carried Away
Movie · as Doctor Evans
Innocent Victims
Movie · as Bob Hennis
Stormchasers
Movie · as Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie · as Wild Bill McKenzie
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Movie · as Adm. Kelso
The Outer Limits
TV · as Justice Oliver Harbison · 2 eps
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Movie · as Wild Bill McKenzie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie · as William McKenzie
ER
TV · as Walter Perkins · 2 eps
The Firm
Movie · as Oliver Lambert
Bonds of Love
Movie · as Jim Smith
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
A Killing in a Small Town
Movie · as Dr. Beardsley
Evening Shade
TV · as Evan Evans · 100 eps
Fletch Lives
Movie · as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
Day One
Movie · as Gen. George Marshall
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie · as Jim Coltrane
The Unholy
Movie · as Archbishop Mosely
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie · as Joseph Bundy
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Movie · as Self
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
TV · as Jonas Coe · 4 eps
The Fortunate Pilgrim
TV · as Dr. Andrew McKay · 2 eps
Wall Street
Movie · as Lou Mannheim
Plaza Suite
Movie · as Sam Nash
Under Siege
Movie · as President Maxwell Monroe
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Designing Women
TV · as Reese Watson · 7 eps
Dress Gray
TV · as Gen. Charles Hedges · 2 eps
92 Grosvenor Street
Movie
North and South
TV · as Abraham Lincoln · 10 eps
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Movie · as Grandpa Grier
George Washington
TV · as John Adams · 3 eps
Celebrity
TV · as Calvin Sledge · 3 eps
The Star Chamber
Movie · as Benjamin Caulfield
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Movie · as Host
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Creepshow
Movie · as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Girls Nite Out
Movie · as Jim MacVey
The Killing of Randy Webster
Movie · as John Webster
The Fog
Movie · as Father Malone
The Kidnapping of the President
Movie · as President Adam Scott
Off the Minnesota Strip
Movie · as Bud Johansen
Natural Enemies
Movie · as Paul Steward
Murder by Natural Causes
Movie · as Arthur Sinclair
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Movie · as J.R. Swackhammer
When Hell Was in Session
Movie · as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
Tartuffe
Movie · as Self - Host
The Awakening Land
TV · as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary · 3 eps
Capricorn One
Movie · as Dr. James Kelloway
Julia
Movie · as Alan
Rituals
Movie · as Harry
Our Town
Movie · as Stage manager
All the President's Men
Movie · as Deep Throat
Midway
Movie · as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
The Time of Your Life
Movie · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Girl from Petrovka
Movie · as Joe
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lincoln
TV · as Abraham Lincoln · 6 eps
Magnum Force
Movie · as Lieutenant Briggs
Pueblo
Movie · as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Movie · as Elder (voice)
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Movie · as Self
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
Movie · as Narrator
They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie · as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
That Certain Summer
Movie · as Doug Salter
Suddenly Single
Movie · as Larry Hackett
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Movie · as Harlan Webb
Travis Logan, D.A.
Movie · as Matthew Sand
Appointment With Destiny
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
The People Next Door
Movie · as David Hoffman
The Great White Hope
Movie · as Cameron
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Movie · as Mitch Collins
A Clear and Present Danger
Movie · as Hays Stowe
The Bold Ones: The Senator
TV · as Senator Hays Stowe · 8 eps
The Whole World Is Watching
Movie · as Chancellor Graham
The Brotherhood
Movie · as Man at the Table (uncredited)
Wild in the Streets
Movie · as Senator Fergus
The Name of the Game
TV · as John Adrian · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mark Twain Tonight!
Movie · as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Group
Movie · as Gus Leroy
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · as her son
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Tom Wingfield · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Christopher Simes · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mitch Collins · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep