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