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