Hal Holbrook
- Acting
- February 17, 1925 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- January 23, 2021
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
Filmography
- Interpreting Twain · Self
- An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story · Reinhold Niebuhr (Voice)
- Blackway · Whizzer
- Planes: Fire & Rescue · Mayday (Voice)
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey · Self
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story · Self
- Savannah · Judge Harden
- Rectify · Rutherford Gaines
- Monday Mornings · Dr. Arvin Wayne
- Lincoln · Preston Blair
- Promised Land · Frank Yates
- Water for Elephants · Old Jacob
- Good Day for It · Hec
- The Event · James Dempsey (Voice), James Dempsey
- Hawaii Five-0 · Leonard Patterson
- Flying Lessons · Harry Pleasant
- That Evening Sun · Abner Meecham
- Killshot · Papa
- Sons of Anarchy · Nate Madock
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry · Self
- A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry · Self
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema · Self
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood · Self
- Into the Wild · Ronald "Ron" Franz
- Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat · Self
- Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire · Self
- Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" · Other
- Bones · Red Hudmore
- The Seventh Day · Host
- Grey's Anatomy · Lewis Clatch
- Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail · Narrator
- Hope & Faith · Edward Shanowski
- NCIS · Mickey Stokes
- The Designing Women Reunion
- Shade · The Professor
- The Street Lawyer · Arthur Jacobs
- Good Morning, Miami · Jim Templeton
- Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' · Narrator (Voice)
- Purpose · Tom Walker
- Mark Twain · Self
- Mark Twain · Self
- The Majestic · Congressman Doyle
- Dirty Harry: The Original · Self
- The Legend of the Three Trees · Narrator
- Haven · Harold L. Ickes
- Haven · Harold L. Ickes
- Founding Fathers · Benjamin Franklin (Voice)
- The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus · Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (Voice)
- Men of Honor · 'Mr. Pappy'
- Waking the Dead · Isaac Green
- Battleships · Narrator
- The Bachelor · O'Dell
- The West Wing · Albie Duncan
- Family Law · Judge Richard Lloyd
- The Florentine · Smitty
- Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next) · Narrator
- The Sopranos · John Schwinn
- Becker · Mr. Humphries
- Rusty: A Dog's Tale · Boyd Callahan
- Judas Kiss · Senator Rupert Hornbeck
- My Own Country · Lloyd Flanders
- Walking to the Waterline · Man on the Beach
- Hush · Dr. Franklin Hill
- Beauty · Alexander Miller
- The Third Twin · Pete
- Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery · Narrator (Voice)
- Eye of God · Sheriff Rogers
- All the Winters that Have Been · Uncle Ren Corvin
- Trail of Hope · Narrator
- Hercules · Amphitryon (Voice)
- Cats Don't Dance · Cranston (Voice)
- Operation Delta Force · Admiral Henshaw
- The Battle of The Alamo · Voice
- Carried Away · Doctor Evans
- Innocent Victims · Bob Hennis
- Stormchasers · Narrator
- She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal · Adm. Kelso
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester · Wild Bill McKenzie
- The Outer Limits · Justice Oliver Harbison
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor · Wild Bill McKenzie