Hal Holbrook
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.
Born: 17 February 1925 • Died: 23 January 2021
Played In
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)
The Event
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 Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
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 (uncredited)
Mark Twain
self
The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
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
ER
Walter Perkins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
William McKenzie
The Firm
Oliver Lambert
Bonds of Love
Jim Smith
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
Evening Shade
Evan Evans
A Killing in a Small Town
Dr. Beardsley
Sorry, Wrong Number
Jim Coltrane
Day One
Gen. George Marshall
Fletch Lives
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joseph Bundy
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Jonas Coe
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The Unholy
Archbishop Mosely
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Dr. Andrew McKay
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Self
Wall Street
Lou Mannheim
Plaza Suite
Sam Nash
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
Designing Women
Reese Watson
Dress Gray
Gen. Charles Hedges
Under Siege
President Maxwell Monroe
92 Grosvenor Street
North and South
Abraham Lincoln
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Grandpa Grier
George Washington
John Adams
Celebrity
Calvin Sledge
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Host
The Star Chamber
Benjamin Caulfield
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
Narrator (voice)
Creepshow
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Girls Nite Out
Jim MacVey
The Killing of Randy Webster
John Webster
The Kidnapping of the President
President Adam Scott
Off the Minnesota Strip
Bud Johansen
The Fog
Father Malone
Natural Enemies
Paul Steward
When Hell Was in Session
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
The Legend of the Golden Gun
J.R. Swackhammer
Murder by Natural Causes
Arthur Sinclair
Tartuffe
Self - Host
The Awakening Land
Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Capricorn One
Dr. James Kelloway
Julia
Alan
Rituals
Harry
Our Town
Stage manager
Midway
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
All the President's Men
Deep Throat
The Time of Your Life
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
The Girl from Petrovka
Joe
Dinah!
Self
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Magnum Force
Lieutenant Briggs
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Elder (voice)
Pueblo
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
Narrator
They Only Kill Their Masters
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
That Certain Summer
Doug Salter
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Harlan Webb
Suddenly Single
Larry Hackett
Travis Logan, D.A.
Matthew Sand
Great Performances
Self - Host
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Mitch Collins
The Great White Hope
Cameron
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Senator Hays Stowe
The People Next Door
David Hoffman
A Clear and Present Danger
Hays Stowe
The Whole World Is Watching
Chancellor Graham
The Brotherhood
Man at the Table (uncredited)
The Name of the Game
John Adrian
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Wild in the Streets
Senator Fergus
Mark Twain Tonight!
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Glass Menagerie
her son
CBS Playhouse
Tom Wingfield
The Group
Gus Leroy
The F.B.I.
Christopher Simes
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mitch Collins
The Oscars
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self