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Hal Holbrook
Actor, Director, Writer
Born February 17, 1925Died January 23, 2021 (95 years)
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.
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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.
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Hal Holbrook Filmography
| 2017 | An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story · as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice) |
| 2015 | Go with Me · as Whizzer |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue · as Mayday (voice) |
| 2013 | Savannah · as Judge Harden |
| 2013 | Rectify (TV Series) · as Rutherford Gaines |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings (TV Series) · as Dr. Arvin Wayne |
| 2012 | Trailer War · as Cast |
| 2012 | Lincoln · as Preston Blair |
| 2012 | Promised Land · as Frank Yates |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants · as Old Jacob |
| 2011 | Good Day for It · as Hec |
| 2010 | The Event (TV Series) · as James Dempsey |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Leonard Patterson |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | That Evening Sun · as Abner Meecham |
| 2009 | Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times · as Harrison Gray Otis |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) · as Nate Madock |
| 2007 | Into the Wild · as Ronald "ron" Franz |
| 2007 | Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II · as Narrator |
| 2005 | The Cultivated Life: Thomas Jefferson and Wine · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Red Hudmore |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Lewis Clatch |
| 2003 | Hope & Faith (TV Series) · as Edward Shanowski |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Mickey Stokes |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Street Lawyer · as Arthur Jacobs |
| 2002 | Purpose · as Tom Walker |
| 2002 | Good Morning, Miami (TV Series) · as Jim Templeton |
| 2002 | Founding Brothers · as Benjamin Franklin |
| 2001 | The Majestic · as Congressman Doyle |
| 2001 | Haven · as Harold L. Ickes |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers (TV Series) · as Benjamin Franklin (voice) |
| 2000 | Men of Honor · as 'mr. Pappy' |
| 2000 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus · as Ak - Master Woodsman Of The World (voice) |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead · as Isaac Green |
| 1999 | The Bachelor · as O'dell |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Albie Duncan |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Judge Richard Lloyd |
| 1999 | The Florentine · as Smitty |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as John Schwinn |
| 1998 | Becker (TV Series) · as Mr. Humphries |
| 1998 | Beauty · as Alexander Miller |
| 1998 | Rusty: A Dog's Tale · as Boyd Callahan |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss · as Senator Rupert Hornbeck |
| 1998 | My Own Country · as Lloyd Flanders |
| 1998 | Walking to the Waterline · as Man On The Beach |
| 1998 | Hush · as Dr. Franklin Hill |
| 1997 | Der dritte Zwilling (TV Series) · as Pete |
| 1997 | The Third Twin · as Pete |
| 1997 | Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery · as Narrator |
| 1997 | Eye of God · as Sheriff Rogers |
| 1997 | All the Winters That Have Been · as Uncle Ren Corvin |
| 1997 | Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail · as Narrator |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Amphitryon (voice) |
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance · as Cranston (voice) |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force · as Admiral Henshaw |
| 1996 | America on Wheels · as Narrator |
| 1996 | Carried Away · as Doctor Evans |
| 1996 | The Battle of the Alamo · as Voice |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims · as Bob Hennis |
| 1995 | Stormchasers · as Narrator |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal · as Adm. Kelso |
| 1995 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester · as Wild Bill Mckenzie |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Justice Oliver Harbison |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor · as Wild Bill Mckenzie |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Walter Perkins |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle · as William Mckenzie |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Oliver Lambert |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love · as Jim Smith |
| 1992 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Clint Eastwood on Westerns · as Narrator |
| 1990 | Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Evan Evans |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town · as Dr. Beardsley |
| 1989 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Jim Coltrane |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives · as Hamilton "ham" Johnson |
| 1989 | Day One · as Gen. George Marshall |
| 1988 | I'll Be Home for Christmas · as Joseph Bundy |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas (TV Series) · as Jonas Coe |
| 1988 | The Unholy · as Archbishop Mosely |
| 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV Series) · as Dr. Andrew Mckay |
| 1987 | Wall Street · as Lou Mannheim |
| 1987 | Plaza Suite · as Sam Nash |
| 1986 | Designing Women (TV Series) · as Reese Watson |
| 1986 | North and South, Book II (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1986 | Dress Gray (TV Series) · as Gen. Charles Hedges |
| 1986 | Under Siege · as President Maxwell Monroe |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | North and South (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier · as Grandpa Grier |
| 1984 | George Washington (1984) (TV Series) · as John Adams |
| 1984 | Celebrity (1984) (TV Series) · as Calvin Sledge |
| 1983 | The Star Chamber · as Benjamin Caulfield |
| 1982 | Girls Nite Out · as Jim Macvey |
| 1982 | Creepshow · as Henry Northrup (segment "the Crate") |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster · as John Webster |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President · as President Adam Scott |
| 1980 | Off the Minnesota Strip · as Bud Johansen |
| 1980 | The Fog · as Father Malone |
| 1979 | Natural Enemies · as Paul Steward |
| 1979 | When Hell Was in Session · as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun · as J.r. Swackhammer |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes · as Arthur Sinclair |
| 1978 | Capricorn One · as Dr. James Kelloway |
| 1978 | The Awakening Land (TV Series) · as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary |
| 1977 | Julia · as Alan |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Our Town · as Stage Manager |
| 1976 | Midway · as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort |
| 1976 | All the President's Men · as Deep Throat |
| 1974 | The Girl from Petrovka · as Joe |
| 1974 | Sandburg's Lincoln (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1973 | Magnum Force · as Lieutenant Briggs |
| 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull · as Elder (voice) |
| 1973 | Pueblo · as Capt. Lloyd Bucher |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters · as Dr. Warren G. Watkins |
| 1972 | That Certain Summer · as Doug Salter |
| 1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann · as Harlan Webb |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single · as Larry Hackett |
| 1971 | Travis Logan, D.A. · as Matthew Sand |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope · as Cameron |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV Series) · as Senator Hays Stowe |
| 1970 | The People Next Door · as David Hoffman |
| 1970 | A Clear and Present Danger · as Hays Stowe |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching · as Chancellor Graham |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood · as Man At The Table (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as John Adrian |
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets · as Senator Fergus |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue (TV Series) · as Carey Thomas |
| 1967 | Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! · as Mark Twain (samuel Langhorne Clemens) |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie · as Her Son |
| 1966 | The Group · as Gus Leroy |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Christopher Simes |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mitch Collins |
| 1950 | Rocky King, Detective (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The Oscars · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds · as Self |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self - Segment "lincoln" |
| 2014 | Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey · as Self |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story · as Self |
| 2013 | 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The People Speak Australia · as Self - Contributor |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Self |
| 2008 | 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | CBS at 75 · as Self |
| 2002 | Mark Twain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Mark Twain · as Self (uncredited) |
| 2001 | |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The 51st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Superman 50th Anniversary · as Self |
| 1986 | All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 1978 | The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1978 | Tartuffe · as Self - Host |
| 1977 | The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1976 | The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1976 | The Time of Your Life · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Self (narrator) |
| 1974 | Tattletales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1969 | He Said, She Said (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | What's My Line? (1968) (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | National Geographic Specials (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1962 | The Match Game (TV Series) · as Self - Team Captain |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Designing Women (TV Series) |