
Hal Holbrook
Born: 1925-02-17
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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

Hercules

Tartuffe

Lincoln

The Firm

Into the Wild

Midway

Wall Street

Men of Honor

The Majestic

The Florentine

Shade

Creepshow

The Bachelor

Water for Elephants

The Fog

Killshot

Magnum Force

Walking to the Waterline

Planes: Fire & Rescue

The Unholy

All the President's Men

Savannah

Julia

Blackway

Mark Twain

The Designing Women Reunion

Flying Lessons

Haven

Day One

Natural Enemies

Cats Don't Dance

Suddenly Single

Our Town

Capricorn One

Plaza Suite

Purpose

Promised Land

Under Siege

Hush

That Evening Sun

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Girl from Petrovka

Mark Twain Tonight!

Girls Nite Out

Fletch Lives

Dirty Harry: The Original

Waking the Dead

Bonds of Love

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

Stormchasers

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

Battleships

The Group

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

That Certain Summer

The Brotherhood

Operation Delta Force

Eye of God

I'll Be Home for Christmas

92 Grosvenor Street

Sorry, Wrong Number

The Star Chamber

Carried Away

Judas Kiss

A Killing in a Small Town

Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail

Good Day for It

Pueblo

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Trail of Hope

The Great White Hope

Beauty

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

Wild in the Streets

The People Next Door

The Battle of The Alamo

The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Killing of Randy Webster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

My Own Country

Rituals

When Hell Was in Session

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Murder by Natural Causes

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

The Kidnapping of the President

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

All the Winters that Have Been

They Only Kill Their Masters

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Off the Minnesota Strip

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Interpreting Twain

Innocent Victims

A Clear and Present Danger

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

The Time of Your Life

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

The Legend of the Three Trees

The Glass Menagerie

The Whole World Is Watching

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
