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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Interpreting Twain as Self
- 2017 · An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
- 2015 · Blackway as Whizzer
- 2014 · Planes: Fire & Rescue as Mayday (voice)
- 2014 · Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey as Self
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · Savannah as Judge Harden
- 2013 · Rectify as Rutherford Gaines
- 2013 · Monday Mornings as Dr. Arvin Wayne
- 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 · Hawaii Five-0 as Leonard Patterson
- 2010 · The Event as James Dempsey (voice)
- 2010 · The Event as James Dempsey
- 2010 · Flying Lessons as
- 2009 · That Evening Sun as Abner Meecham
- 2008 · Killshot as Papa
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Nate Madock
- 2008 · The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry as Self
- 2008 · The Evolution of Clint Eastwood as Self
- 2008 · The Business End: Violence in Cinema as Self
- 2007 · Into the Wild as Ronald "Ron" Franz
- 2006 · Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Bones as Red Hudmore
- 2005 · The Seventh Day as Host
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Lewis Clatch
- 2003 · NCIS as Mickey Stokes
- 2003 · Hope & Faith as Edward Shanowski
- 2003 · The Designing Women Reunion as
- 2003 · Shade as The Professor
- 2003 · The Street Lawyer as Arthur Jacobs
- 2002 · Good Morning, Miami as Jim Templeton
- 2002 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Purpose as Tom Walker
- 2002 · Mark Twain as self
- 2002 · Mark Twain as Self (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Majestic as Congressman Doyle
- 2001 · Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor
- 2001 · The Legend of the Three Trees as Narrator
- 2001 · Haven as Harold L. Ickes
- 2000 · Founding Fathers as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
- 2000 · The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
- 2000 · Men of Honor as 'Mr. Pappy'
- 2000 · Waking the Dead as Isaac Green
- 1999 · Battleships as Narrator
- 1999 · The Bachelor as O'Dell
- 1999 · The West Wing as Albie Duncan
- 1999 · Family Law as Judge Richard Lloyd
- 1999 · The Florentine as Smitty
- 1999 · Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next) as Narrator
- 1999 · The Sopranos as John Schwinn
- 1998 · Becker as Mr. Humphries
- 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
- 1998 · Beauty as Alexander Miller
- 1997 · The Third Twin as Pete
- 1997 · Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Eye of God as Sheriff Rogers
- 1997 · All the Winters that Have Been as Uncle Ren Corvin
- 1997 · Trail of Hope as Narrator
- 1997 · Hercules as Amphitryon (voice)
- 1997 · Cats Don't Dance as Cranston (voice)
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Admiral Henshaw
- 1996 · The Battle of The Alamo as Voice
- 1996 · Carried Away as Doctor Evans
- 1995 · Stormchasers as Narrator
- 1995 · She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal as Adm. Kelso
- 1995 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester as Wild Bill McKenzie
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Justice Oliver Harbison
- 1994 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor as Wild Bill McKenzie
- 1994 · ER as Walter Perkins
- 1994 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle as William McKenzie
- 1993 · The Firm as Oliver Lambert
- 1993 · Bonds of Love as Jim Smith
- 1990 · Evening Shade as Evan Evans
- 1990 · A Killing in a Small Town as Dr. Beardsley
- 1989 · Sorry, Wrong Number as Jim Coltrane
- 1989 · Day One as Gen. George Marshall
- 1989 · Fletch Lives as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
- 1988 · I'll Be Home for Christmas as Joseph Bundy
- 1988 · Emma: Queen of the South Seas as Jonas Coe
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · The Unholy as Archbishop Mosely
- 1988 · The Fortunate Pilgrim as Dr. Andrew McKay
- 1988 · Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel as Self
- 1987 · Wall Street as Lou Mannheim
- 1987 · Plaza Suite as Sam Nash
- 1986 · Designing Women as Reese Watson
- 1986 · Dress Gray as Gen. Charles Hedges
- 1986 · Under Siege as President Maxwell Monroe
- 1985 · 92 Grosvenor Street as
- 1985 · North and South as Abraham Lincoln
- 1984 · The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Grandpa Grier
- 1984 · George Washington as John Adams
- 1984 · Celebrity as Calvin Sledge
- 1983 · America Remembers John F. Kennedy as Host
- 1983 · The Star Chamber as Benjamin Caulfield
- 1982 · Creepshow as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
- 1982 · Girls Nite Out as Jim MacVey
- 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 · Tartuffe as Self - Host
- 1978 · The Awakening Land as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
- 1977 · Capricorn One as Dr. James Kelloway
- 1977 · Julia as Alan
- 1977 · Rituals as Harry
- 1977 · Our Town as Stage manager
- 1976 · Midway as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
- 1976 · All the President's Men as Deep Throat
- 1976 · The Time of Your Life as Himself - Host
- 1976 · Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · The Girl from Petrovka as Joe
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
- 1973 · Magnum Force as Lieutenant Briggs
- 1973 · The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today as Self
- 1973 · Jonathan Livingston Seagull as The 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 · Appointment With Destiny as Narrator
- 1971 · Goodbye, Raggedy Ann as Harlan Webb
- 1971 · Suddenly Single as Larry Hackett
- 1971 · Travis Logan, D.A. as Matthew Sand
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self - Host
- 1970 · The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City as Mitch Collins
- 1970 · The Great White Hope as Cameron
- 1970 · The People Next Door as David Hoffman
- 1970 · The Bold Ones: The Senator as Senator Hays Stowe
- 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 as John Adrian
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Wild in the Streets as Sen. Johnny Fergus
- 1967 · Mark Twain Tonight! as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
- 1966 · The Group as Gus Leroy
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Christopher Simes
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Mitch Collins
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest