Hal Holbrook
Acting
Born February 17, 1925 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Films (117)
Interpreting Twain
2018
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017
Blackway
2015
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
Savannah
2013
Lincoln
2012
Promised Land
2012
Water for Elephants
2011
Good Day for It
2011
Flying Lessons
2010
That Evening Sun
2009
Killshot
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
Into the Wild
2007
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
2003
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Shade
2003
The Street Lawyer
2003
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
Purpose
2002
Mark Twain
2002
The Majestic
2001
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
The Legend of the Three Trees
2001
Haven
2001
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
Men of Honor
2000
Waking the Dead
2000
Battleships
1999
The Bachelor
1999
The Florentine
1999
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
1999
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998
Judas Kiss
1998
My Own Country
1998
Walking to the Waterline
1998
Hush
1998
Beauty
1998
Eye of God
1997
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
Trail of Hope
1997
Hercules
1997
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Operation Delta Force
1997
The Battle of The Alamo
1996
Carried Away
1996
Innocent Victims
1996
Stormchasers
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
The Firm
1993
Bonds of Love
1993
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989
Day One
1989
Fletch Lives
1989
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
The Unholy
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
Wall Street
1987
Plaza Suite
1987
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
Under Siege
1986
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1983
The Star Chamber
1983
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
1983
Creepshow
1982
Girls Nite Out
1982
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980
The Fog
1980
Natural Enemies
1979
When Hell Was in Session
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
Tartuffe
1978
Capricorn One
1977
Julia
1977
Rituals
1977
Our Town
1977
Midway
1976
All the President's Men
1976
The Time of Your Life
1976
The Girl from Petrovka
1974
Magnum Force
1973
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
Pueblo
1973
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
1973
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
That Certain Summer
1972
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
Suddenly Single
1971
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
The Great White Hope
1970
The People Next Door
1970
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
The Whole World Is Watching
1969
The Brotherhood
1968
Wild in the Streets
1968
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967
The Glass Menagerie
1966
The Group
1966