Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook (95)

1925-02-17 - 2021-01-23 | 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.

On Movies

  • Blackway
  • Planes: Fire & Rescue
  • Savannah
  • Lincoln
  • Promised Land
  • Water for Elephants
  • Good Day for It
  • Flying Lessons
  • That Evening Sun
  • Killshot
  • Into the Wild
  • The Designing Women Reunion
  • Shade
  • The Street Lawyer
  • Purpose
  • The Majestic
  • The Legend of the Three Trees
  • Haven
  • The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
  • Men of Honor
  • Waking the Dead
  • The Bachelor
  • The Florentine
  • Rusty: A Dog's Tale
  • Judas Kiss
  • My Own Country
  • Walking to the Waterline
  • Hush
  • Beauty
  • Eye of God
  • All the Winters that Have Been
  • Hercules
  • Cats Don't Dance
  • Operation Delta Force
  • Carried Away
  • She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
  • The Firm
  • Bonds of Love
  • A Killing in a Small Town
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
  • Day One
  • Fletch Lives
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas
  • The Unholy
  • Wall Street
  • Under Siege
  • 92 Grosvenor Street
  • The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
  • The Star Chamber
  • Creepshow
  • Girls Nite Out
  • The Killing of Randy Webster
  • The Kidnapping of the President
  • Off the Minnesota Strip
  • The Fog
  • Natural Enemies
  • When Hell Was in Session
  • The Legend of the Golden Gun
  • Murder by Natural Causes
  • Tartuffe
  • Capricorn One
  • Julia
  • Rituals
  • Midway
  • All the President's Men
  • The Time of Your Life
  • The Girl from Petrovka
  • Magnum Force
  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • Pueblo
  • They Only Kill Their Masters
  • That Certain Summer
  • Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
  • Suddenly Single
  • Travis Logan, D.A.
  • The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
  • The Great White Hope
  • The People Next Door
  • A Clear and Present Danger
  • The Whole World Is Watching
  • The Brotherhood
  • Wild in the Streets
  • Mark Twain Tonight!
  • The Glass Menagerie
  • The Group

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