Hal Holbrook
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1925-02-17
Deathday 2021-01-23 (95 years old)
Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Harold Rowe Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
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
Actor
as Self
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
as Whizzer
as Mayday (voice)
as Judge Harden
as Rutherford Gaines
as Dr. Arvin Wayne
as Preston Blair
as Frank Yates
as Old Jacob
as Hec
as James Dempsey (voice)
as James Dempsey
as Leonard Patterson
as Abner Meecham
as Papa
as Self
as Self
as Nate Madock
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Red Hudmore
as Host
as Lewis Clatch
as The Professor
as Arthur Jacobs
as Edward Shanowski
as Mickey Stokes
as Narrator (voice)
as Tom Walker
as Self (uncredited)
as Jim Templeton
as self
as Congressman Doyle
as Self - Actor
as Narrator
as Harold L. Ickes
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
as 'Mr. Pappy'
as Isaac Green
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
as Narrator
as O'Dell
as Smitty
as Narrator
as Albie Duncan
as Judge Richard Lloyd
as John Schwinn
as Boyd Callahan
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
as Lloyd Flanders
as Man on the Beach
as Dr. Franklin Hill
as Alexander Miller
as Mr. Humphries
as Sheriff Rogers
as Uncle Ren Corvin
as Narrator
as Amphitryon (voice)
as Cranston (voice)
as Admiral Henshaw
as Pete
as Narrator (voice)
as Voice
as Doctor Evans
as Narrator
as Adm. Kelso
as Wild Bill McKenzie
as Justice Oliver Harbison
as Wild Bill McKenzie
as William McKenzie
as Walter Perkins
as Oliver Lambert
as Jim Smith
as Dr. Beardsley
as Evan Evans
as Jim Coltrane
as Gen. George Marshall
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
as Joseph Bundy
as Archbishop Mosely
as Jonas Coe
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Andrew McKay
as Lou Mannheim
as Sam Nash
as President Maxwell Monroe
as Reese Watson
as Gen. Charles Hedges
as Abraham Lincoln
as Grandpa Grier
as John Adams
as Calvin Sledge
as Benjamin Caulfield
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
as Jim MacVey
as John Webster
as President Adam Scott
as Bud Johansen
as Father Malone
as Paul Steward
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
as J.R. Swackhammer
as Arthur Sinclair
as Self - Host
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
as Dr. James Kelloway
as Alan
as Harry
as Stage manager
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
as Deep Throat
as Himself - Host
as Self (archive footage)
as Joe
as Self
as Abraham Lincoln
as Lieutenant Briggs
as The Elder (voice)
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
as Doug Salter
as Harlan Webb
as Larry Hackett
as Matthew Sand
as Narrator
as Self - Host
as Mitch Collins
as Cameron
as David Hoffman
as Hays Stowe
as Senator Hays Stowe
as Chancellor Graham
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
as Sen. Johnny Fergus
as John Adrian
as Self - Guest
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
as Tom Wingfield
as Gus Leroy
as Christopher Simes
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Mitch Collins
as Self - Guest
Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director