Hal Holbrook
Acting
🎂 1925-02-17
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.
Cast credits(161)
Lewis Clatch
2005
Mickey Stokes
2003
John Schwinn
1999
Red Hudmore
2005
Leonard Patterson
2010
Nate Madock
2008
Self
1962
Albie Duncan
1999
Walter Perkins
1994
Self
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Narrator (voice)
1988
Self - Host
1971
Christopher Simes
1965
Justice Oliver Harbison
1995
John Adrian
1968
Mr. Humphries
1998
Abraham Lincoln
1985
Amphitryon (voice)
1997
Self
1948
Self
1962
Self
1974
Judge Richard Lloyd
1999
Self - Guest
1968
Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007
Reese Watson
1986
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976
Rutherford Gaines
2013
Preston Blair
2012
Lou Mannheim
1987
Oliver Lambert
1993
Edward Shanowski
2003
Mayday (voice)
2014
'Mr. Pappy'
2000
Evan Evans
1990
Papa
2008
Father Malone
1980
Self
1957
O'Dell
1999
Deep Throat
1976
James Dempsey
2010
James Dempsey (voice)
2010
Lieutenant Briggs
1973
Jim Templeton
2002
1966
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982
Old Jacob
2011
Dr. Arvin Wayne
2013
Frank Yates
2012
Dr. James Kelloway
1977
Mitch Collins
1954
Senator Hays Stowe
1970
Dr. Franklin Hill
1998
Congressman Doyle
2001
Jim Smith
1993
Wild Bill McKenzie
1994
Whizzer
2015
Alan
1977
Self
2014
Self
2013
The Professor
2003
Cranston (voice)
1997
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989
Mitch Collins
1970
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
Narrator (voice)
1997
Isaac Green
2000
Benjamin Caulfield
1983
William McKenzie
1994
Tom Walker
2002
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
1998
Arthur Jacobs
2003
Joe
1974
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
1972
Gen. George Marshall
1989
Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
1978
Smitty
1999
John Adams
1984
Adm. Kelso
1995
Gus Leroy
1966
Matthew Sand
1971
Elder (voice)
1973
Narrator (voice)
1992
David Hoffman
1970
Lloyd Flanders
1998
Alexander Miller
1998
Pete
1997
2003
John Webster
1981
Judge Harden
2013
Jim Coltrane
1989
Man at the Table (uncredited)
1968
Doctor Evans
1996
Self - Host
1978
President Adam Scott
1980
Dr. Beardsley
1990
Narrator (voice)
2002
J.R. Swackhammer
1979
President Maxwell Monroe
1986
Dr. Andrew McKay
1988
Joseph Bundy
1988
Harold L. Ickes
2001
Wild Bill McKenzie
1995
self
2002
Sheriff Rogers
1997
Abraham Lincoln
1974
Larry Hackett
1971
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979
Admiral Henshaw
1997
Grandpa Grier
1984
Boyd Callahan
1998
Cameron
1970
Jonas Coe
1988
Abner Meecham
2009
Harry
1977
Self
2008
Calvin Sledge
1984
Hays Stowe
1970
Self
2008
Man on the Beach
1998
Jim MacVey
1982
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2000
Bud Johansen
1980
Self
2008
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Gen. Charles Hedges
1986
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Sam Nash
1987
Self (uncredited)
2002
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
1973
Self
1988
Uncle Ren Corvin
1997
Harlan Webb
1971
Self - Actor
2001
Archbishop Mosely
1988
her son
1966
Arthur Sinclair
1979
Self
2008
Narrator
1971
Chancellor Graham
1969
Doug Salter
1972
Bob Hennis
1996
Senator Fergus
1968
Self - Host
1976
Paul Steward
1979
Stage manager
1977
Self
2018
Host
2005
Hec
2011
Narrator
2001
Voice
1996
Self
1973
Narrator
1999
1985
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967
Narrator
1997
Narrator
1995
Narrator
1999
Host
1983
