Hal Holbrook
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-02-17
Day of Death
2021-01-23 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Acting
(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)
(2013)
Savannah
as Judge Harden
(2013)
(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)
(2009)
That Evening Sun
as Abner Meecham
(2008)
Killshot
as Papa
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
(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)
(2003)
Shade
as The Professor
(2003)
The Street Lawyer
as Arthur Jacobs
(2003)
(2002)
Purpose
as Tom Walker
(2002)
Mark Twain
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
The Majestic
as Congressman Doyle
(2001)
Haven
as Harold L. Ickes
(2001)
Dirty Harry: The Original
as Self - Actor
(2001)
The Legend of the Three Trees
as Narrator
(2000)
Men of Honor
as 'Mr. Pappy'
(2000)
Waking the Dead
as Isaac Green
(2000)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
(1999)
The Bachelor
as O'Dell
(1999)
The Florentine
as Smitty
(1999)
Battleships
as Narrator
(1999)
(1998)
Hush
as Dr. Franklin Hill
(1998)
Judas Kiss
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
(1998)
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
as Boyd Callahan
(1998)
Beauty
as Alexander Miller
(1998)
My Own Country
as Lloyd Flanders
(1998)
Walking to the Waterline
as Man on the Beach
(1997)
Hercules
as Amphitryon (voice)
(1997)
Cats Don't Dance
as Cranston (voice)
(1997)
Operation Delta Force
as Admiral Henshaw
(1997)
Eye of God
as Sheriff Rogers
(1997)
All the Winters that Have Been
as Uncle Ren Corvin
(1997)
Trail of Hope
as Narrator
(1996)
Carried Away
as Doctor Evans
(1996)
Innocent Victims
as Bob Hennis
(1996)
The Battle of The Alamo
as Voice
(1995)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Wild Bill McKenzie
(1995)
Stormchasers
as Narrator
(1995)
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Kelso
(1994)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Wild Bill McKenzie
(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
(1992)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
A Killing in a Small Town
as Dr. Beardsley
(1989)
Fletch Lives
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
(1989)
Day One
as Gen. George Marshall
(1989)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Jim Coltrane
(1988)
The Unholy
as Archbishop Mosely
(1988)
(1988)
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Joseph Bundy
(1987)
Wall Street
as Lou Mannheim
(1987)
Plaza Suite
as Sam Nash
(1986)
Under Siege
as President Maxwell Monroe
(1985)
(1984)
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Grandpa Grier
(1983)
The Star Chamber
as Benjamin Caulfield
(1983)
(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 Fog
as Father Malone
(1980)
The Kidnapping of the President
as President Adam Scott
(1980)
Off the Minnesota Strip
as Bud Johansen
(1979)
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as J.R. Swackhammer
(1979)
Murder by Natural Causes
as Arthur Sinclair
(1979)
Natural Enemies
as Paul Steward
(1979)
When Hell Was in Session
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
(1978)
Tartuffe
as Self - Host
(1977)
Julia
as Alan
(1977)
Capricorn One
as Dr. James Kelloway
(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)
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
The Time of Your Life
as Himself - Host
(1974)
The Girl from Petrovka
as Joe
(1973)
Magnum Force
as Lieutenant Briggs
(1973)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Elder (voice)
(1973)
Pueblo
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
(1973)
(1972)
That Certain Summer
as Doug Salter
(1972)
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
(1971)
Suddenly Single
as Larry Hackett
(1971)
Travis Logan, D.A.
as Matthew Sand
(1971)
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Harlan Webb
(1970)
The People Next Door
as David Hoffman
(1970)
The Great White Hope
as Cameron
(1970)
A Clear and Present Danger
as Hays Stowe
(1970)
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
as Mitch Collins
(1969)
The Whole World Is Watching
as Chancellor Graham
(1968)
The Brotherhood
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
(1968)
Wild in the Streets
as Sen. Johnny Fergus
(1967)
Mark Twain Tonight!
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
(1966)
The Group
as Gus Leroy
(1966)
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
Crew
(2006)
(1967)
Mark Twain Tonight!
Writer