Hal Holbrook
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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Acted in
Interpreting Twain
2018
as Self
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
Blackway
2015
as Whizzer
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Mayday (voice)
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Savannah
2013
as Judge Harden
Rectify
2013
as Rutherford Gaines
Monday Mornings
2013
as Dr. Arvin Wayne
Lincoln
2012
as Preston Blair
Promised Land
2012
as Frank Yates
Water for Elephants
2011
as Old Jacob
Good Day for It
2011
as Hec
The Event
2010
as James Dempsey (voice)
The Event
2010
as James Dempsey
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Leonard Patterson
Flying Lessons
2010
That Evening Sun
2009
as Abner Meecham
Killshot
2008
as Papa
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Nate Madock
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
as Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
as Self
Into the Wild
2007
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bones
2005
as Red Hudmore
The Seventh Day
2005
as Host
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lewis Clatch
Hope & Faith
2003
as Edward Shanowski
NCIS
2003
as Mickey Stokes
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Shade
2003
as The Professor
The Street Lawyer
2003
as Arthur Jacobs
Good Morning, Miami
2002
as Jim Templeton
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Purpose
2002
as Tom Walker
Mark Twain
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Mark Twain
2002
as self
The Majestic
2001
as Congressman Doyle
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
as Self - Actor
The Legend of the Three Trees
2001
as Narrator
Haven
2001
as Harold L. Ickes
Founding Fathers
2000
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Men of Honor
2000
as 'Mr. Pappy'
Waking the Dead
2000
as Isaac Green
Battleships
1999
as Narrator
The Bachelor
1999
as O'Dell
The West Wing
1999
as Albie Duncan
Family Law
1999
as Judge Richard Lloyd
The Florentine
1999
as Smitty
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
1999
as Narrator
The Sopranos
1999
as John Schwinn
Becker
1998
as Mr. Humphries
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998
as Boyd Callahan
Judas Kiss
1998
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
My Own Country
1998
as Lloyd Flanders
Walking to the Waterline
1998
as Man on the Beach
Hush
1998
as Dr. Franklin Hill
Beauty
1998
as Alexander Miller
The Third Twin
1997
as Pete
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of God
1997
as Sheriff Rogers
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
as Uncle Ren Corvin
Trail of Hope
1997
as Narrator
Hercules
1997
as Amphitryon (voice)
Cats Don't Dance
1997
as Cranston (voice)
Operation Delta Force
1997
as Admiral Henshaw
The Battle of The Alamo
1996
as Voice
Carried Away
1996
as Doctor Evans
Stormchasers
1995
as Narrator
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Adm. Kelso
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Wild Bill McKenzie
The Outer Limits
1995
as Justice Oliver Harbison
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
as Wild Bill McKenzie
ER
1994
as Walter Perkins
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
as William McKenzie
The Firm
1993
as Oliver Lambert
Bonds of Love
1993
as Jim Smith
Evening Shade
1990
as Evan Evans
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
as Dr. Beardsley
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989
as Jim Coltrane
Day One
1989
as Gen. George Marshall
Fletch Lives
1989
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
as Joseph Bundy
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
1988
as Jonas Coe
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Unholy
1988
as Archbishop Mosely
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
as Dr. Andrew McKay
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
as Self
Wall Street
1987
as Lou Mannheim
Plaza Suite
1987
as Sam Nash
Designing Women
1986
as Reese Watson
Dress Gray
1986
as Gen. Charles Hedges
Under Siege
1986
as President Maxwell Monroe
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
North and South
1985
as Abraham Lincoln
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
as Grandpa Grier
George Washington
1984
as John Adams
Celebrity
1984
as Calvin Sledge
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1983
as Host
The Star Chamber
1983
as Benjamin Caulfield
Creepshow
1982
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Girls Nite Out
1982
as Jim MacVey
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as John Webster
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as President Adam Scott
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980
as Bud Johansen
The Fog
1980
as Father Malone
Natural Enemies
1979
as Paul Steward
When Hell Was in Session
1979
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
as J.R. Swackhammer
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
as Arthur Sinclair
Tartuffe
1978
as Self - Host
The Awakening Land
1978
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Capricorn One
1977
as Dr. James Kelloway
Julia
1977
as Alan
Rituals
1977
as Harry
Our Town
1977
as Stage manager
Midway
1976
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
All the President's Men
1976
as Deep Throat
The Time of Your Life
1976
as Himself - Host
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Girl from Petrovka
1974
as Joe
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Lincoln
1974
as Abraham Lincoln
Magnum Force
1973
as Lieutenant Briggs
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973
as Self
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
as The Elder (voice)
Pueblo
1973
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
That Certain Summer
1972
as Doug Salter
Appointment With Destiny
1971
as Narrator
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
as Harlan Webb
Suddenly Single
1971
as Larry Hackett
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
as Matthew Sand
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Host
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
as Mitch Collins
The Great White Hope
1970
as Cameron
The People Next Door
1970
as David Hoffman
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
as Hays Stowe
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Senator Hays Stowe
The Whole World Is Watching
1969
as Chancellor Graham
The Brotherhood
1968
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
The Name of the Game
1968
as John Adrian
Wild in the Streets
1968
as Sen. Johnny Fergus
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Glass Menagerie
1966
as Tom Wingfield
CBS Playhouse
1966
The Group
1966
as Gus Leroy
The F.B.I.
1965
as Christopher Simes
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mitch Collins