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(162)
Lewis Clatch
2005
Self
1962
Mickey Stokes
2003
Self
1962
Red Hudmore
2005
Self
1948
Self - Host
1971
John Schwinn
1999
Leonard Patterson
2010
Self
1961
Nate Madock
2008
Self - Guest
1968
John Adrian
1968
Self
1957
Christopher Simes
1965
Walter Perkins
1994
Albie Duncan
1999
Self - Presenter
1956
Jim Templeton
2002
Justice Oliver Harbison
1995
Mr. Humphries
1998
Edward Shanowski
2003
Abraham Lincoln
1985
Reese Watson
1986
Abraham Lincoln
1974
Narrator (voice)
1988
Judge Richard Lloyd
1999
Evan Evans
1990
Dr. Andrew McKay
1988
James Dempsey
2010
James Dempsey (voice)
2010
Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
1978
Senator Hays Stowe
1970
Mitch Collins
1954
Pete
1997
Rutherford Gaines
2013
Jonas Coe
1988
Self
1974
Amphitryon (voice)
1997
Narrator (voice)
1997
Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007
Dr. Arvin Wayne
2013
1966
Host
2005
Oliver Lambert
1993
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976
Preston Blair
2012
'Mr. Pappy'
2000
Lou Mannheim
1987
Father Malone
1980
John Adams
1984
Mayday (voice)
2014
Deep Throat
1976
Lieutenant Briggs
1973
self
2002
The Professor
2003
Whizzer
2015
Frank Yates
2012
Calvin Sledge
1984
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982
Dr. James Kelloway
1977
Papa
2008
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2000
Old Jacob
2011
Alan
1977
Cranston (voice)
1997
Dr. Franklin Hill
1998
Congressman Doyle
2001
Gen. Charles Hedges
1986
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989
O'Dell
1999
President Adam Scott
1980
Elder (voice)
1973
Man at the Table (uncredited)
1968
Harry
1977
Narrator
1971
Benjamin Caulfield
1983
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
1972
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
1998
Isaac Green
2000
Smitty
1999
Archbishop Mosely
1988
Doctor Evans
1996
Gus Leroy
1966
Dr. Beardsley
1990
Wild Bill McKenzie
1994
Gen. George Marshall
1989
Grandpa Grier
1984
Judge Harden
2013
President Maxwell Monroe
1986
Admiral Henshaw
1997
William McKenzie
1994
2010
Senator Fergus
1968
Self
2013
Harold L. Ickes
2001
Sheriff Rogers
1997
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000
Abner Meecham
2009
Doug Salter
1972
J.R. Swackhammer
1979
Matthew Sand
1971
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979
David Hoffman
1970
Boyd Callahan
1998
Man on the Beach
1998
Self
2008
Cameron
1970
Paul Steward
1979
Hays Stowe
1970
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
1973
Wild Bill McKenzie
1995
Arthur Jacobs
2003
Narrator
1995
Joe
1974
Alexander Miller
1998
Tom Walker
2002
Jim MacVey
1982
Jim Smith
1993
Uncle Ren Corvin
1997
John Webster
1981
Narrator
1997
Arthur Sinclair
1979
Lloyd Flanders
1998
Joseph Bundy
1988
Stage manager
1977
Self
2008
Self
2014
Self
2008
Self
1988
Himself - Host
1976
Harlan Webb
1971
Chancellor Graham
1969
Narrator (voice)
2002
Self - Actor
2001
Narrator (voice)
1992
1985
Bob Hennis
1996
Self - Host
1978
Larry Hackett
1971
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Self (uncredited)
2002
Self
2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967
Voice
1996
Sam Nash
1987
Adm. Kelso
1995
Bud Johansen
1980
2003
Jim Coltrane
1989
Narrator
2001
Hec
2011
Mitch Collins
1970
Tom Wingfield
1966
Self
2018
Self (archive footage)
1976
Narrator
1999
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
Self
1973
Narrator
1999
Host
1983
