Hal Holbrook
Born
February 17, 1925
Died
January 23, 2021 (95 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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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Interpreting Twain
Self
2018

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017

Blackway
Whizzer
2015

Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mayday (voice)
2014

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
2014

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013

Savannah
Judge Harden
2013

Rectify
Rutherford Gaines · (1 episode)
2013

Monday Mornings
Dr. Arvin Wayne · (1 episode)
2013

Lincoln
Preston Blair
2012

Promised Land
Frank Yates
2012

Water for Elephants
Old Jacob
2011

Good Day for It
Hec
2011

The Event
James Dempsey (voice) · (1 episode)
2010

The Event
James Dempsey · (9 episodes)
2010

Hawaii Five-0
Leonard Patterson · (1 episode)
2010

Flying Lessons
2010

That Evening Sun
Abner Meecham
2009

Killshot
Papa
2008

Sons of Anarchy
Nate Madock · (5 episodes)
2008

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
2008

Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006

Bones
Red Hudmore · (1 episode)
2005

The Seventh Day
Host · (11 episodes)
2005

Grey's Anatomy
Lewis Clatch · (1 episode)
2005

Hope & Faith
Edward Shanowski · (1 episode)
2003

NCIS
Mickey Stokes · (1 episode)
2003

The Designing Women Reunion
2003

Shade
The Professor
2003

The Street Lawyer
Arthur Jacobs
2003

Good Morning, Miami
Jim Templeton · (2 episodes)
2002

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
2002

Purpose
Tom Walker
2002

Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
2002

Mark Twain
self · (2 episodes)
2002

The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
2001

Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
2001

The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
2001

Haven
Harold L. Ickes
2001

Founding Fathers
Benjamin Franklin (voice) · (4 episodes)
2000

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000

Men of Honor
'Mr. Pappy'
2000

Waking the Dead
Isaac Green
2000

Battleships
Narrator
1999

The Bachelor
O'Dell
1999

The West Wing
Albie Duncan · (2 episodes)
1999

Family Law
Judge Richard Lloyd · (1 episode)
1999

The Florentine
Smitty
1999

Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
Narrator
1999

The Sopranos
John Schwinn · (1 episode)
1999

Becker
Mr. Humphries · (1 episode)
1998

Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Boyd Callahan
1998

Judas Kiss
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
1998

My Own Country
Lloyd Flanders
1998

Walking to the Waterline
Man on the Beach
1998

Hush
Dr. Franklin Hill
1998

Beauty
Alexander Miller
1998

The Third Twin
Pete · (2 episodes)
1997

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1997

Eye of God
Sheriff Rogers
1997

All the Winters that Have Been
Uncle Ren Corvin
1997

Trail of Hope
Narrator
1997

Hercules
Amphitryon (voice)
1997

Cats Don't Dance
Cranston (voice)
1997

Operation Delta Force
Admiral Henshaw
1997

The Battle of The Alamo
Voice
1996

Carried Away
Doctor Evans
1996

Innocent Victims
Bob Hennis
1996

Stormchasers
Narrator
1995

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Kelso
1995

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Wild Bill McKenzie
1995

The Outer Limits
Justice Oliver Harbison · (2 episodes)
1995

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Wild Bill McKenzie
1994

ER
Walter Perkins · (2 episodes)
1994

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
William McKenzie
1994

The Firm
Oliver Lambert
1993

Bonds of Love
Jim Smith
1993

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
1992

Evening Shade
Evan Evans · (100 episodes)
1990

A Killing in a Small Town
Dr. Beardsley
1990

Sorry, Wrong Number
Jim Coltrane
1989

Day One
Gen. George Marshall
1989

Fletch Lives
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989

I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joseph Bundy
1988

Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Jonas Coe · (4 episodes)
1988

American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1988

The Unholy
Archbishop Mosely
1988

The Fortunate Pilgrim
Dr. Andrew McKay · (2 episodes)
1988

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Self
1988

Wall Street
Lou Mannheim
1987

Plaza Suite
Sam Nash
1987

Designing Women
Reese Watson · (7 episodes)
1986

Dress Gray
Gen. Charles Hedges · (2 episodes)
1986

Under Siege
President Maxwell Monroe
1986

92 Grosvenor Street
1985

North and South
Abraham Lincoln · (7 episodes)
1985

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Grandpa Grier
1984

George Washington
John Adams · (3 episodes)
1984

Celebrity
Calvin Sledge · (3 episodes)
1984
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Host
1983

The Star Chamber
Benjamin Caulfield
1983

Creepshow
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982

Girls Nite Out
Jim MacVey
1982

The Killing of Randy Webster
John Webster
1981

The Kidnapping of the President
President Adam Scott
1980

Off the Minnesota Strip
Bud Johansen
1980

The Fog
Father Malone
1980

Natural Enemies
Paul Steward
1979

When Hell Was in Session
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979

The Legend of the Golden Gun
J.R. Swackhammer
1979

Murder by Natural Causes
Arthur Sinclair
1979

Tartuffe
Self - Host
1978

The Awakening Land
Portius Wheeler - The Solitary · (3 episodes)
1978

Capricorn One
Dr. James Kelloway
1977

Julia
Alan
1977

Rituals
Harry
1977

Our Town
Stage manager
1977

Midway
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976

All the President's Men
Deep Throat
1976

The Time of Your Life
Himself - Host
1976

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Self (archive footage)
1976

The Girl from Petrovka
Joe
1974

Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974

Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln · (6 episodes)
1974

Magnum Force
Lieutenant Briggs
1973

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
1973

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Elder (voice)
1973

Pueblo
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
1973

They Only Kill Their Masters
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
1972

That Certain Summer
Doug Salter
1972
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator · (1 episode)
1971

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Harlan Webb
1971

Suddenly Single
Larry Hackett
1971
Travis Logan, D.A.
Matthew Sand
1971

Great Performances
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
1971

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Mitch Collins
1970

The Great White Hope
Cameron
1970

The Bold Ones: The Senator
Senator Hays Stowe · (9 episodes)
1970

The People Next Door
David Hoffman
1970

A Clear and Present Danger
Hays Stowe
1970

The Whole World Is Watching
Chancellor Graham
1969

The Brotherhood
Man at the Table (uncredited)
1968

The Name of the Game
John Adrian · (1 episode)
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968

Wild in the Streets
Senator Fergus
1968

Mark Twain Tonight!
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967

The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
1966
CBS Playhouse
(1 episode)
1966

The Group
Gus Leroy
1966

The F.B.I.
Christopher Simes · (1 episode)
1965

The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (5 episodes)
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
1956

The Wonderful World of Disney
Mitch Collins · (2 episodes)
1954

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948