Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Holbrook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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All the President's Men | Deep Throat | 1976 |
The Battle of The Alamo | Voice | 1996 |
The Fog | Father Malone | 1980 |
Magnum Force | Lieutenant Briggs | 1973 |
The Bachelor | O'Dell | 1999 |
Wall Street | Lou Mannheim | 1987 |
The Majestic | Congressman Doyle | 2001 |
Into the Wild | Ronald "Ron" Franz | 2007 |
Midway | Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort | 1976 |
Stormchasers | Narrator | 1995 |
The Brotherhood | Man at the Table (uncredited) | 1968 |
Capricorn One | Dr. James Kelloway | 1977 |
Hercules | Amphitryon (voice) | 1997 |
The Star Chamber | Benjamin Caulfield | 1983 |
That Evening Sun | Abner Meecham | 2009 |
Julia | Alan | 1977 |
Carried Away | Doctor Evans | 1996 |
Fletch Lives | Hamilton "Ham" Johnson | 1989 |
Wild in the Streets | Sen. Johnny Fergus | 1968 |
The Firm | Oliver Lambert | 1993 |
Judas Kiss | Senator Rupert Hornbeck | 1998 |
Waking the Dead | Isaac Green | 2000 |
Good Day for It | Hec | 2011 |
Trail of Hope | Narrator | 1997 |
They Only Kill Their Masters | Dr. Warren G. Watkins | 1972 |
Day One | Gen. George Marshall | 1989 |
Eye of God | Sheriff Rogers | 1997 |
The Girl from Petrovka | Joe | 1974 |
Killshot | Papa | 2008 |
Creepshow | Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate") | 1982 |
The Whole World Is Watching | Chancellor Graham | 1969 |
Rituals | Harry | 1977 |
Hush | Dr. Franklin Hill | 1998 |
Flying Lessons | 2010 | |
Mark Twain Tonight! | Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) | 1967 |
Purpose | Tom Walker | 2002 |
Lincoln | Preston Blair | 2012 |
The Street Lawyer | Arthur Jacobs | 2003 |
Water for Elephants | Old Jacob | 2011 |
The Unholy | Archbishop Mosely | 1988 |
Girls Nite Out | Jim MacVey | 1982 |
The Killing of Randy Webster | John Webster | 1981 |
Natural Enemies | Paul Steward | 1979 |
The People Next Door | David Hoffman | 1970 |
Rusty: A Dog's Tale | Boyd Callahan | 1998 |
The Kidnapping of the President | President Adam Scott | 1980 |
The Florentine | Smitty | 1999 |
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Self (archive footage) | 1976 |
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
That Certain Summer | Doug Salter | 1972 |
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006 |
Haven | Harold L. Ickes | 2001 |
Mark Twain | Self (uncredited) | 2002 |
My Own Country | Lloyd Flanders | 1998 |
Promised Land | Frank Yates | 2012 |
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice) | 2000 |
Our Town | Stage manager | 1977 |
Off the Minnesota Strip | Bud Johansen | 1980 |
Savannah | Judge Harden | 2013 |
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Wild Bill McKenzie | 1994 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester | Wild Bill McKenzie | 1995 |
Suddenly Single | Larry Hackett | 1971 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | William McKenzie | 1994 |
Murder by Natural Causes | Arthur Sinclair | 1979 |
Pueblo | Capt. Lloyd Bucher | 1973 |
The Legend of the Three Trees | Narrator | 2001 |
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014 |
Sorry, Wrong Number | Jim Coltrane | 1989 |
The Time of Your Life | Himself - Host | 1976 |
Planes: Fire & Rescue | Mayday (voice) | 2014 |
Men of Honor | 'Mr. Pappy' | 2000 |
Operation Delta Force | Admiral Henshaw | 1997 |
The Group | Gus Leroy | 1966 |
The Great White Hope | Cameron | 1970 |
The Legend of the Golden Gun | J.R. Swackhammer | 1979 |
Bonds of Love | Jim Smith | 1993 |
I'll Be Home for Christmas | Joseph Bundy | 1988 |
Under Siege | President Maxwell Monroe | 1986 |
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Grandpa Grier | 1984 |
Blackway | Whizzer | 2015 |
When Hell Was in Session | Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton | 1979 |
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Harlan Webb | 1971 |
Interpreting Twain | Self | 2018 |
The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1966 |
The Designing Women Reunion | 2003 | |
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next) | Narrator | 1999 |
Shade | The Professor | 2003 |
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | Self | 1988 |
Tartuffe | Self - Host | 1978 |
A Killing in a Small Town | Dr. Beardsley | 1990 |
All the Winters that Have Been | Uncle Ren Corvin | 1997 |
Travis Logan, D.A. | Matthew Sand | 1971 |
Cats Don't Dance | Cranston (voice) | 1997 |
92 Grosvenor Street | 1985 | |
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story | Reinhold Niebuhr (voice) | 2017 |
Plaza Suite | Sam Nash | 1987 |
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self | 2008 |
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City | Mitch Collins | 1970 |
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry | Self | 2008 |
Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor | 2001 |
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood | Self | 2008 |
The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self | 2008 |
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Narrator (voice) | 2002 |
Battleships | Narrator | 1999 |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Elder (voice) | 1973 |
Beauty | Alexander Miller | 1998 |
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Adm. Kelso | 1995 |
A Clear and Present Danger | Hays Stowe | 1970 |
America Remembers John F. Kennedy | Host | 1983 |
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today | Self | 1973 |
Walking to the Waterline | Man on the Beach | 1998 |
Series | Cast | Year |
Evening Shade | Evan Evans | 1990 |
The West Wing | Albie Duncan | 1999 |
Designing Women | Reese Watson | 1986 |
Hope & Faith | Edward Shanowski | 2003 |
The F.B.I. | Christopher Simes | 1965 |
The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
NCIS | Mickey Stokes | 2003 |
ER | Walter Perkins | 1994 |
Family Law | Judge Richard Lloyd | 1999 |
CBS Playhouse | 1966 | |
The Bold Ones: The Senator | Senator Hays Stowe | 1970 |
George Washington | John Adams | 1984 |
The Outer Limits | Justice Oliver Harbison | 1995 |
North and South | Abraham Lincoln | 1985 |
Appointment With Destiny | Narrator | 1971 |
Sons of Anarchy | Nate Madock | 2008 |
Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1974 |
The Awakening Land | Portius Wheeler - The Solitary | 1978 |
Mark Twain | self | 2002 |
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Narrator (voice) | 1997 |
Rectify | Rutherford Gaines | 2013 |
The Third Twin | Pete | 1997 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988 |
Celebrity | Calvin Sledge | 1984 |
The Name of the Game | John Adrian | 1968 |
Dress Gray | Gen. Charles Hedges | 1986 |
The Sopranos | John Schwinn | 1999 |
Becker | Mr. Humphries | 1998 |
The Event | James Dempsey | 2010 |
The Event | James Dempsey (voice) | 2010 |
The Wonderful World of Disney | Mitch Collins | 1954 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1957 |
Hawaii Five-0 | Leonard Patterson | 2010 |
Grey's Anatomy | Lewis Clatch | 2005 |
Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Jonas Coe | 1988 |
Monday Mornings | Dr. Arvin Wayne | 2013 |
Founding Fathers | Benjamin Franklin (voice) | 2000 |
Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1956 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
Bones | Red Hudmore | 2005 |
The Seventh Day | Host | 2005 |
Good Morning, Miami | Jim Templeton | 2002 |
The Fortunate Pilgrim | Dr. Andrew McKay | 1988 |
Great Performances | Self - Host | 1971 |