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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1925
Died
January 23, 2021
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook
- Harold Rowe Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
1.8 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Holbrook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Self
Interpreting Twain
2018
0.0
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017
5.3
Whizzer
Blackway
2015
6.2
Mayday (voice)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
7.0
Self
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
5.9
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
5.9
Judge Harden
Savannah
2013
7.6
Rutherford Gaines
Rectify
2013
7.1
Dr. Arvin Wayne
Monday Mornings
2013
6.9
Preston Blair
Lincoln
2012
Credits
Interpreting Twain
as Self
2018
0.0
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
0.0
Blackway
as Whizzer
2015
5.3
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Mayday (voice)
2014
6.2
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
2014
7.0
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
2013
5.9
Savannah
as Judge Harden
2013
5.9
Rectify
as Rutherford Gaines
2013
7.6
Monday Mornings
as Dr. Arvin Wayne
2013
7.1
Lincoln
as Preston Blair
2012
6.9
Promised Land
as Frank Yates
2012
6.3
Water for Elephants
as Old Jacob
2011
6.9
Good Day for It
as Hec
2011
5.5
Hawaii Five-0
as Leonard Patterson
2010
7.8
The Event
as James Dempsey
2010
6.4
The Event
as James Dempsey (voice)
2010
6.4
Flying Lessons
as Harry Pleasant
2010
5.6
That Evening Sun
as Abner Meecham
2009
6.6
Killshot
as Papa
2008
5.8
Sons of Anarchy
as Nate Madock
2008
8.4
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
5.8
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
2008
4.5
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
2008
8.0
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self
2008
7.0
Into the Wild
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007
7.8
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
6.0
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
0.0
Bones
as Red Hudmore
2005
8.2
The Seventh Day
as Host
2005
0.0
Grey's Anatomy
as Lewis Clatch
2005
8.2
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
as Narrator
2003
0.0
NCIS
as Mickey Stokes
2003
7.6
Hope & Faith
as Edward Shanowski
2003
5.3
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
0.0
Shade
as The Professor
2003
6.2
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The Street Lawyer
as Arthur Jacobs
2003
0.0
Good Morning, Miami
as Jim Templeton
2002
6.9
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Narrator (voice)
2002
7.2
Purpose
as Tom Walker
2002
4.7
Mark Twain
as Self (uncredited)
2002
7.0
Mark Twain
as self
2002
0.0
The Majestic
as Congressman Doyle
2001
6.7
Dirty Harry: The Original
as Self - Actor
2001
7.4
The Legend of the Three Trees
as Narrator
2001
6.0
Haven
as Harold L. Ickes
2001
6.8
Founding Fathers
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2000
0.0
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000
6.6
Men of Honor
as 'Mr. Pappy'
2000
7.5
Waking the Dead
as Isaac Green
2000
6.1
Battleships
as Narrator
1999
0.0
The Bachelor
as O'Dell
1999
5.1
The West Wing
as Albie Duncan
1999
8.2
Family Law
as Judge Richard Lloyd
1999
8.2
The Florentine
as Smitty
1999
5.5
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
as Narrator
1999
0.0
The Sopranos
as John Schwinn
1999
8.6
Becker
as Mr. Humphries
1998
7.1
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
as Boyd Callahan
1998
5.6
Judas Kiss
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
1998
5.6
My Own Country
as Lloyd Flanders
1998
3.4
Walking to the Waterline
as Man on the Beach
1998
4.5
Hush
as Dr. Franklin Hill
1998
5.7
Beauty
as Alexander Miller
1998
5.0
The Third Twin
as Pete
1997
5.1
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Narrator (voice)
1997
7.5
Eye of God
as Sheriff Rogers
1997
5.7
All the Winters that Have Been
as Uncle Ren Corvin
1997
4.5
Trail of Hope
as Narrator
1997
0.0
Hercules
as Amphitryon (voice)
1997
7.5
Cats Don't Dance
as Cranston (voice)
1997
7.2
Operation Delta Force
as Admiral Henshaw
1997
3.7
The Battle of The Alamo
as Voice
1996
0.0
Carried Away
as Doctor Evans
1996
5.4
Innocent Victims
as Bob Hennis
1996
5.0
Stormchasers
as Narrator
1995
6.0
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Kelso
1995
4.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Wild Bill McKenzie
1995
7.5
The Outer Limits
as Justice Oliver Harbison
1995
7.7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Wild Bill McKenzie
1994
6.3
ER
as Walter Perkins
1994
7.8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as William McKenzie
1994
7.3
The Firm
as Oliver Lambert
1993
6.7
Bonds of Love
as Jim Smith
1993
5.3
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Narrator (voice)
1992
0.0
Evening Shade
as Evan Evans
1990
5.6
A Killing in a Small Town
as Dr. Beardsley
1990
4.8
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Jim Coltrane
1989
4.3
Day One
as Gen. George Marshall
1989
5.8
Fletch Lives
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989
6.0
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Joseph Bundy
1988
6.3
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
as Jonas Coe
1988
0.5
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
The Unholy
as Archbishop Mosely
1988
5.3
The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Dr. Andrew McKay
1988
5.0
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Self
1988
8.5
Wall Street
as Lou Mannheim
1987
7.2
Plaza Suite
as Sam Nash
1987
6.0
🎬
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
6.0
Designing Women
as Reese Watson
1986
6.8
Dress Gray
as Gen. Charles Hedges
1986
4.7
Under Siege
as President Maxwell Monroe
1986
7.5
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
0.0
North and South
as Abraham Lincoln
1985
7.4
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Grandpa Grier
1984
5.0
George Washington
as John Adams
1984
7.4
Celebrity
as Calvin Sledge
1984
6.0
🎬
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
as Host
1983
0.0
The Star Chamber
as Benjamin Caulfield
1983
6.0
🎬
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
as Narrator (voice)
1983
0.0
Creepshow
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982
6.9
Girls Nite Out
as Jim MacVey
1982
4.6
The Killing of Randy Webster
as John Webster
1981
5.8
The Kidnapping of the President
as President Adam Scott
1980
4.6
Off the Minnesota Strip
as Bud Johansen
1980
4.8
The Fog
as Father Malone
1980
6.7
Natural Enemies
as Paul Steward
1979
5.9
When Hell Was in Session
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979
7.0
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as J.R. Swackhammer
1979
5.0
Murder by Natural Causes
as Arthur Sinclair
1979
6.9
Tartuffe
as Self - Host
1978
0.0
The Awakening Land
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
1978
7.2
Capricorn One
as Dr. James Kelloway
1977
6.8
Julia
as Alan
1977
6.4
Rituals
as Harry
1977
6.1
Our Town
as Stage manager
1977
9.0
Midway
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976
6.6
All the President's Men
as Deep Throat
1976
7.7
The Time of Your Life
as Self - Host
1976
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Girl from Petrovka
as Joe
1974
5.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1974
8.0
Magnum Force
as Lieutenant Briggs
1973
7.1
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
as Self
1973
0.0
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Elder (voice)
1973
6.0
Pueblo
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
1973
5.7
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
1972
4.9
That Certain Summer
as Doug Salter
1972
6.5
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Appointment With Destiny
as Narrator
1971
0.0
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Harlan Webb
1971
0.0
Suddenly Single
as Larry Hackett
1971
1.0
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Travis Logan, D.A.
as Matthew Sand
1971
6.5
Great Performances
as Self - Host
1971
5.8
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
as Mitch Collins
1970
6.0
The Great White Hope
as Cameron
1970
6.2
The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Senator Hays Stowe
1970
3.0
The People Next Door
as David Hoffman
1970
5.8
A Clear and Present Danger
as Hays Stowe
1970
0.0
The Whole World Is Watching
as Chancellor Graham
1969
0.0
The Brotherhood
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
1968
5.9
The Name of the Game
as John Adrian
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Wild in the Streets
as Senator Fergus
1968
5.8
Mark Twain Tonight!
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967
7.3
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
The Glass Menagerie
as her son
1966
6.4
The Group
as Gus Leroy
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
as Christopher Simes
1965
5.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mitch Collins
1954
7.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8