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Hal Holbrook

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1925-02-17

Birth Place

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Movies and TV shows :

92 Grosvenor Street

92 Grosvenor Street

1985

0.0

Movie
A Clear and Present Danger

A Clear and Present Danger

1970

0.0

Movie
A Killing in a Small Town

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

5.6

Movie
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

2008

4.5

Movie
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

7.7

Movie
All the Winters that Have Been

All the Winters that Have Been

1997

4.5

Movie
America Remembers John F. Kennedy

America Remembers John F. Kennedy

1983

0.0

Movie
poster

American Experience

1988

7.5

TV
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

2017

0.0

Movie
poster

Appointment With Destiny

1971

0.0

TV
Battleships

Battleships

1999

0.0

Movie
Beauty

Beauty

1998

5.8

Movie
poster

Becker

1998

7.2

TV
Blackway

Blackway

2015

5.3

Movie
Bonds of Love

Bonds of Love

1993

4.5

Movie
poster

Bones

2005

8.2

TV
Capricorn One

Capricorn One

1977

6.8

Movie
Carried Away

Carried Away

1996

5.3

Movie
Cats Don't Dance

Cats Don't Dance

1997

7.2

Movie
poster

CBS Playhouse

1966

7.0

TV
poster

Celebrity

1984

6.0

TV
Creepshow

Creepshow

1982

6.9

Movie
Day One

Day One

1989

6.5

Movie
poster

Designing Women

1986

6.7

TV
poster

Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
Dirty Harry: The Original

Dirty Harry: The Original

2001

7.4

Movie
poster

Dress Gray

1986

5.4

TV
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

7.2

Movie
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

5.9

Movie
poster

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

1988

0.5

TV
poster

ER

1994

7.8

TV
poster

Evening Shade

1990

5.6

TV
Eye of God

Eye of God

1997

5.8

Movie
poster

Family Law

1999

8.2

TV
Fletch Lives

Fletch Lives

1989

6.0

Movie
Flying Lessons

Flying Lessons

2010

5.9

Movie
poster

Founding Fathers

2000

0.0

TV
poster

George Washington

1984

7.4

TV
Girls Nite Out

Girls Nite Out

1982

4.7

Movie
Good Day for It

Good Day for It

2011

5.5

Movie
poster

Good Morning, Miami

2002

6.7

TV
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

1971

0.0

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
poster

Grey's Anatomy

2005

8.2

TV
Haven

Haven

2001

6.9

Movie
poster

Hawaii Five-0

2010

7.7

TV
Hercules

Hercules

1997

7.5

Movie
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

7.0

Movie
poster

Hope & Faith

2003

5.3

TV
Hush

Hush

1998

5.6

Movie
I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

6.0

Movie
Interpreting Twain

Interpreting Twain

2018

0.0

Movie
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007

7.8

Movie
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

6.0

Movie
Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss

1998

5.6

Movie
Julia

Julia

1977

6.5

Movie
Killshot

Killshot

2008

5.8

Movie
poster

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

1997

7.5

TV
Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

6.9

Movie
poster

Lincoln

1974

8.0

TV
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)

Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)

1999

0.0

Movie
Magnum Force

Magnum Force

1973

7.1

Movie
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

2002

6.9

Movie
poster

Mark Twain

2002

0.0

TV
Mark Twain Tonight!

Mark Twain Tonight!

1967

7.5

Movie
Men of Honor

Men of Honor

2000

7.5

Movie
Midway

Midway

1976

6.6

Movie
poster

Monday Mornings

2013

7.3

TV
Murder by Natural Causes

Murder by Natural Causes

1979

6.9

Movie
My Own Country

My Own Country

1998

5.0

Movie
Natural Enemies

Natural Enemies

1979

5.8

Movie
poster

NCIS

2003

7.6

TV
poster

North and South

1985

7.4

TV
Off the Minnesota Strip

Off the Minnesota Strip

1980

5.5

Movie
Operation Delta Force

Operation Delta Force

1997

3.6

Movie
Our Town

Our Town

1977

9.0

Movie
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

2006

6.0

Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

6.8

Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

7.5

Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

1994

7.2

Movie
Planes: Fire & Rescue

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

6.2

Movie
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

1987

6.0

Movie
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'

1976

2.0

Movie
Promised Land

Promised Land

2012

6.3

Movie
Pueblo

Pueblo

1973

5.7

Movie
Purpose

Purpose

2002

4.4

Movie
poster

Rectify

2013

7.5

TV
Rituals

Rituals

1977

6.1

Movie
Rusty: A Dog's Tale

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

1998

6.0

Movie
Savannah

Savannah

2013

6.2

Movie
Shade

Shade

2003

6.2

Movie
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

1995

2.0

Movie
poster

Sons of Anarchy

2008

8.4

TV
Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1989

4.3

Movie
Stormchasers

Stormchasers

1995

6.0

Movie
Suddenly Single

Suddenly Single

1971

0.0

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

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

1988

8.5

Movie
Tartuffe

Tartuffe

1978

0.0

Movie
That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

1972

6.9

Movie
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009

6.8

Movie
poster

The Awakening Land

1978

7.2

TV
The Bachelor

The Bachelor

1999

5.2

Movie
The Battle of The Alamo

The Battle of The Alamo

1996

0.0

Movie
poster

The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

3.0

TV
The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood

1968

5.9

Movie
The Business End: Violence in Cinema

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008

8.0

Movie
The Designing Women Reunion

The Designing Women Reunion

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

6.7

TV
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
poster

The Event

2010

6.4

TV
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

2008

7.0

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Firm

The Firm

1993

6.7

Movie
The Florentine

The Florentine

1999

5.2

Movie
The Fog

The Fog

1980

6.7

Movie
poster

The Fortunate Pilgrim

1988

5.0

TV
The Girl from Petrovka

The Girl from Petrovka

1974

4.9

Movie
The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

1966

6.3

Movie
The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

1970

6.1

Movie
The Group

The Group

1966

5.6

Movie
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

1973

0.0

Movie
The Kidnapping of the President

The Kidnapping of the President

1980

4.6

Movie
The Killing of Randy Webster

The Killing of Randy Webster

1981

6.0

Movie
The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979

5.0

Movie
The Legend of the Three Trees

The Legend of the Three Trees

2001

6.0

Movie
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

2000

6.5

Movie
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

2008

5.8

Movie
The Majestic

The Majestic

2001

6.8

Movie
poster

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.6

TV
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Outer Limits

1995

7.7

TV
The People Next Door

The People Next Door

1970

6.3

Movie
poster

The Seventh Day

2005

0.0

TV
poster

The Sopranos

1999

8.7

TV
The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

1983

6.0

Movie
The Street Lawyer

The Street Lawyer

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

The Third Twin

1997

5.1

TV
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

1984

5.0

Movie
The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life

1976

0.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Unholy

The Unholy

1988

5.3

Movie
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

1970

6.0

Movie
poster

The West Wing

1999

8.3

TV
The Whole World Is Watching

The Whole World Is Watching

1969

0.0

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters

1972

5.3

Movie
poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

6.5

TV
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Trail of Hope

Trail of Hope

1997

0.0

Movie
Travis Logan, D.A.

Travis Logan, D.A.

1971

6.5

Movie
Under Siege

Under Siege

1986

7.5

Movie
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2000

6.1

Movie
Walking to the Waterline

Walking to the Waterline

1998

4.0

Movie
Wall Street

Wall Street

1987

7.2

Movie
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011

6.9

Movie
When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session

1979

7.0

Movie
Wild in the Streets

Wild in the Streets

1968

5.9

Movie
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

2006

0.0

Movie