Hal Holbrook
Birthday
1925/02/17
Day of death
2021/01/23 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Harold Rowe Holbrook
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. Throu...Read more
Acting
(1976) All the President's Men
as Deep Throat
(1996) The Battle of The Alamo
as Voice
(1980) The Fog
as Father Malone
(1973) Magnum Force
as Lieutenant Briggs
(1987) Wall Street
as Lou Mannheim
(1999) The Bachelor
as O'Dell
(2001) The Majestic
as Congressman Doyle
(2007) Into the Wild
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
(1995) Stormchasers
as Narrator
(1976) Midway
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
(1968) The Brotherhood
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
(1977) Capricorn One
as Dr. James Kelloway
(1997) Hercules
as Amphitryon (voice)
(1983) The Star Chamber
as Benjamin Caulfield
(2009) That Evening Sun
as Abner Meecham
(1977) Julia
as Alan
(1996) Carried Away
as Doctor Evans
(1989) Fletch Lives
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
(1968) Wild in the Streets
as Sen. Johnny Fergus
(1993) The Firm
as Oliver Lambert
(1998) Judas Kiss
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
(2000) Waking the Dead
as Isaac Green
(2011) Good Day for It
as Hec
(1997) Trail of Hope
as Narrator
(1972) They Only Kill Their Masters
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
(1989) Day One
as Gen. George Marshall
(1997) Eye of God
as Sheriff Rogers
(2008) Killshot
as Papa
(1974) The Girl from Petrovka
as Joe
(1982) Creepshow
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
(1969) The Whole World Is Watching
as Chancellor Graham
(1977) Rituals
as Harry
(1998) Hush
as Dr. Franklin Hill
(2010) Flying Lessons
as ---
(1967) Mark Twain Tonight!
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
(2002) Purpose
as Tom Walker
(2012) Lincoln
as Preston Blair
(2003) The Street Lawyer
as Arthur Jacobs
(2011) Water for Elephants
as Old Jacob
(1988) The Unholy
as Archbishop Mosely
(1982) Girls Nite Out
as Jim MacVey
(1981) The Killing of Randy Webster
as John Webster
(1979) Natural Enemies
as Paul Steward
(1970) The People Next Door
as David Hoffman
(1998) Rusty: A Dog's Tale
as Boyd Callahan
(1980) The Kidnapping of the President
as President Adam Scott
(1999) The Florentine
as Smitty
(2006) Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1976) Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) That Certain Summer
as Doug Salter
(2006) Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2001) Haven
as Harold L. Ickes
(2002) Mark Twain
as Self (uncredited)
(1998) My Own Country
as Lloyd Flanders
(2012) Promised Land
as Frank Yates
(2000) The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
(1977) Our Town
as Stage manager
(1980) Off the Minnesota Strip
as Bud Johansen
(2013) Savannah
as Judge Harden
(2013) Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
(1994) Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Wild Bill McKenzie
(1995) Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Wild Bill McKenzie
(1971) Suddenly Single
as Larry Hackett
(1994) Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as William McKenzie
(1979) Murder by Natural Causes
as Arthur Sinclair
(1973) Pueblo
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
(2001) The Legend of the Three Trees
as Narrator
(2014) Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
as Self
(1989) Sorry, Wrong Number
as Jim Coltrane
(1976) The Time of Your Life
as Himself - Host
(2014) Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Mayday (voice)
(2000) Men of Honor
as 'Mr. Pappy'
(1997) Operation Delta Force
as Admiral Henshaw
(1966) The Group
as Gus Leroy
(1970) The Great White Hope
as Cameron
(1979) The Legend of the Golden Gun
as J.R. Swackhammer
(1993) Bonds of Love
as Jim Smith
(1988) I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Joseph Bundy
(1986) Under Siege
as President Maxwell Monroe
(1984) The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Grandpa Grier
(2015) Blackway
as Whizzer
(1979) When Hell Was in Session
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
(1971) Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
as Harlan Webb
(2018) Interpreting Twain
as Self
(1966) The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
(2003) The Designing Women Reunion
as ---
(1999) Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
as Narrator
(2003) Shade
as The Professor
(1988) Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as Self
(1978) Tartuffe
as Self - Host
(1990) A Killing in a Small Town
as Dr. Beardsley
(1997) All the Winters that Have Been
as Uncle Ren Corvin
(1971) Travis Logan, D.A.
as Matthew Sand
(1997) Cats Don't Dance
as Cranston (voice)
(1985) 92 Grosvenor Street
as ---
(2017) An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
(1987) Plaza Suite
as Sam Nash
(2008) The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self
(1970) The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
as Mitch Collins
(2008) A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
(2001) Dirty Harry: The Original
as Self - Actor
(2008) The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
(2008) The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self
(2002) Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Narrator (voice)
(1999) Battleships
as Narrator
(1973) Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Elder (voice)
(1998) Beauty
as Alexander Miller
(1995) She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Kelso
(1970) A Clear and Present Danger
as Hays Stowe
(1983) America Remembers John F. Kennedy
as Host
(1973) The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
as Self
(1998) Walking to the Waterline
as Man on the Beach
(1990) Evening Shade
as Evan Evans
(1999) The West Wing
as Albie Duncan
(1986) Designing Women
as Reese Watson
(2003) Hope & Faith
as Edward Shanowski
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Christopher Simes
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(2003) NCIS
as Mickey Stokes
(1994) ER
as Walter Perkins
(1999) Family Law
as Judge Richard Lloyd
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1970) The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Senator Hays Stowe
(1984) George Washington
as John Adams
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Justice Oliver Harbison
(1985) North and South
as Abraham Lincoln
(1971) Appointment With Destiny
as Narrator
(2008) Sons of Anarchy
as Nate Madock
(1974) Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
(1978) The Awakening Land
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
(2002) Mark Twain
as self
(1997) Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) Rectify
as Rutherford Gaines
(1997) The Third Twin
as Pete
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(1984) Celebrity
as Calvin Sledge
(1968) The Name of the Game
as John Adrian
(1986) Dress Gray
as Gen. Charles Hedges
(1999) The Sopranos
as John Schwinn
(1998) Becker
as Mr. Humphries
(2010) The Event
as James Dempsey (voice)
(2010) The Event
as James Dempsey
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mitch Collins
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Lewis Clatch
(2010) Hawaii Five-0
as Leonard Patterson
(2013) Monday Mornings
as Dr. Arvin Wayne
(1988) Emma: Queen of the South Seas
as Jonas Coe
(2000) Founding Fathers
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(2005) Bones
as Red Hudmore
(2005) The Seventh Day
as Host
(2002) Good Morning, Miami
as Jim Templeton
(1988) The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Dr. Andrew McKay
(1971) Great Performances
as Self - Host