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.
166 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 166
Grey's Anatomy
2005
NCIS
2003
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Sopranos
1999
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Sons of Anarchy
2008
The West Wing
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
American Experience
1988
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The F.B.I.
1965
The Outer Limits
1995
Becker
1998
Designing Women
1986
The Name of the Game
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Family Law
1999
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
North and South
1985
Dinah!
1974
Midway
1976
Hope & Faith
2003
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Hercules
1997
Rectify
2013
Evening Shade
1990
Good Morning, Miami
2002
CBS Playhouse
1966
The Event
2010
Into the Wild
2007
Monday Mornings
2013
The Firm
1993
The Fog
1980
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Lincoln
2012
Wall Street
1987
Men of Honor
2000
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
All the President's Men
1976
The Majestic
2001
Magnum Force
1973
Creepshow
1982
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
Killshot
2008
Shade
2003
George Washington
1984
Water for Elephants
2011
Capricorn One
1977
Lincoln
1974
Waking the Dead
2000
Promised Land
2012
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Fletch Lives
1989
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
The Third Twin
1997
Dress Gray
1986
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
Founding Fathers
2000
The Awakening Land
1978
Celebrity
1984
Hush
1998
The Bachelor
1999
Julia
1977
Blackway
2015
The Star Chamber
1983
Pueblo
1973
Good Day for It
2011
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
1988
Girls Nite Out
1982
Eye of God
1997
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
Judas Kiss
1998
Mark Twain
2002
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994
Haven
2001
Beauty
1998
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
Savannah
2013
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
The Florentine
1999
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973
Carried Away
1996
Flying Lessons
2010
The Group
1966
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
My Own Country
1998
Rituals
1977
Mark Twain
2002
Operation Delta Force
1997
Appointment With Destiny
1971
The Brotherhood
1968
The Unholy
1988
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
The Seventh Day
2005
Day One
1989
That Evening Sun
2009
Purpose
2002
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
Under Siege
1986
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
Tartuffe
1978
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
The People Next Door
1970
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
When Hell Was in Session
1979
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
That Certain Summer
1972
The Street Lawyer
2003
The Great White Hope
1970
Wild in the Streets
1968
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
The Girl from Petrovka
1974
Our Town
1977
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001
Natural Enemies
1979
Bonds of Love
1993
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
Innocent Victims
1996
The Whole World Is Watching
1969
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
Stormchasers
1995
Murder by Natural Causes
1979
Suddenly Single
1971
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
1999
The Time of Your Life
1976
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
The Glass Menagerie
1966
Trail of Hope
1997
Walking to the Waterline
1998
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017
The Battle of The Alamo
1996
The Legend of the Three Trees
2001
Interpreting Twain
2018
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
2003
Plaza Suite
1987
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
1983
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1983
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
1973
Battleships
1999