Hal Holbrook
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
NCIS
Mickey Stokes
2003
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Lewis Clatch
2005
Series
Bones
Red Hudmore
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Hawaii Five-0
Leonard Patterson
2010
Series
The Sopranos
John Schwinn
1999
Series
Sons of Anarchy
Nate Madock
2008
Series
The West Wing
Albie Duncan
1999
Series
ER
Walter Perkins
1994
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Great Performances
Self - Host
1971
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
The F.B.I.
Christopher Simes
1965
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
The Name of the Game
John Adrian
1968
Series
The Outer Limits
Justice Oliver Harbison
1995
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Family Law
Judge Richard Lloyd
1999
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Becker
Mr. Humphries
1998
Series
Hope & Faith
Edward Shanowski
2003
Film
Hercules
Amphitryon (voice)
1997
Series
Designing Women
Reese Watson
1986
Series
North and South
Abraham Lincoln
1985
Series
Rectify
Rutherford Gaines
2013
Film
Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
2007
Series
Evening Shade
Evan Evans
1990
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mitch Collins
1954
Film
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mayday (voice)
2014
Film
Men of Honor
'Mr. Pappy'
2000
Series
The Event
James Dempsey (voice)
2010
Series
The Event
James Dempsey
2010
Series
Good Morning, Miami
Jim Templeton
2002
Film
The Firm
Oliver Lambert
1993
CBS Playhouse
Tom Wingfield
1966
Film
Lincoln
Preston Blair
2012
Series
Monday Mornings
Dr. Arvin Wayne
2013
Film
Wall Street
Lou Mannheim
1987
Film
The Fog
Father Malone
1980
Film
Midway
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976
Film
Water for Elephants
Old Jacob
2011
Film
Magnum Force
Lieutenant Briggs
1973
Film
All the President's Men
Deep Throat
1976
Film
The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
2001
Film
Capricorn One
Dr. James Kelloway
1977
Film
Promised Land
Frank Yates
2012
Film
Creepshow
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982
Film
Cats Don't Dance
Cranston (voice)
1997
Film
The Bachelor
O'Dell
1999
Film
Blackway
Whizzer
2015
Film
Shade
The Professor
2003
Film
Hush
Dr. Franklin Hill
1998
Film
Julia
Alan
1977
Film
Fletch Lives
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989
Series
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Senator Hays Stowe
1970
Film
Killshot
Papa
2008
Series
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1974
Film
The Star Chamber
Benjamin Caulfield
1983
Series
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Dr. Andrew McKay
1988
Series
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Narrator (voice)
1997
Series
The Awakening Land
Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
1978
Series
George Washington
John Adams
1984
Series
The Third Twin
Pete
1997
Film
Waking the Dead
Isaac Green
2000
Film
Judas Kiss
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
1998
Film
The Unholy
Archbishop Mosely
1988
Series
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Jonas Coe
1988
Series
Celebrity
Calvin Sledge
1984
Series
Mark Twain
self
2002
Series
Dress Gray
Gen. Charles Hedges
1986
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Wild Bill McKenzie
1994
Film
The Girl from Petrovka
Joe
1974
Film
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000
Film
Carried Away
Doctor Evans
1996
Film
Tartuffe
Self - Host
1978
Film
The Brotherhood
Man at the Table (uncredited)
1968
Film
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Film
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Boyd Callahan
1998
Film
They Only Kill Their Masters
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
1972
Film
Operation Delta Force
Admiral Henshaw
1997
Series
Founding Fathers
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2000
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
William McKenzie
1994
Film
Eye of God
Sheriff Rogers
1997
Film
That Evening Sun
Abner Meecham
2009
Film
Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
2002
Film
The Great White Hope
Cameron
1970
Film
A Killing in a Small Town
Dr. Beardsley
1990
Film
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
2008
Film
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
2008
Film
The Group
Gus Leroy
1966
Film
Girls Nite Out
Jim MacVey
1982
Film
The People Next Door
David Hoffman
1970
Film
The Florentine
Smitty
1999
Appointment With Destiny
Narrator
1971
Film
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
Murder by Natural Causes
Arthur Sinclair
1979
Film
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Elder (voice)
1973
Film
Savannah
Judge Harden
2013
Film
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
2008
Film
The Kidnapping of the President
President Adam Scott
1980
Film
A Clear and Present Danger
Hays Stowe
1970
Film
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
2014
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Wild Bill McKenzie
1995
Film
Wild in the Streets
Senator Fergus
1968
Film
When Hell Was in Session
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979
Series
Haven
Harold L. Ickes
2001
Film
The Legend of the Golden Gun
J.R. Swackhammer
1979
Film
The Killing of Randy Webster
John Webster
1981
Film
The Whole World Is Watching
Chancellor Graham
1969
Film
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
2008
Film
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Self
1988
Film
All the Winters that Have Been
Uncle Ren Corvin
1997
Film
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Grandpa Grier
1984
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
1986
Film
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Flying Lessons
Harry Pleasant
2010
Film
Rituals
Harry
1977
Film
Off the Minnesota Strip
Bud Johansen
1980
Series
The Seventh Day
Host
2005
Film
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joseph Bundy
1988
Film
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Under Siege
President Maxwell Monroe
1986
Film
Plaza Suite
Sam Nash
1987
Film
Good Day for It
Hec
2011
Film
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Harlan Webb
1971
Film
My Own Country
Lloyd Flanders
1998
Travis Logan, D.A.
Matthew Sand
1971
Film
Stormchasers
Narrator
1995
Film
That Certain Summer
Doug Salter
1972
Film
Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
2001
Film
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Mitch Collins
1970
Film
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Kelso
1995
Film
Walking to the Waterline
Man on the Beach
1998
Film
Haven
Harold L. Ickes
2001
Film
Natural Enemies
Paul Steward
1979
Film
Pueblo
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
1973
Film
Beauty
Alexander Miller
1998
Film
The Time of Your Life
Self - Host
1976
The Street Lawyer
Arthur Jacobs
2003
Film
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Suddenly Single
Larry Hackett
1971
Film
Innocent Victims
Bob Hennis
1996
Film
Day One
Gen. George Marshall
1989
Film
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Host
1983
Film
Mark Twain Tonight!
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967
Film
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
Narrator
2003
Film
Bonds of Love
Jim Smith
1993
Film
Purpose
Tom Walker
2002
Film
Our Town
Stage manager
1977
Film
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
1973
Film
The Battle of The Alamo
Voice
1996
Film
Sorry, Wrong Number
Jim Coltrane
1989
Film
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
Narrator
1999
Film
The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
2001
Film
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
Film
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Film
Trail of Hope
Narrator
1997
Film
Battleships
Narrator
1999
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
Narrator
1973
Film
Interpreting Twain
Self
2018
Film
The Glass Menagerie
her son
1966
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
Narrator (voice)
1983