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Hal Holbrook
Born February 17, 1925Died January 23, 2021
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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 ...
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Filmography
Actor (165 credits)
Movies
Interpreting TwainSelf
2018
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr StoryReinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
BlackwayWhizzer
2015
Holbrook/Twain: An American OdysseySelf
2014
Planes: Fire & RescueMayday (voice)
2014
SavannahJudge Harden
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf
2013
LincolnPreston Blair
2012
Promised LandFrank Yates
2012
Good Day for ItHec
2011
Water for ElephantsOld Jacob
2011
Flying LessonsHarry Pleasant
2010
That Evening SunAbner Meecham
2009
KillshotPapa
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf
2008
The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf
2008
The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf
2008
Into the WildRonald "Ron" Franz
2007
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep ThroatSelf - Narrator (voice)
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the FireSelf - Narrator (voice)
2006
The Street LawyerArthur Jacobs
2003
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
ShadeThe Professor
2003
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw TrailNarrator
2003
PurposeTom Walker
2002
Mark TwainSelf (uncredited)
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Narrator (voice)
2002
The MajesticCongressman Doyle
2001
HavenHarold L. Ickes
2001
The Legend of the Three TreesNarrator
2001
Dirty Harry: The OriginalSelf - Actor
2001
Waking the DeadIsaac Green
2000
The Life & Adventures of Santa ClausAk - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
2000
Men of Honor'Mr. Pappy'
2000
The BachelorO'Dell
1999
The FlorentineSmitty
1999
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)Narrator
1999
BattleshipsNarrator
1999
Judas KissSenator Rupert Hornbeck
1998
HushDr. Franklin Hill
1998
Rusty: A Dog's TaleBoyd Callahan
1998
My Own CountryLloyd Flanders
1998
BeautyAlexander Miller
1998
Walking to the WaterlineMan on the Beach
1998
HerculesAmphitryon (voice)
1997
Trail of HopeNarrator
1997
Eye of GodSheriff Rogers
1997
Operation Delta ForceAdmiral Henshaw
1997
All the Winters that Have BeenUncle Ren Corvin
1997
Cats Don't DanceCranston (voice)
1997
The Battle of The AlamoVoice
1996
Carried AwayDoctor Evans
1996
Innocent VictimsBob Hennis
1996
StormchasersNarrator
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous JokesterWild Bill McKenzie
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. Kelso
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing GovernorWild Bill McKenzie
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal LifestyleWilliam McKenzie
1994
The FirmOliver Lambert
1993
Bonds of LoveJim Smith
1993
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Narrator (voice)
1992
A Killing in a Small TownDr. Beardsley
1990
Fletch LivesHamilton "Ham" Johnson
1989
Day OneGen. George Marshall
1989
Sorry, Wrong NumberJim Coltrane
1989
The UnholyArchbishop Mosely
1988
I'll Be Home for ChristmasJoseph Bundy
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelSelf
1988
Wall StreetLou Mannheim
1987
Plaza SuiteSam Nash
1987
Under SiegePresident Maxwell Monroe
1986
All Star Party for Clint EastwoodSelf
1986
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
The Three Wishes of Billy GrierGrandpa Grier
1984
The Star ChamberBenjamin Caulfield
1983
America Remembers John F. KennedyHost
1983
Hazardous Waste: The Search for SolutionsNarrator (voice)
1983
CreepshowHenry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
1982
Girls Nite OutJim MacVey
1982
The Killing of Randy WebsterJohn Webster
1981
The FogFather Malone
1980
The Kidnapping of the PresidentPresident Adam Scott
1980
Off the Minnesota StripBud Johansen
1980
Natural EnemiesPaul Steward
1979
Murder by Natural CausesArthur Sinclair
1979
The Legend of the Golden GunJ.R. Swackhammer
1979
When Hell Was in SessionCmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
1979
TartuffeSelf - Host
1978
Capricorn OneDr. James Kelloway
1977
JuliaAlan
1977
RitualsHarry
1977
Our TownStage manager
1977
All the President's MenDeep Throat
1976
MidwayCmdr. Joseph Rochefort
1976
The Time of Your LifeSelf - Host
1976
The Girl from PetrovkaJoe
1974
Magnum ForceLieutenant Briggs
1973
PuebloCapt. Lloyd Bucher
1973
Jonathan Livingston SeagullElder (voice)
1973
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and TodaySelf
1973
They Only Kill Their MastersDr. Warren G. Watkins
1972
That Certain SummerDoug Salter
1972
Suddenly SingleLarry Hackett
1971
Goodbye, Raggedy AnnHarlan Webb
1971
Travis Logan, D.A.Matthew Sand
1971
The People Next DoorDavid Hoffman
1970
The Great White HopeCameron
1970
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan CityMitch Collins
1970
A Clear and Present DangerHays Stowe
1970
The Whole World Is WatchingChancellor Graham
1969
The BrotherhoodMan at the Table (uncredited)
1968
Wild in the StreetsSenator Fergus
1968
Mark Twain Tonight!Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
1967
The GroupGus Leroy
1966
The Glass Menagerieher son
1966
Tv
RectifyRutherford Gaines
2013
Monday MorningsDr. Arvin Wayne
2013
The EventJames Dempsey (voice)
2010
The EventJames Dempsey
2010
Hawaii Five-0Leonard Patterson
2010
Sons of AnarchyNate Madock
2008
Grey's AnatomyLewis Clatch
2005
BonesRed Hudmore
2005
The Seventh DayHost
2005
Hope & FaithEdward Shanowski
2003
NCISMickey Stokes
2003
Mark Twainself
2002
Good Morning, MiamiJim Templeton
2002
Founding FathersBenjamin Franklin (voice)
2000
The West WingAlbie Duncan
1999
Family LawJudge Richard Lloyd
1999
The SopranosJohn Schwinn
1999
BeckerMr. Humphries
1998
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryNarrator (voice)
1997
The Third TwinPete
1997
The Outer LimitsJustice Oliver Harbison
1995
ERWalter Perkins
1994
Evening ShadeEvan Evans
1990
American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1988
Emma: Queen of the South SeasJonas Coe
1988
The Fortunate PilgrimDr. Andrew McKay
1988
Designing WomenReese Watson
1986
Dress GrayGen. Charles Hedges
1986
North and SouthAbraham Lincoln
1985
George WashingtonJohn Adams
1984
CelebrityCalvin Sledge
1984
The Awakening LandPortius Wheeler - The Solitary
1978
Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
1975
Dinah!Self
1974
LincolnAbraham Lincoln
1974
Appointment With DestinyNarrator
1971
Great PerformancesSelf - Host
1971
The Bold Ones: The SenatorSenator Hays Stowe
1970
The Name of the GameJohn Adrian
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968
CBS Playhouse
1966
The F.B.I.Christopher Simes
1965
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
1957
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1956
The Wonderful World of DisneyMitch Collins
1954
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948
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