Hal Holbrook

ActorCrewDirectorWriter Feb 17 (died age 95) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1948–2018 (70 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Into the Wild

Ronald "Ron" Franz

Film

Hercules

Amphitryon (voice)

Film

All the President's Men

Deep Throat

Film

Men of Honor

'Mr. Pappy'

Film

Lincoln

Preston Blair

Film

Wall Street

Lou Mannheim

Film

Water for Elephants

Old Jacob

Film

The Firm

Oliver Lambert

Filmography

Acting (166)

Movies (116)

Interpreting Twain

2018

as Self

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

2017

as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)

Blackway

2015

as Whizzer

5.3

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

as Mayday (voice)

6.2

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

as Self

Savannah

as Judge Harden

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

as Self

Lincoln

as Preston Blair

Promised Land

as Frank Yates

Water for Elephants

as Old Jacob

Good Day for It

as Hec

Flying Lessons

as Harry Pleasant

That Evening Sun

as Abner Meecham

Killshot

as Papa

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

2008

as Self

4.5

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

2008

as Self

5.8

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

2008

as Self

7.0

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008

as Self

8.0

Into the Wild

2007

as Ronald "Ron" Franz

7.8

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Shade

2003

as The Professor

6.2

The Designing Women Reunion

2003

Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail

2003

as Narrator

The Street Lawyer

2003

as Arthur Jacobs

Mark Twain

as Self (uncredited)

Purpose

as Tom Walker

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

as Narrator (voice)

7.2

Dirty Harry: The Original

as Self - Actor

The Majestic

as Congressman Doyle

Haven

as Harold L. Ickes

The Legend of the Three Trees

as Narrator

Men of Honor

as 'Mr. Pappy'

Waking the Dead

as Isaac Green

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

2000

as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)

The Bachelor

as O'Dell

The Florentine

as Smitty

Battleships

as Narrator

Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)

1999

as Narrator

Walking to the Waterline

as Man on the Beach

Hush

as Dr. Franklin Hill

Judas Kiss

as Senator Rupert Hornbeck

My Own Country

as Lloyd Flanders

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

as Boyd Callahan

Beauty

as Alexander Miller

Hercules

as Amphitryon (voice)

7.5

All the Winters that Have Been

as Uncle Ren Corvin

Cats Don't Dance

as Cranston (voice)

Trail of Hope

as Narrator

Eye of God

1997

as Sheriff Rogers

5.7

Operation Delta Force

as Admiral Henshaw

Carried Away

as Doctor Evans

The Battle of The Alamo

1996

as Voice

Innocent Victims

as Bob Hennis

Stormchasers

as Narrator

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

as Wild Bill McKenzie

7.5

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

1995

as Adm. Kelso

4.3

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

1994

as William McKenzie

7.3

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

as Wild Bill McKenzie

The Firm

as Oliver Lambert

Bonds of Love

as Jim Smith

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

1992

as Narrator (voice)

A Killing in a Small Town

1990

as Dr. Beardsley

4.8

Fletch Lives

1989

as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson

6.0

Day One

1989

as Gen. George Marshall

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Jim Coltrane

The Unholy

as Archbishop Mosely

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

as Joseph Bundy

6.3

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

as Self

Wall Street

as Lou Mannheim

Plaza Suite

as Sam Nash

Under Siege

as President Maxwell Monroe

7.5

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

1986

as Self

6.0

92 Grosvenor Street

1985

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

1984

as Grandpa Grier

5.0

America Remembers John F. Kennedy

1983

as Host

The Star Chamber

1983

as Benjamin Caulfield

6.0

Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions

1983

as Narrator (voice)

Creepshow

1982

as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")

6.9

Girls Nite Out

1982

as Jim MacVey

4.6

The Killing of Randy Webster

as John Webster

The Fog

as Father Malone

Off the Minnesota Strip

1980

as Bud Johansen

4.8

The Kidnapping of the President

1980

as President Adam Scott

4.6

Natural Enemies

1979

as Paul Steward

5.9

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979

as J.R. Swackhammer

5.0

Murder by Natural Causes

1979

as Arthur Sinclair

6.9

When Hell Was in Session

1979

as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

7.0

Tartuffe

1978

as Self - Host

Capricorn One

1977

as Dr. James Kelloway

Julia

as Alan

Our Town

as Stage manager

Rituals

as Harry

All the President's Men

1976

as Deep Throat

7.7

Midway

1976

as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort

6.6

The Time of Your Life

1976

as Self - Host

The Girl from Petrovka

as Joe

Magnum Force

as Lieutenant Briggs

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

as Elder (voice)

6.0

Pueblo

1973

as Capt. Lloyd Bucher

5.7

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

1973

as Self

That Certain Summer

1972

as Doug Salter

6.5

They Only Kill Their Masters

1972

as Dr. Warren G. Watkins

Travis Logan, D.A.

as Matthew Sand

Suddenly Single

as Larry Hackett

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

as Harlan Webb

The Great White Hope

as Cameron

The People Next Door

as David Hoffman

A Clear and Present Danger

1970

as Hays Stowe

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

1970

as Mitch Collins

6.0

The Whole World Is Watching

1969

as Chancellor Graham

The Brotherhood

1968

as Man at the Table (uncredited)

Wild in the Streets

as Senator Fergus

Mark Twain Tonight!

as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

The Group

as Gus Leroy

The Glass Menagerie

as her son

Television (50)

Rectify

as Rutherford Gaines

Monday Mornings

as Dr. Arvin Wayne

Hawaii Five-0

as Leonard Patterson

The Event

as James Dempsey (voice)

Sons of Anarchy

as Nate Madock

Grey's Anatomy

as Lewis Clatch

Bones

as Red Hudmore

The Seventh Day

as Host

NCIS

as Mickey Stokes

Hope & Faith

as Edward Shanowski

Good Morning, Miami

as Jim Templeton

Mark Twain

as self

Founding Fathers

2000

as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

The Sopranos

as John Schwinn

The West Wing

as Albie Duncan

Family Law

as Judge Richard Lloyd

Becker

as Mr. Humphries

The Third Twin

as Pete

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

1997

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

The Outer Limits

1995

as Justice Oliver Harbison

as Walter Perkins

Evening Shade

as Evan Evans

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

The Fortunate Pilgrim

1988

as Dr. Andrew McKay

5.0

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

as Jonas Coe

Designing Women

as Reese Watson

Dress Gray

as Gen. Charles Hedges

North and South

as Abraham Lincoln

North and South

as Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

as John Adams

Celebrity

as Calvin Sledge

The Awakening Land

as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

Dinah!

as Self

Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

Great Performances

as Self - Host

Appointment With Destiny

1971

as Narrator

The Bold Ones: The Senator

1970

as Senator Hays Stowe

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Name of the Game

as John Adrian

CBS Playhouse

The F.B.I.

as Christopher Simes

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Mitch Collins

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

Other

Mark Twain Tonight!

Writer

Television (1)

Designing Women

1986

Director

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