Interpreting Twain
2018 · Movie
as Self
Hal Holbrook
1925-02-17
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Writers:
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
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
2017 · Movie
as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
Blackway
2015 · Movie
as Whizzer
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014 · Movie
as Self
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014 · Movie
as Mayday (voice)
Savannah
2013 · Movie
as Judge Harden
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013 · Movie
as Self
Rectify
2013 · TV Show
as Rutherford Gaines
Monday Mornings
2013 · TV Show
as Dr. Arvin Wayne
Lincoln
2012 · Movie
as Preston Blair
Promised Land
2012 · Movie
as Frank Yates
Good Day for It
2011 · Movie
as Hec
Water for Elephants
2011 · Movie
as Old Jacob
Flying Lessons
2010 · Movie
as Harry Pleasant
The Event
2010 · TV Show
as James Dempsey (voice), James Dempsey
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · TV Show
as Leonard Patterson
That Evening Sun
2009 · Movie
as Abner Meecham
Killshot
2008 · Movie
as Papa
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Movie
as Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Movie
as Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Movie
as Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Movie
as Self
Sons of Anarchy
2008 · TV Show
as Nate Madock
Into the Wild
2007 · Movie
as Ronald "Ron" Franz
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV Show
as Lewis Clatch
Bones
2005 · TV Show
as Red Hudmore
The Seventh Day
2005 · TV Show
as Host
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The Street Lawyer
2003 · Movie
as Arthur Jacobs
The Designing Women Reunion
2003 · Movie
Shade
2003 · Movie
as The Professor
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
Hope & Faith
2003 · TV Show
as Edward Shanowski
NCIS
2003 · TV Show
as Mickey Stokes
Purpose
2002 · Movie
as Tom Walker
Mark Twain
2002 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain
2002 · TV Show
as self
Good Morning, Miami
2002 · TV Show
as Jim Templeton
The Majestic
2001 · Movie
as Congressman Doyle
Haven
2001 · Movie
as Harold L. Ickes
The Legend of the Three Trees
2001 · Movie
as Narrator
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001 · Movie
as Self - Actor
Haven
2001 · TV Show
as Harold L. Ickes
Waking the Dead
2000 · Movie
as Isaac Green
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000 · Movie
as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Men of Honor
2000 · Movie
as 'Mr. Pappy'
Founding Fathers
2000 · TV Show
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The Bachelor
1999 · Movie
as O'Dell
The Florentine
1999 · Movie
as Smitty
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
1999 · Movie
as Narrator
Battleships
1999 · Movie
as Narrator
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Albie Duncan
Family Law
1999 · TV Show
as Judge Richard Lloyd
The Sopranos
1999 · TV Show
as John Schwinn
Judas Kiss
1998 · Movie
as Senator Rupert Hornbeck
Hush
1998 · Movie
as Dr. Franklin Hill
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998 · Movie
as Boyd Callahan
My Own Country
1998 · Movie
as Lloyd Flanders
Beauty
1998 · Movie
as Alexander Miller
Walking to the Waterline
1998 · Movie
as Man on the Beach
Becker
1998 · TV Show
as Mr. Humphries
Hercules
1997 · Movie
as Amphitryon (voice)
Trail of Hope
1997 · Movie
as Narrator
Eye of God
1997 · Movie
as Sheriff Rogers
Operation Delta Force
1997 · Movie
as Admiral Henshaw
All the Winters that Have Been
1997 · Movie
as Uncle Ren Corvin
Cats Don't Dance
1997 · Movie
as Cranston (voice)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
The Third Twin
1997 · TV Show
as Pete
The Battle of The Alamo
1996 · Movie
as Voice
Carried Away
1996 · Movie
as Doctor Evans
Innocent Victims
1996 · Movie
as Bob Hennis
Stormchasers
1995 · Movie
as Narrator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995 · Movie
as Wild Bill McKenzie
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995 · Movie
as Adm. Kelso
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Justice Oliver Harbison
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Movie
as Wild Bill McKenzie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Movie
as William McKenzie
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Walter Perkins
The Firm
1993 · Movie
as Oliver Lambert
Bonds of Love
1993 · Movie
as Jim Smith
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
A Killing in a Small Town
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Beardsley
Evening Shade
1990 · TV Show
as Evan Evans
Fletch Lives
1989 · Movie
as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
Day One
1989 · Movie
as Gen. George Marshall
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989 · Movie
as Jim Coltrane
The Unholy
1988 · Movie
as Archbishop Mosely
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988 · Movie
as Joseph Bundy
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988 · Movie
as Self
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
1988 · TV Show
as Jonas Coe
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988 · TV Show
as Dr. Andrew McKay
Wall Street
1987 · Movie
as Lou Mannheim
Plaza Suite
1987 · Movie
as Sam Nash
Under Siege
1986 · Movie
as President Maxwell Monroe
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Designing Women
1986 · TV Show
as Reese Watson
Dress Gray
1986 · TV Show
as Gen. Charles Hedges
92 Grosvenor Street
1985 · Movie
North and South
1985 · TV Show
as Abraham Lincoln
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984 · Movie
as Grandpa Grier
George Washington
1984 · TV Show
as John Adams
Celebrity
1984 · TV Show
as Calvin Sledge
The Star Chamber
1983 · Movie
as Benjamin Caulfield
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America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1983 · Movie
as Host
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Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
1983 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Creepshow
1982 · Movie
as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Girls Nite Out
1982 · Movie
as Jim MacVey
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981 · Movie
as John Webster
The Fog
1980 · Movie
as Father Malone
The Kidnapping of the President
1980 · Movie
as President Adam Scott
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980 · Movie
as Bud Johansen
Natural Enemies
1979 · Movie
as Paul Steward
Murder by Natural Causes
1979 · Movie
as Arthur Sinclair
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Movie
as J.R. Swackhammer
When Hell Was in Session
1979 · Movie
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
Tartuffe
1978 · Movie
as Self - Host
The Awakening Land
1978 · TV Show
as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Capricorn One
1977 · Movie
as Dr. James Kelloway
Julia
1977 · Movie
as Alan
Rituals
1977 · Movie
as Harry
Our Town
1977 · Movie
as Stage manager
All the President's Men
1976 · Movie
as Deep Throat
Midway
1976 · Movie
as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
The Time of Your Life
1976 · Movie
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
The Girl from Petrovka
1974 · Movie
as Joe
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Lincoln
1974 · TV Show
as Abraham Lincoln
Magnum Force
1973 · Movie
as Lieutenant Briggs
Pueblo
1973 · Movie
as Capt. Lloyd Bucher
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973 · Movie
as Elder (voice)
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973 · Movie
as Self
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Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
1973 · Movie
as Narrator
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972 · Movie
as Dr. Warren G. Watkins
That Certain Summer
1972 · Movie
as Doug Salter
Suddenly Single
1971 · Movie
as Larry Hackett
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971 · Movie
as Harlan Webb
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Travis Logan, D.A.
1971 · Movie
as Matthew Sand
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Appointment With Destiny
1971 · TV Show
as Narrator
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The People Next Door
1970 · Movie
as David Hoffman
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie
as Cameron
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970 · Movie
as Mitch Collins
A Clear and Present Danger
1970 · Movie
as Hays Stowe
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970 · TV Show
as Senator Hays Stowe
The Whole World Is Watching
1969 · Movie
as Chancellor Graham
The Brotherhood
1968 · Movie
as Man at the Table (uncredited)
Wild in the Streets
1968 · Movie
as Senator Fergus
The Name of the Game
1968 · TV Show
as John Adrian
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967 · Movie
as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Group
1966 · Movie
as Gus Leroy
The Glass Menagerie
1966 · Movie
as her son
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CBS Playhouse
1966 · TV Show
as Tom Wingfield
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
as Christopher Simes
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · TV Show
as Self
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
as Mitch Collins
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
