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Hal Holbrook
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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 st…
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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.
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2018
Interpreting Twain
Movie Self
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2017
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Movie Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
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2015
Blackway
Movie Whizzer
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2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie Mayday (voice)
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2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Movie Self
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2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie Self
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2013
Savannah
Movie Judge Harden
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2013
Rectify
TV show Rutherford Gaines
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2013
Monday Mornings
TV show Dr. Arvin Wayne
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2012
Lincoln
Movie Preston Blair
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2012
Promised Land
Movie Frank Yates
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2011
Water for Elephants
Movie Old Jacob
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2011
Good Day for It
Movie Hec
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2010
Hawaii Five-0
TV show Leonard Patterson
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2010
The Event
TV show James Dempsey (voice)
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2010
Flying Lessons
Movie Harry Pleasant
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2009
That Evening Sun
Movie Abner Meecham
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2008
Killshot
Movie Papa
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2008
Sons of Anarchy
TV show Nate Madock
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2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Movie Self
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2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Movie Self
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2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Movie Self
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2008
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Movie Self
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2007
Into the Wild
Movie Ronald "Ron" Franz
- 2006
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2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2006
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2005
Bones
TV show Red Hudmore
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2005
The Seventh Day
TV show Host
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Lewis Clatch
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2003
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
Movie Narrator
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2003
NCIS
TV show Mickey Stokes
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2003
Hope & Faith
TV show Edward Shanowski
- 2003
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2003
Shade
Movie The Professor
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2003
The Street Lawyer
Movie Arthur Jacobs
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2002
Good Morning, Miami
TV show Jim Templeton
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2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2002
Purpose
Movie Tom Walker
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2002
Mark Twain
Movie Self (uncredited)
