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Hal Holbrook

Born: 1925-02-17

From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

About: 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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All the President's Men
Deep Throat
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The Battle of The Alamo
Voice
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The Fog
Father Malone
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Magnum Force
Lieutenant Briggs
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The Bachelor
O'Dell
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Wall Street
Lou Mannheim
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The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
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Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
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Midway
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
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Stormchasers
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The Brotherhood
Man at the Table (uncredited)
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Capricorn One
Dr. James Kelloway
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Hercules
Amphitryon (voice)
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The Star Chamber
Benjamin Caulfield
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That Evening Sun
Abner Meecham
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Julia
Alan
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Carried Away
Doctor Evans
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Fletch Lives
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
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Wild in the Streets
Senator Fergus
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The Firm
Oliver Lambert
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Judas Kiss
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
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Waking the Dead
Isaac Green
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Good Day for It
Hec
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Trail of Hope
Narrator
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They Only Kill Their Masters
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
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Day One
Gen. George Marshall
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Eye of God
Sheriff Rogers
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The Girl from Petrovka
Joe
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Killshot
Papa
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Creepshow
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
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The Whole World Is Watching
Chancellor Graham
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Rituals
Harry
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Hush
Dr. Franklin Hill
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Flying Lessons
Harry Pleasant
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Mark Twain Tonight!
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
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Purpose
Tom Walker
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Lincoln
Preston Blair
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The Street Lawyer
Arthur Jacobs
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Water for Elephants
Old Jacob
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The Unholy
Archbishop Mosely
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Girls Nite Out
Jim MacVey
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The Killing of Randy Webster
John Webster
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Natural Enemies
Paul Steward
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The People Next Door
David Hoffman
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Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Boyd Callahan
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The Kidnapping of the President
President Adam Scott
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The Florentine
Smitty
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
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That Certain Summer
Doug Salter
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Haven
Harold L. Ickes
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Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
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My Own Country
Lloyd Flanders
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Promised Land
Frank Yates
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
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Our Town
Stage manager
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Off the Minnesota Strip
Bud Johansen
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Savannah
Judge Harden
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Wild Bill McKenzie
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Wild Bill McKenzie
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Suddenly Single
Larry Hackett
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
William McKenzie
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Murder by Natural Causes
Arthur Sinclair
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Pueblo
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
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The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
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Sorry, Wrong Number
Jim Coltrane
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The Time of Your Life
Self - Host
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mayday (voice)
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Men of Honor
'Mr. Pappy'
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Operation Delta Force
Admiral Henshaw
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The Group
Gus Leroy
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The Great White Hope
Cameron
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The Legend of the Golden Gun
J.R. Swackhammer
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Bonds of Love
Jim Smith
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joseph Bundy
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Under Siege
President Maxwell Monroe
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The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Grandpa Grier
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Blackway
Whizzer
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When Hell Was in Session
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Harlan Webb
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Interpreting Twain
Self
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The Glass Menagerie
her son
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The Designing Women Reunion
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Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
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Shade
The Professor
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Self
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Tartuffe
Self - Host
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A Killing in a Small Town
Dr. Beardsley
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All the Winters that Have Been
Uncle Ren Corvin
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Travis Logan, D.A.
Matthew Sand
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Cats Don't Dance
Cranston (voice)
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92 Grosvenor Street
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An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
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Plaza Suite
Sam Nash
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The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
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The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Mitch Collins
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
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Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
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The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
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Battleships
Narrator
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Elder (voice)
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Beauty
Alexander Miller
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She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Kelso
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A Clear and Present Danger
Hays Stowe
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America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Host
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The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
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Walking to the Waterline
Man on the Beach
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
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Innocent Victims
Bob Hennis
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
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Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
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Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
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Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
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