Hal Holbrook
Acting
Born February 17, 1925 — Died January 23, 2021
From Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Harold Rowe Holbrook
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 To...
Filmography
Interpreting Twain
Self
2018
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
2017
Blackway
Whizzer
20155.3
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Mayday (voice)
20146.2
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
20147.0
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
20136.1
Savannah
Judge Harden
20136.2
Lincoln
Preston Blair
20126.8
Promised Land
Frank Yates
20126.3
Water for Elephants
Old Jacob
20116.9
Good Day for It
Hec
20115.5
Flying Lessons
Harry Pleasant
20105.6
That Evening Sun
Abner Meecham
20096.7
Killshot
Papa
20085.8
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
20085.8
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self
20084.5
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
20087.0
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
20088.0
Into the Wild
Ronald "Ron" Franz
20077.8
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self - Narrator (voice)
20066.0
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail
Narrator
2003
The Designing Women Reunion
2003
Shade
The Professor
20036.2
—
The Street Lawyer
Arthur Jacobs
20037.0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
20027.4
Purpose
Tom Walker
20024.9
Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
20027.1
The Majestic
Congressman Doyle
20016.8
Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
20017.3
The Legend of the Three Trees
Narrator
20016.7
Haven
Harold L. Ickes
20016.8
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
20007.1
Men of Honor
'Mr. Pappy'
20007.5
Waking the Dead
Isaac Green
20006.1
Battleships
Narrator
1999
The Bachelor
O'Dell
19995.2
The Florentine
Smitty
19995.7
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
Narrator
1999
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Boyd Callahan
19985.8
Judas Kiss
Senator Rupert Hornbeck
19985.7
My Own Country
Lloyd Flanders
19984.5
Walking to the Waterline
Man on the Beach
19986.3
Hush
Dr. Franklin Hill
19985.7
Beauty
Alexander Miller
19985.3
Eye of God
Sheriff Rogers
19975.8
All the Winters that Have Been
Uncle Ren Corvin
19976.8
Trail of Hope
Narrator
19979.0
Hercules
Amphitryon (voice)
19977.5
Cats Don't Dance
Cranston (voice)
19977.2
Operation Delta Force
Admiral Henshaw
19973.8
The Battle of The Alamo
Voice
19968.0
Carried Away
Doctor Evans
19965.8
Innocent Victims
Bob Hennis
19967.0
Stormchasers
Narrator
19956.5
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Adm. Kelso
19955.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Wild Bill McKenzie
19957.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Wild Bill McKenzie
19946.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
William McKenzie
19947.5
The Firm
Oliver Lambert
19936.7
Bonds of Love
Jim Smith
19935.8
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Narrator (voice)
1992
A Killing in a Small Town
Dr. Beardsley
19905.1
Sorry, Wrong Number
Jim Coltrane
19895.3
Day One
Gen. George Marshall
19896.2
Fletch Lives
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
19896.0
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joseph Bundy
19887.0
The Unholy
Archbishop Mosely
19885.4
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Self
19888.0
Wall Street
Lou Mannheim
19877.2
Plaza Suite
Sam Nash
19878.0
—
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self (uncredited)
19866.0
Under Siege
President Maxwell Monroe
19867.5
92 Grosvenor Street
19859.0
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Grandpa Grier
19845.0
—
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
Host
1983
The Star Chamber
Benjamin Caulfield
19836.0
—
Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions
Narrator (voice)
1983
Creepshow
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
19826.9
Girls Nite Out
Jim MacVey
19824.7
The Killing of Randy Webster
John Webster
19816.0
The Kidnapping of the President
President Adam Scott
19804.6
Off the Minnesota Strip
Bud Johansen
19805.5
The Fog
Father Malone
19806.7
Natural Enemies
Paul Steward
19796.0
When Hell Was in Session
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
19797.0
The Legend of the Golden Gun
J.R. Swackhammer
19797.0
Murder by Natural Causes
Arthur Sinclair
19796.9
Tartuffe
Self - Host
19787.0
Capricorn One
Dr. James Kelloway
19776.8
Julia
Alan
19776.5
Rituals
Harry
19776.1
Our Town
Stage manager
19779.5
Midway
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
19766.6
All the President's Men
Deep Throat
19767.7
The Time of Your Life
Self - Host
197610.0
The Girl from Petrovka
Joe
19745.3
Magnum Force
Lieutenant Briggs
19737.1
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
19737.0
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Elder (voice)
19736.1
Pueblo
Capt. Lloyd Bucher
19736.5
—
Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa
Narrator
1973
They Only Kill Their Masters
Dr. Warren G. Watkins
19725.1
That Certain Summer
Doug Salter
19726.6
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Harlan Webb
1971
Suddenly Single
Larry Hackett
19714.5
—
Travis Logan, D.A.
Matthew Sand
19717.3
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Mitch Collins
19706.5
The Great White Hope
Cameron
19706.3
The People Next Door
David Hoffman
19705.9
A Clear and Present Danger
Hays Stowe
19707.0
The Whole World Is Watching
Chancellor Graham
19699.0
The Brotherhood
Man at the Table (uncredited)
19686.1
Wild in the Streets
Senator Fergus
19685.8
Mark Twain Tonight!
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
19677.5
The Glass Menagerie
her son
19666.7
The Group
Gus Leroy
19665.7