Hal Holbrook

Also Credited As:

Harold Rowe Holbrook
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Biography

A versatile leading man and supporting player whose folksy, avuncular nature often disguised his true acting firepower, Hal Holbrook was best known to audiences for his portrayal of American humorist Mark Twain in his Tony Award-winning one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!" which he performed some 2,000 times between 1959 and 2005. Stage provided Holbrook his best showcases, but he was frequently praised for his television work, most notably in …
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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

Harold Rowe Holbrook on February 17, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

LATEST CREDITS

A Clear and Present Danger

Hays Stowe

Adolph Hitler: Portrait of a Tyrant

Narration

The Oath: 33 Hours in the Life of God

Dr Simon Abbott

The Senator

Hays Stowe

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

"Wild" Bill McKenzie

Pueblo

Commander Lloyd M Bucher

Off the Minnesota Strip

Budd Johansen

Natural Enemies

Paul Steward

Flying Lessons

Actor

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Bill McKenzie

Creepshow

Henry Northrup

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Joseph Bundy

Behind Enemy Lines

Colonel Calvin Turner

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Bill McKenzie

Sandburg's Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Omnibus

Host

Mark Twain Tonight!

Mark Twain

An American Image

Host

The Battle of the Alamo

Narration

The Killing of Randy Webster

John Webster

When Hell Was in Session

Jeremiah Denton Jr

Lost in Middle America... And What Happened Next

Narration

The Christmas Chester Mystery Plays

Host

Eastwood & Co. Making "Unforgiven"

Host

Rituals

Harry