| Name | | Hal Holbrook | |
| Image | | Hal-Holbrook.jpg | |
| General info : | | Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. (born February 17, 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.) is an American actor.
His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. | |
| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Holbrook (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Holbrook) | |
| General info : | Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. (born February 17, 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.) is an American actor.
His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award. | Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. (born February 17, 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.) – January 23, 2021, Beverly Hills, California, U.S. (aged 95)) was an American actor.
He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called Mark Twain Tonight! while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain.
He continued 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 1973 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia and Capricorn One (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 an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2009, he 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.
Holbrook was married three times and had three children. He married a Newfoundlander, Ruby Elaine Johnston, in 1945 and they had two children. They divorced in 1965. In 1966, he married Carol Eve Rossen. They had one child and they divorced in 1983.
Holbrook married actress and singer Dixie Carter in 1984 and the couple remained married until Carter's death from endometrial cancer on April 10, 2010. | |
| Relations : | | Married to : Dixie Carterm. 1984 - 2010 (her death) | |
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| Video | | Mark Twain Gives an Interview (1961) Hal Holbrook | |
| Video | | That Evening Sun - Exclusive: Hal Holbrook Interview | |
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| Video | | Hal Holbrook - interview Later with Bob Costas 11/6/90 | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook Dead at 95: Remembering the Award-Winning Actor | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook interview with wife Dixie Carter at home 1984 | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook on "All the Presidents Men" and Robert Redford - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook on Avoiding Mark Twain In His Other Roles | The Dick Cavett Show | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook on creating "Mark Twain Tonight!" - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews | |
| Video | | Hal Holbrook Recalls When He Passed Out On A Mountain Glacier | The Dick Cavett Show | |