Hal Holbrook

Highest Rated: 93% All the President's Men (1976)

Lowest Rated: 8% Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

Birthday: Feb 17, 1925

Birthplace: Not Available

American actor Hal Holbrook broke into performing as a monologist at various esoteric nightspots in San Francisco and Greenwich Village. Holbrook worked on stage in the early 1950s and appeared on the CBS TV soap opera The Brighter Day. He might have spent the rest of his career as a talented but unremarkable performer had Holbrook not decided to bank upon his lifelong fascination with humorist Mark Twain. Donning elaborate Twain makeup and costume and memorizing several hours' worth of the writer's material, Holbrook put together a one man show, Mark Twain Tonight. After touring in small towns, Holbrook brought Mark Twain to an off-Broadway theater, scoring an immediate hit which led to some 2000 subsequent appearances as Twain (one of these in a 1967 CBS one-hour special) and a top-selling record album. The fame attending Mark Twain Tonight enabled Holbrook to flourish as a starring actor in numerous non-Twain projects. Among Holbrook's films are The Group (1966), Wild in the Streets (1968), Magnum Force (1973), The Star Chamber (1987), Wall Street (1987) and The Firm (1993); in 1976 the actor portrayed the shadowy amalgam character "Deep Throat" in All the President's Men. Holbrook has also stayed busy in TV, starring on the weekly series The Senator (1970) and appearing several times as Abraham Lincoln in various network specials. A multi-Emmy winner, Hal Holbrook spent much of the late 1980s and early 1990s appearing as a regular cast member on the CBS sitcoms Designing Women (from 1986 to 1989, alongside real-life wife Dixie Carter) and Evening Shade (1990-94) in the role of Burt Reynolds' father, Evan Evans. Holbrook's big-screen activity also crescendoed during the 1990s and early 2000s; among many other assignments, he resumed his frequent typecast as a shady businessman with a deceptively paternal exterior in Sydney Pollack's blockbuster Grisham thriller The Firm (1993), provided an animated voice for the children's fantasy Cats Don't Dance (1997), and nastily evoked the prejudices of a bigoted commanding naval officer named Mr. Pappy in the military drama Men of Honor (2000). Holbrook also drew on his vast knowledge of Mark Twain as one of the participants in the epic-length documentary Ken Burns' Mark Twain (2001). The distinguished thespian received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his work in Sean Penn's critically-acclaimed drama Into the Wild (2007). He starred in the 2009 drama That Evening Sun, and had a major part in the 2011 adaptation of the novel Water for Elephants. In 2012 Steven Spielberg cast him in his long-gestating biopic Lincoln.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
20%	Blackway	Whizzer	$17K	2016
44%	Planes: Fire And Rescue	Mayday	$42.7M	2014
No Score Yet	Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey	Actor	—	2014
13%	Savannah	Judge Harden	$26.2K	2013
52%	Promised Land	Frank Yates	$7.7M	2013
No Score Yet	Flying Lessons	Actor	—	2012
89%	Lincoln	Preston Blair	$129.5M	2012
60%	Water for Elephants	Old Jacob	$58.8M	2011
No Score Yet	Good Day for It	HEC	—	2010
No Score Yet	Flying Lessons	Harry Pleasant	—	2010
81%	That Evening Sun	Abner Meecham	$84.3K	2009
No Score Yet	Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times	Harrison Gray Otis	—	2009
83%	Into the Wild	Ron Franz	$18.2M	2007
No Score Yet	Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII	Narrator	—	2007
No Score Yet	Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail	Narrator	—	2003
67%	Shade	The Professor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Purpose	Tom	—	2002
No Score Yet	Sacred Stone: Temple on the Mississippi	Actor	—	2002
42%	The Majestic	Congressman Doyle	—	2001
No Score Yet	Valor: Incredible Stories of Patriotism and Courage	Narrator	—	2001
No Score Yet	Haven	Harold L. Ickes	—	2001
No Score Yet	Legend of the Three Trees	Narrator	—	2001
42%	Men of Honor	Mr. Pappy	—	2000
51%	Waking the Dead	Isaac	—	2000
No Score Yet	The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus	Ak	—	2000
No Score Yet	Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail	Narrator	—	2000
9%	The Bachelor	O'Dell	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Florentine	Smitty	—	1999
No Score Yet	Beauty	Alexander Miller	—	1998
No Score Yet	Rusty: A Dog's Tale	Boyd Callahan	—	1998
43%	Judas Kiss	Senator Rupert Hornbeck	—	1998
12%	Hush	Dr. Hill	—	1998
No Score Yet	My Own Country	Lloyd Flanders	—	1998
No Score Yet	Ken Follett's 'The Third Twin'	Pete	—	1997
No Score Yet	Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery	Narrator	—	1997
75%	Eye of God	Sheriff Sam Rogers	—	1997
No Score Yet	All the Winters That Have Been	Uncle Ren	—	1997
No Score Yet	Operation Delta Force	Henshaw	—	1997
74%	Cats Don't Dance	Cranston	—	1997
No Score Yet	Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail	Actor	—	1997
64%	Carried Away	Dr. Evans	—	1996
No Score Yet	Innocent Victims	Bob Hennis	—	1996
No Score Yet	Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester	Wild Bill McKenzie	—	1995
No Score Yet	Stormchasers	Narrator	—	1995
No Score Yet	American Experience	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor	`Wild Bill' McKenzie	—	1994
No Score Yet	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle	`Wild Bill' McKenzie	—	1994
75%	The Firm	Oliver Lambert	—	1993
No Score Yet	Bonds of Love	Jim Smith	—	1993
No Score Yet	NOVA	Narrator	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Secrets of Dick Smith	Actor	—	1991
37%	Fletch Lives	Hamilton "Ham" Johnson	—	1989
No Score Yet	Day One	Gen. George Marshall	—	1989
No Score Yet	Sorry, Wrong Number	Jim Coltrane	—	1989
33%	The Unholy	Archbishop Mosely	—	1988
79%	Wall Street	Lou Mannheim	—	1987
No Score Yet	Behind Enemy Lines	Col. Calvin Turner	—	1987
No Score Yet	Dress Gray	General Charles Hedges	—	1986
No Score Yet	Celebrity	DA Calvin Sledge	—	1985
No Score Yet	George Washington	John Adams	—	1984
71%	The Star Chamber	Judge Benjamin Caulfield	—	1983
No Score Yet	Girls Nite Out	Actor	—	1983
73%	Creepshow	Henry Northrup	—	1982
No Score Yet	Warlords: The Generals	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Killing of Randy Webster	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	El Secuestro del Presidente	President Adam Scott	—	1980
74%	The Fog	Father Malone	—	1980
No Score Yet	When Hell Was in Session	Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton	—	1979
No Score Yet	Murder by Natural Causes	Arthur Sinclair	—	1979
No Score Yet	Natural Enemies	Paul Steward	—	1979
62%	Capricorn One	Dr. James Kelloway	—	1978
No Score Yet	Awakening Land	Portius Luckett	—	1978
74%	Julia	Alan Campbell	—	1977
No Score Yet	Rituals	Harry	—	1977
No Score Yet	Our Town	Stage Manager	—	1977
47%	Midway	Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort	—	1976
No Score Yet	All Over	Actor	—	1976
93%	All the President's Men	Deep Throat	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Girl from Petrovka	Joe	—	1974
8%	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	The Elder	—	1973
75%	Magnum Force	Neil Briggs Lt. Neil Briggs	—	1973
No Score Yet	They Only Kill Their Masters	Dr. Warren Watkins, DVM	—	1972
43%	The Great White Hope	Cameron	—	1970
No Score Yet	The People Next Door	David Hoffman	—	1970
63%	Wild in the Streets	Senator Fergus	—	1968
No Score Yet	Mark Twain Tonight	Actor	—	1967
60%	The Group	Gus Leroy	—	1966

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Designing Women 1986-1993	Director Reese Reese Watson	2019 2018 2017 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
90%	Bones 2005-2017	Red Hudmore	2017
81%	Grey's Anatomy 2005	Lewis Clatch	2017
No Score Yet	Hawaii Five-0 2010	Leonard Patterson	2017
95%	Rectify 2013-2016	Rutherford Gaines	2015 2014 2013
52%	Monday Mornings 2013	Dr. Arvin Wayne	2013
88%	Sons of Anarchy 2008-2014	Nate Madoc	2011 2010
67%	The Event 2010-2011	James Dempsey Dempsey	2011 2010
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Walter Perkins	2008
No Score Yet	NCIS 2003	Mickey Stokes	2006
92%	The Sopranos 1999-2007	John	2006
No Score Yet	Hope & Faith 2003-2006	Edward Shanowski	2005
No Score Yet	Becker 1998-2004	Mr. Humphries	2002
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Albie Duncan	2002 2001 2000
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Judge Richard Lloyd	2000
No Score Yet	The Outer Limits 1995-2002	Harbison	2000
No Score Yet	American Experience 1988	Narrator	1996
No Score Yet	Evening Shade 1990-1994	Evan Evans	1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
No Score Yet	NOVA 1974	Voice	1993 1992

QUOTES FROM Hal Holbrook CHARACTERS

Deep Throat says: Get out your notebook, there's more. Your lives are in danger.

Deep Throat says: The list is longer than anyone can imagine. It involves the entire US intelligence community. FBI, CIA, Justice, it's incredible.

Ron Franz says: I'm going to miss you when you go.

Christopher McCandless says: I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.

Father Malone says: "Blake, I have your gold. My grandfather stole it from you. I'm the one who must answer for it."

Father Malone says: Blake, I have your gold. My grandfather stole it from you. I'm the one who must answer for it.

Charlie says: We'll have you in the record books. Oldest man to run away to the circus.

Old Jacob says: I'm not running away...I'm coming home.

Ron Franz says: When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.

Ron Franz says: But when you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines through you.

Lou Mannheim says: The thing with money is, it makes you do things you don't want to do.

Lou Mannheim says: The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do.

Old Jacob says: I'm not running away... I'm coming home.

Old Jacob says: I'm not running away, I'm coming home.

Ron Franz says: When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.

Wilma Northrup says: (after Henry slams her against the crate several times) - That was great, Henry. That was just great. You think this is a Friday night fight? Is that what you think? You want to see some real punching? Same old Henry. Afraid of your own shadow. You know what, Henry? You're a regular barnyard exhibit. Sheep's eyes, chicken guts...piggy friends... and shit for brains. No good at departmental politics...no good at making money...no good at making an impression on anybody! And no good at all in bed! When was the last time you got it up, Henry? When was the last time you were a man in our bed? Now, get out of my way, or I swear you'll be wearing your balls for earrings! I swear to God if you ever touch-- (the monster pops out of the crate and eats her.)

Wilma Northrup says: (after Henry slams her against the crate several times) That was great, Henry. That was just great. You think this is a Friday night fight? Is that what you think? You want to see some real punching? Same old Henry. Afraid of your own shadow. You know what, Henry? You're a regular barnyard exhibit. Sheep's eyes, chicken guts, piggy friends, and shit for brains. No good at departmental politics...no good at making money...no good at making an impression on anybody! And no good at all in bed! When was the last time you got it up, Henry? When was the last time you were a man in our bed? Now, get out of my way, or I swear you'll be wearing your balls for earrings! I swear to God if you ever touch (the monster pops out of the crate and eats her.)

Henry Northrup says: ...Just tell it to call you Billie.

Henry Northrup says: Just tell it to call you Billie.

Henry Northrup says: Just tell it to call you Billie, you bitch!

Wilma Northrup says: What are you laughing about? Your best friend gets in a scrape with a girl and you're laughing?

Henry Northrup says: There is a funny side to it, Wilma. Wait till you see. You'll think so yourself.

Wilma Northrup says: You're hysterical, Henry. Just what I would have expected!

Henry Northrup says: No, I don't think you'll expect this, Wilma. This is going to be an entirely new experience.

Deep Throat says: Follow the money.