1925-02-17 ( 100 years old ) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Movies
Interpreting Twain
2018-01-01
Blackway
2015-10-03
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014-07-17
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014-06-15
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013-04-27
Savannah
2013-04-25
Lincoln
2012-11-09
Promised Land
2012-09-23
Water for Elephants
2011-04-15
Good Day for It
2011-04-08
Flying Lessons
2010-02-04
That Evening Sun
2009-11-06
Killshot
2008-11-13
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008-07-23
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008-07-23
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008-06-03
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008-06-03
Into the Wild
2007-09-21
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006-02-28
The Designing Women Reunion
2003-07-28
Shade
2003-05-18
The Street Lawyer
2003-01-01
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002-09-24
Purpose
2002-02-21
Mark Twain
2002-01-14
The Majestic
2001-12-21
Dirty Harry: The Original
2001-11-20
The Legend of the Three Trees
2001-05-11
Haven
2001-02-11
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000-10-31
Men of Honor
2000-09-13
Waking the Dead
2000-03-24
Battleships
1999-11-08
The Bachelor
1999-11-05
The Florentine
1999-04-19
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998-09-22
Judas Kiss
1998-09-16
My Own Country
1998-07-12
Walking to the Waterline
1998-06-13
Hush
1998-03-06
Beauty
1998-03-01
Eye of God
1997-10-17
All the Winters that Have Been
1997-09-21
Trail of Hope
1997-08-10
Hercules
1997-06-13
Cats Don't Dance
1997-03-26
Operation Delta Force
1997-01-01
The Battle of The Alamo
1996-03-09
Carried Away
1996-01-26
Innocent Victims
1996-01-21
Stormchasers
1995-10-02
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995-05-22
The Firm
1993-06-30
Bonds of Love
1993-01-24
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992-09-17
A Killing in a Small Town
1990-05-22
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989-10-11
Day One
1989-05-12
Fletch Lives
1989-03-17
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988-12-12
The Unholy
1988-04-22
Wall Street
1987-12-10
Plaza Suite
1987-12-03
Under Siege
1986-02-09
92 Grosvenor Street
1985-12-29
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984-10-31
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1983-11-01
The Star Chamber
1983-08-05
Creepshow
1982-11-10
Girls Nite Out
1982-06-20
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981-03-11
The Kidnapping of the President
1980-08-15
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980-05-05
The Fog
1980-02-07
Natural Enemies
1979-11-01
When Hell Was in Session
1979-10-08
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979-07-05
Murder by Natural Causes
1979-02-17
Tartuffe
1978-05-31
Capricorn One
1977-12-10
Julia
1977-10-01
Rituals
1977-07-21
Our Town
1977-05-30
Midway
1976-06-18
All the President's Men
1976-04-09
The Time of Your Life
1976-03-10
The Girl from Petrovka
1974-12-12
Magnum Force
1973-12-13
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1973-12-01
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973-10-23
Pueblo
1973-03-28
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972-11-22
That Certain Summer
1972-11-01
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971-10-22
Suddenly Single
1971-10-19
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971-03-11
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970-10-18
The Great White Hope
1970-10-11
The People Next Door
1970-08-26
A Clear and Present Danger
1970-03-21
The Whole World Is Watching
1969-03-11
The Brotherhood
1968-12-01
Wild in the Streets
1968-05-29
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967-03-06
The Glass Menagerie
1966-12-08
The Group
1966-03-04
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