Line #17 Creator/HalHolbrook


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3	Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor best known for his one-man show about Creator/MarkTwain, ''Mark Twain Tonight''. He first performed it in 1954 and continued to do so until 2017 when he retired from the role after 2100 performances. Other roles of note include the mysterious Deep Throat in ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'', UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln in ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' and Lou Mannheim in ''Film/WallStreet''. He received an Oscar nomination for his performance in ''Film/IntoTheWild''.
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6	!!Selected Filmography:
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8	* ''Film/WildInTheStreets'' (1968) as Senator Johnny Fergus
9	* ''Series/TheBoldOnes: The Senator'' (1970–71) as Hayes Stowe
10	* ''Theatre/TheGreatWhiteHope'' (1970) as Al Cameron
11	* ''Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull'' (1973) as The Elder
12	* ''Film/MagnumForce'' (1973) as Lieutenant Neil Briggs
13	* ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' (1976) as Deep Throat
14	* ''Film/{{Midway\|1976}}'' (1976) as Commander Joseph Rochefort
15	* ''Film/{{Rituals}}'' (1977) as Harry
16	* ''Film/{{Julia}}'' (1977) as Alan Campbell
17	* ''Film/CapricornOne'' (1978) as Peter Kelloway
18	* ''Film/TheFog'' (1980) as Father Malone
19	* ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'' (1982) as Henry Northrup
20	* ''Film/TheStarChamber'' (1983) as Judge Benjamin Caulfield
21	* ''[[Series/NorthAndSouthUS North and South]]'' (1985) as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln
22	* ''Film/WallStreet'' (1987) as Lou Mannheim
23	* ''Film/PlazaSuite'' (1987) as Sam Nash
24	* ''Series/EveningShade'' (1990–94) as Evan Evans
25	* ''Film/TheFirm'' (1993) as Oliver Lambert
26	* ''Film/TheCaseOfTheLethalLifestyle'' (1994) as William [=McKenzie=]
27	* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' (1997) as Cranston
28	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' (1997) as Amphitryon
29	* ''Film/JudasKiss'' (1998) as Senator Hornbeck
30	* ''Film/TheBachelor'' (1999) as Roy O'Dell
31	* ''Film/{{Shade\|2003}}'' (2003) as The Professor
32	* ''Film/IntoTheWild'' (2007) as Ron Franz
33	* ''Literature/WaterForElephants'' (2011) as Jacob Jankowski (older)
34	* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' (2012) as Francis Preston Blair
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37	!!Hal Holbrook and his works provide examples of:
38	* AuthorAppeal: His love of Twain is boundless. He stated in the Creator/KenBurns documentary about the author that anytime he was feeling down, he'd open up one of Twain's books to any random page, start reading and immediately feel better.
39	* DawsonCasting: Although Holbrook started playing Twain when he was in his late 20s, he was 92 when he retired from the role. Twain died at the age of 74.
40	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Holbrook once told the story of the time a friend of his got lost on the way to visit Mark Twain's grave and asked a man for directions. The man pointed them in the right direction and then said, "You know that actor who played Twain, Hal Holbrook? I think he's buried someplace close by."

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