Hal Holbrook biography
Hal Holbrook was an American actor, born on 17 February 1925 in Cleveland, who died on 23 January 2021.
Hal Holbrook's screen career began in 1954 with The Brighter Day, playing Grayling Dennis #1.
Hal Holbrook appeared in 56 films and 81 television or streaming titles between 1954 and 2017.
Hal Holbrook is remembered for North & South.
Honours include National Humanities Medal, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
- Also known as
- Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
- Born
- 17 February 1925
- Died
- 23 January 2021 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland
- Work
- Character actor, Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor, Screenwriter
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1954 to 2017
- Known for
- North & South
- Awards
- National Humanities Medal
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Hal Holbrook filmography
56 films and 81 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Blackway | Whizzer | ||
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Mayday | Voice | |
| 2013 | Savannah | Judge Harden | ||
| 2012 | Lincoln | Francis Preston Blair | ||
| 2012 | Promised Land | Frank Yates | ||
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Old Jacob Jankowski | ||
| 2011 | Good Day for It | Hector | ||
| 2010 | Flying Lessons | Harry Pleasant | ||
| 2009 | That Evening Sun | Abner Meecham | ||
| 2008 | Killshot | Papa | ||
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Ron Franz | ||
| 2003 | Shade | The Professor | ||
| 2003 | Country Music: The Spirit of America | Narrator | IMAX | |
| 2002 | Purpose | Tom Walker | ||
| 2001 | The Majestic | Congressman Doyle | ||
| 2001 | Mark Twain | |||
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Mr. Pappy | ||
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Isaac Green | ||
| 2000 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | Ak , Master Woodsman of the World | Voice | |
| 1999 | The Florentine | Smitty | ||
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Roy O'Dell | ||
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Senator Rupert Hornbeck | ||
| 1998 | Rusty: A Dog's Tale | Boyd Callahan | ||
| 1998 | Hush | Dr. Franklin Hill | ||
| 1998 | Walking to the Waterline | Man on the Beach |
Show all 56 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | English | ||
| 1997 | Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Amphitryon | Voice | |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Sheriff Rogers | ||
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Cranston | Voice | |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Doctor Evans | ||
| 1993 | The Firm | Oliver Lambert | ||
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Hamilton "Ham" Johnson | ||
| 1988 | The Unholy | Archbishop Mosely | ||
| 1987 | Wall Street | Lou Mannheim | ||
| 1985 | The Heavenly Kid | English | ||
| 1983 | The Star Chamber | Judge Benjamin Caulfield | ||
| 1982 | Girls Nite Out | Jim MacVey | AKA The Scaremaker | |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Henry Northrup | Segment: "The Crate" | |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | President Adam Scott | ||
| 1980 | The Fog | Father Malone | ||
| 1979 | Natural Enemies | Paul Steward | ||
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Dr. James Kelloway | ||
| 1977 | Julia | Alan Campbell | ||
| 1977 | Rituals | Harry | ||
| 1976 | Midway | Commander Joseph Rochefort | ||
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Deep Throat | ||
| 1974 | The Girl from Petrovka | Joe | ||
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Lieutenant Neil Briggs | ||
| 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | The Elder | Uncredited voice | |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Dr. Warren Watkins | ||
| 1970 | The People Next Door | David Hoffman | ||
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Al Cameron | ||
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets | Senator Johnny Fergus | ||
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Man at Table | Uncredited | |
| 1966 | The Group | Gus Leroy |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hawaii Five-0 | Leonard Patterson | Episode: "Waimaka 'ele'ele" | |
| 2017 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Lewis Klatch | Episode: "'Till I Hear It from You" | |
| 2017 | Bones | Red Hudmore | Episode: "The New Tricks in the Old Dogs" | |
| 2017 | An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story | Reinhold Niebuhr | Voice, television film | |
| 2013 | Rectify | Rutherford Gaines | Episode: "Modern Times" | |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Dr. Arvin Wayne | Episode: "The Legend and the Fall" | |
| 2010 | The Event | James Dempsey | 10 episodes | |
| 2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Nate Madock | 5 episodes | |
| 2009 | Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas | Dean Davis Winters | Television film | |
| 2008 | ER | Walter Perkins | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Sopranos | John Schwinn | Episode: "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" | |
| 2006 | NCIS | Mickey Stokes | Episode: "Escaped" | |
| 2005 | Hope & Faith | Edward Shanowski | Episode: "A Room of One's Own" | |
| 2003 | The Street Lawyer | Arthur Jacobs | Television film | |
| 2003 | Good Morning, Miami | Jim Templeton | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | Game On | English | ||
| 2002 | Becker | Mr. Humphries | Episode: "And the Heartbeat Goes On" | |
| 2001 | Gone Quiet | English | ||
| 2001 | The West Wing | Assistant Secretary of State Albie Duncan | 2 episodes | |
| 2001 | The Legend of the Three Trees | Narrator | Television film | |
| 2001 | Haven | Harold L. Ickes | Television film | |
| 2000 | The Outer Limits | Justice Oliver Harbison | 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Family Law | Judge Richard Lloyd | Episode: "One Mistake" | |
| 1999 | A Place Apart | Narrator | Television film | |
| 1998 | My Own Country | Lloyd Flanders | Television film |
Show all 81 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Beauty | Alexander Miller | Television film | |
| 1997 | The Third Twin | Pete | Television film | |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force | Admiral Henshaw | Television film | |
| 1997 | All the Winters That Have Been | Uncle Ren Corvin | Television film | |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims | Bob Hennis | Television film | |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Adm. Kelso | Television film | |
| 1995 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester | William "Wild Bill" McKenzie | Television film | |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | William "Wild Bill" McKenzie | Television film | |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | William "Wild Bill" McKenzie | Television film | |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Jim Smith | Television film | |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Evan Evans | 80 episodes | |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Dr. Beardsley | Television film | |
| 1989 | Day One | George C. Marshall | Television film | |
| 1989 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Jim Coltrane | Television film | |
| 1988 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Joseph Bundy | Television film | |
| 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Dr. Andrew McKay | TV miniseries | |
| 1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Jonas Coe | 2 episodes | |
| 1987 | Plaza Suite | Sam Nash | Television film | |
| 1986 | Under Siege | President Maxwell Monroe | Television film | |
| 1986 | North and South: Book II | Abraham Lincoln | TV miniseries | |
| 1986 | Dress Gray | General Charles Hedges | TV miniseries | |
| 1986 | Designing Women | Reese Watson | 9 episodes | |
| 1985 | North and South | Abraham Lincoln | TV miniseries | |
| 1985 | Behind Enemy Lines | Col. Calvin Turner | Television film | |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Grandpa Grier | Television film | |
| 1984 | George Washington | John Adams | TV miniseries | |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Calvin Sledge | 3 episodes | |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster | John Webster | Television film | |
| 1980 | Off the Minnesota Strip | Bud Johansen | Television film | |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Arthur Sinclair | Television film | |
| 1979 | When Hell Was in Session | Commander Jeremiah Denton | Television film | |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | J. R. Swackhammer | Television film | |
| 1978 | The Awakening Land | Portius Wheeler | TV miniseries | |
| 1977 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Television film | |
| 1976 | 33 Hours in the Life of God | Dr. Simon Abbott | Television film | |
| 1975 | Great Performances | Theater in America Host | 2 episodes | |
| 1974 | Carl Sandburg's Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | TV miniseries | |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Commander Lloyd M. Bucher | Television film | |
| 1972 | That Certain Summer | Doug Salter | Television film | |
| 1971 | Travis Logan, D.A | Matthew Sand | Television film | |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single | Larry Hackett | Television film | |
| 1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Harlan Webb | Television film | |
| 1970 | The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City | Mitch Collins | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1970 | The F.B.I | Doug McElroy | Episode: "The Target" | |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | Senator Hays Stowe | 8 episodes | |
| 1970 | A Clear and Present Danger | Senator Hays Stowe | Television film | |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching | Chancellor Leonard Graham | Television film | |
| 1969 | The Name of the Game | Mayor John Adrian | Episode: "The Perfect Image" | |
| 1969 | The F.B.I | Christopher Simes | Episode: "The Fraud" | |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard | Narrator | Unknown episodes | |
| 1967 | Mark Twain Tonight! | Mark Twain | TV special | |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue | Carey Thomas | Episode: "Faces" | |
| 1966 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Television film | |
| 1966 | Preview Tonight | Unknown | Episode: "The Cliff Dwellers" | |
| 1955 | Mr. Citizen | Don Gallagher | Episode: "Late for Supper" | |
| 1954 | The Brighter Day | Grayling Dennis #1 | 302 episodes |