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Hal Holbrook

1925–2021 · American actor

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show, titled Mark Twain Tonight!, that he developed 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 more than 60 years, 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.

Hal Holbrook, in order

  1. 1966 The Group: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 75%, audiences 60% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
  2. 1968 Wild in the Streets: acted · directed by Barry Shear
  3. 1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator (TV series): acted · directed by Daryl Duke and Ernest Kinoy
  4. 1970 The Great White Hope: acted · directed by Martin Ritt · critics 33%, audiences 66%
  5. 1970 The People Next Door: acted · directed by David Greene
  6. 1972 That Certain Summer (TV movie): acted · directed by Lamont Johnson
  7. 1972 They Only Kill Their Masters: acted · directed by James Goldstone
  8. 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull: acted · directed by Hall Bartlett
  9. 1973 Magnum Force: acted · directed by Ted Post · critics 67%, audiences 78%
  10. 1973 Pueblo: acted · directed by Anthony Page
  11. 1974 The Girl from Petrovka: acted · directed by Robert Ellis Miller
  12. 1976 All the President's Men: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula
  13. 1976 Midway: acted · directed by Jack Smight · critics 39%, audiences 71% · streaming on Netflix, Philo, AMC+
  14. 1977 Capricorn One: acted · directed by Peter Hyams
  15. 1977 Julia: acted · directed by Fred Zinnemann · critics 75%, audiences 70% · streaming on Hoopla
  16. 1977 Rituals: acted · directed by Peter Carter
  17. 1979 Murder by Natural Causes: acted · directed by Robert Day
  18. 1979 Natural Enemies: acted · directed by Jeff Kanew
  19. 1980 The Fog: acted · directed by John Carpenter
  20. 1980 The Kidnapping of the President: acted · directed by George Mendeluk
  21. 1981 The Killing of Randy Webster: acted · directed by Sam Wanamaker
  22. 1982 Creepshow: acted · directed by George A. Romero
  23. 1982 Girls Nite Out: acted · directed by Robert Deubel
  24. 1983 The Star Chamber: acted · directed by Peter Hyams · critics 77%, audiences 43%
  25. 1984 George Washington (TV series): acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
  26. 1985 Behind Enemy Lines: acted · directed by Sheldon Larry
  27. 1985 North and South (TV series): acted · directed by Richard T. Heffron · audiences 86%
  28. 1985 The Heavenly Kid: acted · directed by Cary Medoway
  29. 1987 Wall Street: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 77%, audiences 81%
  30. 1988–90 Designing Women (TV series): directed
  31. 1988 I'll Be Home for Christmas (TV movie): acted · directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
  32. 1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV series): acted · directed by Stuart Cooper
  33. 1989 Day One (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
  34. 1989 Fletch Lives: acted · directed by Michael Ritchie
  35. 1990 Evening Shade (TV series): acted
  36. 1993 The Firm: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack · critics 79%, audiences 65% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  37. 1995 She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal: acted · directed by Larry Shaw
  38. 1996 Carried Away: acted · directed by Bruno Barreto
  39. 1997 Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: acted · directed by Ken Burns
  40. 1998 Hush: acted · directed by Jonathan Darby · critics 11%, audiences 34% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Tubi
  41. 1998 Judas Kiss: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
  42. 1998 Rusty: A Dog's Tale: acted · directed by Shuki Levy
  43. 1999 The Bachelor: acted · directed by Gary Sinyor
  44. 1999 The Florentine: acted · directed by Nick Stagliano
  45. 2000 Men of Honor: acted · directed by George Tillman, Jr. · critics 43%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV
  46. 2000 Waking the Dead: acted · directed by Keith Gordon
  47. 2001 Mark Twain: acted · directed by Ken Burns
  48. 2001 The Majestic: acted · directed by Frank Darabont · critics 42%, audiences 61% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  49. 2001–02 The West Wing (TV series): acted · directed by Alex Graves and Christopher Misiano · critics 81%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
  50. 2003 Shade: acted · directed by Damian Nieman
  51. 2003 The Street Lawyer (TV movie): acted · directed by Paris Barclay
  52. 2005 Grey's Anatomy (TV series): acted · critics 84%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hulu, Netflix, Disney+
  53. 2007 Into the Wild: acted · directed by Sean Penn
  54. 2008 Killshot: acted · directed by John Madden
  55. 2009 That Evening Sun: acted · directed by Scott Teems
  56. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series): acted
  57. 2011 Water for Elephants: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence
  58. 2012 Lincoln: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 90%, audiences 80%
  59. 2012 Promised Land: acted · directed by Gus Van Sant
  60. 2013 Rectify (TV series): acted
  61. 2013 Savannah: acted · directed by Annette Haywood-Carter
  62. 2015 Blackway: acted · directed by Daniel Alfredson