Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Acting

Born February 17, 1925 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1 film as director · Active 1986–1986

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…

Known for

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

NCIS

NCIS

2003

Bones

Bones

2005

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999

The West Wing

The West Wing

1999

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Directed(1)

No films found.

Acting(167)

2018Interpreting TwainSelf

2017An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr StoryReinhold Niebuhr (voice)

2015BlackwayWhizzer

2014Planes: Fire & RescueMayday (voice)

2014Holbrook/Twain: An American OdysseySelf

2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf

2013SavannahJudge Harden

2013RectifyRutherford Gaines

2013Monday MorningsDr. Arvin Wayne

2012LincolnPreston Blair

2012Promised LandFrank Yates

2011Water for ElephantsOld Jacob

2011Good Day for ItHec

2010The EventJames Dempsey

2010Hawaii Five-0Leonard Patterson

2010Flying LessonsHarry Pleasant

2009That Evening SunAbner Meecham

2008KillshotPapa

2008Sons of AnarchyNate Madock

2008The Long Shadow of Dirty HarrySelf

2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty HarrySelf

2008The Business End: Violence in CinemaSelf

2008The Evolution of Clint EastwoodSelf

2007Into the WildRonald "Ron" Franz

2006Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep ThroatSelf - Narrator (voice)

2006Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the FireSelf - Narrator (voice)

2005BonesRed Hudmore

2005The Seventh DayHost

2005Grey's AnatomyLewis Clatch

2003Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw TrailNarrator

2003Hope & FaithEdward Shanowski

2003NCISMickey Stokes

2003The Designing Women Reunion

2003ShadeThe Professor

2003The Street LawyerArthur Jacobs

2002Good Morning, MiamiJim Templeton

2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Narrator (voice)

2002PurposeTom Walker

2002Mark TwainSelf (uncredited)

2002Mark Twainself

2001The MajesticCongressman Doyle

2001Dirty Harry: The OriginalSelf - Actor

2001The Legend of the Three TreesNarrator

2001HavenHarold L. Ickes

2001HavenHarold L. Ickes

2000Founding FathersBenjamin Franklin (voice)

2000The Life & Adventures of Santa ClausAk - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)

2000Men of Honor'Mr. Pappy'

2000Waking the DeadIsaac Green

1999BattleshipsNarrator

1999The BachelorO'Dell

1999The West WingAlbie Duncan

1999Family LawJudge Richard Lloyd

1999The FlorentineSmitty

1999Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)Narrator

1999The SopranosJohn Schwinn

1998BeckerMr. Humphries

1998Rusty: A Dog's TaleBoyd Callahan

1998Judas KissSenator Rupert Hornbeck

1998My Own CountryLloyd Flanders

1998Walking to the WaterlineMan on the Beach

1998HushDr. Franklin Hill

1998BeautyAlexander Miller

1997The Third TwinPete

1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryNarrator (voice)

1997Eye of GodSheriff Rogers

1997All the Winters that Have BeenUncle Ren Corvin

1997Trail of HopeNarrator

1997HerculesAmphitryon (voice)

1997Cats Don't DanceCranston (voice)

1997Operation Delta ForceAdmiral Henshaw

1996The Battle of The AlamoVoice

1996Carried AwayDoctor Evans

1996Innocent VictimsBob Hennis

1995StormchasersNarrator

1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook ScandalAdm. Kelso

1995Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous JokesterWild Bill McKenzie

1995The Outer LimitsJustice Oliver Harbison

1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing GovernorWild Bill McKenzie

1994ERWalter Perkins

1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal LifestyleWilliam McKenzie

1993The FirmOliver Lambert

1993Bonds of LoveJim Smith

1992Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Narrator (voice)

1990Evening ShadeEvan Evans

1990A Killing in a Small TownDr. Beardsley

1989Sorry, Wrong NumberJim Coltrane

1989Day OneGen. George Marshall

1989Fletch LivesHamilton "Ham" Johnson

1988I'll Be Home for ChristmasJoseph Bundy

1988Emma: Queen of the South SeasJonas Coe

1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)

1988The UnholyArchbishop Mosely

1988The Fortunate PilgrimDr. Andrew McKay

1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelSelf

1987Wall StreetLou Mannheim

1987Plaza SuiteSam Nash

1986All Star Party for Clint EastwoodSelf (uncredited)

1986Designing WomenReese Watson

1986Dress GrayGen. Charles Hedges

1986Under SiegePresident Maxwell Monroe

198592 Grosvenor Street

1985North and SouthAbraham Lincoln

1984The Three Wishes of Billy GrierGrandpa Grier

1984George WashingtonJohn Adams

1984CelebrityCalvin Sledge

1983America Remembers John F. KennedyHost

1983The Star ChamberBenjamin Caulfield

1983Hazardous Waste: The Search for SolutionsNarrator (voice)

1982CreepshowHenry Northrup (segment "The Crate")

1982Girls Nite OutJim MacVey

1981The Killing of Randy WebsterJohn Webster

1980The Kidnapping of the PresidentPresident Adam Scott

1980Off the Minnesota StripBud Johansen

1980The FogFather Malone

1979Natural EnemiesPaul Steward

1979When Hell Was in SessionCmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

1979The Legend of the Golden GunJ.R. Swackhammer

1979Murder by Natural CausesArthur Sinclair

1978TartuffeSelf - Host

1978The Awakening LandPortius Wheeler - The Solitary

1977Capricorn OneDr. James Kelloway

1977RitualsHarry

1977Our TownStage manager

1976MidwayCmdr. Joseph Rochefort

1976All the President's MenDeep Throat

1976The Time of Your LifeSelf - Host

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)

1974The Girl from PetrovkaJoe

1974LincolnAbraham Lincoln

1973Magnum ForceLieutenant Briggs

1973The Hero Cop: Yesterday and TodaySelf

1973Jonathan Livingston SeagullElder (voice)

1973PuebloCapt. Lloyd Bucher

1973Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of AfricaNarrator

1972They Only Kill Their MastersDr. Warren G. Watkins

1972That Certain SummerDoug Salter

1971Appointment With DestinyNarrator

1971Goodbye, Raggedy AnnHarlan Webb

1971Suddenly SingleLarry Hackett

1971Travis Logan, D.A.Matthew Sand

1971Great PerformancesSelf - Host

1970The Wacky Zoo of Morgan CityMitch Collins

1970The Great White HopeCameron

1970The Bold Ones: The SenatorSenator Hays Stowe

1970The People Next DoorDavid Hoffman

1970A Clear and Present DangerHays Stowe

1969The Whole World Is WatchingChancellor Graham

1968The BrotherhoodMan at the Table (uncredited)

1968The Name of the GameJohn Adrian

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968Wild in the StreetsSenator Fergus

1967Mark Twain Tonight!Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

1966The Glass Menagerieher son

1966CBS PlayhouseTom Wingfield

1966The GroupGus Leroy

1965The F.B.I.Christopher Simes

1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1954The Wonderful World of DisneyMitch Collins

1953The OscarsSelf

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf