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...
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All the President's Men
As Deep Throat
The Battle of The Alamo
As Voice
The Fog
As Father Malone
Magnum Force
As Lieutenant Briggs
Wall Street
As Lou Mannheim
The Bachelor
As O'Dell
The Majestic
As Congressman Doyle
Into the Wild
As Ronald "Ron" Franz
Stormchasers
As Narrator
Midway
As Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
The Brotherhood
As Man at the Table (uncredited)
Capricorn One
As Dr. James Kelloway
Hercules
As Amphitryon (voice)
The Star Chamber
As Benjamin Caulfield
That Evening Sun
As Abner Meecham
Julia
As Alan
Carried Away
As Doctor Evans
Fletch Lives
As Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
Wild in the Streets
As Sen. Johnny Fergus
The Firm
As Oliver Lambert
Judas Kiss
As Senator Rupert Hornbeck
Waking the Dead
As Isaac Green
Good Day for It
As Hec
Trail of Hope
As Narrator
They Only Kill Their Masters
As Dr. Warren G. Watkins
Day One
As Gen. George Marshall
Eye of God
As Sheriff Rogers
Killshot
As Papa
The Girl from Petrovka
As Joe
Creepshow
As Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
The Whole World Is Watching
As Chancellor Graham
Rituals
As Harry
Hush
As Dr. Franklin Hill
Flying Lessons
Mark Twain Tonight!
As Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Purpose
As Tom Walker
Lincoln
As Preston Blair
The Street Lawyer
As Arthur Jacobs
Water for Elephants
As Old Jacob
The Unholy
As Archbishop Mosely
Girls Nite Out
As Jim MacVey
The Killing of Randy Webster
As John Webster
Natural Enemies
As Paul Steward
The People Next Door
As David Hoffman
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
As Boyd Callahan
The Kidnapping of the President
As President Adam Scott
The Florentine
As Smitty
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
As Self (archive footage)
That Certain Summer
As Doug Salter
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Haven
As Harold L. Ickes
Mark Twain
As Self (uncredited)
My Own Country
As Lloyd Flanders
Promised Land
As Frank Yates
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
As Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)
Our Town
As Stage manager
Off the Minnesota Strip
As Bud Johansen
Savannah
As Judge Harden
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
As Self
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
As Wild Bill McKenzie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
As Wild Bill McKenzie
Suddenly Single
As Larry Hackett
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
As William McKenzie
Murder by Natural Causes
As Arthur Sinclair
Pueblo
As Capt. Lloyd Bucher
The Legend of the Three Trees
As Narrator
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
As Self
Sorry, Wrong Number
As Jim Coltrane
The Time of Your Life
As Himself - Host
Planes: Fire & Rescue
As Mayday (voice)
Men of Honor
As 'Mr. Pappy'
Operation Delta Force
As Admiral Henshaw
The Group
As Gus Leroy
The Great White Hope
As Cameron
The Legend of the Golden Gun
As J.R. Swackhammer
Bonds of Love
As Jim Smith
I'll Be Home for Christmas
As Joseph Bundy
Under Siege
As President Maxwell Monroe
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
As Grandpa Grier
Blackway
As Whizzer
When Hell Was in Session
As Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
As Harlan Webb
Interpreting Twain
As Self
The Glass Menagerie
As Tom Wingfield
The Designing Women Reunion
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
As Narrator
Shade
As The Professor
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
As Self
Tartuffe
As Self - Host
A Killing in a Small Town
As Dr. Beardsley
All the Winters that Have Been
As Uncle Ren Corvin
Travis Logan, D.A.
As Matthew Sand
Cats Don't Dance
As Cranston (voice)
92 Grosvenor Street
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
As Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)
Plaza Suite
As Sam Nash
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
As Self
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
As Mitch Collins
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
As Self
Dirty Harry: The Original
As Self - Actor
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
As Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
As Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
As Narrator (voice)
Battleships
As Narrator
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
As Elder (voice)
Beauty
As Alexander Miller
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
As Adm. Kelso
A Clear and Present Danger
As Hays Stowe
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
As Host
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
As Self
Walking to the Waterline
As Man on the Beach
Evening Shade
As Evan Evans
The West Wing
As Albie Duncan
Designing Women
As Reese Watson
Hope & Faith
As Edward Shanowski
The F.B.I.
As Christopher Simes
The Merv Griffin Show
As Self
NCIS
As Mickey Stokes
ER
As Walter Perkins
Family Law
As Judge Richard Lloyd
CBS Playhouse
The Bold Ones: The Senator
As Senator Hays Stowe
George Washington
As John Adams
The Outer Limits
As Justice Oliver Harbison
North and South
As Abraham Lincoln
Appointment With Destiny
As Narrator
Sons of Anarchy
As Nate Madock
Lincoln
As Abraham Lincoln
The Awakening Land
As Portius Wheeler - The Solitary
Mark Twain
As self
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
As Narrator (voice)
Rectify
As Rutherford Gaines
The Third Twin
As Pete
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
American Experience
As Narrator (voice)
Celebrity
As Calvin Sledge
Dress Gray
As Gen. Charles Hedges
The Sopranos
As John Schwinn
Becker
As Mr. Humphries
The Event
As James Dempsey (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
As Mitch Collins
Dinah!
As Self
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
As Self
Grey's Anatomy
As Lewis Clatch
Hawaii Five-0
As Leonard Patterson
Monday Mornings
As Dr. Arvin Wayne
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
As Jonas Coe
Founding Fathers
As Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Tony Awards
As Self - Presenter
The Dick Cavett Show
As Self - Guest
Bones
As Red Hudmore
The Seventh Day
As Host
Good Morning, Miami
As Jim Templeton
The Fortunate Pilgrim
As Dr. Andrew McKay
Great Performances
As Self - Host