Editing Hal Holbrook (section)

{{Short description|American actor (1925–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = 
| image              = Hal Holbrook Our Town 1977 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Holbrook in 1977
| birth_name         = Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1925|2|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2021|01|23|1925|2|17}}
| death_place        = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = McLemoresville Cemetery, [[Tennessee]]<!--Cited in personal life section detailing his death-->
| education          = [[Culver Military Academy]]<br />[[Denison University]]<br />[[HB Studio]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1948–2017
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Ruby Elaine Johnston|1945|1965|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Carol Eve Rossen|1966|1983|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Dixie Carter]]|1984|2010|reason=died}}
}}
| awards             = [[Hal Holbrook#Awards and nominations|''See Awards and nominations'']]
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
|allegiance  = {{Nowrap|{{Flagu|United States|name=United States|1912|size=23px}}}}
|branch      = [[File:Seal of the United States Department of War.png|25px]] [[United States Army]]
|rank        = [[File:US Army WWII SSGT.svg|25px]] [[Staff sergeant#United States|Staff sergeant]]
|serviceyears= 1942–46
|battles     = [[World War II]]
}}
}}

'''Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.''' (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called ''[[Mark Twain Tonight!]]'' while studying at [[Denison University]]. He won the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain.<ref name="Oscar"/> 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 Awards|Academy Award]] for his work in film.<ref name="Awards"/>

Holbrook made his film debut in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s ''[[The Group (film)|The Group]]'' (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as [[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]] in the 1976 film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''. He played [[Abraham Lincoln]] in the 1974  miniseries ''Lincoln'' and 1985  miniseries ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]''. He also appeared in films such as ''[[Magnum Force]]'' (1973), ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' (1977), ''[[Capricorn One]]'' (1977), ''[[The Fog]]'' (1980), ''[[Creepshow]]'' (1982), ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987), ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993), ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (1997) and ''[[Men of Honor]]'' (2000).<ref name="biography"/><ref name="Filmographylist">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/filmgrph/hal_holbrook.htm |title=Hal Holbrook Filmography |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970809021059/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/filmgrph/hal_holbrook.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in [[Sean Penn]]'s ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]'' (2007) earned both an Academy Award and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nomination for Best Supporting Actor.<ref name="Oscar"/> In 2009, he received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film ''[[That Evening Sun (film)|That Evening Sun]]''.<ref name="Evening"/> He also portrayed [[Francis Preston Blair]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' (2012).<ref name="epic"/><ref name="Whizzer">{{cite web |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/news/first-look-photo-anthony-hopkins-074049980.html |title=First-Look Photo: Anthony Hopkins in 'Go With Me' – Berlin |date=February 6, 2015 |publisher=Yahoo! TV |access-date= February 9, 2015 |archive-date= February 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150209072358/https://tv.yahoo.com/news/first-look-photo-anthony-hopkins-074049980.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the [[National Humanities Medal]] by President [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="NEH"/>