Editing Hal Holbrook (section)

==Career==
===''Mark Twain Tonight!''===
{{main|Mark Twain Tonight!{{!}}''Mark Twain Tonight!''}}
Holbrook's first solo performance as Twain was at [[Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania|Lock Haven State Teachers College]] in Pennsylvania in 1954.  [[Ed Sullivan]] saw him and gave 31-year-old Holbrook his first national exposure on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on February 12, 1956.<ref name="Trump"/> Holbrook was also a member of the Valley Players (1941–1962), a summer-stock theater company based in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], which performed at Mountain Park Casino Playhouse at Mountain Park.<ref name="Twain"/> He joined [[The Lambs Club]] in 1955, where he began developing his one-man show.<ref name="Odyssey"/> He was a member of the cast for several years and performed ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' as the 1957 season opener.<ref name="Twain">{{cite web |url= http://holyokehistory.blogspot.com/ |title= Holyoke History Room & Archives '''Valley Players Collection (1941-1993)'''. HPLA2007.527 |publisher= Holyokehistory.com |access-date= April 12, 2015 |archive-date= February 16, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120216184827/http://holyokehistory.blogspot.com/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The [[United States Department of State|State Department]] even sent him on a European tour, which included pioneering appearances behind the [[Iron Curtain]].<ref name="Odyssey"/>

In 1959, Holbrook first played the role [[off-Broadway]].<ref name="Trump"/> [[Columbia Records]] recorded an LP of excerpts from the show.<ref name="biography"/>

[[File:The Brighter Day Scene 1954.jpg|thumb|Holbrook in ''The Brighter Day Scene'', August 1954]]
Holbrook performed in a special production for the [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964/1965 New York World's Fair]] for the Bell Telephone Pavilion.  Jo Mielziner created an innovative audio-visual ride experience and used Holbrook's acting talents on 65 different action screens for "The Ride of Communications" with the movie itself known as ''From Drumbeats to Telstar''.<ref name="Worlds">{{cite web|url=http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/map-docs/technology.htm|title=New York World's Fair '64|publisher=Westland.net|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225005616/http://www.westland.net/ny64fair/map-docs/technology.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1967, ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' was presented on television by [[CBS]] and [[Xerox]], and Holbrook received an [[Emmy]] for his performance.<ref name="biography"/> Holbrook's Twain first played on Broadway in 1966, and again in 1977 and 2005; Holbrook was 80 years old during his final Broadway run, older (for the first time) than the character he was portraying.<ref name="biography"/><ref name="SLCHH">{{cite news|title=Mark Twain. Now a Career for the Mustachioed|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 24, 2011|author=Malia Wollan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/books/24twain.html|quote=...has played Twain going on 57 years, longer than Samuel Langhorne Clemens did.|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070710/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/books/24twain.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Holbrook won a Tony Award for the performance in 1966.<ref name="biography"/> Until Holbrook retired in 2017, aged 92, ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' toured the country, which amounted to over 2,100 performances. This included one of his first performances in the spring of 1962 and one of his last in September 2014, at his high-school'' alma mater'' in Indiana.<ref name=":0"/>

===Success===
In 1964, Holbrook played the role of the Major in the original production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Incident at Vichy]]''.<ref name="plays"/> In 1968, he was one of the replacements for [[Richard Kiley]] in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'', although he had limited singing ability.<ref name="plays">{{cite web|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/hal-holbrook|title=Hal Holbrook|publisher=Master Works Broadway.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=April 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413032935/http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/hal-holbrook|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1966, Holbrook starred opposite [[Shirley Booth]] in the acclaimed CBS Playhouse production of ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-lost-glass-menagerie-rediscovered|title=A Lost "Glass Menagerie" Rediscovered|author=Michael Shaulman|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=September 16, 2017|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916095344/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-lost-glass-menagerie-rediscovered|url-status=live}}</ref>

Holbrook co-starred with [[Martin Sheen]] in the controversial and acclaimed 1972 television film ''[[That Certain Summer]]''.<ref name="biography"/> Around that same year, Holbrook appeared in a television [[public service announcement]] (PSA) commissioned by the [[Ad Council]]; aimed at the parents of college students planning to [[study abroad]], the PSA sees Holbrook in a jail cell, warning viewers to inform their children of the penalties for drug abuse in countries outside the US.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Siff|first=Stephen|date=2018|title="Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?": Richard Nixon's National Mass Media Campaign Against Drug Abuse|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1522637918787804|journal=[[Journalism & Communication Monographs]]|volume=20|issue=3|page=220|doi=10.1177/1522637918787804|s2cid=150345641 |access-date=February 15, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED082249.pdf |title=Televised Drug Appeals: A Content Analysis. Drug Abuse Information Research Project |last1=Hanneman |first1=Gernard J. |last2=McEwen |first2=William J. |date=March 1972 |publisher=[[University of Connecticut]] |page=5 |id=DAIR Report #1 |last3=Isbell |first3=Gail F. |last4=Durham |first4=Deborah M. |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref> In 1973, Holbrook appeared as Lieutenant Neil Briggs, the boss and rival of Detective [[Dirty Harry (character)|"Dirty" Harry Callahan]] ([[Clint Eastwood]]) in ''[[Magnum Force]]'', an "obsessively neat and prim fanatic" who supports the obliteration of [[San Francisco]]'s criminals and who is the leader of a rogue group of vigilante officers.<ref name="Baker2006">{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Brian|title=Masculinity in Fiction and Film: Representing Men in Popular Genres, 1945-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3iYZjnLfXcC&pg=PA104|access-date=February 18, 2013|date=April 9, 2006|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-84714-149-1|page=104|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708085733/http://books.google.com/books?id=K3iYZjnLfXcC&pg=PA104|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Brunsdale2010">{{cite book|last=Brunsdale|first=Mitzi M.|title=Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2zTtMxkExgC&pg=PA368|access-date=February 18, 2013|date=July 26, 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34530-2|page=368|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708084535/http://books.google.com/books?id=p2zTtMxkExgC&pg=PA368|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1976, Holbrook won acclaim for his portrayal of [[Abraham Lincoln]] in a series of television specials based on [[Carl Sandburg]]'s acclaimed biography.<ref name="biography"/> He won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]] for the 1970 series ''[[The Bold Ones: The Senator]]''.<ref name="Odyssey"/> He was also famous for his role as the enigmatic [[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]] (whose identity was unknown at the time) in the film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/11932|title=Deep Throat is W. Mark Felt. And Hal Holbrook. And Kirsten Dunst. And . . .|date=June 2, 2005 |publisher=New York Magazine.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=October 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030012135/http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/11932/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/hal-holbrook/credits/152905/|title=Hal Holbrook List of Movies and TV Shows|magazine=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080301/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/hal-holbrook/credits/152905/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Commander]] [[Joseph Rochefort]] in the World War II battle film ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]''.  In 1977, he starred in the World War II film ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'', and the British-American thriller film ''[[Capricorn One]]''.

In 1979, Holbrook starred with [[Katharine Ross]], [[Barry Bostwick]], and [[Richard Anderson]] in the made-for-TV movie ''[[Murder by Natural Causes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/murder-by-natural-causes|title=Murder by Natural Causes|publisher=Dramatic Publishing|accessdate=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210205642/https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/murder-by-natural-causes|url-status=live}}</ref> He appeared in various mini-series, including ''[[George Washington (miniseries)|George Washington]]'' (1984), ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'' (1985/1986) and ''[[Dress Gray]]'' (1986), and continued performing in theatrical productions, such as ''[[King Lear]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/16/theater/review-theater-hal-holbrook-in-a-lear-of-druids-and-wimps.html|title=REVIEW/THEATER; Hal Holbrook in a 'Lear' Of Druids and Wimps |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=January 24, 2021|date=November 16, 1990}}</ref>  Holbrook was the narrator on the [[Ken Burns]] documentary ''[[Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery]]'' in 1997.<ref name="Odyssey"/>
[[File:Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Holbrook performing as Twain at the [[University of Houston]]]]
From 1986 to 1989, Holbrook had a recurring role as Reese Watson on ''[[Designing Women]]'', opposite his wife [[Dixie Carter]].<ref name= FoundI>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C52PdEW5G9U|title=Hal Holbrook on working with his wife Dixie Carter on "Designing Women"|via=YouTube|publisher=FoundationInterviews|first=Hal|last=Holbrook|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2019|archive-date=February 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229012456/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C52PdEW5G9U|url-status=live}}</ref> Over a short period between 1988 and 1990, Holbrook directed four episodes of the series.<ref name="biography"/> Holbrook also had a major role on the sitcom ''[[Evening Shade]]'' throughout its entire run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcyck2Xhzck|title=Hal Holbrook on "Evening Shade" - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews|publisher=Television Academy|accessdate=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206214639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcyck2Xhzck|url-status=live}}</ref>
Early on in his career, Holbrook worked onstage and in a television soap opera, ''[[The Brighter Day]]''.<ref name="biography"/>

Holbrook's film roles during the 1980s and 1990s include a priest in ''[[The Fog]]'' (1980), a professor in ''[[Creepshow]]'' (1982), senior stock broker in ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987), a neighborly lawyer in ''[[Fletch Lives]]'' (1989), senior partner of a corrupt law firm in ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993), and the voice of [[Amphitryon]], the adoptive father of Hercules, in the Disney animated film ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (1997).

In 1999, Holbrook was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/19991117rawson5.asp|title=On Stage: New class of theater hall of famers|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108052845/http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/19991117rawson5.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> A year later, Holbrook appeared in'' [[Men of Honor]]'', where he portrayed a racist and hypocritical officer who endlessly tries to fail an African-American diver trainee.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/214076/Men-of-Honor/overview| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150211074120/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/214076/Men-of-Honor/overview| url-status= dead| archive-date= February 11, 2015| department= Movies & TV Dept.| work= [[The New York Times]]| author= Mark Deming| date= 2015|title=Men of Honor (2000)|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref> Holbrook played the role of Albie Duncan in two episodes of ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/how-to-win-a-presidential-debate-according-to-aaron-sorkin-the-west-wing-1201734313/|title=How to Win a Presidential Debate, According to Aaron Sorkin|work=IndieWire.com|date=October 9, 2016 |accessdate=February 1, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207101624/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/how-to-win-a-presidential-debate-according-to-aaron-sorkin-the-west-wing-1201734313/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He appeared as the host in the documentary ''The Seventh Day: Revelations From The Lost Pages of History'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Seventh Day Documentary Series |title=THE SEVENTH DAY PART 1 OF 11, ENGLISH VERSION |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xy7wIjRDOM&list=PLmGvdtMCf1aJTtLBP911Zp1dEIK5F7Rj3 |website=YouTube |date=November 13, 2012 |publisher=LLT Productions |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref>

===Later career===
He appeared in [[Sean Penn]]'s critically acclaimed film ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]'' (2007) and received an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role]] at the [[80th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscar">{{cite web |url= http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/21/hal.holbrook/index.html|title=Veteran actor Hal Holbrook's loving his Oscar nod| work= CNN.com|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref> At the time, this rendered Holbrook, at age 82, the oldest nominee in Academy Award history in the Best Supporting Actor category.<ref name="Oscar"/> Holbrook was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for his work in the film.<ref name="Oscar"/> From late August through mid-September 2007, he starred as the narrator in the Hartford Stage production of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Our Town]]'', a role he had once played on television.<ref name="Oscar"/>

[[File:Hal Holbrook LF.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Holbrook in 2007]]
Holbrook appeared with wife Dixie Carter in ''[[That Evening Sun (film)|That Evening Sun]]'', filmed in East Tennessee in the summer of 2008.<ref name="Evening"/> The film, produced by Dogwood Entertainment,<ref name="Evening"/> is based on a short story by [[William Gay (author)|William Gay]]. ''That Evening Sun'' premiered in March 2009 at [[South By Southwest]], where it received the Audience Award for Narrative Feature and a special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast.<ref name="Evening"/> [[Joe Leydon]] of [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] hailed Hollbrook's performance in the film as a "career-highlight star turn as an irascible octogenarian farmer who will not go gentle into that good night".<ref name="Evening">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939947.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=That Evening Sun|magazine=Variety|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=August 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816054220/https://variety.com/review/VE1117939947.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|url-status=live}}</ref> ''That Evening Sun'' also was screened at the 2009 [[Nashville Film Festival]], where Holbrook was honored with a special Lifetime Achievement Award, and the film itself received another Audience Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/nashvillefilmfestival/2009/prweb2357044.htm|title=Nashville Film Festival|publisher=PR Web.com|access-date=April 24, 2009|archive-date=May 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504093705/http://www.prweb.com/releases/nashvillefilmfestival/2009/prweb2357044.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:President George W. Bush presents Hal Holbrook with the National Humanities Medal.jpg|thumb|President [[George W. Bush]] awarding Holbrook with the [[National Humanities Medal]] in the [[Oval Office]] in November 2003 alongside First Lady [[Laura Bush]]]]
Holbrook appeared as a featured guest star in a 2006 episode of the [[HBO]] series ''[[The Sopranos]]'' and the ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' episode "Escaped".<ref name="biography"/> On April 22, 2010, Holbrook signed on to portray [[Katey Sagal]]'s character's father on the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] original series'' [[Sons of Anarchy]]'' for a four-episode arc in their third season, as well as appearing in additional fifth episode in the final season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Hal-Holbrook-Joins-Sons-of-Anarchy-24166.html|title=Hal Holbrook Joins Sons of Anarchy|work=CINEMABLEND |date=April 23, 2010 |publisher=Cinemablend.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234745/http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Hal-Holbrook-Joins-Sons-of-Anarchy-24166.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also had a multiple-episode arc on ''[[The Event]]'', an American television series on [[NBC]], appearing in the 2010–2011 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/hal-holbrook-to-appear-on-nbcs-the-event_30281.html|title=Hal Holbrook to Appear on NBC's The Event|date=September 9, 2010 |publisher=Theatremania|accessdate=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209112540/https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/hal-holbrook-to-appear-on-nbcs-the-event_30281.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, Holbrook appeared in ''[[Water for Elephants (film)|Water for Elephants]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/popcornbiz/_Water_for_Elephants__All__National_-111998149.html|title=Hal Holbrook Totally Owns the "Water for Elephants" Trailer|publisher=NBC New York.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081541/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/popcornbiz/_Water_for_Elephants__All__National_-111998149.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, [[Steven Spielberg]] cast Holbrook to play [[Francis Preston Blair]] in ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''.<ref name="epic">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-dec-16-la-et-mn-hal-holbrook-classic-hollywood-20121217-story.html|title=Hal Holbrook is always up for challenging fare|date=December 16, 2012 |publisher=LA Times.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017064346/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/16/entertainment/la-et-mn-hal-holbrook-classic-hollywood-20121217|url-status=live}}</ref> His subsequent film roles were in [[Gus Van Sant]]'s ''[[Promised Land (2012 film)|Promised Land]]'' (2012),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gerhardt|first=Tina|date=December 31, 2012|title=Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in Promised Land|url=http://www.progressive.org/matt-damon-exposes-fracking-in-promised-land|work=[[The Progressive]]|access-date=December 31, 2012|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826055310/http://www.progressive.org/matt-damon-exposes-fracking-in-promised-land|url-status=live}}</ref> the animated film ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/movie/planes-fire-rescue/hal-holbrook-interview|title='Planes: Fire & Rescue' Interview with Hal Holbrook|date=August 20, 2014 |publisher=Movie Web.com|access-date=April 12, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414053902/http://www.movieweb.com/movie/planes-fire-rescue/hal-holbrook-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> and in the minor role as Whizzer in the drama film ''[[Blackway]]'' (2016).<ref name="Whizzer"/> In 2014, Holbrook was the subject of [[Scott Teems]]' documentary ''Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey'' depicting Holbrook's long-lasting career portraying Twain.<ref name="Odyssey"/> It was premiered at the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] that same year.<ref name="Odyssey"/>

In 2016, Holbrook was cast as Red Hudmore and appeared in the [[Bones (season 12)|final season]] of ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' on January 17, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2016/08/16/bones-season-12-episode-3-cast-ed-asner-hal-holbrook/|title=Bones Enlists Acting Vets Ed Asner and Hal Holbrook for Final Season|work=TVLine.com|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=August 16, 2016|author=Michael Ausiello|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202033501/http://tvline.com/2016/08/16/bones-season-12-episode-3-cast-ed-asner-hal-holbrook/|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 23, 2017, he appeared on an episode on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' playing a retired [[thoracic surgeon]] whose wife is a patient, and on ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'' later in the year.<ref name="Greys">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/greys-anatomy-guest-stars-june-squibb-and-hal-holbrook-1201999499/|title=June Squibb and Hal Holbrook to Guest Star on 'Grey's Anatomy' (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Elisabeth Wagmeiser|date=March 1, 2017|access-date=March 1, 2017|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302195521/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/greys-anatomy-guest-stars-june-squibb-and-hal-holbrook-1201999499/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hawaii">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/hawaii-five-0-spoilers-hal-holbrook/|title=Exclusive: Hawaii Five-0 Enlists Hal Holbrook to Guest-Star|magazine=TV Guide|access-date=March 12, 2017|date=March 7, 2017|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411022207/https://www.tvguide.com/news/hawaii-five-0-spoilers-hal-holbrook/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2017, after six decades of playing the role of Mark Twain, Holbrook announced his retirement from ''Mark Twain Tonight!''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://newsok.com/article/5563884|title=Hal Holbrook retires his award-winning one-man show 'Mark Twain Tonight!' after 63 years, cancels Oklahoma City performance|date=September 13, 2017|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913195927/http://newsok.com/article/5563884|url-status=live}}</ref> Holbrook indicated that he would like to continue working on movies and television.<ref name=":0"/>