Editing Hal Holbrook (section)

===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>