Hal Holbrook, actor known for amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95Dennis McLellan
Updated Tue, February 2, 2021, 3:30 AM
Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95.
Holbrook's former wife Carol Rossen confirmed his death. The New York Times said he died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills.
Holbrook's Tony Award-winning Twain re-creation on Broadway in 1966 was part of an acting career that spanned stage, movies and television. He first encountered Twain when he portrayed the legendary author and humorist in a two-person sketch that was part of a multi-character revue Holbrook and his first wife took on a high school assembly tour of the Southwest in the late 1940s. ...
On television, he won Emmy Awards for his 1970-`71 dramatic series, “The Senator,†the 1973 TV movie “Pueblo†(for which he won Emmys for actor of the year — special, and best lead actor in a drama) and the 1974 miniseries “Sandburg's Lincoln.â€
He also earned an Emmy nomination for his role in “That Certain Summer,†a landmark 1972 TV movie about a divorced homosexual father; he had a recurring role as Julia Sugarbaker's love interest on the sitcom “Designing Women,†which starred his third wife, Dixie Carter, as Sugarbaker; and he played Burt Reynolds' cantankerous father-in-law on “Evening Shade.â€
Among his film credits are “The Group,†“Magnum Force,†“Julia,†“Wall Street,†“The Firm†and “The Majestic.†...
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