Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr.
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Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. 🇺🇸

Hal Holbrook (Known as "Hal Holbrook")
["actor","stage_actor","television_actor"]
Born Feb 17, 1925 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Passed Away Jan 23, 2021 Beverly Hills, California, United States
Lifespan 95 years old
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"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Archival Overview

Venerated American actor celebrated for his solo stage performance Mark Twain Tonight!, which he performed for sixty-three years, and acclaimed screen roles including Deep Throat in All the President's Men and Into the Wild.

Biographical Record

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in the United States Army in Newfoundland during World War II. While studying at Denison University, he developed a solo performance impersonating author Mark Twain, meticulously studying Twain's mannerisms, white linen suit, and cigar. Debuting Mark Twain Tonight! on Broadway in 1966, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor and performed the show over 2,200 times worldwide until retiring the character in 2017.

Holbrook had an illustrious screen career, winning five Primetime Emmy Awards and portraying the shadowy Watergate whistleblower Deep Throat in Alan J. Pakula's classic All the President's Men (1976), delivering the immortal cinema line "Follow the money." At age 82, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007).

Key Life Milestones

June 16, 1966

Tony Award for Mark Twain Tonight!

Won the Tony Award for Best Actor for his world-renowned one-man theatrical masterpiece.

April 9, 1976

Portrayal of Deep Throat in All the President's Men

Delivered an unforgettable performance in the shadows as the anonymous government source who exposed the Watergate scandal.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
San Gabriel Cemetery
San Gabriel, California, United States
GPS: 34.0961, -118.0934
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