Hal Holbrook, actor who played Twain, Deep Throat, dies at 95
Laurence Arnold, Bloomberg
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Originally, both daytime and primetime TV shows were eligible for the Emmy Awards. However, in 1974 the first annual Daytime Emmy Awards took place. Game shows, soap operas, talk shows, and children’s shows were all moved to the newly minted ceremony, which helped to slim down the number of possible nominees for each category.
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Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for portraying Mark Twain and other historic American figures on television and onstage during a career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 95.
NEW YORK (AP) Hal Holbrook, the award-winning character actor who toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the classic political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died. He was 95.
Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Actors across the spectrum mourned Holbrook’s passing, including Bradley Whitford, who called him an “incredible actor” and Viola Davis, who wrote “RIP to the always wonderful Hal Holbrook.”
FILE – Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)
By City News Service
Feb 2, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Hal Holbrook, the versatile actor of stage, films and television who over a six-decade career portrayed characters as diverse as Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln and the Watergate mole “Deep Throat, has died at age 95.
Holbrook s ex-wife, Carol Rossen, confirmed the actor s death to the Los Angeles Times. The New York Times reported that he died at his Beverly Hills home on Jan. 23.
Holbrook, who was born in Cleveland in 1925, was a five-time Emmy winner as well as an Oscar nominee in 2008 for Best Supporting Actor in “Into the Wild playing the role of a lonely widower at age 82 and becoming the oldest man at the time to receive an Oscar nomination.
Holbrook died on January 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press.
Actors across the spectrum mourned Holbrook’s passing, including Bradley Whitford, who called him an “incredible actor” and Viola Davis, who wrote “RIP to the always wonderful Hal Holbrook”.
Holbrook pursued a busy career in theatre, television and movies, winning five Emmys and a Tony. His more than two dozen film credits ranged from Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln to Oliver Stone’s Wall Street.
Rest well Father Malone. The estimable Hal Holbrook has passed away, but what work he leaves behind. Loved his performances in The Fog, All The President’s Men, Magnum Force, Creepshow, Capricorn One, The Star Chamber, Wild In The Streets & Into The Wild, among many many others. pic.twitter.com/Vwfw1eGvJI