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 died Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Times. No cause of death was provided.
For the record:
1:53 PM, Feb. 03, 2021A previous version of this obituary said that Holbrook attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ohio. The academy is in Culver, Ind.
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.
Hal Holbrook, actor known for his portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95
Holbrook won five Emmys and a Tony, and had more than two dozen film credits including the mysterious informant ‘Deep Throat’ in ‘All the President s Men.’
By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press
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Holbrook won five Emmys and a Tony, and had more than two dozen film credits including the mysterious informant ‘Deep Throat’ in ‘All the President s Men.’
Hal Holbrook attends the premiere of “Flying Lessons” in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2012
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NEW YORK 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.