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‘Mark Twain’ actor Hal Holbrook, launched career in Holyoke, has died at 95
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021 Hal Holbrook visited Holyoke High School on Nov. 18, 2011 to talk with students and answer their questions about acting. (Mark M. Murray | The Republican file photo)
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Emmy Award winning actor Hal Holbrook, who began his professional career on the Holyoke stage, has died. He was 95.
Throughout out the 1950s, Holbrook was a member of the Valley Players, a summer stock theater company at the Mountain Park Casino Playhouse. It was there that “Mark Twain Tonight!” won prominent critical attention.
“My professional acting career actually got its start in Holyoke because that is where I got my Actor’s Equity Card while performing with the Valley Players,” Holbrook told The Republican in a 2010 interview. “This was our first foray into the professional theater where actors were the age they were supposed to be. I think my best memorie