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Celebrities, Filmmakers Remember Hal Holbrook: We Lost Another Giant Today Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Following the news of Hal Holbrook’s death on Monday night, Hollywood has taken to social media to remember the award-winning character actor. Holbrook was best known for portraying Mark Twain in “Mark Twain Tonight!” in 1967, along with his roles in “Into the Wild,” “All The President’s Men” and “Magnum Force.” In a statement to Variety, Steven Spielberg reminisced on the time he met Holbrook on the set of the NBC political series “The Bold Ones: The Senator” and their time working together on “Lincoln.” ....
by James White | 02 02 2021 Hal Holbrook, an actor who graced screens big and small, and memorably played humourist Mark Twain for years on stage, has died. He was 95. Born Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. in Cleveland in 1925, he had a troubled early life, his father either in jail or in mental institutions and his mother abandoning him as a baby. Raised by his paternal grandparents in Massachusetts, Holbrook was quickly packed off to boarding school and a military academy. Drama class became a sanctuary and during his time in the Army, he joined an amateur theatre club. After meeting his first wife, Ruby Johnston, in the club, the pair spent five tough years touring with a show about great personalities from history, including Mark Twain. ....