Hal Holbrook
Raised by his grandparents after he was abandoned by his parents, he enlisted in the Army before studying at Denison, where he graduated with honors and created a successful one man show on Mark Twain.
Soon, Ed Sullivan was calling to put "the Twain kid on," and his career skyrocketed. Ten years later, he was tired of being on tour and quickly finessed himself to become a capable film actor, appearing in films such as The Great White Hope, All the President's Men, Julia, Capricorn One, Wall Street, The Firm, Lincoln, and Into the Wild, where he earned an Oscar nomination.
A political independent who has supported both parties, he and his wife Dixie Carter preferred to live quietly in the Tennessee countryside rather than play the showbiz game. He is Hal Holbrook.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 20, 2024 7:46 PM
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He became a very honest man later in his life. Attached is a video discussing Carl Sandburg and Lincoln.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 20, 2024 3:37 PM
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He died at age 95 in 2021 at his home in Beverly Hills.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 20, 2024 3:38 PM
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R2 He is also buried with wife Dixie Carter in Tennessee
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 20, 2024 3:39 PM
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I'd rather be living in California than dead in Tennessee.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 20, 2024 3:40 PM
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An interview with Holbrook and Carter in 1984
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 20, 2024 3:40 PM
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I always remembered his role as the bumbling, ineffectual father in the TV film, "Off The Minnesota Strip" . He's whiny, clueless, drunken, defeated, hen-pecked- and he nails it.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 20, 2024 3:40 PM
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Great actor, unpretentious, charming, and down to Earth. A class act.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 20, 2024 3:42 PM
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An awesome guy. A true gentleman. He had an end of career role on The Sopranos.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 20, 2024 3:43 PM
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His performance in Into The Wild is genuinely heartbreaking.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 20, 2024 3:58 PM
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I always thought he was really handsome in his younger years
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 20, 2024 4:00 PM
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Wasm't he one of the first actors to play a high-visibility gay role?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 20, 2024 4:03 PM
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He was good in Lincoln, too
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 20, 2024 4:05 PM
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He was also in The Fog and Creepshow
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 20, 2024 5:47 PM
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He and Martin Sheen played gay lovers in That Certain Summer.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 20, 2024 5:50 PM
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You need a link for that, R17, you lazy ass? Google it.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 20, 2024 7:07 PM
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[quote] He had an end of career role on The Sopranos.
He worked steadily well past The Sopranos, hon.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 20, 2024 7:08 PM
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I loved Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker. Hal played her husband on the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 20, 2024 7:37 PM
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He also seemed more professorial than a typical actor
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 20, 2024 7:46 PM
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