Birth of Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook was born on 17 February 1925 in Cleveland. An American actor, Holbrook was best known for his one-man stage show Mark Twain Tonight, which he performed for more than six decades, beginning in the 1950s and winning a Tony Award on Broadway. He also appeared in many television productions, such as the miniseries North and South, and in films including All the President's Men, in which he played the anonymous source Deep Throat, Wall Street, Lincoln and Into the Wild, for which he received an Academy Award nomination at age eighty-two. He won several Emmy awards. He was married to the actress Dixie Carter.

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