Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American actor. His television roles include
Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series
Lincoln, Hays Stowe on
The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt.
Lloyd Bucher on
Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film
Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for a
Screen Actors Guild Award and an
Academy Award. He has also done a one man show as
Mark Twain. He is married to actress
Dixie Carter.
Early life
Holbrook was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Aileen (
née Davenport), a
vaudeville dancer, and Harold Rowe Holbrook, Sr.
[Hal Holbrook Biography (1925-)] He was raised in
South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Holbrook graduated from the
Culver Academies and
Denison University, where an honors project about
Mark Twain led him to develop the
one-man show for which he is best known, a series of performances called
Mark Twain Tonight for which he won both a
Tony and a
Drama Desk Award.
Holbrook served in the US Army in
World War II and was stationed in
Newfoundland, where he performed in little theatre, including the play
Madam Precious.
