Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight! Actor and Emmy Winner Dies at 95

Hal Holbrook was an American actor best known for his decades-long one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! and for playing the mysterious source Deep Throat in All the President's Men. Born Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. on February 17, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, he worked as an actor from 1954 until 2017.

Holbrook won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for Mark Twain Tonight! and an Emmy for the television version in 1967. He won a Primetime Emmy in 1976 for playing Abraham Lincoln in Sandburg's Lincoln and was nominated for an Oscar for Into the Wild in 2008. He received the National Humanities Medal in 2003.

Holbrook performed Mark Twain Tonight! for about six decades, retiring the show in 2017 after more than 2,100 performances. He married Ruby Johnston, Carol Rossen and, from 1984 until her death in 2010, actress Dixie Carter. He died at his home in Beverly Hills on January 23, 2021, at age 95. Remembered for his craft, he brought Twain to life for generations.

Achievements: Won the Tony Award for Mark Twain Tonight! (1966), won an Emmy for Mark Twain Tonight! (1967), won an Emmy for Sandburg's Lincoln (1976), awarded the National Humanities Medal (2003).

Birth: February 17, 1925 - Cleveland, Ohio.

Profession: Actor.

Interesting Facts: He performed his Twain show for longer than Mark Twain himself performed his stage act. His role as Deep Throat in All the President's Men (1976) made him internationally famous.