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By DENNIS MCLELLAN | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 2, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95. Holbrook's former wife Carol Rossen confirmed his death. The New York Times said he died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills. Holbrook's Tony Award-winning Twain re-creation on Broadway in 1966 was part of an acting career that spanned stage, movies and television. He first encountered Twain when he...

Hal Holbrook, the actor best known for his amazingly accurate portrayal of Mark Twain in the renowned one-man show he performed on stages for more than five decades, has died. He was 95. Holbrook died Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Times. No cause of death was provided. For the record: 1:53 PM, Feb. 03, 2021A previous version of this obituary said that Holbrook attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ohio. The academy is in Culver, Ind. Holbrook’s Tony Award-winning Twain re-creation on Broadway in 1966 was part of an acting career that spanned stage,...

If you were to look at a picture of Hal Holbrook without knowing who he was, you might not immediately tag him as an actor. With his blandly handsome and strait-laced appearance, he gave off the appearance of someone who was the head of the local Rotary club or maybe a mid-level government functionary. However, when Holbrook opened his mouth, there was no doubt that he was born to be an actor, and he proved to be an unusually gifted one in an award-winning career that spanned more than seven decades. He played everything from historical figures to ordinary guys to equally convincing effect, ...

Hal Holbrook, actor known for his portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95 Holbrook won five Emmys and a Tony, and had more than two dozen film credits including the mysterious informant ‘Deep Throat’ in ‘All the President's Men.’ By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press Share Holbrook won five Emmys and a Tony, and had more than two dozen film credits including the mysterious informant ‘Deep Throat’ in ‘All the President's Men.’ Hal Holbrook attends the premiere of “Flying Lessons” in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2012 Richard Shotwell/Invision/Associated Press NEW YORK — Hal Holbroo...

“Portrait of America” Alaska episode (1989) He also earned an Emmy nomination in 1972 for “That Certain Summer.'' Over the years, he was also regular on the TV series “Designing Women'' (which starred his third wife, Dixie Carter), and ``Evening Shade,'' starring Burt Reynolds. In 1974, he played ``Deep Throat'' in ``All The President's Men,'' portraying the shadowy informant who guided Robert Redford's Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman's Carl Bernstein -- playing Washington Post reporters -- closer to exposing the Watergate scandal. Among Holbrook's other film credits were ``The Group'...