Posted on 02/02/2021 4:45:43 AM PST by Cecily
Hal Holbrook, who carved out a substantial acting career in television and film but who achieved his widest acclaim onstage, embodying Mark Twain in all his craggy splendor and vinegary wit in a one-man show seen around the world, died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 95.
His death was confirmed by his assistant, Joyce Cohen, on Monday night.
Holbrook had a long and fruitful run as an actor. He was the shadowy patriot Deep Throat in “All the President’s Men” (1976); an achingly grandfatherly character in “Into the Wild” (2007), for which he received an Oscar nomination; and the influential Republican Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (2012).
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He captivated the entire audience, and all he was doing was an imitation of Mark Twain.
Of course, everyone in the audience had read Mark Twain's books, and knew how good this guy really was.
Today, he couldn't draw flies, the audience would be looking up Mark Twain on their twatter machines, and his books would all have been banned.
Evening Shade TV show was fairly good as well. Holbrook, Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner were the stars.
We have two tapes of his Mark Twain Tonight shows; utterly fantastic!!
I think they were married IRL.
BOOM!
As always, the first three movies were the best...
RIP.
She was good in roles other than Julia Sugarbaker. I recall seeing her do a guest spot on Quincy. And she was also on an episode of the 1981-82 series Bret Maverick as a con artist Bret knew in previous years. You can also watch episodes of “Filthy Rich” on YouTube and she was very good in that as well.
Star Chamber (1983)
She was in my favorite Christmas movie, “Comfort And Joy”, which Lifetime never shows any more. Hilarious.
Also enjoyed her interview with Bill O’Reilly at the Republican Convention in (I think) 2000. Was a Dem, but turned Libertarian/Republican.
I somehow had the impression that he was conservative, but apparently he was a liberal. Go figure.
I rode a chairlift with him in 1984. Nice guy.
She died from cancer
Yes they were, and Delta Burke was married to Gerald McRainey who played her ex-husband on Designing Women.
Yes and they were married in real life. He was a good actor.
My favorite episode was when Bobby Bowden was a guest, trying to recruit a kicker on Burt’s team who turned out to be a very attractive girl. Burt, a former FSU player, loved Bobby.
Good for you!
He was in a pretty decent 70s horror movie called Rituals. The plot appears to be influenced by Deliverance: A group of friends stalked and picked off by a killer during their camping vacation in the woods. Pretty good B movie.
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