He played John Adams in the 1984 version of George Washington starring Barry Bostwick.
That was based on a popular book at the time that I treasured, The Indispensable Man. Shortly after, we spent part of our honeymoon at Mount Vernon and Williamsburg. Our generation has failed the younger generations by withholding Washington’s story from them.
And I especially liked Holbrook as a refugee wilderness lawyer opposite Elizabeth Montgomery in The Awaking Land- again, for its historical significance to our home state.