Hal Holbrook: movies and TV shows
Hal Holbrook has 171 credits in the archive: 119 films and 52 TV series, from 1948 to 2018. Highest rated: The Sopranos (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2018 · busiest year: 1997 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Interpreting Twain | Self | Film | — | 93 |
| 2017 | An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story | Reinhold Niebuhr (voice) | Film | — | 92 |
| 2015 | Blackway | Whizzer | Film | 5.3 | 90 |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Mayday (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 89 |
| 2014 | Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | Film | 7.0 | 89 |
| 2013 | Rectify | Rutherford Gaines | TV | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Dr. Arvin Wayne | TV | 6.9 | 88 |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Film | 6.1 | 88 |
| 2013 | Savannah | Judge Harden | Film | 6.2 | 88 |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Preston Blair | Film | 6.8 | 87 |
| 2012 | Promised Land | Frank Yates | Film | 6.3 | 87 |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Old Jacob | Film | 6.9 | 86 |
| 2011 | Good Day for It | Hec | Film | 5.5 | 86 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Leonard Patterson | TV | 7.7 | 85 |
| 2010 | The Event | James Dempsey (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 85 |
| 2010 | The Event | James Dempsey | TV | 6.4 | 85 |
| 2010 | Flying Lessons | Harry Pleasant | Film | 5.6 | 85 |
| 2009 | That Evening Sun | Abner Meecham | Film | 6.7 | 84 |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Nate Madock | TV | 8.4 | 83 |
| 2008 | Killshot | Papa | Film | 5.8 | 83 |
| 2008 | The Business End: Violence in Cinema | Self | Film | 8.0 | 83 |
| 2008 | A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry | Self | Film | 4.5 | 83 |
| 2008 | The Evolution of Clint Eastwood | Self | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 2008 | The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry | Self | Film | 5.8 | 83 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Ronald "Ron" Franz | Film | 7.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Film | 5.2 | 81 | |
| 2006 | Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 2006 | Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 81 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Lewis Clatch | TV | 8.2 | 80 |
| 2005 | Bones | Red Hudmore | TV | 8.2 | 80 |
| 2005 | The Seventh Day | Host | TV | — | 80 |
| 2003 | NCIS | Mickey Stokes | TV | 7.6 | 78 |
| 2003 | Hope & Faith | Edward Shanowski | TV | 5.4 | 78 |
| 2003 | Shade | The Professor | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2003 | The Designing Women Reunion | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2003 | The Street Lawyer | Arthur Jacobs | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2003 | Butch Cassidy and the Outlaw Trail | Narrator | Film | — | 78 |
| 2002 | Good Morning, Miami | Jim Templeton | TV | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2002 | Mark Twain | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 77 |
| 2002 | Purpose | Tom Walker | Film | 4.9 | 77 |
| 2002 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2002 | Mark Twain | self | TV | — | 77 |
| 2001 | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Congressman Doyle | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2001 | Haven | Harold L. Ickes | TV | — | 76 |
| 2001 | Haven | Harold L. Ickes | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2001 | The Legend of the Three Trees | Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | 'Mr. Pappy' | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2000 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Isaac Green | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | Benjamin Franklin (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | John Schwinn | TV | 8.7 | 74 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Albie Duncan | TV | 8.3 | 74 |
| 1999 | Family Law | Judge Richard Lloyd | TV | 8.1 | 74 |
| 1999 | The Florentine | Smitty | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | O'Dell | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1999 | Battleships | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1999 | Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next) | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1998 | Becker | Mr. Humphries | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 1998 | Hush | Dr. Franklin Hill | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 1998 | Rusty: A Dog's Tale | Boyd Callahan | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1998 | My Own Country | Lloyd Flanders | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Senator Rupert Hornbeck | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 1998 | Beauty | Alexander Miller | Film | 5.3 | 73 |
| 1998 | Walking to the Waterline | Man on the Beach | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 1997 | Hercules | Amphitryon (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Cranston (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force | Admiral Henshaw | Film | 3.8 | 72 |
| 1997 | The Third Twin | Pete | TV | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 72 |
| 1997 | Trail of Hope | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Sheriff Rogers | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1997 | All the Winters that Have Been | Uncle Ren Corvin | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims | Bob Hennis | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Doctor Evans | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 1996 | The Battle of The Alamo | Voice | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Justice Oliver Harbison | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 1995 | Stormchasers | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1995 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester | Wild Bill McKenzie | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Adm. Kelso | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1994 | ER | Walter Perkins | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Wild Bill McKenzie | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | William McKenzie | Film | 7.5 | 69 |
| 1993 | The Firm | Oliver Lambert | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Jim Smith | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 1992 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Evan Evans | TV | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Dr. Beardsley | Film | 5.1 | 65 |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Hamilton "Ham" Johnson | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1989 | Day One | Gen. George Marshall | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Jim Coltrane | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1988 | The Unholy | Archbishop Mosely | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1988 | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Dr. Andrew McKay | TV | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Jonas Coe | TV | 3.8 | 63 |
| 1988 | Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel | Self | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1988 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Joseph Bundy | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1987 | Wall Street | Lou Mannheim | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1987 | Plaza Suite | Sam Nash | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | Designing Women | Reese Watson | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1986 | Designing Women | TV | 6.8 | 61 | |
| 1986 | Dress Gray | Gen. Charles Hedges | TV | 5.1 | 61 |
| 1986 | Under Siege | President Maxwell Monroe | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1986 | All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1985 | North and South | Abraham Lincoln | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1985 | 92 Grosvenor Street | Film | 9.0 | 60 | |
| 1984 | George Washington | John Adams | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Calvin Sledge | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Grandpa Grier | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1983 | The Star Chamber | Benjamin Caulfield | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1983 | America Remembers John F. Kennedy | Host | Film | — | 58 |
| 1983 | Hazardous Waste: The Search for Solutions | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 58 |
| 1982 | Girls Nite Out | Jim MacVey | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate") | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster | John Webster | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1980 | The Fog | Father Malone | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | President Adam Scott | Film | 4.6 | 55 |
| 1980 | Off the Minnesota Strip | Bud Johansen | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1979 | Natural Enemies | Paul Steward | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Arthur Sinclair | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | J.R. Swackhammer | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1979 | When Hell Was in Session | Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1978 | The Awakening Land | Portius Wheeler - The Solitary | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1978 | Tartuffe | Self - Host | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Dr. James Kelloway | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1977 | Rituals | Harry | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1977 | Julia | Alan | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1977 | Our Town | Stage manager | Film | 9.5 | 52 |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Deep Throat | Film | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1976 | Midway | Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1976 | The Time of Your Life | Self - Host | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1974 | The Girl from Petrovka | Joe | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1974 | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Lieutenant Briggs | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Elder (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1973 | Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa | Narrator | Film | — | 48 |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Capt. Lloyd Bucher | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1973 | The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today | Self | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Dr. Warren G. Watkins | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1972 | That Certain Summer | Doug Salter | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self - Host | TV | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | Harlan Webb | Film | — | 46 |
| 1971 | Suddenly Single | Larry Hackett | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Appointment With Destiny | Narrator | TV | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1971 | Travis Logan, D.A. | Matthew Sand | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | Senator Hays Stowe | TV | 4.7 | 45 |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Cameron | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1970 | The People Next Door | David Hoffman | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1970 | A Clear and Present Danger | Hays Stowe | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1970 | The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City | Mitch Collins | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching | Chancellor Graham | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | John Adrian | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Man at the Table (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets | Senator Fergus | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1967 | Mark Twain Tonight! | Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1967 | Mark Twain Tonight! | Film | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Tom Wingfield | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1966 | The Group | Gus Leroy | Film | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1966 | The Glass Menagerie | her son | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Christopher Simes | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 31 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mitch Collins | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 23 |