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Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. (b. February 17, 1925[1]) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...
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Biography
Early life Holbrook was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Aileen Davenport, a vaudeville dancer,[2] and Harold Rowe Holbrook. He was mostly raised in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Holbrook graduated from the Culver Academies and Denison University, where an honors project about Mark Twain led him to develop the one-man show he is best known for, a series of performances called Mark Twain Tonight. Holbrook served in the US Army in World War II and was stationed in Newfoundland, where he performed in little theatre, including the play Madam Precious. Nickname: Motto: Progress & Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1814 (village) 1836 (city) Government - Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area [1] - City 82. ...
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Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1635 Government - Type Mayor-council city - Mayor David M. Madden (D) Area - City 21. ...
The Culver Academies are independent college preparatory boarding schools comprised of Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy in Culver, Indiana, USA. Henry Harrison Culver first founded Culver Military Academy in 1894 for the purpose of thoroughly preparing young men for the best colleges, scientific schools and businesses of America. ...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ...
In performing arts and entertainment, a One Man Show or Solo Show is frequently performed by, but not limited to, stand-up comedians. ...
Mark Twain tonight is a one-man play created and realized by actor Hal Holbrook. ...
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Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Anthem: Ode to Newfoundland Capital St. ...
Career According to Playbill, Holbrookâs first solo performance as Twain was at Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania in 1954. Ed Sullivan saw him and gave Holbrook his first national exposure on his February 12, 1956 show. The State Department even sent him on a European tour, which included pioneering appearances behind the Iron Curtain. In 1959, Holbrook first played the role Off-Broadway. Columbia Records recorded an LP of excerpts from the show. Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, a town in central Pennsylvania located along the Susquehanna river, and is roughly thirty miles from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. ...
Ed Sullivan Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the emcee of a popular TV variety show called The Ed Sullivan Show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. ...
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Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ...
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Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ...
Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...
Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...
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In 1967, Mark Twain Tonight was presented on television by CBS and Xerox, and Holbrook received an Emmy for his performance. Holbrook's Twain first played on Broadway in 1966, and again in 1977 and 2005; Holbrook was at least 80 years old during his most recent Broadway run, older (for the first time) than the character he was portraying. Holbrook won a Tony Award for the performance in 1966. Mark Twain Tonight has repeatedly toured across the country in what as of 2005 has amounted to over 2000 performances. In 1964, Holbrook played the role of the Major in the original production of Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy. In 1968, he was one of the replacements for Richard Kiley in the original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha, although he had limited singing ability. This article is about the broadcast network. ...
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) (name pronounced ) is a global document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. ...
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What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Arthur Bob Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. ...
Incident at Vichy is a play by Arthur Miller focusing upon the subject of anti-semitism in Europe. ...
Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ...
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Man of La Mancha is a 1965 Broadway musical in one act which tells the story of the classic novel Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. ...
Holbrook co-starred with Martin Sheen in the controversial and acclaimed 1972 television movie That Certain Summer said to be the first television movie to portray homosexuality in a sympathetic, non-judgemental light. In 1976, Holbrook won further acclaim for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in a series of television specials based on Carl Sandburg's acclaimed biography. He has also starred in many films and TV programs. Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940 as Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ...
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That Certain Summer is a 1972 television film. ...
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Carl Sandburg in 1955 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. ...
Early in his career he worked on stage and in a television soap opera, The Brighter Day. Holbrook is also famous for his role as the enigmatic Deep Throat (whose identity was unknown at the time) in the film All the President's Men. More recently, Holbrook appeared as a featured guest star in a 2006 episode of the HBO series, The Sopranos. The Brighter Day was a soap opera which aired on CBS-TV from January 4, 1954 to September 28, 1962. ...
W. Mark Felt, on the set of CBSs Face the Nation in 1976. ...
This article is about the 1976 film. ...
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The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase and originally broadcast on the HBO network. ...
Holbrook has appeared in at least six movies in which he is part of a conspiracy: Fletch Lives, Magnum Force, The Star Chamber, Capricorn One, All the President's Men, and The Firm. Fletch Lives is a 1989 comedy film starring Chevy Chase. ...
Magnum Force was the first of the sequels to the film Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Dirty Harry Callahan. ...
The Star Chamber is a 1983 crime drama film written by Roderick Taylor and directed by Peter Hyams. ...
Capricorn One is a horror/thriller/science fiction movie about a Mars landing hoax. ...
This article is about the 1976 film. ...
This article is about the 1993 film. ...
Holbrook appeared on Fisher Investments' infomercials. Kenneth L. Fisher (b. ...
Perhaps referencing the Twain story 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', the Eastern Spadefoot Toad is named Scaphiopus holbrookii.
Personal life Holbrook has been married to stage and television actress Dixie Carter since May 27, 1984. He had a recurring role as the boyfriend of Carter's character, Julia Sugarbaker, on her 1990s series Designing Women. Dixie Carter in a 1986 Designing Women episode Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939) is an American actress noted for her portrayals of Southern women. ...
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Julia Sugarbaker is a fictional character in the long-running television series, Designing Women. ...
Designing Women was an American television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
Carter is Hal Holbrook's third wife; his previous marriages both ended in divorce. He has three children from his first two marriages. For the record label, see Divorce Records. ...
Filmography The Group is a 1966 ensemble film based on the novel by Mary McCarthy about a group of female graduates from a Vassar-like college during the early 1930s. ...
Wild in the Streets was a popular 1968 movie, produced and released by American International Pictures, and based on a short story by writer Robert Thom. ...
They Only Kill Their Masters is a 1972 mystery movie starring James Garner, with a supporting cast featuring Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond OBrien, and Arthur OConnell. ...
Magnum Force was the first of the sequels to the film Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Dirty Harry Callahan. ...
This article is about the 1976 film. ...
Midway is a 1976 war film made by the Mirisch Corporation and released by Universal Pictures . ...
Capricorn One is a horror/thriller/science fiction movie about a Mars landing hoax. ...
The Fog is a 1980 horror movie directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music of the film. ...
The Kidnapping of the President is a 1980 political thriller film made by Presidential Films and Sefel Films and distributed by Crown International Pictures. ...
Creepshow is a classic 1982 anthology horror movie directed by George A. Romero (of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead fame), and written by Stephen King (The Shining, Misery, The Stand). ...
The Star Chamber is a 1983 crime drama film written by Roderick Taylor and directed by Peter Hyams. ...
Wall Street is an American film released in 1987. ...
Fletch Lives is a 1989 comedy film starring Chevy Chase. ...
This article is about the 1993 film. ...
Infrared image of the Helix Nebula, taken by the Spitzer space telescope, 2007 The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula (PN) about 650 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. ...
Cats Dont Dance is a 1997 animated family feature film, notable as the only animated feature produced by the short-lived Turner Entertainment animation unit. ...
Hush is a 1998 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, and Jessica Lange. ...
Men of Honor is a 2000 drama film, directed by George Tillman, Jr. ...
The Majestic is a 2001 film, written by Michael Sloane, and directed by Frank Darabont. ...
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Shade is a 2003 neo-noir crime drama starring Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Roger Guenveur Smith, Melanie Griffith and Sylvester Stallone. ...
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase and originally broadcast on the HBO network. ...
Into the Wild is a 2007 drama film based on the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name by Jon Krakauer about the life and death of Christopher McCandless. ...
References - ^ http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/pdf/HR/HR0058PS.pdf
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Hal-Holbrook.html
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Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ...
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Further reading - Holbrook, Hal. (1959). Mark Twain Tonight! An Actor's Portrait. New York: Ives Washburn.
- Young, Jordan R. (1989). Acting Solo: The Art of One-Person Shows. Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing Co.
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