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Acting

Hal Holbrook

Career: Active from 1966 to 2017, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Our Town
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Hal Holbrook Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Social Commentary 10
Moral Dilemma 6
Political Intrigue 6
Psychological Tension 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Political Thriller 3
Crime Drama 3
American History 3
Historical Drama 3
Small Town Drama 3
Political Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

137

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

13 titles · average score 58

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

as Reinhold Niebuhr (voice)

Blackway

33

as Whizzer

Planes: Fire & Rescue

51

as Mayday (voice)

Rectify

88

TV show · as Rutherford Gaines

Monday Mornings

63

TV show · as Dr. Arvin Wayne

Lincoln

80

as Preston Blair

Promised Land

56

as Frank Yates

Water for Elephants

62

as Old Jacob

Good Day for It

49

as Hec

Hawaii Five-0

69

TV show · as Leonard Patterson

Flying Lessons

46

as Harry Pleasant

The Event

65

TV show · as James Dempsey (voice) / James Dempsey

2000s

23 titles · average score 62

That Evening Sun

72

as Abner Meecham

Sons of Anarchy

79

TV show · as Nate Madock

Into the Wild

79

as Ronald "Ron" Franz

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Lewis Clatch

Bones

75

TV show · as Red Hudmore

Shade

57

as The Professor

NCIS

64

TV show · as Mickey Stokes

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

as Narrator (voice)

The Legend of the Three Trees

as Narrator

Men of Honor

61

as 'Mr. Pappy'

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

72

as Ak - Master Woodsman of the World (voice)

Founding Fathers

TV show · as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

1990s

38 titles · average score 62

The Bachelor

33

as O'Dell

The Sopranos

92

TV show · as John Schwinn

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Albie Duncan

Rusty: A Dog's Tale

61

as Boyd Callahan

My Own Country

70

as Lloyd Flanders

The Third Twin

56

TV show · as Pete

Stormchasers

as Narrator

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

56

as Wild Bill McKenzie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

54

as Wild Bill McKenzie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

54

as William McKenzie

The Firm

68

as Oliver Lambert

Evening Shade

42

TV show · as Evan Evans

1980s

25 titles · average score 61

Fletch Lives

49

as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

TV show · as Jonas Coe

The Unholy

38

as Archbishop Mosely

I'll Be Home for Christmas

67

as Joseph Bundy

Wall Street

70

as Lou Mannheim

Designing Women

67

TV show · as Reese Watson

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

57

as Grandpa Grier

The Star Chamber

55

as Benjamin Caulfield

Creepshow

65

as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")

The Killing of Randy Webster

56

as John Webster

The Fog

66

as Father Malone

The Kidnapping of the President

44

as President Adam Scott

1970s

28 titles · average score 62

Murder by Natural Causes

81

as Arthur Sinclair

The Awakening Land

79

TV show · as Portius Wheeler - The Solitary

Rituals

58

as Harry

Capricorn One

59

as Dr. James Kelloway

Julia

67

as Alan

All the President's Men

86

as Deep Throat

Midway

54

as Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort

Lincoln

TV show · as Abraham Lincoln

The Girl from Petrovka

43

as Joe

Magnum Force

67

as Lieutenant Briggs

They Only Kill Their Masters

48

as Dr. Warren G. Watkins

The Bold Ones: The Senator

TV show · as Senator Hays Stowe

1960s

9 titles · average score 67

The Whole World Is Watching

as Chancellor Graham

Wild in the Streets

60

as Senator Fergus

The Name of the Game

73

TV show · as John Adrian

The Brotherhood

60

as Man at the Table (uncredited)

Mark Twain Tonight!

79

as Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

The Glass Menagerie

as her son

TV show · as Tom Wingfield

The Group

68

as Gus Leroy

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Christopher Simes

1950s

1 title · average score 81

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Mitch Collins