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Hal Holbrook (1925–2021), actor known for “All the President’s Men,” “Into the Wild”

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Hal Holbrook was an actor known for his one-man show, “Mark Twain Tonight!” as well as for roles in movies including “All the President’s Men” and “Into the Wild” and in the TV show “Evening Shade.”Holbrook developed the one-man play “Mark Twain Tonight!” as a young man, first performing it in 1954.

The show starred Holbrook as Twain (1835–1910) reading from his writings, including “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Dangers of Abstinence.” The production made its way to Broadway, where Holbrook won a Tony Award in 1966, and it toured extensively and appeared on TV as an Emmy Award-winning 1967 special.Holbrook continued to inhabit his greatest character for decades, performing as Twain in thousands of engagements until 2017, when he.

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