American stage and screen actor who often played authority figures and was known for his characterisation of Mark Twain
The actor Hal Holbrook, who has died aged 95, enjoyed a long and prolific TV and film career, with an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in Into the Wild (2007). He specialised in authority figures, especially presidents – he played Lincoln several times on stage and screen – plus senators, judges and generals.
He also developed a nice sideline in sinister roles, nowhere more effectively than as the informant Deep Throat in All the President’s Men (1976). This part was relatively small in a brilliant but inevitably wordy movie populated by many of the leading character actors of the day – Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards and Ned Beatty among them – but his casting proved an ideal choice for the mysterious informant shot in near darkness and dependent on a distinctive voice for its powerful effect.
The actor Hal Holbrook, who has died aged 95, enjoyed a long and prolific TV and film career, with an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in Into the Wild (2007). He specialised in authority figures, especially presidents – he played Lincoln several times on stage and screen – plus senators, judges and generals.
He also developed a nice sideline in sinister roles, nowhere more effectively than as the informant Deep Throat in All the President’s Men (1976). This part was relatively small in a brilliant but inevitably wordy movie populated by many of the leading character actors of the day – Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards and Ned Beatty among them – but his casting proved an ideal choice for the mysterious informant shot in near darkness and dependent on a distinctive voice for its powerful effect.
- 2/3/2021
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
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