NEW YORK: Hal Holbrook, the Oscar-nominated actor known for playing Deep Throat in All the President’s Men and an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain, has died at the age of 95.
The actor died on January 23 at his home in California, his assistant, Joyce Cohen confirmed late on Monday (February 1). In 2008, at age 82, Holbrook became the oldest male performer ever nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role in ‘Into the Wild’.
Some of Holbrook’s most memorable roles are as Deep Throat in All The President’s Men (1976), Republican Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012), Father Malone in John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), and Ron Franz in 2007’s Into The Wild, for which he received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod.
Holbrook also had a distinguished theatre career, mostly notably in his one-man show portraying Mark Twain. Holbrook once said, “Mark Twain is something precious to me. It’s my side arm through life.”
He also won Emmys for a television special playing Captain Lloyd Bucher in 1973’s “Pueblo” and as lead actor in a dramatic series in 1970 for the series “The Bold Ones: The Senator.”
