Hal Holbrook – 95

Hal Brook is a talented actor, television director, and critically acclaimed writer.  In fact, he is considered a genius having pulled off a one-man stage show while he was still in college at Denison University. His show called Mark Twain Tonight was lauded by many critics and his portrayal of the titular character received a Tony Award. Later, he became internationally famous for playing Deep Throat in the 1976 film ” All the President’s Men”.

In his years in the industry, he’s received a number of credits for his outstanding performances and works. As a matter of fact, he won five Primetime Emmy Awards and endless nominations according to Wikipedia. You may have seen him on some critically-acclaimed TV series such as  NCIS, The West Wing, The Sopranos, ER, Bones, Grey’s Anatomy, and Hawaii Five-0 recently. In September 2017, 60 years after playing Mark Twain, he decided to retire from the solo show Tom Tonight.

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