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Hal Holbrook
American actor
Hal Holbrook (born February 17, 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.—died January 23, 2021, Beverly Hills, California) was an American actor best known for his exacting portrayal of author Mark Twain in his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, which ran for more than six decades. Holbrook’s parents abandoned him and his siblings when he was two years old, and the children were raised thereafter by their grandparents. In 1942 Holbrook entered Denison University, Ohio, where he studied theatre arts. At the end of his first year, however, he joined the U.S. Army to serve in World War II. He worked as a ...(100 of 552 words)