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Hal Holbrook, the veteran actor known for playing Mark Twain for decades among dozens of other movie, TV, and stage roles, has sadly passed away. Though word of his death is just making it to the media, Holbrook's personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, revealed on Monday that the actor died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 23. An exact cause of death wasn't named. Holbrook was 95 years old.

Hal Holbrook might be best known for portraying Mark Twain over the course of six decades. He first started portraying Mark in the late 1940s in a show for school groups. He later turned the act into the one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, in the 1950s. His take on Twain went mainstream when he made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, and in 1967, he brought back Mark Twain Tonight! for a special on CBS. After winning a Tony award for the stage version,...

2021 please leave our legends alone! Late last night it was reported that Hal Holbrook, a prolific actor that channeled Mark Twain for years and earned an Oscar nomination at the age of 82 for Into The Wild, passed away at the age of 95. Holbrook's personal assistant, Joyce Cohen confirmed the news to "The New York Times" on Monday night. A cause of death wasn't…...

Actor Hal Holbrook, an Emmy-winning veteran of stage and screen, has died at the age of 95.

Holbrook’s assistant, Joyce Cohen, confirmed to the New York Times that he passed away on Jan. 23; a cause of death has not been reported.

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Despite a long career in film and television, Holbrook was best known for his portrayal of author Mark Twain in the one-man play Mark Twain Tonight!

Distinguished actor was also famed for portraying American icons Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln, and had long career in film and TV

Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious Deep Throat in All the President’s Men, has died at the age of 95.

Holbrook died on 23 January at his home in Beverly Hills, California, the New York Times reported. His death was confirmed late on Monday by his assistant, Joyce Cohen.

Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, an actor best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in one-man shows, died on Jan. 23. He was 95.

Holbrook’s personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday night.

Holbrook played the American novelist in a solo show called “Mark Twain Tonight!” that he directed himself and for which he won the best actor Tony in 1966. He returned to Broadway with the show in 1977 and 2005 and appeared in it more than 2,200 times (as of 2010) in legit venues across the country. He began performing the show in 1954.

He received an Emmy nomination for a TV adaptation of “Mark Twain Tonight!” in 1967, the first of multiple noms. He won four Emmy Awards.

He also drew an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his role in the film “Into the Wild” in 2008. At the time of the nomination,...

Hal Holbrook, the craftsman who reincarnated Mark Twain on stage and screen for more than six decades and also stood out as Abraham Lincoln and Deep Throat, two other American legends, has died. He was 95.

Holbrook died Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, his personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, told The New York Times on Monday night.

A five-time Emmy winner, Holbrook was 82 when he became the oldest man (at the time) to receive an Oscar acting nomination when he was honored for his performance as a leatherwork expert in Into the Wild (2007).

The Cleveland native also was memorable as ...