Pierde la vida Hal Holbrook, actor of “All the President’s Men”

With an impeccable career spanning more than six decades, an Oscar and Tony nominee, as well as a five-time Emmy winner, legendary American actor Hal Holbrook lost his life at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 95 on January 23.

This is how we say goodbye to one of the most characteristic and recognizable faces in the history of cinema through the ages, since Hal jumped from theater to cinema over the years. television, enjoying an extensive and highly recognized career in the world of interpretation.

His work was so beautiful that he was nominated for numerous acting awards, including his Oscar nomination In 2008, one of the most emblematic was exceptional, moreover, at the age of 82, he became the oldest actor to be nominated for the prestigious award.

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Abandoned with his sisters when he was only two years old, they were raised by their paternal grandparents, before starting his acting career, Holbrook served in the army of the U.S in World War II, obtaining the rank of Staff Sergeant, something manifested through his characters, achieving a charisma available to only a few.

After serving in the military in Newfoundland during World War II, the actor attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he graduated with a project about writer Mark Twain.

Although he had been working since the mid-1950s, Holbrook began to differentiate himself from the 1970s with his beloved series “They only kill their owner”, “Rituals” and collaborations with classics of the genre such as Peter Hyams or John Carpenter. to combine. success “Harry the Strong”, “All the President’s Men”.

As a detail to emphasize, one of his most iconic and world famous characters was Mark Twain, who he played since he was 29 years old, and every time he played the writer at the age of 70 he found that as he got older needed less and less makeup to look older.

He continued the performance long after his own 70th birthday, returning to Broadway in 2005 at the age of 80, later, after playing Twain for more than six decades, he left the role abruptly in 2017.

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“I know this long attempt to do a good job must come to an end,” he wrote in a letter to the Oklahoma theater where he would be performing. “I served my trade, I gave it my all, with my heart and soul, as a dedicated actor can do,” he said in an interview when the event took place.

Holbrook also worked under Steven Spielberg in his iconic movie “Lincoln”, in 2012 he worked hand in hand with Sydney Pollack in “The Firm”, 1993), also with Oliver Stone in “Wall Street”, 1987), also with John Timmerman in “The Fog”, in 1980, with George A. Romero in “Creepshow”, in 1982, and with Gus Van Sant in “Promised Land”, from 2012.

Holbrook won several Emmys for a television special in which he played Captain Lloyd Bucher in “Town” in 1973 and as the lead in a 1970 drama series “The Bold Ones: The Senator”.

He also painted eminent portraits of Abraham Lincoln, winning an Emmy as the lead actor in a 1976 limited series based on Carl Sandburg’s biography of the president.

And as we mentioned earlier, in 2008, at the age of 82, Holbrook became the oldest male performer nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a supporting role in “Into the Wild.” Rest in peace, movie legend Hal Holbrook.