Hal Holbrook, the Emmy and Tony-winning actor known for a long film career and his portrayal of Mark Twain on stage, has died at 95. The New York Times reported Holbrook died at his home in Beverly ...

Hal Holbrook first got a sense of Mark Twain's power in 1948, when he and his first wife traveled around the South performing biographical theater pieces at schools. “Those audiences had never seen ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hal Holbrook, the award-winning character actor who toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the ...

For more than six decades, the late, legendary actor Hal Holbrook portrayed an iconic American author, journalist and humorist in "Mark Twain Tonight!" "It's always the material that matters the most, ...

While he was out starring in the national tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 2023-24, Richard Thomas took to reading Mark Twain’s iconic novels “Tom Sawyer and “Huckleberry Finn” to help flesh out his ...

Emmy-winning actor Richard Thomas has moved on from playing one legend -- Atticus Finch in the national tour of "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- to another: 19th-century author and humorist Mark Twain. He's ...

ORANGE — When Richard Thomas walks out on stage, he follows in the footsteps of two legendary figures — Mark Twain, whom he ...

Holbrook, who died Jan. 23, won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Twain on Broadway. He also played Deep Throat in the film, All the President's Men. Originally broadcast in 2009. This is FRESH AIR.

Mark Twain Tonight! is a one-man play devised by Hal Holbrook in which he depicts Mark Twain giving a dramatic recitation selected from several of his (Twain's) writings, with an emphasis on the comic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the political thriller “All the ...