FrameThrower · Actors · Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
7 films · 932 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2012
Born 17 February 1925 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · died 23 January 2021
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film.
Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 932 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2012
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1971
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1966
- National Humanities Medal2003
How their films are shot
Measured across 932 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hal takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Hal takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 932 frames from Hal Holbrook's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.