December 9, 2007
Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is a Tony Award-winning American actor.
Holbrook was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Aileen (née Davenport), a vaudeville dancer, and Harold Rowe Holbrook, Sr. He was mostly raised in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Holbrook graduated from the Culver Academies and Denison University, where an honors project about Mark Twain led him to develop the one-man show he is best known for, a series of performances called Mark Twain Tonight. Holbrook served in the US Army in World War II and was stationed in Newfoundland, where he performed in little theatre, including the play Madam Precious.
Holbrook has been married to stage and television actress Dixie Carter since May 27, 1984. He had a recurring role as the boyfriend of Carter's character, Julia Sugarbaker, on her 1990s series Designing Women. Carter is Hal Holbrook's third wife; his previous marriages both ended in divorce. He has three children from his first two marriages.
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Hollywood Life magazine reports:
The brightest rising stars gathered in Hollywood last night for the Breakthrough of the Year Awards.
Scrubs star Donald Faison hosted the event at the Music Box at the Fonda on Hollywood Blvd. Donald, who dates Jessica Simpson’s former assistant Cacee Cobb, gave Simpson’s new man Tony Romo his seal of approval on the red carpet saying, “He’s a great guy.”
Josh Duhamel presented a Breakthrough Award to his Transformers co-star Megan Fox who looked scorchingly sexy in a Dolce & Gabbana corset dress. Also on hand were the Superbad boys, Jonah Hill and McLovin’ himself, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who lamented that he wasn’t old enough to drink the special Cabo Wabo cocktail of the night named after his character.
Heroes Masi Oka revealed on the red carpet that his co-star Milo Ventimiglia was “the maestro” and advises him on everything from dealing with the press to picking up chicks.
