Hal Holbrook At The 2006 Tony Awards Editorial Photo

In this monochrome rendering, ctor, tv director and writer Hal Holbrook tv, film at the 60th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 11, 2006. Holbrook is the winner of 5 Primetime Emmys. He was a young man in the 1950s when he donned the period costume and considerable makeup to appear as Samuel Clemons in his 1-man show, `Mark Twain Tonight.` He has taken the production throughout America for decades and won a Tony in 1967. At that time he probably never thought he would outlive his subject by over 20 years. He last performed this role in 2017. The Oscar-nominated actor was awarded the National Humanities medal in 2003. Holbrook died at his home in Beverly Hills, California on January 23, 2021 at the age of 95.