Spoiler : Holbrook, Hal (Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr.) Born in Cleveland, Ohio 2/17/1925. Married and divorced Ruby Johnson (1945- 1965); actress Carol Rossen (1966-79); Dixie Carter (1984-?). Father of actor David Holbrook. Raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts by relatives after he was abandoned by his parents at age two. Grayling Dennis on the CBS-Radio soap, The Brighter Day (1949?-1956); same role for CBS-TV version (1954-1962?). Host/star of Mark Twain Tonight for CBS-TV (1966). Senator Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones (The Senator) for NBC-TV (1970-1971). Abraham Lincoln on the ABC-TV miniseries North and South, Book II (1986). Occassional role as Reese Watson on Designing Women for CBS-TV (1986-1993). Evan Evans on Evening Shade for CBS-TV (1990-1994). Emmy Awards in 1971 for The Senator, 1974 for role in Pueblo presented on the ABC Theatre, 1976 for role in Sandburg's Lincoln.