William Holden
- Acting
- April 17, 1918 · O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
- November 12, 1981
Biography
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career (winning Best Actor in 1953 for "Stalag 17"), and also won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for "The Blue Knight" in 1974. He is also known for his roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), and "Network" (1976). One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25.
Known for
Filmography
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood · Self
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Self
- Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective · Self
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess · Self
- The Making of 'Network' · Self
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade · Self
- Edith Head: The Paramount Years · (archive footage)
- The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- Sad? · (archive footage)
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered · Self
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · Self
- Sally's Beauty Spot · Robert Lomax (archive footage)
- William Holden: The Golden Boy · Self
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Self
- S.O.B. · Tim Culley
- The Earthling · Patrick Foley
- When Time Ran Out... · Shelby Gilmore
- Escape to Athena · POW (uncredited)
- Ashanti · Jim Sandell
- Fedora · Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
- Damien - Omen II · Richard Thorn
- Regie: Billy Wilder · Self
- Ciné regards · Self
- 21 Hours at Munich · Manfred Schreiber
- Network · Max Schumacher
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy · (archive footage)
- The Towering Inferno · Jim Duncan
- Open Season · Hal Wolkowski
- Breezy · Frank Harmon
- The Blue Knight · Bumper Morgan
- The Blue Knight · Bumper Morgan
- The Revengers · John Benedict
- Wild Rovers · Ross Bodine
- The Christmas Tree · Laurent Ségur
- The Wild Bunch · Pike Bishop
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show · Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- The Devil's Brigade · Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
- Casino Royale · Ransome
- Alvarez Kelly · Alvarez Kelly
- The 7th Dawn · Major Ferris
- Paris When It Sizzles · Richard Benson
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Lion · Robert Hayward
- Lykke og krone · Self
- The Counterfeit Traitor · Eric Erickson
- Satan Never Sleeps · Father O'Banion
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The World of Suzie Wong · Robert Lomax
- The Horse Soldiers · Major 'Hank' Kendall
- The Key · Capt. David Ross
- The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant · Self
- ...On Seeing Film · Self
- The Bridge on the River Kwai · Cmdr. Shears
- Toward the Unknown · Maj. Lincoln Bond
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- The Proud and Profane · Lt. Col. Colin Black
- Picnic · Hal Carter
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing · Mark Elliott
- The Country Girl · Bernie Dodd
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri · Lt. Harry Brubaker
- Sabrina · David Larrabee
- Executive Suite · McDonald Walling
- The Girl on The Roof · A tourist
- Escape from Fort Bravo · Captain Roper
- Forever Female · Stanley Krown
- The Moon Is Blue · Donald Gresham
- Stalag 17 · J.J. Sefton
- The Oscars · Self
- The Turning Point · Jerry McKibbon
- Boots Malone · Boots Malone
- Submarine Command · Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
- I Love Lucy · William Holden
- Force of Arms · Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
- Born Yesterday · Paul Verrall
- The Jack Benny Program · William Holden
- Union Station · Lt. William Calhoun
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self