Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 11, 1928
Place of Birth:
Delhi, Louisiana, USA
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Earl Holliman
Biography
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Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission | |
| 2015 | Children of 'Giant' | Self |
| 2006 | Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon | Self |
| 2006 | Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet | Self |
| 2000 | The Perfect Tenant | Arthur Michaels |
| 1999 | Bad City Blues | Joe Gags |
| 1997 | Nightman | Frank Dominus |
| 1996 | Return to 'Giant' | Self |
| 1996 | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self |
| 1987 | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Jake Flagg |
| 1987 | American Harvest | Krab Hogan |
| 1986 | Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs | Kim's Father |
| 1982 | Country Gold | Wade Purcell |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Donald Hotchkins |
| 1980 | Where the Ladies Go | Buck |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Ed Eckles |
| 1979 | The Solitary Man | Dave Keyes |
| 1977 | Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | Ray Church |
| 1974 | Trapped | David Moore |
| 1974 | Cry Panic | Sheriff Ross Cabot |
| 1974 | I Love You...Good-bye | Tom Chandler |
| 1973 | The Boy and the Bronc Buster | Cal Winslow |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Harry Donner |
| 1972 | The Biscuit Eater | Harve McNeil |
| 1971 | Cannon | Magruder |
| 1971 | Montserrat | Luhan |
| 1971 | The Day They Hanged Kid Curry | Wheat |
| 1970 | Tribes | DePayster |
| 1970 | Smoke | Cal Finch |
| 1969 | The Desperate Mission | Shad Clay |
| 1968 | Anzio | Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler |
| 1968 | The Power | Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death | Brian Talbot |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Matt Elder |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | Archie Kramer |
| 1961 | Armored Command | Mike |
| 1961 | Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed | Webster |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Conrad |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Rick Belden, Craig's Son |
| 1959 | The Trap | Tippy Anderson |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Buddy Duval |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | Jeff Bennett |
| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | Adam Garrett |
| 1957 | The Dark Side of the Earth | Capt. Volodney |
| 1956 | Giant | 'Bob' Dace |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet | Cookie |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills | Morton Bayliss |
| 1956 | The Rainmaker | Jim Curry |
| 1955 | The Big Combo | Mingo |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Red |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Nestor Gamidge |
| 1954 | Broken Lance | Denny Devereaux |
| 1954 | Tennessee Champ | Happy Jackfield |
| 1953 | East of Sumatra | Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman |
| 1953 | Scared Stiff | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Prisoner |
| 1953 | Destination Gobi | Frank Swenson |
| 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island | Marine (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pony Soldier | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Night Man | Frank Dominus |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Fred Duffy |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1992 | Delta | Darden Towe |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Earl Holliman |
| 1991 | P.S. I Luv U | Matthew Durning |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Milton (voice) |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Dr. Lambert |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff J.T. Tanner |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Wayne Platte |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Luddie Mueller |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Hotel | Owen McDermott |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Earl Holliman (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Lt. Bill Crowley |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Chris Conway |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Father Hugh |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Brent |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Dr. Ian Hayton |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Major Arlin McCoy |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1967 | Custer | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Gordy Brokaw |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Robert Charles Porter |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Drake Faron |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Walker Carr |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Frank |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | Lt. Paul Stiger |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Will Cross |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Charley Judd |
| 1962 | The Wide Country | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Wiley |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Capt. Bob Hill |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Insight | Fleming |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Jack Quentin |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mike Ferris |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree | |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sherman Clegg |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Will |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hackett |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Boone Shadler |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Cal Finch |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Cal Winslow |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | David Seymour |
| 1948 | Studio One | Wayne Pilgrim |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Danny Smith |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |