Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 17, 1918
Place of Birth:
O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
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William Holden
Biography
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Walking to Nam Kok Hotel | Robert Lomax (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Network' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Sad? | (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Sally's Beauty Spot | Robert Lomax (archive footage) |
| 1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown | Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound) |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Tim Culley |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Shelby Gilmore |
| 1980 | The Earthling | Patrick Foley |
| 1979 | Ashanti | Jim Sandell |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | POW (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Richard Thorn |
| 1978 | Fedora | Barry Detweiler |
| 1976 | Network | Max Schumacher |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Manfred Schreiber |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Jim Duncan |
| 1974 | Open Season | Hal Wolkowski |
| 1973 | Breezy | Frank Harmon |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Bumper Morgan |
| 1972 | The Revengers | John Benedict |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Ross Bodine |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Pike Bishop |
| 1969 | The Christmas Tree | Laurent Ségur |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self - Guest (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Ransome |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Alvarez Kelly |
| 1964 | Paris When It Sizzles | Richard Benson / Rick |
| 1964 | The 7th Dawn | Major Ferris |
| 1962 | The Counterfeit Traitor | Eric Erickson |
| 1962 | The Lion | Robert Hayward |
| 1962 | Satan Never Sleeps | Father O'Banion |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Robert Lomax |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Major 'Hank' Kendall |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) |
| 1958 | The Key | Capt. David Ross |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Cmdr. Shears |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Lt. Col. Colin Black |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Maj. Lincoln Bond |
| 1955 | Picnic | Hal Carter |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Mark Elliott |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Bernie Dodd |
| 1954 | Sabrina | David Larrabee |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Lt. Harry Brubaker |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | McDonald Walling |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 | Sgt. J.J. Sefton |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | Donald Gresham |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo | Captain Roper |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Stanley Krown |
| 1953 | The Girl on The Roof | A tourist |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Jerry McKibbon |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Boots Malone |
| 1951 | Force of Arms | Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | Lt. Cmdr. Ken White |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis |
| 1950 | Born Yesterday | Paul Verrall |
| 1950 | Union Station | Lt. William Calhoun |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Johnny Rutledge |
| 1950 | You Can Change The World | Self |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Dick Richmond |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Bill Seacroft |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Jim Dawkins |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Capt. Del Stewart |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Al Walker |
| 1948 | Rachel and the Stranger | David “Big Davey" Harvey |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Jason Taylor |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Lt. William Seacroft |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | William Holden |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Colin McDonald |
| 1943 | Young and Willing | Norman Reese |
| 1943 | Reconnaissance Pilot | Lt. Packard A. Cummings |
| 1943 | Wings Up | Himself |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Casey Kirby |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Andrew Long |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Michael "Mike" Stewart |
| 1941 | Texas | Dan Thomas |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Al Ludlow |
| 1940 | Our Town | Georges Gibbs |
| 1940 | Arizona | Peter Muncie |
| 1940 | Those Were the Days! | P. J. "Petey" Simmons |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Joe Bonaparte |
| 1939 | Million Dollar Legs | Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Tim Taylor |
| 1938 | Prison Farm | Prisoner |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | William Holden |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | William Holden |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |