
William Holden
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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
Credits

The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Jim Duncan

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
as Cmdr. Shears

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Joe Gillis

Network (1976)
as Max Schumacher

Casino Royale (1967)
as Ransome

Sabrina (1954)
as David Larrabee

Damien - Omen II (1978)
as Richard Thorn

The Wild Bunch (1969)
as Pike Bishop

Fedora (1978)
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Born Yesterday (1950)
as Paul Verrall
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)

Alvarez Kelly (1966)
as Alvarez Kelly

Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as (archive footage)

You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self

Stalag 17 (1953)
as J.J. Sefton

The Horse Soldiers (1959)
as Major 'Hank' Kendall

The Devil's Brigade (1968)
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
as Richard Benson

Escape to Athena (1979)
as POW (uncredited)

Breezy (1973)
as Frank Harmon

Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
as Captain Roper

The Christmas Tree (1969)
as Laurent Ségur

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
as Mark Elliott

The Country Girl (1954)
as Bernie Dodd

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)

Lykke og krone (1962)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
as Lt. Harry Brubaker

Picnic (1955)
as Hal Carter

Streets of Laredo (1949)
as Jim Dawkins

The Proud and Profane (1956)
as Lt. Col. Colin Black

Force of Arms (1951)
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson

The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
as Robert Lomax

Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Sad? (1996)
as (archive footage)

When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Shelby Gilmore

S.O.B. (1981)
as Tim Culley

Ashanti (1979)
as Jim Sandell

Our Town (1940)
as Georges Gibbs

The Man from Colorado (1948)
as Capt. Del Stewart

Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
as David “Big Davey" Harvey

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

The Moon Is Blue (1953)
as Donald Gresham

Union Station (1950)
as Lt. William Calhoun

Wild Rovers (1971)
as Ross Bodine
Regie: Billy Wilder (1978)
as Self

21 Hours at Munich (1976)
as Manfred Schreiber

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
as Eric Erickson

The Revengers (1972)
as John Benedict

Executive Suite (1954)
as McDonald Walling

I Wanted Wings (1941)
as Al Ludlow

Young and Willing (1943)
as Norman Reese

The Turning Point (1952)
as Jerry McKibbon

Wings Up (1943)
as Himself

Arizona (1940)
as Peter Muncie

The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Sally's Beauty Spot (1990)
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

The Fleet's In (1942)
as Casey Kirby

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

The Key (1958)
as Capt. David Ross

The Dark Past (1948)
as Al Walker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self - Guest (uncredited)

Open Season (1974)
as Hal Wolkowski

Texas (1941)
as Dan Thomas

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Tim Taylor

William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)
as Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self (archive footage)

Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
as Father O'Banion

...On Seeing Film (1958)
as Self

Variety Girl (1947)
as William Holden

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Dick Richmond

Submarine Command (1951)
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

The 7th Dawn (1964)
as Major Ferris

Forever Female (1953)
as Stanley Krown

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Golden Boy (1939)
as Joe Bonaparte

The Lion (1962)
as Robert Hayward

The Blue Knight (1973)
as Bumper Morgan

Toward the Unknown (1956)
as Maj. Lincoln Bond

Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Johnny Rutledge

The Making of 'Network' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)

Dear Wife (1949)
as Bill Seacroft

The Earthling (1980)
as Patrick Foley

Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Michael "Mike" Stewart

Apartment for Peggy (1948)
as Jason Taylor

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Dear Ruth (1947)
as Lt. William Seacroft

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958)
as Self

Those Were the Days! (1940)
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons

Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Colin McDonald

The Girl on The Roof (1953)
as A tourist

Boots Malone (1952)
as Boots Malone

Million Dollar Legs (1939)
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

Prison Farm (1938)
as Prisoner

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Andrew Long





