
William Holden
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William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He 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.
Known for
Credits

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Joe Gillis

Casino Royale (1967)
as Ransome

Network (1976)
as Max Schumacher

The Wild Bunch (1969)
as Pike Bishop

Sabrina (1954)
as David Larrabee

The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Jim Duncan

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

Damien - Omen II (1978)
as Richard Thorn

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

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

Stalag 17 (1953)
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

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

Escape to Athena (1979)
as POW (uncredited)

Picnic (1955)
as Hal Carter

The Country Girl (1954)
as Bernie Dodd

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

Alvarez Kelly (1966)
as Alvarez Kelly

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

Born Yesterday (1950)
as Paul Verrall

Fedora (1978)
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Breezy (1973)
as Frank Harmon

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
as Richard Benson

The Key (1958)
as Capt. David Ross

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

The Earthling (1980)
as Patrick Foley

Our Town (1940)
as Georges Gibbs

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

Union Station (1950)
as Lt. William Calhoun

Ashanti (1979)
as Jim Sandell

Wild Rovers (1971)
as Ross Bodine

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

The Revengers (1972)
as John Benedict

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

Variety Girl (1947)
as William Holden

Golden Boy (1939)
as Joe Bonaparte

Arizona (1940)
as Peter Muncie

The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
as Robert Lomax

Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
as Captain Roper

Dear Ruth (1947)
as Lt. William Seacroft

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Tim Taylor

The Dark Past (1948)
as Al Walker

The Lion (1962)
as Robert Hayward

Open Season (1974)
as Hal Wolkowski
Sad? (1996)
as (archive footage)

The 7th Dawn (1964)
as Major Ferris

Texas (1941)
as Dan Thomas

Executive Suite (1954)
as McDonald Walling

Streets of Laredo (1949)
as Jim Dawkins

The Blue Knight (1973)
as Bumper Morgan

I Wanted Wings (1941)
as Al Ludlow

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wings Up (1943)
as Himself

The Fleet's In (1942)
as Casey Kirby

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
as Eric Erickson

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

Toward the Unknown (1956)
as Maj. Lincoln Bond

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

Forever Female (1953)
as Stanley Krown

The Turning Point (1952)
as Jerry McKibbon
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

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

Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings

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

Young and Willing (1943)
as Norman Reese

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Dick Richmond

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

The Christmas Tree (1969)
as Laurent Ségur

The Moon Is Blue (1953)
as Donald Gresham

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

Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
as Father O'Banion

Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Colin McDonald

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

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

Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Johnny Rutledge

You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self

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

Boots Malone (1952)
as Boots Malone

21 Hours at Munich (1976)
as Manfred Schreiber

Apartment for Peggy (1948)
as Jason Taylor

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Andrew Long

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

Prison Farm (1938)
as Prisoner

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

Dear Wife (1949)
as Bill Seacroft

Lykke og krone (1962)
Actor

The Girl on The Roof (1953)
as A tourist

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Regie: Billy Wilder (1978)
as Self

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

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

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

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

...On Seeing Film (1958)
as Self





