William Holden
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1918-04-17
- Died
- 1981-11-12
- Place of birth
- O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- William Franklin Beedle Jr. · ویلیام هولدن
Biography
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
TV Shows (11)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
I Love Lucy
1951
as William Holden
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as William Holden
The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
Movies (98)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Joe Gillis
Casino Royale
1967
as Ransome
Network
1976
as Max Schumacher
Sabrina
1954
as David Larrabee
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Cmdr. Shears
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Jim Duncan
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Richard Thorn
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Pike Bishop
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Breezy
1973
as Frank Harmon
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Mark Elliott
Escape to Athena
1979
as POW (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Picnic
1955
as Hal Carter
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Lt. Harry Brubaker
The Earthling
1980
as Patrick Foley
S.O.B.
1981
as Tim Culley
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
Paris When It Sizzles
1964
as Richard Benson
Born Yesterday
1950
as Paul Verrall
Ashanti
1979
as Jim Sandell
The Key
1958
as Capt. David Ross
Arizona
1940
as Peter Muncie
Fedora
1978
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Texas
1941
as Dan Thomas
The Man from Colorado
1948
as Capt. Del Stewart
Executive Suite
1954
as McDonald Walling
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Alvarez Kelly
The Country Girl
1954
as Bernie Dodd
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Rovers
1971
as Ross Bodine
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Captain Roper
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as David “Big Davey" Harvey
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
The Lion
1962
as Robert Hayward
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Robert Lomax
Union Station
1950
as Lt. William Calhoun
Variety Girl
1947
as William Holden
The 7th Dawn
1964
as Major Ferris
Golden Boy
1939
as Joe Bonaparte
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Tim Taylor
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Lincoln Bond
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Shelby Gilmore
The Revengers
1972
as John Benedict
The Turning Point
1952
as Jerry McKibbon
Our Town
1940
as Georges Gibbs
The Dark Past
1948
as Al Walker
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self - Guest (uncredited)
Force of Arms
1951
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Eric Erickson
Open Season
1974
as Hal Wolkowski
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Jim Dawkins
The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Dick Richmond
The Christmas Tree
1969
as Laurent Ségur
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Manfred Schreiber
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Boots Malone
1952
as Boots Malone
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Michael "Mike" Stewart
Submarine Command
1951
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
Prison Farm
1938
as Prisoner
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Al Ludlow
Those Were the Days!
1940
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Johnny Rutledge
The Moon Is Blue
1953
as Donald Gresham
Satan Never Sleeps
1962
as Father O'Banion
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Forever Female
1953
as Stanley Krown
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Jason Taylor
Dear Ruth
1947
as Lt. William Seacroft
Young and Willing
1943
as Norman Reese
The Girl on The Roof
1953
as A tourist
The Fleet's In
1942
as Casey Kirby
Dear Wife
1949
as Bill Seacroft
Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
1962
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Andrew Long
Sad?
1996
as (archive footage)
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Colin McDonald
...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self
Wings Up
1943
as Himself
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self
About William Holden
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. With 109 credits spanning from 1938 to 2018, William Holden has appeared in 98 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Holden Movies
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Joe Gillis
- Casino Royale (1967) — as Ransome
- Network (1976) — as Max Schumacher
- Sabrina (1954) — as David Larrabee
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — as Cmdr. Shears
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