
William Holden
Known for Acting · 110 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 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 (12)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

I Love Lucy
1951
as William Holden

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Jack Benny Program
1950
as William Holden

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
Movies (98)

Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Joe Gillis

Sabrina
1954
as David Larrabee

...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self

Fedora
1978
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

The Towering Inferno
1974
as Jim Duncan

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Cmdr. Shears

Casino Royale
1967
as Ransome

Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Alvarez Kelly

Damien - Omen II
1978
as Richard Thorn

Network
1976
as Max Schumacher

The Christmas Tree
1969
as Laurent Ségur

Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Captain Roper

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Pike Bishop

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)

Streets of Laredo
1949
as Jim Dawkins

The 7th Dawn
1964
as Major Ferris

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

The Man from Colorado
1948
as Capt. Del Stewart

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

The Earthling
1980
as Patrick Foley

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Mark Elliott

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Major 'Hank' Kendall

Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan

Lykke og krone
1962

Born Yesterday
1950
as Paul Verrall

Variety Girl
1947
as William Holden
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self

I Wanted Wings
1941
as Al Ludlow

Ashanti
1979
as Jim Sandell

The Moon Is Blue
1953
as Donald Gresham

Invisible Stripes
1939
as Tim Taylor

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

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)

The Key
1958
as Capt. David Ross

Wings Up
1943
as Himself

Escape to Athena
1979
as POW (uncredited)

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

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

Young and Willing
1943
as Norman Reese

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

The Revengers
1972
as John Benedict

Paris When It Sizzles
1964
as Richard Benson

The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Andrew Long

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

The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Robert Lomax

Blaze of Noon
1947
as Colin McDonald

Union Station
1950
as Lt. William Calhoun

Submarine Command
1951
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

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

21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Manfred Schreiber

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)

The Turning Point
1952
as Jerry McKibbon

Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Michael "Mike" Stewart

Dear Wife
1949
as Bill Seacroft

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

Texas
1941
as Dan Thomas

The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Eric Erickson

The Lion
1962
as Robert Hayward

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Dick Richmond

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

Picnic
1955
as Hal Carter

Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Johnny Rutledge

Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Jason Taylor

Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Lincoln Bond

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

The Dark Past
1948
as Al Walker

Open Season
1974
as Hal Wolkowski

The Fleet's In
1942
as Casey Kirby

Breezy
1973
as Frank Harmon

The Country Girl
1954
as Bernie Dodd

Boots Malone
1952
as Boots Malone

When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Shelby Gilmore

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

S.O.B.
1981
as Tim Culley
Sad?
1996
as (archive footage)

You Can Change The World
1950
as Self

Executive Suite
1954
as McDonald Walling

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

Forever Female
1953
as Stanley Krown

Arizona
1940
as Peter Muncie

Dear Ruth
1947
as Lt. William Seacroft

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

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

Our Town
1940
as Georges Gibbs

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

Wild Rovers
1971
as Ross Bodine

Satan Never Sleeps
1962
as Father O'Banion

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

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

Prison Farm
1938
as Prisoner

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self

Golden Boy
1939
as Joe Bonaparte

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

The Girl on The Roof
1953
as A tourist

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

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self (archive footage)
About William Holden
William Holden 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 110 credits spanning from 1938 to 2018, William Holden has appeared in 98 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Holden Movies
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Joe Gillis
- Sabrina (1954) — as David Larrabee
- ...On Seeing Film (1958) — as Self
- Fedora (1978) — as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Jim Duncan
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