Name
William Holden
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-04-17
Deathday
1981-11-12 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Biography
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
Sunset Boulevard
(3,061 Votes)
8.274
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into H...
Relase Date : 10 Aug, 1950
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Casino Royale
(871 Votes)
5.246
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, ...
Relase Date : 18 Apr, 1967
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
(2,482 Votes)
7.8
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort ...
Relase Date : 11 Oct, 1957
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The Wild Bunch
(1,392 Votes)
7.6
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West i...
Relase Date : 19 Jun, 1969
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The Towering Inferno
(1,091 Votes)
7.005
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire b...
Relase Date : 14 Dec, 1974
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Paris When It Sizzles
(204 Votes)
6.3
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write ...
Relase Date : 1 Mar, 1964
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Damien - Omen II
(866 Votes)
6.4
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge...
Relase Date : 9 Jun, 1978
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1969 The Wild Bunch as Pike Bishop
- 1950 Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
- 1953 Stalag 17 as J.J. Sefton
- 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai as Cmdr. Shears
- 1954 The Country Girl as Bernie Dodd
- 1978 Damien - Omen II as Richard Thorn
- 1976 Network as Max Schumacher
- 1974 The Towering Inferno as Jim Duncan
- 1964 Paris When It Sizzles as Richard Benson
- 1954 Sabrina as David Larrabee
- 1940 Our Town as Georges Gibbs
- 1968 The Devil's Brigade as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
- 1950 Born Yesterday as Paul Verrall
- 2006 The Making of 'Network' as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 Casino Royale as Ransome
- 1981 S.O.B. as Tim Culley
- 1973 Breezy as Frank Harmon
- 1940 Arizona as Peter Muncie
- 1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Lt. Harry Brubaker
- 1971 Wild Rovers as Ross Bodine
- 1966 Alvarez Kelly as Alvarez Kelly
- 1962 The Counterfeit Traitor as Eric Erickson
- 1956 The Proud and Profane as Lt. Col. Colin Black
- 1954 Executive Suite as McDonald Walling
- 1948 The Man from Colorado as Capt. Del Stewart
- 1950 Union Station as Lt. William Calhoun
- 1952 The Turning Point as Jerry McKibbon
- 1948 Rachel and the Stranger as David “Big Davey" Harvey
- 1948 The Dark Past as Al Walker
- 1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Dick Richmond
- 1939 Golden Boy as Joe Bonaparte
- 1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self - Guest (uncredited)
- 1980 When Time Ran Out... as Shelby Gilmore
- 1959 The Horse Soldiers as Major 'Hank' Kendall
- 1955 Picnic as Hal Carter
- 1980 The Earthling as Patrick Foley
- 1974 Open Season as Hal Wolkowski
- 1942 The Fleet's In as Casey Kirby
- 1953 The Moon Is Blue as Donald Gresham
- 1976 21 Hours at Munich as Manfred Schreiber
- 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Mark Elliott
- 1978 Fedora as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
- 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo as Captain Roper
- 1969 The Christmas Tree as Laurent Ségur
- 1941 Texas as Dan Thomas
- 1979 Ashanti as Jim Sandell
- 1962 The Lion as Robert Hayward
- 1964 The 7th Dawn as Major Ferris
- 1942 The Remarkable Andrew as Andrew Long
- 1942 Meet the Stewarts as Michael "Mike" Stewart
- 1958 The Key as Capt. David Ross
- 1943 Young and Willing as Norman Reese
- 1949 Dear Wife as Bill Seacroft
- 1947 Dear Ruth as Lt. William Seacroft
- 1951 Force of Arms as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
- 2000 The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 The Revengers as John Benedict
- 1951 Submarine Command as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
- 1962 Satan Never Sleeps as Father O'Banion
- 1947 Variety Girl as William Holden
- 1941 I Wanted Wings as Al Ludlow
- 2018 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1949 Streets of Laredo as Jim Dawkins
- 1953 Forever Female as Stanley Krown
- 1956 Toward the Unknown as Maj. Lincoln Bond
- 1973 The Blue Knight as Bumper Morgan
- 1952 Boots Malone as Boots Malone
- 1940 Those Were the Days! as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
- 1950 Father Is a Bachelor as Johnny Rutledge
- 1948 Apartment for Peggy as Jason Taylor
- 1958 The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self
- 1947 Blaze of Noon as Colin McDonald
- 1953 The Girl on The Roof as A tourist
- 2009 Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
- 1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 Sally's Beauty Spot as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
- 1939 Million Dollar Legs as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
- 1996 Sad? as (archive footage)
- 1938 Prison Farm as Prisoner
- 1979 Escape to Athena as POW (uncredited)
- 1950 You Can Change The World as Self
- 1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 The World of Suzie Wong as Robert Lomax
- 1943 Reconnaissance Pilot as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
- 1943 Wings Up as Himself
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1939 Invisible Stripes as Tim Taylor
- 2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 1962 Lykke og krone as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as (archive footage)
- 1958 ...On Seeing Film as Self
- 2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 Regie: Billy Wilder as Self
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1951 I Love Lucy ( 1 episode ) as William Holden
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
- 1953 The Oscars ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 The Jack Benny Program ( 1 episode ) as William Holden
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 The Blue Knight ( 4 episodes ) as Bumper Morgan
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
