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