William Holden
Acting
Born: April 17, 1918 · O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Died: November 12, 1981 (aged 63)
Highest Rated
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
1950
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Network
1976
Sabrina
1954
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Towering Inferno
1974
Casino Royale
1967
Damien - Omen II
1978
Stalag 17
1953
The Horse Soldiers
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
Paris When It Sizzles
1964
Photos (11)
Movies (77)
Sunset Boulevard
Joe Gillis
Network
Max Schumacher
Casino Royale
Ransome
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Cmdr. Shears
Sabrina
David Larrabee
The Wild Bunch
Pike Bishop
Escape to Athena
POW (uncredited)
Paris When It Sizzles
Richard Benson
The Towering Inferno
Jim Duncan
The Devil's Brigade
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
Damien - Omen II
Richard Thorn
The Country Girl
Bernie Dodd
Stalag 17
J.J. Sefton
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Lt. Harry Brubaker
Picnic
Hal Carter
Invisible Stripes
Tim Taylor
The Horse Soldiers
Major 'Hank' Kendall
Wild Rovers
Ross Bodine
The Man from Colorado
Capt. Del Stewart
Fedora
Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
Breezy
Frank Harmon
Rachel and the Stranger
David “Big Davey" Harvey
Executive Suite
McDonald Walling
When Time Ran Out...
Shelby Gilmore
Streets of Laredo
Jim Dawkins
The Moon Is Blue
Donald Gresham
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mark Elliott
Born Yesterday
Paul Verrall
The Christmas Tree
Laurent Ségur
21 Hours at Munich
Manfred Schreiber
Golden Boy
Joe Bonaparte
Escape from Fort Bravo
Captain Roper
The 7th Dawn
Major Ferris
Texas
Dan Thomas
Alvarez Kelly
Alvarez Kelly
Open Season
Hal Wolkowski
Forever Female
Stanley Krown
Ashanti
Jim Sandell
S.O.B.
Tim Culley
The Turning Point
Jerry McKibbon
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arizona
Peter Muncie
The Counterfeit Traitor
Eric Erickson
Variety Girl
William Holden
Satan Never Sleeps
Father O'Banion
The Dark Past
Al Walker
The Proud and Profane
Lt. Col. Colin Black
The Revengers
John Benedict
The World of Suzie Wong
Robert Lomax
Union Station
Lt. William Calhoun
Young and Willing
Norman Reese
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Dick Richmond
Father Is a Bachelor
Johnny Rutledge
Submarine Command
Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
The Fleet's In
Casey Kirby
The Blue Knight
Bumper Morgan
Our Town
Georges Gibbs
The Lion
Robert Hayward
The Earthling
Patrick Foley
Meet the Stewarts
Michael "Mike" Stewart
Apartment for Peggy
Jason Taylor
The Key
Capt. David Ross
The Remarkable Andrew
Andrew Long
Reconnaissance Pilot
Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Prison Farm
Prisoner
Force of Arms
Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
Million Dollar Legs
Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Toward the Unknown
Maj. Lincoln Bond
I Wanted Wings
Al Ludlow
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(archive footage)
Those Were the Days!
P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Sally's Beauty Spot
Robert Lomax (archive footage)
The Girl on The Roof
A tourist
Boots Malone
Boots Malone
Blaze of Noon
Colin McDonald
Dear Wife
Bill Seacroft
Dear Ruth
Lt. William Seacroft
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (27)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 2 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self - Guest (uncredited)
Lykke og krone
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
You Can Change The World
Self
Wings Up
Himself
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
...On Seeing Film
Self