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William Holden

Born
April 17, 1918
Died
November 12, 1981
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden 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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Casino Royale
(1967)
Ransome
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Joe Gillis
Network
(1976)
Max Schumacher
Sabrina
(1954)
David Larrabee
Damien: Omen II
(1978)
Richard Thorn
Picnic
(1955)
Hal Carter
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Cmdr. Shears
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Jim Duncan
The Wild Bunch
(1969)
Pike Bishop
Breezy
(1973)
Frank Harmon
Ashanti
(1979)
Jim Sandell
Stalag 17
(1953)
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Golden Boy
(1939)
Joe Bonaparte
Texas
(1941)
Dan Thomas
Escape to Athena
(1979)
POW (uncredited)
Sad?
(1996)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Prison Farm
(1938)
Prisoner
Golden Boy
(1939)
Joe Bonaparte
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Tim Taylor
Million Dollar Legs
(1939)
Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Our Town
(1940)
Georges Gibbs
Arizona
(1940)
Peter Muncie
Those Were the Days!
(1940)
P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Texas
(1941)
Dan Thomas
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
Al Ludlow
The Fleet's In
(1942)
Casey Kirby
The Remarkable Andrew
(1942)
Andrew Long
Meet the Stewarts
(1942)
Michael "Mike" Stewart
Young and Willing
(1943)
Norman Reese
Reconnaissance Pilot
(1943)
Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Wings Up
(1943)
Himself
Dear Ruth
(1947)
Lt. William Seacroft
Variety Girl
(1947)
William Holden
Blaze of Noon
(1947)
Colin McDonald
The Man from Colorado
(1948)
Capt. Del Stewart
Rachel and the Stranger
(1948)
David “Big Davey" Harvey
The Dark Past
(1948)
Al Walker
Apartment for Peggy
(1948)
Jason Taylor
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(1949)
Dick Richmond
Dear Wife
(1949)
Bill Seacroft
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Jim Dawkins
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Joe Gillis
Born Yesterday
(1950)
Paul Verrall
Union Station
(1950)
Lt. William Calhoun
Father Is a Bachelor
(1950)
Johnny Rutledge
You Can Change The World
(1950)
Self
Force of Arms
(1951)
Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
Submarine Command
(1951)
Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
The Turning Point
(1952)
Jerry McKibbon
Boots Malone
(1952)
Boots Malone
Stalag 17
(1953)
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
The Moon Is Blue
(1953)
Donald Gresham
Escape from Fort Bravo
(1953)
Captain Roper
Forever Female
(1953)
Stanley Krown
The Girl on The Roof
(1953)
A tourist
The Country Girl
(1954)
Bernie Dodd
Sabrina
(1954)
David Larrabee
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(1954)
Lt. Harry Brubaker
Executive Suite
(1954)
McDonald Walling
Picnic
(1955)
Hal Carter
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
(1955)
Mark Elliott
The Proud and Profane
(1956)
Lt. Col. Colin Black
Toward the Unknown
(1956)
Maj. Lincoln Bond
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Cmdr. Shears
The Key
(1958)
Capt. David Ross
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
(1958)
Self
The Horse Soldiers
(1959)
Major 'Hank' Kendall
The World of Suzie Wong
(1960)
Robert Lomax
The Counterfeit Traitor
(1962)
Eric Erickson
The Lion
(1962)
Robert Hayward
Satan Never Sleeps
(1962)
Father O'Banion
Paris When It Sizzles
(1964)
Richard Benson / Rick
The 7th Dawn
(1964)
Major Ferris
Alvarez Kelly
(1966)
Alvarez Kelly
Casino Royale
(1967)
Ransome
The Devil's Brigade
(1968)
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
(1968)
Self - Guest (uncredited)
The Wild Bunch
(1969)
Pike Bishop
The Christmas Tree
(1969)
Laurent Ségur
Wild Rovers
(1971)
Ross Bodine
The Revengers
(1972)
John Benedict
Breezy
(1973)
Frank Harmon
The Blue Knight
(1973)
Bumper Morgan
The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Jim Duncan
Open Season
(1974)
Hal Wolkowski
Network
(1976)
Max Schumacher
21 Hours at Munich
(1976)
Manfred Schreiber
Damien: Omen II
(1978)
Richard Thorn
Fedora
(1978)
Barry Detweiler
Ashanti
(1979)
Jim Sandell
Escape to Athena
(1979)
POW (uncredited)
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Shelby Gilmore
The Earthling
(1980)
Patrick Foley
S.O.B.
(1981)
Tim Culley
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
(1986)
Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
William Holden: The Golden Boy
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Sally's Beauty Spot
(1990)
Robert Lomax (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
Sad?
(1996)
(archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(2002)
(archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
(2006)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
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