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