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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 17, 1918
Died
November 12, 1981
Place of Birth
O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- William Franklin Beedle Jr.
- ویلیام هولدن
William Holden
1.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
7.2
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
2006
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
7.5
(archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
6.3
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
🎬
5.9
(archive footage)
Sad?
1996
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Credits
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.0
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
as Self (archive footage)
2009
0.0
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
7.2
The Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.8
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
7.5
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
6.3
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.5
🎬
Sad?
as (archive footage)
1996
5.9
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
7.2
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Sally's Beauty Spot
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
1990
5.0
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self (archive footage)
1989
0.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.5
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
as Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound)
1986
6.3
S.O.B.
as Tim Culley
1981
5.9
The Earthling
as Patrick Foley
1980
6.2
When Time Ran Out...
as Shelby Gilmore
1980
5.4
Escape to Athena
as POW (uncredited)
1979
5.7
Ashanti
as Jim Sandell
1979
5.7
Fedora
as Barry Detweiler
1978
6.7
Damien - Omen II
as Richard Thorn
1978
6.4
21 Hours at Munich
as Manfred Schreiber
1976
6.2
Network
as Max Schumacher
1976
7.8
The Towering Inferno
as Jim Duncan
1974
7.0
Open Season
as Hal Wolkowski
1974
5.2
Breezy
as Frank Harmon
1973
6.8
The Blue Knight
as Bumper Morgan
1973
5.5
The Blue Knight
as Bumper Morgan
1973
0.0
The Revengers
as John Benedict
1972
5.7
Wild Rovers
as Ross Bodine
1971
6.2
The Christmas Tree
as Laurent Ségur
1969
6.2
The Wild Bunch
as Pike Bishop
1969
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self - Guest (uncredited)
1968
7.6
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Devil's Brigade
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
1968
6.3
Casino Royale
as Ransome
1967
5.3
Alvarez Kelly
as Alvarez Kelly
1966
6.1
The 7th Dawn
as Major Ferris
1964
6.5
Paris When It Sizzles
as Richard Benson
1964
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Lion
as Robert Hayward
1962
4.9
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Eric Erickson
1962
6.4
Satan Never Sleeps
as Father O'Banion
1962
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The World of Suzie Wong
as Robert Lomax
1960
6.4
The Horse Soldiers
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
1959
7.0
The Key
as Capt. David Ross
1958
6.0
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
1958
0.0
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Cmdr. Shears
1957
7.8
Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Lincoln Bond
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
1956
5.6
The Proud and Profane
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
1956
6.2
Picnic
as Hal Carter
1955
6.3
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Mark Elliott
1955
6.0
The Country Girl
as Bernie Dodd
1954
6.9
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Lt. Harry Brubaker
1954
6.0
Sabrina
as David Larrabee
1954
7.5
Executive Suite
as McDonald Walling
1954
7.0
The Girl on The Roof
as A tourist
1953
4.4
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Captain Roper
1953
6.2
Forever Female
as Stanley Krown
1953
6.9
The Moon Is Blue
as Donald Gresham
1953
6.2
Stalag 17
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
1953
7.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Turning Point
as Jerry McKibbon
1952
6.2
Boots Malone
as Boots Malone
1952
7.5
Submarine Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
1951
5.6
I Love Lucy
as William Holden
1951
7.9
Force of Arms
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
1951
6.4
Born Yesterday
as Paul Verrall
1950
7.2
The Jack Benny Program
as William Holden
1950
7.8
Union Station
as Lt. William Calhoun
1950
6.4
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Sunset Boulevard
as Joe Gillis
1950
8.3
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
5.8
Father Is a Bachelor
as Johnny Rutledge
1950
7.4
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Dear Wife
as Bill Seacroft
1949
6.0
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Dick Richmond
1949
5.0
Streets of Laredo
as Jim Dawkins
1949
5.9
The Dark Past
as Al Walker
1948
5.8
Apartment for Peggy
as Jason Taylor
1948
7.9
Rachel and the Stranger
as David “Big Davey" Harvey
1948
6.2
The Man from Colorado
as Capt. Del Stewart
1948
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Variety Girl
as William Holden
1947
6.1
Dear Ruth
as Lt. William Seacroft
1947
6.6
Blaze of Noon
as Colin McDonald
1947
4.0
Wings Up
as Himself
1943
5.2
Young and Willing
as Norman Reese
1943
4.7
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
1943
0.0
Meet the Stewarts
as Michael "Mike" Stewart
1942
4.3
The Remarkable Andrew
as Andrew Long
1942
6.8
The Fleet's In
as Casey Kirby
1942
7.0
Texas
as Dan Thomas
1941
6.5
I Wanted Wings
as Al Ludlow
1941
5.4
Arizona
as Peter Muncie
1940
6.3
Those Were the Days!
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
1940
0.0
Our Town
as Georges Gibbs
1940
5.7
Invisible Stripes
as Tim Taylor
1939
6.1
Golden Boy
as Joe Bonaparte
1939
6.4
Million Dollar Legs
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Prison Farm
as Prisoner
1938
5.7