William Holden
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2009Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective as Self (archive footage)
2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006The Making of 'Network' as Self (archive footage)
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' as Self (archive footage)
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)
1996Sad? as (archive footage)
1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
1990Sally's Beauty Spot as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
1989William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self (archive footage)
1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
1986Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown as Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound)
1981S.O.B. as Tim Culley
1980The Earthling as Patrick Foley
1980When Time Ran Out... as Shelby Gilmore
1979Escape to Athena as POW (uncredited)
1979Ashanti as Jim Sandell
1978Fedora as Barry Detweiler
1978Damien - Omen II as Richard Thorn
197621 Hours at Munich as Manfred Schreiber
1976Network as Max Schumacher
1974The Towering Inferno as Jim Duncan
1974Open Season as Hal Wolkowski
1973Breezy as Frank Harmon
1973The Blue Knight as Bumper Morgan
1973The Blue Knight as Bumper Morgan
1972The Revengers as John Benedict
1971Wild Rovers as Ross Bodine
1969The Christmas Tree as Laurent Ségur
1969The Wild Bunch as Pike Bishop
1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self - Guest (uncredited)
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968The Devil's Brigade as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
1967Casino Royale as Ransome
1966Alvarez Kelly as Alvarez Kelly
1964The 7th Dawn as Major Ferris
1964Paris When It Sizzles as Richard Benson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Lion as Robert Hayward
1962The Counterfeit Traitor as Eric Erickson
1962Satan Never Sleeps as Father O'Banion
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960The World of Suzie Wong as Robert Lomax
1959The Horse Soldiers as Major 'Hank' Kendall
1958The Key as Capt. David Ross
1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self
1957The Bridge on the River Kwai as Cmdr. Shears
1956Toward the Unknown as Maj. Lincoln Bond
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
1956The Proud and Profane as Lt. Col. Colin Black
1955Picnic as Hal Carter
1955Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Mark Elliott
1954The Country Girl as Bernie Dodd
1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Lt. Harry Brubaker
1954Sabrina as David Larrabee
1954Executive Suite as McDonald Walling
1953The Girl on The Roof as A tourist
1953Escape from Fort Bravo as Captain Roper
1953Forever Female as Stanley Krown
1953The Moon Is Blue as Donald Gresham
1953Stalag 17 as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
1953The Oscars as Self
1952The Turning Point as Jerry McKibbon
1952Boots Malone as Boots Malone
1951Submarine Command as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
1951I Love Lucy as William Holden
1951Force of Arms as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
1950Born Yesterday as Paul Verrall
1950The Jack Benny Program as William Holden
1950Union Station as Lt. William Calhoun
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
1950You Can Change The World as Self
1950Father Is a Bachelor as Johnny Rutledge
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Dear Wife as Bill Seacroft
1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Dick Richmond
1949Streets of Laredo as Jim Dawkins
1948The Dark Past as Al Walker
1948Apartment for Peggy as Jason Taylor
1948Rachel and the Stranger as David “Big Davey" Harvey
1948The Man from Colorado as Capt. Del Stewart
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947Variety Girl as William Holden
1947Dear Ruth as Lt. William Seacroft
1947Blaze of Noon as Colin McDonald
1943Wings Up as Himself
1943Young and Willing as Norman Reese
1943Reconnaissance Pilot as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
1942Meet the Stewarts as Michael "Mike" Stewart
1942The Remarkable Andrew as Andrew Long
1942The Fleet's In as Casey Kirby
1941Texas as Dan Thomas
1941I Wanted Wings as Al Ludlow
1940Arizona as Peter Muncie
1940Those Were the Days! as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
1940Our Town as Georges Gibbs
1939Invisible Stripes as Tim Taylor
1939Golden Boy as Joe Bonaparte
1939Million Dollar Legs as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
1938Prison Farm as Prisoner