William Holden
Acting • Born 1918-04-17 – Died 1981-11-12
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.
Filmography
105 credits
The Wild Bunch
Movie • 1969
Pike Bishop
Sunset Boulevard
Movie • 1950
Joe Gillis
Stalag 17
Movie • 1953
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie • 1957
Cmdr. Shears
The Country Girl
Movie • 1954
Bernie Dodd
Damien - Omen II
Movie • 1978
Richard Thorn
Network
Movie • 1976
Max Schumacher
The Towering Inferno
Movie • 1974
Jim Duncan
Paris When It Sizzles
Movie • 1964
Richard Benson
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
David Larrabee
Our Town
Movie • 1940
Georges Gibbs
The Devil's Brigade
Movie • 1968
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
Born Yesterday
Movie • 1950
Paul Verrall
The Making of 'Network'
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Ransome
S.O.B.
Movie • 1981
Tim Culley
Breezy
Movie • 1973
Frank Harmon
Arizona
Movie • 1940
Peter Muncie
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Movie • 1954
Lt. Harry Brubaker
Wild Rovers
Movie • 1971
Ross Bodine
Alvarez Kelly
Movie • 1966
Alvarez Kelly
The Counterfeit Traitor
Movie • 1962
Eric Erickson
The Proud and Profane
Movie • 1956
Lt. Col. Colin Black
Executive Suite
Movie • 1954
McDonald Walling
The Man from Colorado
Movie • 1948
Capt. Del Stewart
Union Station
Movie • 1950
Lt. William Calhoun
The Turning Point
Movie • 1952
Jerry McKibbon
Rachel and the Stranger
Movie • 1948
David “Big Davey" Harvey
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Al Walker
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie • 1949
Dick Richmond
Golden Boy
Movie • 1939
Joe Bonaparte
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Self - Guest (uncredited)
When Time Ran Out...
Movie • 1980
Shelby Gilmore
The Horse Soldiers
Movie • 1959
Major 'Hank' Kendall
Picnic
Movie • 1955
Hal Carter
The Earthling
Movie • 1980
Patrick Foley
Open Season
Movie • 1974
Hal Wolkowski
The Fleet's In
Movie • 1942
Casey Kirby
The Moon Is Blue
Movie • 1953
Donald Gresham
21 Hours at Munich
Movie • 1976
Manfred Schreiber
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Movie • 1955
Mark Elliott
Fedora
Movie • 1978
Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie • 1953
Captain Roper
The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1969
Laurent Ségur
Texas
Movie • 1941
Dan Thomas
Ashanti
Movie • 1979
Jim Sandell
The Lion
Movie • 1962
Robert Hayward
The 7th Dawn
Movie • 1964
Major Ferris
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Andrew Long
Meet the Stewarts
Movie • 1942
Michael "Mike" Stewart
The Key
Movie • 1958
Capt. David Ross
Young and Willing
Movie • 1943
Norman Reese
Dear Wife
Movie • 1949
Bill Seacroft
Dear Ruth
Movie • 1947
Lt. William Seacroft
Force of Arms
Movie • 1951
Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
The Revengers
Movie • 1972
John Benedict
Submarine Command
Movie • 1951
Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
Satan Never Sleeps
Movie • 1962
Father O'Banion
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
William Holden
I Wanted Wings
Movie • 1941
Al Ludlow
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Streets of Laredo
Movie • 1949
Jim Dawkins
Forever Female
Movie • 1953
Stanley Krown
Toward the Unknown
Movie • 1956
Maj. Lincoln Bond
The Blue Knight
Movie • 1973
Bumper Morgan
Boots Malone
Movie • 1952
Boots Malone
Those Were the Days!
Movie • 1940
P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Father Is a Bachelor
Movie • 1950
Johnny Rutledge
Apartment for Peggy
Movie • 1948
Jason Taylor
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Movie • 1958
Self
Blaze of Noon
Movie • 1947
Colin McDonald
The Girl on The Roof
Movie • 1953
A tourist
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Movie • 2002
(archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Sally's Beauty Spot
Movie • 1990
Robert Lomax (archive footage)
Million Dollar Legs
Movie • 1939
Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Sad?
Movie • 1996
(archive footage)
Prison Farm
Movie • 1938
Prisoner
Escape to Athena
Movie • 1979
POW (uncredited)
You Can Change The World
Movie • 1950
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
The World of Suzie Wong
Movie • 1960
Robert Lomax
Reconnaissance Pilot
Movie • 1943
Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Wings Up
Movie • 1943
Himself
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Tim Taylor
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie • 2006
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Lykke og krone
Movie • 1962
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
William Holden
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
William Holden
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Blue Knight
TV • 1973
Bumper Morgan