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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-04-17

Deathday

1981-11-12 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

William Franklin Beedle Jr.
ویلیام هولدن

William Holden

Biography

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.

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Acting

2018		Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2018		Walking to Nam Kok Hotel as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

2009

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective as Self (archive footage)

2006		Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006		The Making of 'Network' as Self (archive footage)

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)

2000

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' as Self (archive footage)

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage)

1996

Sad? as (archive footage)

1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)

1991		Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991		Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)

1990

Sally's Beauty Spot as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

1989

William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self (archive footage)

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)

1986

Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown as Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound)

1981

S.O.B. as Tim Culley

1980		The Earthling as Patrick Foley
1980		When Time Ran Out... as Shelby Gilmore

1979		Escape to Athena as POW (uncredited)
1979		Ashanti as Jim Sandell

1978		Fedora as Barry Detweiler
1978		Damien - Omen II as Richard Thorn

1976		21 Hours at Munich as Manfred Schreiber
1976		Network as Max Schumacher

1974		The Towering Inferno as Jim Duncan
1974		Open Season as Hal Wolkowski

1973		Breezy as Frank Harmon
1973		The Blue Knight as Bumper Morgan

1972

The Revengers as John Benedict

1971

Wild Rovers as Ross Bodine

1969		The Christmas Tree as Laurent Ségur
1969		The Wild Bunch as Pike Bishop

1968		The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self - Guest (uncredited)
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968		The Devil's Brigade as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

1967

Casino Royale as Ransome

1966		Alvarez Kelly as Alvarez Kelly
1966		Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1964		The 7th Dawn as Major Ferris
1964		Paris When It Sizzles as Richard Benson / Rick

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Lion as Robert Hayward
1962		The Counterfeit Traitor as Eric Erickson
1962		Satan Never Sleeps as Father O'Banion

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960

The World of Suzie Wong as Robert Lomax

1959

The Horse Soldiers as Major 'Hank' Kendall

1958		The Key as Capt. David Ross
1958		The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai as Cmdr. Shears

1956		Toward the Unknown as Maj. Lincoln Bond
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
1956		The Proud and Profane as Lt. Col. Colin Black

1955		Picnic as Hal Carter
1955		Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Mark Elliott

1954		The Country Girl as Bernie Dodd
1954		The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Lt. Harry Brubaker
1954		Sabrina as David Larrabee
1954		Executive Suite as McDonald Walling

1953		The Girl on The Roof as A tourist
1953		Escape from Fort Bravo as Captain Roper
1953		Forever Female as Stanley Krown
1953		The Moon Is Blue as Donald Gresham
1953		Stalag 17 as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
1953		The Oscars as Self

1952		The Turning Point as Jerry McKibbon
1952		Boots Malone as Boots Malone

1951		Submarine Command as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
1951		I Love Lucy as William Holden
1951		Force of Arms as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson

1950		Born Yesterday as Paul Verrall
1950		The Jack Benny Program as William Holden
1950		Union Station as Lt. William Calhoun
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
1950		You Can Change The World as Self
1950		Father Is a Bachelor as Johnny Rutledge
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		Dear Wife as Bill Seacroft
1949		Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Dick Richmond
1949		Streets of Laredo as Jim Dawkins

1948		The Dark Past as Al Walker
1948		Apartment for Peggy as Jason Taylor
1948		Rachel and the Stranger as David “Big Davey" Harvey
1948		The Man from Colorado as Capt. Del Stewart
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1947		Variety Girl as William Holden
1947		Dear Ruth as Lt. William Seacroft
1947		Blaze of Noon as Colin McDonald

1943		Wings Up as Himself
1943		Young and Willing as Norman Reese
1943		Reconnaissance Pilot as Lt. Packard A. Cummings

1942		Meet the Stewarts as Michael "Mike" Stewart
1942		The Remarkable Andrew as Andrew Long
1942		The Fleet's In as Casey Kirby

1941		Texas as Dan Thomas
1941		I Wanted Wings as Al Ludlow

1940		Arizona as Peter Muncie
1940		Those Were the Days! as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
1940		Our Town as Georges Gibbs

1939		Invisible Stripes as Tim Taylor
1939		Golden Boy as Joe Bonaparte
1939		Million Dollar Legs as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

1938

Prison Farm as Prisoner