Portrait of William Holden

William Holden

Acting

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.

Born: April 17, 1918

Place of Birth: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2018
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)

2002
1997
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
1974
Open Season

as Hal Wolkowski

1973
Breezy

as Frank Harmon

1973
The Blue Knight

as Bumper Morgan

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

1964
The 7th Dawn

as Major Ferris

1964
Paris When It Sizzles

as Richard Benson

1962
The Lion

as Robert Hayward

1962
The Counterfeit Traitor

as Eric Erickson

1962
Satan Never Sleeps

as Father O'Banion

1960
1959
The Horse Soldiers

as Major 'Hank' Kendall

1958
The Key

as Capt. David Ross

1957
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

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
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
Sunset Boulevard

as Joe Gillis

1950
Father Is a Bachelor

as Johnny Rutledge

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Dear Wife

as Bill Seacroft

1949
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

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