William Holden
Acting1918O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
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
Acting History
2000
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Sad?
as (archive footage)
1993
The Hollywood Collection: Audrey Hepburn - Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1981
S.O.B.
as Tim Culley
1980
The Earthling
as Patrick Foley
When Time Ran Out...
as Shelby Gilmore
1979
Escape to Athena
as POW (uncredited)
Ashanti
as Jim Sandell
1978
Damien - Omen II
as Richard Thorn
Fedora
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
1976
Network
as Max Schumacher
21 Hours at Munich
as Manfred Schreiber
1974
The Towering Inferno
as Jim Duncan
Open Season
as Hal Wolkowski
1973
The Blue Knight
as Bumper Morgan
Breezy
as Frank Harmon
1972
The Revengers
as John Benedict
1971
Wild Rovers
as Ross Bodine
1969
The Wild Bunch
as Pike Bishop
The Christmas Tree
as Laurent Ségur
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
1968
The Devil's Brigade
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
1967
Casino Royale
as Ransome
1966
Alvarez Kelly
as Alvarez Kelly
1964
Paris When It Sizzles
as Richard Benson
The 7th Dawn
as Major Ferris
1962
The Lion
as Robert Hayward
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Eric Erickson
Satan Never Sleeps
as Father O'Banion
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas 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
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Cmdr. Shears
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'• 1 eps
1956
The Proud and Profane
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Lincoln Bond
The Jack Benny Program
TVas William Holden• 1 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Mark Elliott
Picnic
as Hal Carter
I Love Lucy
TVas William Holden• 1 eps
1954
The Country Girl
as Bernie Dodd
Executive Suite
as McDonald Walling
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Lt. Harry Brubaker
Sabrina
as David Larrabee
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self• 5 eps
1953
The Moon Is Blue
as Donald Gresham
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Captain Roper
Stalag 17
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Forever Female
as Stanley Krown
1952
The Turning Point
as Jerry McKibbon
Boots Malone
as Boots Malone
1951
Force of Arms
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
Submarine Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
1950
1949
1948
The Man from Colorado
as Capt. Del Stewart
The Dark Past
as Al Walker
Rachel and the Stranger
as David “Big Davey" Harvey
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
1943
Young and Willing
as Norman Reese
1942
Meet the Stewarts
as Michael "Mike" Stewart
The Fleet's In
as Casey Kirby
The Remarkable Andrew
as Andrew Long
1941
Texas
as Dan Thomas
I Wanted Wings
as Al Ludlow
1940
1939
Invisible Stripes
as Tim Taylor
Golden Boy
as Joe Bonaparte
1938
Prison Farm
as Prisoner