William Holden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1918, O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
- Died
- November 12, 1981
- Movies
- 98
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career (winning Best Actor in 1953 for "Stalag 17"), and also won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for "The Blue Knight" in 1974. He is also known for his roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), and "Network" (1976).
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Network' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Sad? | (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Sally's Beauty Spot | Robert Lomax (archive footage) |
| 1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Tim Culley |
| 1980 | The Earthling | Patrick Foley |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Shelby Gilmore |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | POW (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Ashanti | Jim Sandell |
| 1978 | Fedora | Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Richard Thorn |
| 1978 | Regie: Billy Wilder | Self |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Manfred Schreiber |
| 1976 | Network | Max Schumacher |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Jim Duncan |
| 1974 | Open Season | Hal Wolkowski |
| 1973 | Breezy | Frank Harmon |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Bumper Morgan |
| 1972 | The Revengers | John Benedict |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Ross Bodine |
| 1969 | The Christmas Tree | Laurent Ségur |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Pike Bishop |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self - Guest (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Ransome |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Alvarez Kelly |
| 1964 | The 7th Dawn | Major Ferris |
| 1964 | Paris When It Sizzles | Richard Benson |
| 1962 | The Lion | Robert Hayward |
| 1962 | Lykke og krone | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Counterfeit Traitor | Eric Erickson |
| 1962 | Satan Never Sleeps | Father O'Banion |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Robert Lomax |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Major 'Hank' Kendall |
| 1958 | The Key | Capt. David Ross |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self |
| 1958 | ...On Seeing Film | Self |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Cmdr. Shears |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Maj. Lincoln Bond |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Lt. Col. Colin Black |
| 1955 | Picnic | Hal Carter |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Mark Elliott |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Bernie Dodd |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Lt. Harry Brubaker |
| 1954 | Sabrina | David Larrabee |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | McDonald Walling |
| 1953 | The Girl on The Roof | A tourist |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo | Captain Roper |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Stanley Krown |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | Donald Gresham |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 | J.J. Sefton |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Jerry McKibbon |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Boots Malone |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | Lt. Cmdr. Ken White |
| 1951 | Force of Arms | Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson |
| 1950 | Born Yesterday | Paul Verrall |
| 1950 | Union Station | Lt. William Calhoun |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis |
| 1950 | You Can Change The World | Self |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Johnny Rutledge |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Bill Seacroft |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Dick Richmond |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Jim Dawkins |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Al Walker |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Jason Taylor |
| 1948 | Rachel and the Stranger | David “Big Davey" Harvey |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Capt. Del Stewart |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | William Holden |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Lt. William Seacroft |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Colin McDonald |
| 1943 | Wings Up | Himself |
| 1943 | Young and Willing | Norman Reese |
| 1943 | Reconnaissance Pilot | Lt. Packard A. Cummings |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Michael "Mike" Stewart |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Andrew Long |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Casey Kirby |
| 1941 | Texas | Dan Thomas |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Al Ludlow |
| 1940 | Arizona | Peter Muncie |
| 1940 | Those Were the Days! | P. J. "Petey" Simmons |
| 1940 | Our Town | Georges Gibbs |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Tim Taylor |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Joe Bonaparte |
| 1939 | Million Dollar Legs | Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Prison Farm | Prisoner |
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