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William Holden

Acting Born Apr 17, 1918 O'Fallon, Illinois, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

I Love Lucy

as William Holden
Film

Sunset Boulevard

as Joe Gillis
Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Cmdr. Shears
Film

Network

as Max Schumacher
Film

The Wild Bunch

as Pike Bishop
Film

Stalag 17

as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • I Love Lucy (1951) as William Holden
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Jack Benny Program (1950) as William Holden
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950) as Joe Gillis
  • Casino Royale (1967) as Ransome
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Cmdr. Shears
  • Network (1976) as Max Schumacher
  • The Towering Inferno (1974) as Jim Duncan
  • The Wild Bunch (1969) as Pike Bishop
  • Sabrina (1954) as David Larrabee
  • Damien - Omen II (1978) as Richard Thorn
  • Stalag 17 (1953) as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
  • The Horse Soldiers (1959) as Major 'Hank' Kendall
  • The Devil's Brigade (1968) as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
  • The Blue Knight (1973) as Bumper Morgan
  • S.O.B. (1981) as Tim Culley
  • The Key (1958) as Capt. David Ross