Acting
William Holden
EN, FR, NL, DE cinema · 98 credits
Born
17 April 1918
Died
12 November 1981 (aged 63)
Birthplace
O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Also known as William Franklin Beedle Jr. · ویلیام هولدن
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.
Known for
Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Sad?
1996
Sad?
as (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sally's Beauty Spot
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
S.O.B.
as Tim Culley
When Time Ran Out...
as Shelby Gilmore
The Earthling
as Patrick Foley
Ashanti
as Jim Sandell
Escape to Athena
as POW (uncredited)
Damien - Omen II
as Richard Thorn
Fedora
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
Network
as Max Schumacher
21 Hours at Munich
as Manfred Schreiber
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
The Towering Inferno
as Jim Duncan
Open Season
as Hal Wolkowski
Breezy
as Frank Harmon
The Blue Knight
as Bumper Morgan
The Revengers
as John Benedict
Wild Rovers
as Ross Bodine
The Wild Bunch
as Pike Bishop
The Christmas Tree
as Laurent Ségur
The Devil's Brigade
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self - Guest (uncredited)
Casino Royale
as Ransome
Alvarez Kelly
as Alvarez Kelly
Paris When It Sizzles
as Richard Benson
The 7th Dawn
as Major Ferris
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Eric Erickson
The Lion
as Robert Hayward
Satan Never Sleeps
as Father O'Banion
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Suzie Wong
as Robert Lomax
The Horse Soldiers
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
The Key
as Capt. David Ross
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Cmdr. Shears
The Proud and Profane
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
Toward the Unknown
as Maj. Lincoln Bond
Picnic
as Hal Carter
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Mark Elliott
The Country Girl
as Bernie Dodd
Sabrina
as David Larrabee
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Lt. Harry Brubaker
Executive Suite
as McDonald Walling
Stalag 17
as J.J. Sefton
The Moon Is Blue
as Donald Gresham
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Captain Roper
Forever Female
as Stanley Krown
The Girl on The Roof
as A tourist
The Turning Point
as Jerry McKibbon
Boots Malone
as Boots Malone
Force of Arms
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
Submarine Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
Sunset Boulevard
as Joe Gillis
Born Yesterday
as Paul Verrall
Union Station
as Lt. William Calhoun
Father Is a Bachelor
as Johnny Rutledge
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Dick Richmond
Dear Wife
as Bill Seacroft
Streets of Laredo
as Jim Dawkins
The Man from Colorado
as Capt. Del Stewart
The Dark Past
as Al Walker
Rachel and the Stranger
as David “Big Davey" Harvey
Apartment for Peggy
as Jason Taylor
Dear Ruth
as Lt. William Seacroft
Variety Girl
as William Holden
Blaze of Noon
as Colin McDonald
Young and Willing
as Norman Reese
Reconnaissance Pilot
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Wings Up
as Himself
The Fleet's In
as Casey Kirby
The Remarkable Andrew
as Andrew Long
Meet the Stewarts
as Michael "Mike" Stewart
Texas
as Dan Thomas
I Wanted Wings
as Al Ludlow
Our Town
as Georges Gibbs
Arizona
as Peter Muncie
Those Were the Days!
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Golden Boy
as Joe Bonaparte
Million Dollar Legs
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
as Tim Taylor
Prison Farm
as Prisoner