Earl Holliman

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Ironside

All Movies (62)

• Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission2021 · as Self
• Children of 'Giant'2015 · as Self
• Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon2006 · as Self
• Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet2006 · as Self
• The Perfect Tenant2000 · as Arthur Michaels
• Bad City Blues1999 · as Joe Gags
• Memories of Giant1998 · as Self
• Nightman1997 · as Frank Dominus
• Return to 'Giant'1996 · as Self
• Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach1996 · as Self
• Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge1987 · as Jake Flagg
• American Harvest1987 · as Krab Hogan
• All Star Party for Clint Eastwood1986 · as Self (uncredited)
• Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs1986 · as Kim's Father
• Country Gold1982 · as Wade Purcell
• Sharky's Machine1981 · as Donald Hotchkins
• Where the Ladies Go1980 · as Buck
• The Solitary Man1979 · as Dave Keyes
• Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979 · as Ed Eckles
• Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn1977 · as Ray Church
• Trapped1974 · as David Moore
• I Love You...Good-bye1974 · as Tom Chandler
• Cry Panic1974 · as Sheriff Ross Cabot
• The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War1973 · as Harry Donner
• The Boy and the Bronc Buster1973 · as Cal Winslow
• The Biscuit Eater1972 · as Harve McNeil
• The Day They Hanged Kid Curry1971 · as Wheat
• Cannon1971 · as Magruder
• Montserrat1971 · as Luhan
• Tribes1970 · as DePayster
• Smoke1970 · as Cal Finch
• The Desperate Mission1969 · as Shad Clay
• Anzio1968 · as Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler
• The Power1968 · as Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty
• A Covenant with Death1967 · as Brian Talbot
• The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · as Matt Elder
• Summer and Smoke1961 · as Archie Kramer
• Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed1961 · as Webster
• Armored Command1961 · as Mike
• Visit to a Small Planet1960 · as Conrad
• Last Train from Gun Hill1959 · as Rick Belden, Craig's Son
• The Trap1959 · as Tippy Anderson
• Hot Spell1958 · as Buddy Duval
• Don't Go Near the Water1957 · as Adam Garrett
• The Dark Side of the Earth1957 · as Capt. Volodney
• Trooper Hook1957 · as Jeff Bennett
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957 · as Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett
• The Rainmaker1956 · as Jim Curry
• Giant1956 · as 'Bob' Dace
• The Burning Hills1956 · as Morton Bayliss
• Forbidden Planet1956 · as Cookie
• I Died a Thousand Times1955 · as Red
• The Big Combo1955 · as Mingo
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri1954 · as Nestor Gamidge
• Broken Lance1954 · as Denny Devereaux
• Tennessee Champ1954 · as Happy Jackfield
• East of Sumatra1953 · as Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman)
• Devil's Canyon1953 · as Prisoner
• Scared Stiff1953 · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• The Girls of Pleasure Island1953 · as Marine (uncredited)
• Destination Gobi1953 · as Frank Swenson
• Pony Soldier1952 · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

All TV Shows (60)

• Night Man1997 · as Frank Dominus
• Caroline in the City1995 · as Fred Duffy
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Delta1992 · as Darden Towe
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Earl Holliman
• P.S. I Luv U1991 · as Matthew Durning
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers1990 · as Milton (voice)
• In the Heat of the Night1988 · as Dr. Lambert
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sheriff J.T. Tanner
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Wayne Platte
• The Thorn Birds1983 · as Luddie Mueller
• Hotel1982
• Hotel1982 · as Owen McDermott
• CHiPs1977 · as Earl Holliman (uncredited)
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Police Woman1974 · as Lt. Bill Crowley
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• Police Story1973
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Chris Conway
• The Rookies1972
• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• Alias Smith and Jones1971 · as Wheat
• Medical Center1969 · as Brent
• Medical Center1969 · as Dr. Ian Hayton
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Father Hugh
• It Takes a Thief1968 · as Major Arlin McCoy
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• Custer1967
• Ironside1967 · as Gordy Brokaw
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Robert Charles Porter
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Walker Carr
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Drake Faron
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Frank Rodman
• 12 O'Clock High1964 · as Lt. Paul Stiger
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Will Cross
• The Fugitive1963 · as Charley Judd
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Wide Country1962
• The Virginian1962 · as Wiley
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Bus Stop1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Capt. Bob Hill
• Checkmate1960 · as Jack Quentin
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Mike Ferris
• Hotel de Paree1959
• Bonanza1959 · as Sherman Clegg
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• The Lux Show1957 · as Self
• Matinee Theater1955
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Will
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Hackett
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Boone Shadler
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Cal Finch
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Cal Winslow
• General Electric Theater1953 · as David Seymour
• Studio One1948 · as Wayne Pilgrim
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Danny Smith
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member