William Holden

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

What's My Line?

I Love Lucy

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Jack Benny Program

All Movies (98)

• Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess2006 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• The Making of 'Network'2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Edith Head: The Paramount Years2002 · as (archive footage)
• The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sad?1996 · as (archive footage)
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sally's Beauty Spot1990 · as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
• William Holden: The Golden Boy1989 · as Self (archive footage)
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• S.O.B.1981 · as Tim Culley
• The Earthling1980 · as Patrick Foley
• When Time Ran Out...1980 · as Shelby Gilmore
• Escape to Athena1979 · as POW (uncredited)
• Ashanti1979 · as Jim Sandell
• Fedora1978 · as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
• Damien - Omen II1978 · as Richard Thorn
• Regie: Billy Wilder1978 · as Self
• 21 Hours at Munich1976 · as Manfred Schreiber
• Network1976 · as Max Schumacher
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Towering Inferno1974 · as Jim Duncan
• Open Season1974 · as Hal Wolkowski
• Breezy1973 · as Frank Harmon
• The Blue Knight1973 · as Bumper Morgan
• The Revengers1972 · as John Benedict
• Wild Rovers1971 · as Ross Bodine
• The Christmas Tree1969 · as Laurent Ségur
• The Wild Bunch1969 · as Pike Bishop
• The Dean Martin Christmas Show1968 · as Self - Guest (uncredited)
• The Devil's Brigade1968 · as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
• Casino Royale1967 · as Ransome
• Alvarez Kelly1966 · as Alvarez Kelly
• The 7th Dawn1964 · as Major Ferris
• Paris When It Sizzles1964 · as Richard Benson
• The Lion1962 · as Robert Hayward
• Lykke og krone1962
• The Counterfeit Traitor1962 · as Eric Erickson
• Satan Never Sleeps1962 · as Father O'Banion
• The World of Suzie Wong1960 · as Robert Lomax
• The Horse Soldiers1959 · as Major 'Hank' Kendall
• The Key1958 · as Capt. David Ross
• The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958 · as Self
• ...On Seeing Film1958 · as Self
• The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Cmdr. Shears
• Toward the Unknown1956 · as Maj. Lincoln Bond
• The Proud and Profane1956 · as Lt. Col. Colin Black
• Picnic1955 · as Hal Carter
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing1955 · as Mark Elliott
• The Country Girl1954 · as Bernie Dodd
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri1954 · as Lt. Harry Brubaker
• Sabrina1954 · as David Larrabee
• Executive Suite1954 · as McDonald Walling
• The Girl on The Roof1953 · as A tourist
• Escape from Fort Bravo1953 · as Captain Roper
• Forever Female1953 · as Stanley Krown
• The Moon Is Blue1953 · as Donald Gresham
• Stalag 171953 · as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
• The Turning Point1952 · as Jerry McKibbon
• Boots Malone1952 · as Boots Malone
• Submarine Command1951 · as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
• Force of Arms1951 · as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
• Born Yesterday1950 · as Paul Verrall
• Union Station1950 · as Lt. William Calhoun
• Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Joe Gillis
• You Can Change The World1950 · as Self
• Father Is a Bachelor1950 · as Johnny Rutledge
• Dear Wife1949 · as Bill Seacroft
• Miss Grant Takes Richmond1949 · as Dick Richmond
• Streets of Laredo1949 · as Jim Dawkins
• The Dark Past1948 · as Al Walker
• Apartment for Peggy1948 · as Jason Taylor
• Rachel and the Stranger1948 · as David “Big Davey" Harvey
• The Man from Colorado1948 · as Capt. Del Stewart
• Variety Girl1947 · as William Holden
• Dear Ruth1947 · as Lt. William Seacroft
• Blaze of Noon1947 · as Colin McDonald
• Wings Up1943 · as Himself
• Young and Willing1943 · as Norman Reese
• Reconnaissance Pilot1943 · as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
• Meet the Stewarts1942 · as Michael "Mike" Stewart
• The Remarkable Andrew1942 · as Andrew Long
• The Fleet's In1942 · as Casey Kirby
• Texas1941 · as Dan Thomas
• I Wanted Wings1941 · as Al Ludlow
• Arizona1940 · as Peter Muncie
• Those Were the Days!1940 · as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
• Our Town1940 · as Georges Gibbs
• Invisible Stripes1939 · as Tim Taylor
• Golden Boy1939 · as Joe Bonaparte
• Million Dollar Legs1939 · as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
• Prison Farm1938 · as Prisoner

All TV Shows (11)

• The Blue Knight1973 · as Bumper Morgan
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• I Love Lucy1951 · as William Holden
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as William Holden
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self