William Holden

Acting · Born 1918-04-17 in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

• The Wild Bunch as Pike Bishop
• Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis
• Stalag 17 as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
• The Bridge on the River Kwai as Cmdr. Shears
• Network as Max Schumacher
• The Towering Inferno as Jim Duncan
• Sabrina as David Larrabee
• The Horse Soldiers as Major 'Hank' Kendall
• The Country Girl as Bernie Dodd
• Damien - Omen II as Richard Thorn

TV

• I Love Lucy as William Holden
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
• The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
• The Oscars as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show as Self
• The Jack Benny Program as William Holden
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
• What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest