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William Holden

William Holden

Birthday: 1918-04-17 | Place of Birth: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden 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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1986
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown

as    Charlie Brown (archive footage)

1981
S.O.B.

as    Tim Culley

1980
The Earthling

as    Patrick Foley

1980
When Time Ran Out...

as    Shelby Gilmore

1979
Fedora

as    Barry Detweiler

1978
Damien: Omen II

as    Richard Thorn

1976
21 Hours at Munich

as    Manfred Schreiber

1974
Open Season

as    Hal Wolkowski

1974
The Towering Inferno

as    Jim Duncan

1973
The Blue Knight

as    Bumper Morgan

1973
Breezy

as    Frank Harmon

1972
The Revengers

as    John Benedict

1969
The Wild Bunch

as    Pike Bishop

1968
The Devil's Brigade

as    Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

1967
Casino Royale

as    Ransome

1964
The 7th Dawn

as    Major Ferris

1964
Paris When It Sizzles

as    Richard Benson / Rick

1962
The Counterfeit Traitor

as    Eric Erickson

1960
The World of Suzie Wong

as    Robert Lomax

1959
The Horse Soldiers

as    Major 'Hank' Kendall

1958
The Key

as    Capt. David Ross

1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai

as    Cmdr. Shears

1956
The Proud and Profane

as    Lt. Col. Colin Black

1956
Toward the Unknown

as    Maj. Lincoln Bond

1955
Picnic

as    Hal Carter

1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

as    Mark Elliott

1954
The Country Girl

as    Bernie Dodd

1954
Sabrina

as    David Larrabee

1954
Executive Suite

as    McDonald Walling

1953
Stalag 17

as    Sgt. J.J. Sefton