Person
William Holden
Acting · 1918-04-17 · † 1981-11-12 · O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography (74)
| Year | Film | As |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Dean – The Emotional Man | Self |
| 2016 | My Lion and Me | Self |
| 2014 | The First Motion Picture Unit: When Hollywood Went to War | Archive Footage |
| 2014 | Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora | Self |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Tim Culley |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Shelby Gilmore |
| 1980 | The Earthling | Patrick Foley |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | POW (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Ashanti | Jim Sandell |
| 1978 | Fedora | Barry Detweiler |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Richard Thorn |
| 1976 | Network | Max Schumacher |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Jim Duncan |
| 1974 | Open Season | Hal Wolkowski |
| 1973 | Breezy | Frank Harmon |
| 1972 | The Revengers | John Benedict |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Ross Bodine |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Pike Bishop |
| 1969 | The Christmas Tree | Laurent Ségur |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Ransome |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Alvarez Kelly |
| 1964 | Paris When It Sizzles | Richard Benson |
| 1964 | The 7th Dawn | Major Ferris |
| 1962 | The Counterfeit Traitor | Eric Erickson |
| 1962 | Satan Never Sleeps | Father O'Banion |
| 1962 | The Lion | Robert Hayward |
| 1960 | Et par ord om Danmark | Speaker, English version |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Robert Lomax |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Major 'Hank' Kendall |
| 1958 | The Key | Captain David Ross |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Cmdr. Shears |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Lt. Col. Colin Black |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Maj. Lincoln Bond |
| 1955 | Picnic | Hal Carter |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Mark Elliott |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Bernie Dodd |
| 1954 | Sabrina | David Larrabee |
| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Lt. Harry Brubaker |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | McDonald Walling |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 | J.J. Sefton |
| 1953 | The Moon Is Blue | Donald Gresham |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Stanley Krown |
| 1953 | The Girl on the Roof | Tourist |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo | Captain Roper |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Jerry McKibbon |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Boots Malone |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | Lt. Cmdr. Ken White |
| 1951 | Force of Arms | Sgt. John 'Pete' Peterson |
| 1950 | Born Yesterday | Paul Verrall |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Johnny Rutledge |
| 1950 | Union Station | Lt. William Calhoun |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Joe Gillis |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Bill Seacroft |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Jim Dawkins |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Dick Richmond |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Al Walker |
| 1948 | Apartment for Peggy | Jason Taylor |
| 1948 | Rachel and the Stranger | Big Davey |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Del Stewart |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Lt. William Seacroft |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Colin McDonald |
| 1943 | Young and Willing | Norman Reese |
| 1943 | Wings Up | Self |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Michael Stewart |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Andrew Long |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Casey Kirby |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Al Ludlow |
| 1941 | Texas | Dan Thomas |
| 1940 | Those Were the Days! | P.J. 'Petey' Simmons |
| 1940 | Our Town | George Gibbs |
| 1940 | Arizona | Peter Muncie |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Joe Bonaparte |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Tim Taylor |