William Holden
Department: Acting
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 Wild Bunch
1969
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Stalag 17
1953
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Country Girl
1954
Damien - Omen II
1978
Network
1976
The Towering Inferno
1974
Paris When It Sizzles
1964
Sabrina
1954
Our Town
1940
The Devil's Brigade
1968
Born Yesterday
1950
The Making of 'Network'
2006
Casino Royale
1967
S.O.B.
1981
Breezy
1973
Arizona
1940
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Wild Rovers
1971
Alvarez Kelly
1966
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
The Proud and Profane
1956
Executive Suite
1954
The Man from Colorado
1948
Union Station
1950
The Turning Point
1952
The Dark Past
1948
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Golden Boy
1939
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
When Time Ran Out...
1980
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Picnic
1955
The Earthling
1980
Open Season
1974
The Fleet's In
1942
The Moon Is Blue
1953
21 Hours at Munich
1976
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
Fedora
1978
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
The Christmas Tree
1969
Texas
1941
Ashanti
1979
The Lion
1962
The 7th Dawn
1964
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Meet the Stewarts
1942
The Key
1958
Young and Willing
1943
Dear Wife
1949
Dear Ruth
1947
Force of Arms
1951
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
Submarine Command
1951
The Revengers
1972
Satan Never Sleeps
1962
I Wanted Wings
1941
Variety Girl
1947
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Streets of Laredo
1949
Forever Female
1953
Toward the Unknown
1956
The Blue Knight
1973
Boots Malone
1952
Those Were the Days!
1940
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
Apartment for Peggy
1948
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
Blaze of Noon
1947
The Girl on The Roof
1953
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
Million Dollar Legs
1939
Sad?
1996
Prison Farm
1938
Escape to Athena
1979
You Can Change The World
1950
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
Wings Up
1943
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Invisible Stripes
1939
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
Lykke og krone
1962
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
I Love Lucy
1951
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Oscars
1953
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
What's My Line?
1950
The Blue Knight
1973