William Holden

Known for: Acting

Born: 1918-04-17 – 1981-11-12 (aged 63)

From: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

William Holden 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 (109)

MOVIE★ 5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
MOVIE
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Sad?
1996
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
MOVIE
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
S.O.B.
1981
as Tim Culley
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Earthling
1980
as Patrick Foley
MOVIE★ 5.4
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Shelby Gilmore
MOVIE★ 5.8
Escape to Athena
1979
as POW (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ashanti
1979
as Jim Sandell
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fedora
1978
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
MOVIE★ 6.4
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Richard Thorn
MOVIE
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Manfred Schreiber
MOVIE★ 7.8
Network
1976
as Max Schumacher
MOVIE
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Jim Duncan
MOVIE★ 5.5
Open Season
1974
as Hal Wolkowski
MOVIE★ 6.8
Breezy
1973
as Frank Harmon
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
TV★ 9.0
The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Revengers
1972
as John Benedict
MOVIE★ 6.1
Wild Rovers
1971
as Ross Bodine
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Christmas Tree
1969
as Laurent Ségur
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Pike Bishop
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self - Guest (uncredited)
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
MOVIE★ 5.3
Casino Royale
1967
as Ransome
MOVIE★ 6.2
Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Alvarez Kelly
MOVIE★ 6.5
The 7th Dawn
1964
as Major Ferris
MOVIE★ 6.3
Paris When It Sizzles
1964
as Richard Benson
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Lion
1962
as Robert Hayward
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lykke og krone
1962
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Eric Erickson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Satan Never Sleeps
1962
as Father O'Banion
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Robert Lomax
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Key
1958
as Capt. David Ross
MOVIE
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
MOVIE
...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Cmdr. Shears
MOVIE★ 5.9
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Lincoln Bond
TV★ 6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
MOVIE★ 6.4
Picnic
1955
as Hal Carter
MOVIE★ 6.0
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Mark Elliott
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Country Girl
1954
as Bernie Dodd
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Lt. Harry Brubaker
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sabrina
1954
as David Larrabee
MOVIE★ 7.1
Executive Suite
1954
as McDonald Walling
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Girl on The Roof
1953
as A tourist
MOVIE★ 6.3
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Captain Roper
MOVIE★ 6.9
Forever Female
1953
as Stanley Krown
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Moon Is Blue
1953
as Donald Gresham
MOVIE★ 7.7
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Turning Point
1952
as Jerry McKibbon
MOVIE★ 8.1
Boots Malone
1952
as Boots Malone
MOVIE★ 5.8
Submarine Command
1951
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
TV★ 7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
as William Holden
MOVIE★ 6.7
Force of Arms
1951
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
MOVIE★ 7.3
Born Yesterday
1950
as Paul Verrall
TV★ 7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as William Holden
MOVIE★ 6.5
Union Station
1950
as Lt. William Calhoun
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Joe Gillis
MOVIE★ 6.4
You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Johnny Rutledge
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dear Wife
1949
as Bill Seacroft
MOVIE★ 5.2
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Dick Richmond
MOVIE★ 6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Jim Dawkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dark Past
1948
as Al Walker
MOVIE★ 8.2
Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Jason Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as David “Big Davey" Harvey
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Man from Colorado
1948
as Capt. Del Stewart
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Variety Girl
1947
as William Holden
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dear Ruth
1947
as Lt. William Seacroft
MOVIE★ 5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Colin McDonald
MOVIE★ 5.7
Wings Up
1943
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.8
Young and Willing
1943
as Norman Reese
MOVIE★ 7.0
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
MOVIE★ 5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Michael "Mike" Stewart
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Andrew Long
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Fleet's In
1942
as Casey Kirby
MOVIE★ 6.7
Texas
1941
as Dan Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.6
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Al Ludlow
MOVIE★ 6.5
Arizona
1940
as Peter Muncie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Those Were the Days!
1940
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
MOVIE★ 5.9
Our Town
1940
as Georges Gibbs
MOVIE★ 6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Tim Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Golden Boy
1939
as Joe Bonaparte
MOVIE★ 6.0
Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Prison Farm
1938
as Prisoner