William Holden

★ Acting #661

1918 - 1981 (age 63) • Acting

Born: 4/17/1918 in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Died: 11/12/1981 (age 63)

Known for: Acting

William Holden

★ Acting #661

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.

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

83%

Joe Gillis

1950

The Bridge on the River Kwai

78%

Cmdr. Shears

1957

Network

78%

Max Schumacher

1976

Sabrina

75%

David Larrabee

1954

The Wild Bunch

76%

Pike Bishop

1969

The Towering Inferno

70%

Jim Duncan

1974

Damien - Omen II

64%

Richard Thorn

1978

Stalag 17

77%

J.J. Sefton

1953

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

59%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Fabulous Allan Carr

50%

Self (archive)

2017

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective

Self (archive footage)

2009

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

72%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2006

The Making of 'Network'

Self (archive footage)

2006

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

80%

Self (archive footage)

2004

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

77%

(archive footage)

2002

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

68%

Self (archive footage)

2000

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

77%

Self (archive footage)

1997

Sad?

59%

(archive footage)

1996

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

76%

Self (archive footage)

1993

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

80%

Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

65%

Self (archive footage)

1991

Sally's Beauty Spot

60%

Robert Lomax (archive footage)

1990

William Holden: The Golden Boy

Self (archive footage)

1989

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

70%

Self (archive footage)

1987

S.O.B.

60%

Tim Culley

1981

The Earthling

63%

Patrick Foley

1980

When Time Ran Out...

53%

Shelby Gilmore

1980

Escape to Athena

57%

POW (uncredited)

1979

Ashanti

58%

Jim Sandell

1979

Fedora

67%

Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

1978

Damien - Omen II

64%

Richard Thorn

1978

Regie: Billy Wilder

Self

1978

21 Hours at Munich

63%

Manfred Schreiber

1976

Network

78%

Max Schumacher

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self (archive footage)

1976

The Towering Inferno

70%

Jim Duncan

1974