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Birthday: Apr 17, 1918
Place of Birth: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

William Holden

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Wild Bunch Pike Bishop 1969
Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis 1950
Stalag 17 Sgt. J.J. Sefton 1953
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound) 1986
The Bridge on the River Kwai Cmdr. Shears 1957
The Country Girl Bernie Dodd 1954
Damien: Omen II Richard Thorn 1978
Network Max Schumacher 1976
The Towering Inferno Jim Duncan 1974
Paris When It Sizzles Richard Benson / Rick 1964
Sabrina David Larrabee 1954
Our Town Georges Gibbs 1940
The Devil's Brigade Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick 1968
Born Yesterday Paul Verrall 1950
The Making of 'Network' Self (archive footage) 2006
Casino Royale Ransome 1967
S.O.B. Tim Culley 1981
Breezy Frank Harmon 1973
Arizona Peter Muncie 1940
The Bridges at Toko-Ri Lt. Harry Brubaker 1954
Wild Rovers Ross Bodine 1971
Alvarez Kelly Alvarez Kelly 1966
The Counterfeit Traitor Eric Erickson 1962
The Proud and Profane Lt. Col. Colin Black 1956
Executive Suite McDonald Walling 1954
The Man from Colorado Capt. Del Stewart 1948
Union Station Lt. William Calhoun 1950
The Turning Point Jerry McKibbon 1952
Rachel and the Stranger David “Big Davey" Harvey 1948
The Dark Past Al Walker 1948
Miss Grant Takes Richmond Dick Richmond 1949
Golden Boy Joe Bonaparte 1939
The Dean Martin Christmas Show Self - Guest (uncredited) 1968
When Time Ran Out... Shelby Gilmore 1980
The Horse Soldiers Major 'Hank' Kendall 1959
Picnic Hal Carter 1955
The Earthling Patrick Foley 1980
Open Season Hal Wolkowski 1974
The Fleet's In Casey Kirby 1942
The Moon Is Blue Donald Gresham 1953
21 Hours at Munich Manfred Schreiber 1976
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Mark Elliott 1955
Fedora Barry Detweiler 1978
Escape from Fort Bravo Captain Roper 1953
The Christmas Tree Laurent Ségur 1969
Texas Dan Thomas 1941
Ashanti Jim Sandell 1979
The Lion Robert Hayward 1962
The 7th Dawn Major Ferris 1964
The Remarkable Andrew Andrew Long 1942
Meet the Stewarts Michael "Mike" Stewart 1942
The Key Capt. David Ross 1958
Young and Willing Norman Reese 1943
Dear Ruth Lt. William Seacroft 1947
Dear Wife Bill Seacroft 1949
Force of Arms Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson 1951
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Self (archive footage) 2000
Submarine Command Lt. Cmdr. Ken White 1951
The Revengers John Benedict 1972
Satan Never Sleeps Father O'Banion 1962
Variety Girl William Holden 1947
I Wanted Wings Al Ludlow 1941
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2018
Streets of Laredo Jim Dawkins 1949
Forever Female Stanley Krown 1953
Toward the Unknown Maj. Lincoln Bond 1956
The Blue Knight Bumper Morgan 1973
Boots Malone Boots Malone 1952
Those Were the Days! P. J. "Petey" Simmons 1940
Father Is a Bachelor Johnny Rutledge 1950
Apartment for Peggy Jason Taylor 1948
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant Self 1958
Blaze of Noon Colin McDonald 1947
The Girl on The Roof A tourist 1953
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective Self (archive footage) 2009
William Holden: The Golden Boy Self (archive footage) 1989
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (archive footage) 2002
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Self (archive footage) 1993
Grace Kelly: The American Princess Self (archive footage) 1987
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Self (archive footage) 1997
Sally's Beauty Spot Robert Lomax (archive footage) 1990
Million Dollar Legs Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited) 1939
Sad? (archive footage) 1996
Prison Farm Prisoner 1938
Escape to Athena POW (uncredited) 1979
You Can Change The World Self 1950
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Self (archive footage) 1991
The World of Suzie Wong Robert Lomax 1960
Reconnaissance Pilot Lt. Packard A. Cummings 1943
Wings Up Himself 1943
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited) 1991
Invisible Stripes Tim Taylor 1939
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Self (archive footage) 2004
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Self - Actor (archive footage) 2006
Walking to Nam Kok Hotel Robert Lomax (archive footage) 2018
Series Cast Year
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self 1950
I Love Lucy William Holden 1951
The Steve Allen Show Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' 1956
The Oscars Self 1953
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
The Jack Benny Program William Holden 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 1950
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show 1966
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