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William Holden (I) (1918–1981)

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William Holden came from a wealthy family (the Beedles) that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. His father William Franklin Beedle was an industrial chemist and his mother Mary Blanche Ball a teacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior College, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount... See full bio »

Born:

William Franklin Beedle Jr.
in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 63) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Audrey Hepburn and William Holden from 5734-36 Still of William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald and Ralph Sanford in Union Station
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1981 S.O.B.
Tim Culley
 
1980 The Earthling
Patrick Foley
 
1980 When Time Ran Out...
Shelby Gilmore
 
1979 Ashanti
Jim Sandell
 
1979 Escape to Athena
Prisoner smoking a cigar in prison camp (uncredited)
 
1978 Damien: Omen II
Richard Thorn
 
1978 Fedora
Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
 
1976 Network
Max Schumacher
 
1976 21 Hours at Munich (TV movie)
Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
 
1974 The Towering Inferno
Jim Duncan
 
1974 Open Season
Hal Wolkowski
 
1973 Breezy
Frank Harmon
 
1973 The Blue Knight (TV movie)
Bumper Morgan
 
1973 The Devil's Daughter (TV movie)
 
1972 The Revengers
John Benedict
 
1971 Wild Rovers
Ross Bodine
 
1969 The Christmas Tree
Laurent Ségur
 
1969 The Wild Bunch
Pike Bishop
 
1968 The Devil's Brigade
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
 
1967 Casino Royale
Ransome
 
1966 Alvarez Kelly
Alvarez Kelly
 
1964 The 7th Dawn
Major Ferris
 
1964 Paris When It Sizzles
Richard Benson / Rick
 
1962 The Lion
Robert Hayward
 
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor
Eric Erickson
 
1962 Satan Never Sleeps
Father O'Banion
 
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
Robert Lomax
 
1959 The Horse Soldiers
Maj. Henry Kendall
 
1958 The Key
Capt. David Ross
 
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Shears
 
1956 Toward the Unknown
Maj. Lincoln Bond
 
1956 The Proud and Profane
Lt. Col. Colin Black
 
1955 Picnic
Hal Carter
 
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mark Elliott
 
1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)
William Holden
– Hollywood at Last (1955) … William Holden
 
1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Intermission Guest
– Love Letters (1955) … Intermission Guest
 
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Lt. Harry Brubaker
 
1954 The Country Girl
Bernie Dodd
 
1954/I Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Narrator in original US version (uncredited)
 
1954 Sabrina
David Larrabee
 
1954 Executive Suite
McDonald Walling
 
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
Capt. Roper
 
1953 Forever Female
Stanley Krown
 
1953 Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach
Tourist (uncredited)
 
1953 The Moon Is Blue
Donald Gresham
 
1953 Stalag 17
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
 
1952 The Turning Point
Jerry McKibbon
 
1952 Boots Malone
Boots Malone
 
1951 Submarine Command
Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
 
1951 Force of Arms
Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
 
1950 Born Yesterday
Paul Verrall
 
1950 Union Station
Lt. William Calhoun
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
Joe Gillis
 
1950 Father Is a Bachelor
Johnny Rutledge
 
1949 Dear Wife
Bill Seacroft
 
1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Dick Richmond
 
1949 Streets of Laredo
Jim Dawkins
 
1948 The Dark Past
Al Walker
 
1948 Apartment for Peggy
Jason Taylor
 
1948 Rachel and the Stranger
David Harvey
 
1948 The Man from Colorado
Capt. Del Stewart
 
1947 Variety Girl
William Holden
 
1947 Dear Ruth
Lt. William Seacroft
 
1947 Blaze of Noon
Colin McDonald
 
1943 Young and Willing
Norman Reese
 
1943 Reconnaissance Pilot (documentary short)
William Holden
 
1942 Meet the Stewarts
Michael Stewart
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
Andrew Long
 
1942 The Fleet's In
Casey Kirby
 
1941 Texas
Dan Thomas
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Al Ludlow
 
1940 Arizona
Peter Muncie
 
1940 Those Were the Days!
P.J. 'Petey' Simmons
 
1940 Our Town
George Gibbs
 
1939 Invisible Stripes
Tim Taylor
 
1939 Golden Boy
Joe Bonaparte
 
1939 Million Dollar Legs
Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
 
1938 Prison Farm
Prisoner (uncredited)
 
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1971 Wild Rovers (performer: "Ballad of the Wild Rovers" - uncredited)
 
1955 Picnic (performer: "Moonglow" - uncredited)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd. (performer: "La Cumparsita" 1916 - uncredited)
 
1947 Variety Girl ("HARMONY")
 
1940 Arizona (performer: "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" 1854 - uncredited, "Kiss Me Quick and Go" 1856 - uncredited)
 
1939 Golden Boy (performer: "Lullaby Cradle Song", "Funiculi, Funicula")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
1980 Mysteries of the Sea (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1980 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 The American Movie Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1978 Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (TV documentary)
Himself (Narrator)
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Mixing
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Film Editing
 
1977 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 March 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Movie Actress
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 January 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1976 CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 Donahue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1974 The Annual National Sports Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1968-1973 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrity Roast: Barry Goldwater (1973) … Himself
– 1968 Christmas Show (1968) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1971-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 June 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.202 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #3.217 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Moviemakers (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1969 Adventures at the Jade Sea (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.115 (1968) … Himself
 
1960 Et par ord om Danmark (documentary)
Speaker, English version
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Opening Greeting
 
1959 World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World versus Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #11.38 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
– Episode #3.7 (1957) … Himself - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
 
1957 Salute to Show Business (TV movie)
Himself
 
1954-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Intermission guest
– Now, Voyager (1956) … Himself - Intermission guest
– Welcome Stranger (1954) … Himself - Host
 
1956 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 23 September 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– William Holden/Frances Bergen Show (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Dateline II (1955) … Himself
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.22 (1955) … Himself
 
1954-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #5.13 (1955) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #4.23 (1954) … Himself - Actor
 
1955 Sheilah Graham in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 January 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (short)
Himself
 
1951 You Can Change the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
1943 Wings Up (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Hollywood Commandos (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 When the Applause Died (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess (video documentary)
Himself (presents Grace with Oscar) (uncredited)
 
1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Lykke og krone (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1959 Zwischen Glück und Krone (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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(1951) Radio program: "Screen Directors Playhouse" in the production "Remember the Night" on July 19. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Bill Holden

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it. See more »

Trivia:

In the last years of his life he increasingly suffered from emphysema. See more »

Trademark:

Gravelly, smoke-burnished voice See more »

Nickname:

The Golden Boy See more »

Star Sign:

Aries