William Holden (I) (1918–1981)

Actor | Additional Crew | Soundtrack

William Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. in O'Fallon, Illinois, to Mary Blanche (Ball),...

Born: April 17, 1918
Died: November 12, 1981 (age 63)

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Filmography

Known For

Stalag 17 Sgt. J.J. Sefton (1953)
Sabrina David Larrabee (1954)
Sunset Blvd. Joe Gillis (1950)
Known For

Network Max Schumacher (1976)
Actor

S.O.B. Tim Culley (1981)
The Earthling Patrick Foley (1980)
When Time Ran Out... Shelby Gilmore (1980)
Ashanti Jim Sandell (1979)
Escape to Athena Sgt. J.J. Sefton (1979)
Damien: Omen II Richard Thorn (1978)
Fedora Barry Detweiler (1978)
Network Max Schumacher (1976)
21 Hours at Munich Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber (1976)
The Towering Inferno Jim Duncan (1974)
Open Season Hal Wolkowski (1974)
Breezy Frank Harmon (1973)
The Blue Knight Bumper Morgan (1973)
The Revengers John Benedict (1972)
Wild Rovers Ross Bodine (1971)
The Christmas Tree Laurent Ségur (1969)
The Wild Bunch Pike (1969)
The Devil's Brigade Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (1968)
Casino Royale Ransome (1967)
Alvarez Kelly Alvarez Kelly (1966)
The 7th Dawn Major Ferris (1964)
Paris When It Sizzles Richard Benson / Rick (1964)
The Lion Robert Hayward (1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor Eric Erickson (1962)
Satan Never Sleeps Father O'Banion (1962)
The World of Suzie Wong Robert Lomax (1960)
The Horse Soldiers Maj. Henry Kendall (1959)
The Key Captain David Ross (1958)
The Bridge on the River Kwai Shears (1957)
Toward the Unknown Maj. Lincoln Bond (1956)
The Proud and Profane Lt. Col. Colin Black (1956)
Picnic Hal Carter (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Mark Elliott (1955)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri Lt. Harry Brubaker (1954)
The Country Girl Bernie Dodd (1954)
Sabrina David Larrabee (1954)
Executive Suite McDonald Walling (1954)
Escape from Fort Bravo Capt. Roper (1953)
Forever Female Stanley Krown (1953)
Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach Tourist (1953)
The Moon Is Blue Donald Gresham (1953)
Stalag 17 Sgt. J.J. Sefton (1953)
The Turning Point Jerry McKibbon (1952)
Boots Malone Boots Malone (1952)
Submarine Command Lt. Cmdr. Ken White (1951)
Force of Arms Sgt. John 'Pete' Peterson (1951)
Born Yesterday Paul Verrall (1950)
Union Station Lt. William Calhoun (1950)
Sunset Blvd. Joe Gillis (1950)
Father Is a Bachelor Johnny Rutledge (1950)
Dear Wife Bill Seacroft (1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond Dick Richmond (1949)
Streets of Laredo Jim Dawkins (1949)
The Man from Colorado Del Stewart (1948)
The Dark Past Al Walker (1948)
Apartment for Peggy Jason Taylor (1948)
Rachel and the Stranger Big Davey (1948)
Variety Girl William Holden (1947)
Dear Ruth Lt. William Seacroft (1947)
Blaze of Noon Colin McDonald (1947)
Reconnaissance Pilot Lt. Packard A. Cummings (1943)
Young and Willing Norman Reese (1943)
Meet the Stewarts Michael Stewart (1942)
The Remarkable Andrew Andrew Long (1942)
The Fleet's In Casey Kirby (1942)
Texas Dan Thomas (1941)
I Wanted Wings Al Ludlow (1941)
Arizona Peter Muncie (1940)
Our Town George Gibbs (1940)
Those Were the Days! P.J. 'Petey' Simmons (1940)
Invisible Stripes Tim Taylor (1939)
Golden Boy Joe Bonaparte (1939)
Million Dollar Legs Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (1939)
Actor

Prison Farm Prisoner (1938)
Soundtrack

Wild Rovers (1971)
Picnic (1955)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Variety Girl (1947)
Arizona (1940)
Soundtrack

Golden Boy (1939)
Archive footage

Grace Kelly: The Hollywood Years (2021)
The Movies (2019)
The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019)
An Informal Conversation with Billy Wilder (2018)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Du sollst nicht langweilen: Billy Wilder (2017)
How to Win the US Presidency (2016)
Raised Human (2016)
My Lion and Me (2016)
Million Dollar American Princesses (2016)
War Movie Blockbusters (2015)
The First Motion Picture Unit: When Hollywood Went to War (2014)
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora (2014)
Welcome to the Basement (2012)
American Masters (2008-2009)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
Histoires de festival (2002)
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001)
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
The Making of 'the Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999)
Biography (1997-1999)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997)
Hollywood Commandos (1997)
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
When the Applause Died (1990)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986)
Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images (1986)
The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984)
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980)
The Wild West (1979)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1965)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Lykke og krone (1962)
Archive footage

Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1954-1955)
Additional Crew

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Holden was the best man at the 1952 wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan.

[on Barbara Stanwyck] Thirty-nine years ago this month, we were working in a film together called Golden Boy (1939). It wasn't going so well and I was going to be replaced. But due to this lovely human being and her encouragement and above all her ...