William Holden
Known for ActingBorn 1918-04-17 — died 1981-11-12O'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.
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · as Joe Gillis
Casino Royale
1967 · as Ransome
Sabrina
1954 · as David Larrabee
The Towering Inferno
1974 · as Jim Duncan
Network
1976 · as Max Schumacher
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · as Cmdr. Shears
The Wild Bunch
1969 · as Pike Bishop
Damien - Omen II
1978 · as Richard Thorn
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · as Alvarez Kelly
The Devil's Brigade
1968 · as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Born Yesterday
1950 · as Paul Verrall
The Country Girl
1954 · as Bernie Dodd
Escape to Athena
1979 · as POW (uncredited)
Stalag 17
1953 · as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Fedora
1978 · as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
The Dark Past
1948 · as Al Walker
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955 · as Mark Elliott