Biography
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) 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.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1974
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1954
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1977 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1954 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1951 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Sunset Boulevard
I Love Lucy
Network
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Jack Benny Program
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Stalag 17
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
The Wild Bunch
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Sabrina
Born Yesterday
Executive Suite
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
The Towering Inferno
The Horse Soldiers
The Country Girl
What's My Line?
Forever Female
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Man from Colorado
Breezy
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The World of Suzie Wong
Texas
The 7th Dawn
The Counterfeit Traitor
The Proud and Profane
Union Station
Rachel and the Stranger
Arizona
Damien: Omen II
Picnic
21 Hours at Munich
The Devil's Brigade
Paris When It Sizzles
Escape from Fort Bravo
The Turning Point
Dear Wife
The Earthling
The Christmas Tree
Alvarez Kelly
Invisible Stripes
Wild Rovers
The Key
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Dark Past
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood