William Holden
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Dark Past
1948
as Al Walker
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Joe Gillis
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Pike Bishop
Casino Royale
1967
as Ransome
Network
1976
as Max Schumacher
Fedora
1978
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
Sabrina
1954
as David Larrabee
Born Yesterday
1950
as Paul Verrall
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Cmdr. Shears
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Jim Duncan
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Richard Thorn
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
Picnic
1955
as Hal Carter
Breezy
1973
as Frank Harmon
Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
The Country Girl
1954
as Bernie Dodd
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Shelby Gilmore
Escape to Athena
1979
as POW (uncredited)
S.O.B.
1981
as Tim Culley
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)