Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/17/1918
Place of Birth
O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
William Franklin Beedle Jr.ویلیام هولدن
William Holden
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.
Known For
Casino Royale
as Ransome
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Cmdr. Shears
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
The Girl on The Roof
as A tourist
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
Variety Girl
as William Holden
The Man from Colorado
as Capt. Del Stewart
Sabrina
as David Larrabee
Stalag 17
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Picnic
as Hal Carter
Open Season
as Hal Wolkowski
Sunset Boulevard
as Joe Gillis
The Wild Bunch
as Pike Bishop
Dear Ruth
as Lt. William Seacroft
The Towering Inferno
as Jim Duncan
The Remarkable Andrew
as Andrew Long
Boots Malone
as Boots Malone
Executive Suite
as McDonald Walling
Career Timeline
2006
1991
1968
1962
1956
1954
1953
1951
1950
Born Yesterday
as Paul Verrall
The Jack Benny Program
as William Holden
Union Station
as Lt. William Calhoun
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Sunset Boulevard
as Joe Gillis
You Can Change The World
as Self
Father Is a Bachelor
as Johnny Rutledge
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest