Image: Wikimedia CommonsWilliam Holden
American actor (1918–1981)
- Born April 17, 1918
- 20 movies
William Holden was an American actor, an Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award winner and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He played his first lead in the boxing drama Golden Boy (1939) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor as a prisoner of war in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17. He also appeared in Sunset Boulevard, Network and The Wild Bunch.
William Holden appears in 20 films in The Rerun, from 1948 to 1974. Most of that work is in drama, war and comedy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Billy Wilder (3), Otto Preminger (3), Jennifer Jones (2), Cliff Robertson (2), John Huston (2).
Known for
- Sunset Boulevard (1950), Joe Gillis. Billy Wilder’s film, which brought him further critical recognition.
- Stalag 17 (1953). Won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Sabrina (1954). Another Billy Wilder film, released the year after Stalag 17.
- Picnic (1955).
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
- The Wild Bunch (1969).
Movies
The Wild Bunch
The Devil’s Brigade
Casino Royale
Alvarez Kelly
The Horse Soldiers
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Picnic
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Sabrina
The Country Girl
Executive Suite
Escape from Fort Bravo
Stalag 17
The Moon Is Blue
Born Yesterday
Sunset Boulevard
The Man from Colorado
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has William Holden been in?
- William Holden appears in The Towering Inferno (1974), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Devil’s Brigade (1968), Casino Royale (1967), Alvarez Kelly (1966), The Horse Soldiers (1959), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), Picnic (1955), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and Sabrina (1954) on The Remote.
- When was William Holden born?
- William Holden was born on 17 April 1918.
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