Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 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 - Movies
Sunset Boulevard
as Joe Gillis
Network
as Max Schumacher
Casino Royale
as Ransome
Sabrina
as David Larrabee
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Cmdr. Shears
The Wild Bunch
as Pike Bishop
The Towering Inferno
as Jim Duncan
The Horse Soldiers
as Major 'Hank' Kendall
S.O.B.
as Tim Culley
Damien - Omen II
as Richard Thorn
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
I Love Lucy
as William Holden
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
as William Holden
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
The Oscars
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self