William Holden

Born: 1918-04-17

William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden 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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Towering Inferno

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The Wild Bunch

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Sabrina

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Casino Royale

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Network

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Damien: Omen II

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Stalag 17

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The Key

as Capt. David Ross
Released: 1958-05-28

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged...

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Paris When It Sizzles

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S.O.B.

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A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an...

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The Proud and Profane

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The Devil's Brigade

as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
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At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit...

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Born Yesterday

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Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a...

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The Country Girl

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An ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent...

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During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape....

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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

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A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American...

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Wild Rovers

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Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and...

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri

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Released: 1954-12-01

A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

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Picnic

as Hal Carter
Released: 1955-11-18

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty...

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
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This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...

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The Turning Point

as Jerry McKibbon
Released: 1952-07-12

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop...

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Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1987-06-08

A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her...

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When Time Ran Out...

as Shelby Gilmore
Released: 1980-03-28

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle...

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Escape from Fort Bravo

as Captain Roper
Released: 1953-12-04

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

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Fedora

as Barry Detweiler
Released: 1978-06-29

An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star, whom he tries to...

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The Dark Past

as Al Walker
Released: 1948-12-22

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a...

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Union Station

as Lt. William Calhoun
Released: 1950-10-04

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union...

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Ashanti

as Jim Sandell
Released: 1979-02-21

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this...

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The 7th Dawn

as Major Ferris
Released: 1964-09-02

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of...

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Variety Girl

as William Holden
Released: 1947-08-29

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...

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The Christmas Tree

as Laurent Ségur
Released: 1969-09-25

A French-American millionaire, his girlfriend and his war buddy try to grant his dying son's...

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-25

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured...

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The Revengers

as John Benedict
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The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang...

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Golden Boy

as Joe Bonaparte
Released: 1939-09-05

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a...

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Submarine Command

as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
Released: 1951-11-01

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another...

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The Moon Is Blue

as Donald Gresham
Released: 1953-07-08

Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by...

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The Counterfeit Traitor

as Eric Erickson
Released: 1962-04-17

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of...

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Texas

as Dan Thomas
Released: 1941-10-09

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up....

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The Earthling

as Patrick Foley
Released: 1980-07-24

Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the...

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21 Hours at Munich

as Manfred Schreiber
Released: 1976-12-25

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in...

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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1993-08-11

Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant...

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The Lion

as Robert Hayward
Released: 1962-08-19

Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her...

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Executive Suite

as McDonald Walling
Released: 1954-04-30

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie...

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Rachel and the Stranger

as David “Big Davey" Harvey
Released: 1948-09-18

A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing...

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Father Is a Bachelor

as Johnny Rutledge
Released: 1950-02-22

Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids:...

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Our Town

as Georges Gibbs
Released: 1940-05-24

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life...

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William Holden: The Golden Boy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1989-12-13

It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-07-27

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling...

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Streets of Laredo

as Jim Dawkins
Released: 1949-05-27

Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from...

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Arizona

as Peter Muncie
Released: 1940-12-25

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine...

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Apartment for Peggy

as Jason Taylor
Released: 1948-09-30

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is...

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Those Were the Days!

as P. J. "Petey" Simmons
Released: 1940-07-14

At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman...

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Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Dick Richmond
Released: 1949-10-20

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up...

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Force of Arms

as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
Released: 1951-08-13

During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of...

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The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-11-21

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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-05-12

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...

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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

as Self
Released: 1958-01-01

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai...

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The Fleet's In

as Casey Kirby
Released: 1942-01-24

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a...

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Meet the Stewarts

as Michael "Mike" Stewart
Released: 1942-05-21

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

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Toward the Unknown

as Maj. Lincoln Bond
Released: 1956-09-27

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active...

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The World of Suzie Wong

as Robert Lomax
Released: 1960-11-10

A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.

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The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self - Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1968-12-19

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

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Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as (archive footage)
Released: 2002-11-26

A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for...

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Dear Ruth

as Lt. William Seacroft
Released: 1947-06-10

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth...

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Blaze of Noon

as Colin McDonald
Released: 1947-05-02

In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their...

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Open Season

as Hal Wolkowski
Released: 1974-08-01

Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic...

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Forever Female

as Stanley Krown
Released: 1953-11-28

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

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Invisible Stripes

as Tim Taylor
Released: 1939-12-30

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

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I Wanted Wings

as Al Ludlow
Released: 1941-03-26

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the...

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The Remarkable Andrew

as Andrew Long
Released: 1942-03-05

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city...

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Dear Wife

as Bill Seacroft
Released: 1949-11-15

In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill...

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Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown

as Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound)
Released: 1986-06-27

Charlie Brown is on the run from the Peanuts Gang after the Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on his...

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The Girl on The Roof

as A tourist
Released: 1953-12-16

A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy...

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The Blue Knight

as Bumper Morgan
Released: 1973-11-11

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after...

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Prison Farm

as Prisoner
Released: 1938-06-17

Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her...

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The Making of 'Network'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2006-02-28

An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

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Million Dollar Legs

as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
Released: 1939-07-13

At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But...

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Boots Malone

as Boots Malone
Released: 1952-01-11

An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.

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Satan Never Sleeps

as Father O'Banion
Released: 1962-02-22

A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1991-07-15

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress...

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Young and Willing

as Norman Reese
Released: 1943-02-05

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United...

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Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2006-09-16

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film...

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You Can Change The World

as Self
Released: 1950-02-25

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the...

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Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-01-13

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come...

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Reconnaissance Pilot

as Lt. Packard A. Cummings
Released: 1943-01-25

Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second...

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Wings Up

as Himself
Released: 1943-05-27

Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air...

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Sally's Beauty Spot

as Robert Lomax (archive footage)
Released: 1990-01-01

A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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I Love Lucy

as William Holden
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Jack Benny Program

as William Holden
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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