Acting

William Holden

Born April 17, 1918 · O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Died November 12, 1981 · aged 63

William Holden 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

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno · 1974

The Towering Inferno

MovieActionDrama

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Network

Network · 1976

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Sabrina

Sabrina · 1954

MovieComedyRomance

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai · 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

MovieDramaHistory

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch · 1969

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Damien - Omen II

Damien - Omen II · 1978

Damien - Omen II

MovieHorrorThriller

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale · 1967

MovieAdventureAction

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Filmography

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Joe Gillis

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno · 1974

The Towering Inferno

MovieActionDrama

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Jim Duncan

Network

Network · 1976

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Max Schumacher

Sabrina

Sabrina · 1954

MovieComedyRomance

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

David Larrabee

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai · 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

MovieDramaHistory

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

Cmdr. Shears

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch · 1969

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Pike Bishop

Damien - Omen II

Damien - Omen II · 1978

Damien - Omen II

MovieHorrorThriller

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

Richard Thorn

Casino Royale

Casino Royale · 1967

MovieAdventureAction

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Ransome

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers · 1959

The Horse Soldiers

MovieWesternWar

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Major 'Hank' Kendall

Stalag 17

Stalag 17 · 1953

MovieComedyDrama

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

J.J. Sefton

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade · 1968

The Devil's Brigade

MovieActionDrama

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Fedora

MovieDramaMystery

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Paris When It Sizzles

Paris When It Sizzles · 1964

Paris When It Sizzles

MovieRomanceComedy

Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been in Paris supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him finish on time.

Richard Benson

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri · 1954

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.

Lt. Harry Brubaker

Picnic

MovieDramaRomance

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

Hal Carter

Escape to Athena

Escape to Athena · 1979

Escape to Athena

MovieAdventureComedy

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.

POW (uncredited)

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo · 1953

Escape from Fort Bravo

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

Captain Roper

Texas

MovieDramaRomance

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Dan Thomas

Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday · 1950

MovieComedyRomance

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

Paul Verrall

Breezy

MovieDramaRomance

A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.

Frank Harmon

The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong · 1960

The World of Suzie Wong

MovieDramaRomance

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

Robert Lomax

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing · 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

MovieDramaRomance

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

Mark Elliott

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor · 1962

The Counterfeit Traitor

MovieWarThriller

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

Eric Erickson

The Country Girl

The Country Girl · 1954

The Country Girl

An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.

Bernie Dodd

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy · 1951

SeriesComedyFamily

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

William Holden

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program · 1950

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

William Holden

The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight · 1973

The Blue Knight

SeriesCrimeMystery

Bumper Morgan is a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department who is scheduled to retire in a week. Before he leaves, he must work on the murder of a prostitute in one of LA's far corners. Along the way, he must grapple with vicious thugs, his fellow officers who feel mixed about his retiring, and his woman who wants him to leave the streets.

Bumper Morgan