William Holden - Actor Profile

William Holden

50Movies
8.3 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2006 Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Self - Actor (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Self (archive footage) ★ 7.8 HIT
2002 Edith Head: The Paramount Years (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2000 The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Self (archive footage) ★ 6.3 FLOP
1997 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 7.7 HIT
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 HIT
1986 Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown Charlie Brown (voice) (archive sound) ★ 6.3 FLOP
1980 The Earthling Patrick Foley ★ 6.2 FLOP
1978 Fedora Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler ★ 6.7 HIT
1978 Damien - Omen II Richard Thorn ★ 6.4 FLOP
1976 21 Hours at Munich Manfred Schreiber ★ 6.2 FLOP
1976 Network Max Schumacher ★ 7.8 HIT
1974 The Towering Inferno Jim Duncan ★ 7.0 HIT
1973 Breezy Frank Harmon ★ 6.8 HIT
1971 Wild Rovers Ross Bodine ★ 6.2 FLOP
1969 The Wild Bunch Pike Bishop ★ 7.6 HIT
1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show Self - Guest (uncredited) ★ 7.6 HIT
1968 The Devil's Brigade Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick ★ 6.3 FLOP
1964 The 7th Dawn Major Ferris ★ 6.5 HIT
1964 Paris When It Sizzles Richard Benson ★ 6.3 FLOP
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor Eric Erickson ★ 6.4 FLOP
1960 The World of Suzie Wong Robert Lomax ★ 6.4 FLOP
1959 The Horse Soldiers Major 'Hank' Kendall ★ 6.9 HIT
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Cmdr. Shears ★ 7.8 HIT
1956 The Proud and Profane Lt. Col. Colin Black ★ 6.2 FLOP
1955 Picnic Hal Carter ★ 6.3 FLOP
1954 The Country Girl Bernie Dodd ★ 6.9 HIT
1954 Sabrina David Larrabee ★ 7.5 HIT
1954 Executive Suite McDonald Walling ★ 7.0 HIT
1953 Forever Female Stanley Krown ★ 6.9 HIT
1953 The Moon Is Blue Donald Gresham ★ 6.2 FLOP
1953 Stalag 17 Sgt. J.J. Sefton ★ 7.7 HIT
1952 The Turning Point Jerry McKibbon ★ 6.2 FLOP
1952 Boots Malone Boots Malone ★ 7.5 HIT
1951 Force of Arms Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson ★ 6.4 FLOP
1950 Born Yesterday Paul Verrall ★ 7.2 HIT
1950 Union Station Lt. William Calhoun ★ 6.4 FLOP
1950 Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis ★ 8.3 HIT
1950 Father Is a Bachelor Johnny Rutledge ★ 7.4 HIT
1948 Apartment for Peggy Jason Taylor ★ 8.1 HIT
1948 Rachel and the Stranger David “Big Davey" Harvey ★ 6.3 FLOP
1948 The Man from Colorado Capt. Del Stewart ★ 6.7 HIT
1947 Dear Ruth Lt. William Seacroft ★ 6.6 HIT
1942 The Remarkable Andrew Andrew Long ★ 6.8 HIT
1942 The Fleet's In Casey Kirby ★ 7.0 HIT
1941 Texas Dan Thomas ★ 6.5 HIT
1940 Arizona Peter Muncie ★ 6.3 FLOP
1939 Golden Boy Joe Bonaparte ★ 6.4 FLOP