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




