From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.

Filmography

• 2000The Perfect Tenant — Arthur Michaels
• 1999Bad City Blues — Joe Gags
• Night Man — Frank Dominus
• 1997Nightman — Frank Dominus
• Caroline in the City — Fred Duffy
• Delta — Darden Towe
• The Larry Sanders Show — Earl Holliman
• P.S. I Luv U — Matthew Durning
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Milton (voice)
• In the Heat of the Night — Dr. Lambert
• 1987American Harvest — Krab Hogan
• 1987Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge — Jake Flagg
• 1986Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs — Kim's Father
• Murder, She Wrote — Sheriff J.T. Tanner, Wayne Platte
• The Thorn Birds — Luddie Mueller
• 1982Country Gold — Wade Purcell
• Hotel — Owen McDermott
• 1981Sharky's Machine — Donald Hotchkins
• 1980Where the Ladies Go — Buck
• 1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff — Ed Eckles
• 1979The Solitary Man — Dave Keyes
• 1977Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn — Ray Church
• CHiPs — Earl Holliman (uncredited)
• 1974Cry Panic — Sheriff Ross Cabot
• 1974I Love You...Good-bye — Tom Chandler
• Police Woman — Lt. Bill Crowley
• 1974Trapped — David Moore
• Police Story
• 1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster — Cal Winslow
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War — Harry Donner
• 1972The Biscuit Eater — Harve McNeil
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco — Chris Conway
• Alias Smith and Jones — Wheat
• 1971Cannon — Magruder
• 1971Montserrat — Luhan
• 1971The Day They Hanged Kid Curry — Wheat
• 1970Smoke — Cal Finch
• 1970Tribes — DePayster
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Father Hugh
• Medical Center — Brent, Dr. Ian Hayton
• 1969The Desperate Mission — Shad Clay
• 1968Anzio — Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler
• It Takes a Thief — Major Arlin McCoy
• 1968The Power — Talbot Scott
• 1967A Covenant with Death — Brian Talbot
• Custer
• Ironside — Gordy Brokaw
• Judd, for the Defense
• The F.B.I. — Robert Charles Porter, Drake Faron, Walker Carr, Frank Rodman
• 1965The Sons of Katie Elder — Matt Elder
• 12 O'Clock High — Lt. Paul Stiger
• The Fugitive — Charley Judd
• The Great Adventure — Will Cross
• The Virginian — Wiley
• The Wide Country
• 1961Armored Command — Mike
• Bus Stop — Allan Stumbo
• Dr. Kildare — Capt. Bob Hill
• 1961Summer and Smoke — Archie Kramer
• 1961Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed — Webster
• Checkmate — Jack Quentin
• 1960Visit to a Small Planet — Conrad
• Bonanza — Sherman Clegg
• Hotel de Paree
• 1959Last Train from Gun Hill — Rick Belden, Craig's Son
• 1959The Trap — Tippy Anderson
• The Twilight Zone — Mike Ferris
• 1958Hot Spell — Buddy Duval
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957Don't Go Near the Water — Adam Garrett
• 1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett
• 1957The Dark Side of the Earth — Capt. Volodney
• 1957Trooper Hook — Jeff Bennett
• 1956Forbidden Planet — Cookie
• 1956Giant — Bob Dace
• 1956The Burning Hills — Morton Bayliss
• 1956The Rainmaker — Jim Curry
• Gunsmoke — Will, Hackett, Boone Shadler
• 1955I Died a Thousand Times — Red
• Matinee Theater
• 1955The Big Combo — Mingo
• 1954Broken Lance — Denny Devereaux
• 1954Tennessee Champ — Happy Jackfield
• 1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri — Nestor Gamidge
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Cal Finch, Cal Winslow
• 1953Destination Gobi — Frank Swenson (uncredited)
• 1953Devil's Canyon — Prisoner
• 1953East of Sumatra — Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman)
• General Electric Theater — David Seymour
• 1953Scared Stiff — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1953The Girls of Pleasure Island — Marine (uncredited)
• 1952Pony Soldier — Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• Studio One — Wayne Pilgrim
• Kraft Television Theatre — Danny Smith

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2021Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission — Self
• 2015Children of 'Giant' — Self
• 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet — Self
• 2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon — Self
• 1998Memories of Giant — Self
• 1996Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach — Self
• 1996Return to 'Giant' — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self (uncredited)
• People's Choice Awards — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Lux Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Audience Member