William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career (winning Best Actor in 1953 for "Stalag 17"), and also won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for "The Blue Knight" in 1974. He is also known for his roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), and "Network" (1976). 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.

Filmography

• 2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years — (archive footage)
• 1996Sad? — (archive footage)
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990Sally's Beauty Spot — Robert Lomax (archive footage)
• 1981S.O.B. — Tim Culley
• 1980The Earthling — Patrick Foley
• 1980When Time Ran Out... — Shelby Gilmore
• 1979Ashanti — Jim Sandell
• 1979Escape to Athena — POW (uncredited)
• 1978Damien - Omen II — Richard Thorn
• 1978Fedora — Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
• 197621 Hours at Munich — Manfred Schreiber
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• 1976Network — Max Schumacher
• 1974Open Season — Hal Wolkowski
• 1974The Towering Inferno — Jim Duncan
• 1973Breezy — Frank Harmon
• 1973The Blue Knight — Bumper Morgan
• The Blue Knight — Bumper Morgan
• 1972The Revengers — John Benedict
• 1971Wild Rovers — Ross Bodine
• 1969The Christmas Tree — Laurent Ségur
• 1969The Wild Bunch — Pike Bishop
• 1968The Devil's Brigade — Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
• 1967Casino Royale — Ransome
• 1966Alvarez Kelly — Alvarez Kelly
• 1964Paris When It Sizzles — Richard Benson
• 1964The 7th Dawn — Major Ferris
• 1962Satan Never Sleeps — Father O'Banion
• 1962The Counterfeit Traitor — Eric Erickson
• 1962The Lion — Robert Hayward
• 1960The World of Suzie Wong — Robert Lomax
• 1959The Horse Soldiers — Major 'Hank' Kendall
• 1958The Key — Capt. David Ross
• 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai — Cmdr. Shears
• 1956The Proud and Profane — Lt. Col. Colin Black
• 1956Toward the Unknown — Maj. Lincoln Bond
• 1955Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing — Mark Elliott
• 1955Picnic — Hal Carter
• 1954Executive Suite — McDonald Walling
• 1954Sabrina — David Larrabee
• 1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri — Lt. Harry Brubaker
• 1954The Country Girl — Bernie Dodd
• 1953Escape from Fort Bravo — Captain Roper
• 1953Forever Female — Stanley Krown
• 1953Stalag 17 — J.J. Sefton
• 1953The Girl on The Roof — A tourist
• 1953The Moon Is Blue — Donald Gresham
• 1952Boots Malone — Boots Malone
• 1952The Turning Point — Jerry McKibbon
• 1951Force of Arms — Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
• I Love Lucy — William Holden
• 1951Submarine Command — Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
• 1950Born Yesterday — Paul Verrall
• 1950Father Is a Bachelor — Johnny Rutledge
• 1950Sunset Boulevard — Joe Gillis
• The Jack Benny Program — William Holden
• 1950Union Station — Lt. William Calhoun
• 1949Dear Wife — Bill Seacroft
• 1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond — Dick Richmond
• 1949Streets of Laredo — Jim Dawkins
• 1948Apartment for Peggy — Jason Taylor
• 1948Rachel and the Stranger — David “Big Davey" Harvey
• 1948The Dark Past — Al Walker
• 1948The Man from Colorado — Capt. Del Stewart
• 1947Blaze of Noon — Colin McDonald
• 1947Dear Ruth — Lt. William Seacroft
• 1947Variety Girl — William Holden
• 1943Reconnaissance Pilot — Lt. Packard A. Cummings
• 1943Young and Willing — Norman Reese
• 1942Meet the Stewarts — Michael "Mike" Stewart
• 1942The Fleet's In — Casey Kirby
• 1942The Remarkable Andrew — Andrew Long
• 1941I Wanted Wings — Al Ludlow
• 1941Texas — Dan Thomas
• 1940Arizona — Peter Muncie
• 1940Our Town — Georges Gibbs
• 1940Those Were the Days! — P. J. "Petey" Simmons
• 1939Golden Boy — Joe Bonaparte
• 1939Invisible Stripes — Tim Taylor
• 1939Million Dollar Legs — Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)
• 1938Prison Farm — Prisoner

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2006The Making of 'Network' — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade — Self (archive footage)
• 2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)
• 1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered — Self (archive footage)
• 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)
• 1989William Holden: The Golden Boy — Self (archive footage)
• 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)
• Ciné regards — Self
• 1978Regie: Billy Wilder — Self
• 1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show — Self - Guest (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1962Lykke og krone — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1958...On Seeing Film — Self
• 1958The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
• The Oscars — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• 1950You Can Change The World — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1943Wings Up — Himself