William Holden

Biography

William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden 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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

as Joe Gillis

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Cmdr. Shears

Network

as Max Schumacher

Sabrina

as David Larrabee

The Wild Bunch

as Pike Bishop

The Towering Inferno

as Jim Duncan

Casino Royale

as Ransome

Damien – Omen II

as Richard Thorn

Stalag 17

as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

The Horse Soldiers

as Major 'Hank' Kendall