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| Birth name: William Franklin Beedle Jr. |
| Birth date: 17.04.1918 |
William Holden came from a wealthy family (the Beedles) that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. His father was an industrial chemist and his mother a teacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior College, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first starring role was as a young man torn between the violin and boxing in Golden Boy (1939). From then on he was typecast as the boy-next-door.
After returning from World War II military service, he got two very important roles: Joe Gillis, the gigolo, in Sunset Blvd. (1950), and the tutor in Born Yesterday (1950). These were followed by his Oscar-winning role as the cynical sergeant in Stalag 17 (1953). He stayed popular through the 1950s, appearing in such films as Picnic (1955). He spent much of his later time as co-owner of the Mount Kenya Safari Club, dividing his time between Africa and Switzerland. |
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Filmography |
# S.O.B. (1981) .... Tim Culley
# The Earthling (1980) .... Patrick Foley
# When Time Ran Out... (1980) .... Shelby Gilmore
... aka The Day the World Ended (Philippines: English title) (USA: video title)
... aka Earth's Final Fury (USA: TV title)
# Ashanti (1979) .... Jim Sandell
... aka Ashanti, Land of No Mercy
# Escape to Athena (1979) (uncredited) .... Prisoner smoking a cigar in prison camp
# Damien: Omen II (1978) .... Richard Thorn
... aka Omen II
... aka Omen II: Damien (reissue title)
# Fedora (1978) .... Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler
... aka Fedora (West Germany)
# Network movie download page (1976) .... Max Schumacher
# 21 Hours at Munich (1976) (TV) .... Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber
# The Towering Inferno (1974) .... James Duncan
# Open Season movie download page (1974) .... Wolkowski
... aka Cazadores, Los (Spain)
... aka The Recon Game
# Breezy (1973) .... Frank Harmon
# The Blue Knight (1973) (TV) .... Bumper Morgan
# The Revengers (1972) .... John Benedict
... aka Vengadores, Los (Mexico)
# Wild Rovers (1971) .... Ross Bodine
# Arbre de Noël, L' (1969) .... Laurent Ségur
... aka Albero di Natale, L' (Italy)
... aka The Christmas Tree (USA)
... aka When Wolves Cry (USA: video title)
# The Wild Bunch (1969) .... Pike Bishop
# The Devil's Brigade (1968) .... Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick
# Casino Royale (1967) .... Ransome
... aka Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale
# Alvarez Kelly (1966) .... Alvarez Kelly
# The 7th Dawn (1964) .... Ferris
# Paris - When It Sizzles (1964) .... Richard Benson/Rick
... aka Together in Paris (USA)
# The Lion (1962) .... Robert Hayward
# The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) .... Eric Erickson
# Satan Never Sleeps (1962) .... Father O'Banion
... aka Flight from Terror
... aka The Devil Never Sleeps (UK)
# The World of Suzie Wong (1960) .... Robert Lomax
# The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Maj. Henry 'Hank' Kendall (regimental surgeon)
# The Key movie download page (1958) .... Capt. David Ross
# The Bridge on the River Kwai movie download page (1957) .... Cmdr. Shears
# Toward the Unknown (1956) .... Maj. Lincoln Bond
... aka Brink of Hell (UK)
# The Proud and Profane (1956) .... Lt. Col. Colin Black
# Picnic (1955) .... Hal Carter
# Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) .... Mark Elliott
# The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955) .... Lt. Harry Brubaker
# The Country Girl (1954) .... Bernie Dodd
# Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I) (uncredited) .... Narrator in original US version
... aka Master Swordsman
... aka Musashi Miyamoto (USA: video title)
... aka Samurai
... aka Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto
... aka The Legend of Musashi
# Sabrina (1954) .... David Larrabee
... aka Sabrina Fair (UK)
# Executive Suite (1954) .... McDonald Walling
# Jungfrau auf dem Dach, Die (1953) .... Tourist
# Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) .... Capt. Roper
... aka Fort Bravo (USA: closing credits title)
# Forever Female (1953) .... Stanley Krown
# The Moon Is Blue (1953) .... Donald Gresham
# Stalag 17 movie download page (1953) .... Sefton
# The Turning Point (1952) .... Jerry McKibbon
# Boots Malone (1952) .... Boots Malone
# Submarine Command (1951) .... Lt. Cmdr. Ken White
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
# Force of Arms (1951) .... Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson
... aka A Girl for Joe (USA: reissue title)
# Born Yesterday (1950) .... Paul Verrall
# Union Station (1950) .... Det. Lt. William Calhoun
# Sunset Blvd. (1950) .... Joe Gillis
... aka Sunset Boulevard (UK) (USA: alternative spelling)
# Father Is a Bachelor (1950) .... Johnny Rutledge
# Dear Wife (1949) .... Bill Seacroft
# Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) .... Dick Richmond
... aka Innocence Is Bliss (UK)
# Streets of Laredo (1949) .... Jim Dawkins
# The Dark Past (1948) .... Al Walker
# Apartment for Peggy (1948) .... Jason
# Rachel and the Stranger (1948) .... David Harvey
# The Man from Colorado (1948) .... Capt. Del Stewart
# Dear Ruth (1947) .... Lt. William Seacroft
# Blaze of Noon (1947) .... Colin McDonald
# Young and Willing (1943) .... Norman Reese
... aka Out of the Frying Pan
# Meet the Stewarts (1942) .... Michael Stewart
# The Remarkable Andrew (1942) .... Andrew Long
# The Fleet's In (1942) .... Casey Kirby
# Texas (1941) .... Dan Thomas
# I Wanted Wings (1941) .... Al Ludlow
# Arizona (1940) .... Peter Muncie
# Those Were the Days! (1940) .... P.J. 'Petey' Simmons
... aka At Good Old Siwash
... aka Good Old Schooldays (UK)
# Our Town (1940) .... George Gibbs
# Invisible Stripes (1939) .... Tim Taylor
# Golden Boy (1939) .... Joe Bonaparte
# Million Dollar Legs (1939) (uncredited) .... Graduate
# Prison Farm (1938) (uncredited) .... Prisoner |
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