William Holden
William Franklin Beedle Jr.
Birth Date
4/17/1918 (Age 63)Birth Place
O'Fallon, Illinois, USADeath Date
11/12/1981Departments
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.
Best Known For
Joe Gillis
Cmdr. Shears
Pike Bishop
Max Schumacher
Sgt. J.J. Sefton
Richard Thorn
Frequent Collaborators
Billy Wilder
8 films together
Sam Peckinpah
2 films together
Don Taylor
2 films together
Carl Foreman
2 films together
Richard Quine
2 films together
David Lean
1 film together
