William Holden

AKA:
William Franklin Beedle
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
04/17/1918
Birthplace:
O'Fallon, Illinois
Death Date:
11/16/1981
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biography
Few Hollywood actors have conveyed spiritual and physical pain with the charismatic authority of William Holden. This scion of a wealthy family in the chemical business first registered in films as a clean-cut, affably handsome lead in the 1940s and he matured into more rough and tumble roles. Along the way his earnest qualities yielded to cynicism, perhaps most notably for writer-director Billy Wilder in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) and in his Oscar-winning performance in "Stalag 17" (1953). Over the years, the rigors of life and drink re-sculpted his features into an expressive leather that Continued
Credits
Tim Culley
1981
Max Schumacher
1976
Jim Duncan
1974
Ransome
1967
Major Kendall
1959
Sefton
1953
Joe Gillis
1950
Narration
Jim Sandell
Wolkowski
Bernie Dodd
David Larrabee
Joe Bonaparte
1939
Paul Verrall
Shelby Gilmore
Stanley Krown
Barry Detweiler
1978
Lieutenant Harry Brubaker
Father O'Banion
Alvarez Kelly
Hal Carter
McDonald Walling
David Ross
Major Lincoln Bond
Lieutenant Colonel Colin Black
Ross Bodine
Frank Harmon
John Benedict
Richard Benson
1964
Lt Col Robert T Frederick
Pike Bishop
Eric Erickson
Richard Thorn
Patrick Foley
Robert Hayward
Ferris
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Began acting as college student
 
Recruited by Paramount talent scout
1938 
Debut as extra in "Prison Farm"
1939 
Film acting debut in "Golden Boy"
 
Served in WWII; returned as lieutenant in Army
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