William Holden

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AKA: William Franklin Beedle, Jr
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 04/17/1918
Birthplace: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Death Date: 11/16/1981

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
Barry Detweiler
1978
Max Schumacher
1976
Jim Duncan
1974
Ransome
1967
Richard Benson
1964
Major Kendall
1959
Sefton
1953
Joe Gillis
1950
Joe Bonaparte
1939
Narration
Jim Sandell
Wolkowski
Paul Verrall
Shelby Gilmore
Bernie Dodd
David Larrabee
Stanley Krown
Richard Thorn
Alvarez Kelly
Major Lincoln Bond
Lieutenant Colonel Colin Black
Robert Hayward
Pike Bishop
Frank Harmon
Lt Col Robert T Frederick
Ross Bodine
Patrick Foley
Eric Erickson
John Benedict
David Ross
McDonald Walling
Lieutenant Harry Brubaker
Ferris
Hal Carter
Father O'Banion

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
Continued

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