William Holden
William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film The Blue Knight (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
William Holden: The Golden Boy
S.O.B.
The Earthling
When Time Ran Out...
Ashanti
Fedora
Damien - Omen II- RERegie: Billy Wilder
21 Hours at Munich
Network
The Towering Inferno
Open Season
Breezy
The Blue Knight
Wild Rovers
The Wild Bunch
The Devil's Brigade
Casino Royale
Alvarez Kelly
The 7th Dawn
Paris When It Sizzles
The Lion
The Counterfeit Traitor
Satan Never Sleeps
The World of Suzie Wong
The Horse Soldiers
The Key
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Toward the Unknown
The Proud and Profane
Picnic
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Country Girl
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Sabrina
Executive Suite
The Girl on The Roof
Escape from Fort Bravo
Forever Female
The Moon Is Blue
Stalag 17
The Turning Point
Boots Malone
Submarine Command
Born Yesterday
Union Station
Sunset Boulevard
You Can Change The World
Father Is a Bachelor
Dear Wife
Streets of Laredo
The Dark Past
Apartment for Peggy
Rachel and the Stranger
The Man from Colorado
Variety Girl
Dear Ruth
Blaze of Noon
Wings Up
Young and Willing
Meet the Stewarts
Texas
Arizona
Those Were the Days!
Our Town
Charlie Chan Carries On
Dance, Fools, Dance
Holiday
Not So Dumb
Weary River
The Trespasser