Acting

William Holden

1918–1981 · Acting

66.7avg grm

13titles

#31best rank

3honors

best title · #31 on siteSunset Boulevard1950 · as Joe Gillis83.9

Honors

3

1954Academy Award — Best Actor

1974Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

William Holden 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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1970s1 title

Network1976 · as Max Schumacher78.4

1960s2 titles

The Wild Bunch1969 · as Pike78.8 C

The Counterfeit Traitor1962 · as Eric Erickson57.3

1950s8 titles

The Horse Soldiers1959 · as Maj. Henry Kendall52.9 B

The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Shears80.5 S

Sabrina1954 · as David Larrabee73.8 E

Executive Suite1954 · as McDonald Walling57.0 C

The Country Girl1954 · as Bernie Dodd54.7 S

Stalag 171953 · as Sgt. J.J. Sefton77.7 S

Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Joe Gillis83.9 B

Born Yesterday1950 · as Paul Verrall57.9

1940s2 titles

Apartment for Peggy1948 · as Jason Taylor57.5 D

Dear Ruth1947 · as Lt. William Seacroft57.2

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William Holden

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born1918

died1981

known forActing

titles on site13

best title rank#31 · Sunset Boulevard (1950)

avg GRM66.7

honors3 · Academy Award — Best Actor, 1954

William Holden 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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1970s

1 title

78.4Network1976 · as Max Schumacher

1960s

2 titles

78.8The Wild Bunch1969 · as Pike C

57.3The Counterfeit Traitor1962 · as Eric Erickson

1950s

8 titles

52.9The Horse Soldiers1959 · as Maj. Henry Kendall B

80.5The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Shears S

73.8Sabrina1954 · as David Larrabee E

57.0Executive Suite1954 · as McDonald Walling C

54.7The Country Girl1954 · as Bernie Dodd S

77.7Stalag 171953 · as Sgt. J.J. Sefton S

83.9Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Joe Gillis B

57.9Born Yesterday1950 · as Paul Verrall

1940s

2 titles

57.5Apartment for Peggy1948 · as Jason Taylor D

57.2Dear Ruth1947 · as Lt. William Seacroft

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