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Personal life. In 1960, he lived in Paris, France in a flat on the Left Bank. Although he adopted the French culture and dialect quite rapidly, he maintained his reputation for being "as American as apple pie." During the late 1970s, he served as the national honorary chairman for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
Ruggedly handsome, slack-jawed actor Earl Holliman was born on September 11, 1928, in northeastern Louisiana amid meager surroundings. His father, a farmer named William Frost, died several months before Earl's birth, forcing his poverty-stricken mother to give up seven of her ten children.
Discover 14 intriguing facts about the enigmatic Earl Holliman in this captivating article. Uncover the lesser-known aspects of his impressive career and personal life.
Sep 29, 2020 · Holliman had his first solid Western role in 1953 as one of Spencer Tracy’s sons—along with Richard Widmark and Hugh O’Brian, all teaming against “half-breed” brother Robert Wagner—in Broken Lance. “I was a big fan of Spencer Tracy and [his longtime love] Katharine Hepburn. He was very kind to me.”.
He was adopted as a baby by an oil-field worker named Henry Earl Holliman and his waitress wife Velma, growing up in the Louisiana and Arkansas areas. Though Henry died when Earl was 13, the adoptive parents were a source of happiness and inspiration growing up.
Jul 6, 2010 · Earl is kind hearted, sentimental and inspiring to all that know and love him. I've never met him in person but he is my friend for life and I'd do anything in this world for him. We all could...
Aug 22, 2015 · He was one of the Earp brothers, brave lawmen in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and a sniveling coward guilty of murdering and raping lawman Kirk Douglas’s wife in Last Train from Gun Hill.
