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Apr 13, 2024 · William Holden was an Oscar-winning performer who starred in dozens of movies, remaining active until his untimely death in 1981. But how many of his titles remain classics? Let’s take a look ...
William Holden was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954, and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the top stars of the 1950s, he was named one of the “Top 10 stars of the year” six times and appeared on the American Film Institute’s AFI’s […]
Dec 10, 2018 · William Holden was an American actor who was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s through the 1970s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in Stalag 17, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the 1973 television film The Blue Knight.
William Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. on April 17th, 1918, the eldest of three sons, in O'Fallon, Illinois. The family was wealthy and when William was three his father bought a fertilizer business in South Pasadena, California, where the young Holden thrived in the sunshine which perfectly suited his love of sports and the outdoors.
Actor. Born April 17, 1918 in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA. Billy Wilder proclaimed William Holden to be "the ideal motion picture actor". For almost four decades, the handsome, affable 'Golden Holden' was among Hollywood's most durable and engaging stars. He was born William Franklin Beedle Jr., one of three sons to a high school English teacher ...
Nov 17, 1981 · Holden was born William Franklin Beedle Jr. on April 17, 1918, in O’Fallon, Ill. His father, a chemist, moved his family to Pasadena when William Jr. was very young. The boy went to school in ...
Apr 17, 2018 · William Holden’s death in 1981, aged just 63, carried the sting of inevitability following his long battle with alcohol abuse.Hitting his head on a table in his apartment while drunk, his demise was all the more tragic given the career renaissance of his last decade or so.
