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  1. Dec 27, 2022 · In the opening scene of the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard," the cynical screenwriter turned gigolo Joe Gillis lies floating in a swimming pool, blood seeping from his lifeless body. Thirty-one years later, the actor who played Gillis, William Holden, met his end. But it wasn't a bullet from the gun of an aging movie queen that tragically ended ...

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  2. William Franklin Holden (né 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 or Anthology Series or Movie for the television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).

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  4. Apr 4, 2021 · ‘Hart to Hart’ star Stefanie Powers recalls her relationship with William Holden: ‘We were soulmates’ The Oscar-winning actor passed away in 1981 at age 63 By Stephanie Nolasco Fox News

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  5. Academy Award. Actor. Stalag 17. Winner. US. Get breaking news and the latest updates on William Holden, plus photos, video, background, and more.

    • April 17, 1918
    • O'Fallon, Illinois, United States
    • 5'11" (1.80m)
    • $20 million
  6. Nov 17, 1981 · William Holden, the film star who won an Oscar in 1953 for his role in ''Stalag 17'' and who represented the manly, straightforward, romantic figure during a career of more than 40 years, was...

  7. Nov 12, 2021 · On Nov. 12, 1981, William Holden died while running through Central Park with his hands in his pockets. An unruly tree stump — or was it a warped cobblestone? — caught his foot, and he fell on...

  8. William Holden. Actor: Stalag 17. 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, Mary Blanche (Ball ...

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