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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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Nov 8, 2021 · 1. He Loved Adventure. The tiny town of O’Fallon, Illinois welcomed the birth of William Franklin Beedle Jr.—known to us as William Holden—on April 17, 1918. Holden grew up surrounded by his close-knit family and grew to be a lively young boy that was constantly on the move.
William Holden. William Holden (April 17, 1918 - November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was born in O'Fallon, Illinois on April 17 1918 and moved to South Pasadena, California when he was three. He was a star during the golden age of Hollywood. He began his career western movies, including Arizona and Texas.
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- William Franklin Beedle, Jr., April 17, 1918, O'Fallon, Illinois, U.S.
- November 12, 1981 (aged 63), Santa Monica, California, U.S.
William Franklin Holden 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).
Conservationist. William Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr., in O'Fallon, Illinois, son of William Franklin Beedle (1891–1967), an industrial chemist, and his wife Mary Blanche Ball (1898–1990), a schoolteacher. He had two younger brothers, Robert Westfield Beedle (1921–1944) and Richard P. Beedle (1924–1964).
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Nov 12, 2021 · On or around Nov. 12, 1981, William Holden drunkenly slipped on a rug and hit his head against a table. He bled to death from a forehead wound. Really. That’s the true story. Still, I feel in my ...
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden 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 ...
