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William Holden

William Holden

American actor

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Birthdate
April 17, 1918
Birthplace
O'Fallon, Illinois
O'Fallon, Illinois
Date of Death
November 12, 1981
Place of Death
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California
Educated at
Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College
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South Pasadena High School
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Actor
Actor

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Birth Name
William Franklin Beedle
Genre
Western (genre)
Western (genre)
Wikidata ID
Q95002

William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – body found November 16, 1981) was an American actor, 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 Series or Movie for the television film The Blue Knight (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.

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