William Holden

Guide Note

William Holden was an American film actor. He was named one of the "Top 10 stars of the year" six times (1954-1958, 1961). ¹

Fast Facts

1. Birth name: William Franklin Beedle, Jr ²
2. Born: April 17, 1918 ²
3. Birth place: O' Fallon Illinois, USA ²
4. Spouse: Brenda Marshall (1941-1971) (divorced)
5. Children: Peter Westfield and Scott Porter
6. His first starring role was Golden Boy ¹
7. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in the film Stalag 17 ¹

Notable Roles

• Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy (1939)
• P.J. 'Petey' Simmons in Those Were the Days! (1940)
• Norman Reese in Young and Willing (1943)
• Colin McDonald in Blaze of Noon (1947)
• David Harvey in Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
• Joe Gillis in Sunset Blvd.(1950)
• Boots Malone in Boots Malone (1952)
• Sgt. J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)
• Foverever Female in Stanley Krown (1954)
• David Larrabee in Sabrina (1954)
• Max Schumacher in Network (1976)
• Tim Culley in S.O.B. (1981)

Quotes

I believe lovemaking is a private thing, and I don't enjoy depictions of it on the screen. But I have to go by what the audience accepts as normalcy in today's world. And Network is no Deep Throat. ³

I walked out after the first act. I just didn't find it very exiting. And I thought Sefton was just a con man without any motivation for the deals he's pulling. ³

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