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William Holden

17 Apr, 1918 in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article William Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also Known As:

William Franklin Beedle Jr.

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Stalag 17
77% (1953)
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Network
79% (1976)
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Our Town
57% (1940)
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S.O.B.
59% (1981)
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Breezy
69% (1973)
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Arizona
61% (1940)
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Picnic
63% (1955)
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Fedora
68% (1978)
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Texas
65% (1941)
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Ashanti
58% (1979)
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The Key
60% (1958)
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Dear Wife
60% (1949)
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Boots Malone
75% (1952)
Sad?
62% (1996)
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Prison Farm
57% (1938)