William Holden
William Holden was born in O'Fallon, Illinois, United States on April 17th, 1918 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 63, William Holden biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Career
Holden was uncredited in Prison Farm (1939) and Million Dollar Legs (1939) at
Based on a statement by George Ross of Billboard, William Holden, the lad who just signed for the coveted role in Golden Boy, was branded Bill Beadle [sic]. And here's how he got his new movie tag. Harold Winston, a Columbia lots assistant director and scout, is among the visitors. He was divorced from actress Gloria Holden but carried the torch after the marital split, not long ago. Winston was one of the Golden Boy newcomer and renamed him "in honor of his former wife""
Holden's first acting role was in Golden Boy (1939), costarring Barbara Stanwyck, in which he played a violinist-turned-boxer. The film was produced for Columbia University, which reached a compromise with Paramount for Holden's services.
Holden was still an unknown actor when he made Golden Boy, when Stanwyck was already a film actor. She loved Holden and went out of her way to help him succeed by devoting her personal time to teaching and encouraging him, which made them become lifelong friends. Holden had died in a crash only a few months before when she was presented with her Honorary Award at the 1982 Academy Award ceremony. "I loved him so much, and I miss him so much at the end of her acceptance address." He's always wished for an Oscar. So, tonight, my golden boy, you get your wish."
In the Warner Bros. epic Invisible Stripes (1939), billed below Raft and above Bogart, he appeared with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart.
He appeared in Those Were the Days with Bonita Granville in Paramount. (1940) was followed by George Gibbs' role in the film version of Our Town (1940), which was produced for Sol Lesser of United Artists.
Holden appeared in a Western with Jean Arthur (1940), and then with Ray Milland and Veronica Lake in I Wanted Wings (1941) at At He appeared in a huge war film.
In (1941) with Glenn Ford, he produced another Western, namely a musical comedy at Paraguay, and Betty Hutton.
He stayed at With Brian Donlevy (1942), he produced Meet the Stewarts (1943) at Columbia. Bracken and him were reunited in Young and Willing (1943).
During World War II, Holden served as a second and then first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force, where he appeared in training films for the First Motion Picture Unit, including Reconnaissance Pilot (1943).
Blaze of Noon (1947), an aviator film directed by John Farrow, was Holden's first film back from the services. Dear Ruth (1947), a romantic comedy, was followed by his brother, Rebecca (1947), and he was one of many cameos in Variety Girl (1947). Robert Mitchum and Loretta Young borrowed him for Rachel and the Stranger (1948). Holden appeared in Apartment for Peggy (1948), a twentieth-century Fox film. At Columbia, he appeared in film noirs The Dark Past (1948), The Man from Colorado (1949), and Father Is a Bachelor (1950). He did another Western, Streets of Laredo (1949). Columbia teamed him with Lucille Ball for Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949), as well as the sequel to Dear Ruth, Dear Wife (1949).
Holden's career began in 1950 when Billy Wilder recruited him to act a down-at-heel screenwriter starring Gloria Swanson (Gloria Swanson) in Sunset Boulevard. Holden received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for the role.
Holden was able to get the role but Montgomery Clift was initially cast but eventually backed out of his deal. "Bill Holden was a man I could have fallen in love with," Swanson later wrote. "He was flawless on and off-screen." "Bill was a complicated guy, a total honorable buddy," And Wilder said. He was a genuine celebrity. "Every woman was in love with him." In Union Station (1950), In Union Station, In 1967, He was reunited with Nancy Olson, one of his Sunset Boulevard costars.
In the big-screen version of the Broadway hit Born Yesterday (1950), Holden had another good time being cast as Judy Holliday's love interest. At Warner Bros. and Submarine Command (1951) at He made two more films with Olson: Force of Arms (1951) and Submarine Command (1951) at Paraphrasedoutput. Holden made a sports film at Columbia, Boots Malone (1952), then returned to Paramount for The Turning Point (1952).
Holden was reunited with Wilder in Stalag 17 (1953), for which Holden received the Academy Award for Best Actor. This herded in the peak of Holden's fame in the early years. David Niven performed The Moon Is Blue (1953), a huge success, due in part to controversy over the content of the film. He appeared on Forever Female (1953), a parody at Paramount, but not particularly popular. A Western at MGM, Escape From Fort Bravo (1953), did much better, and the all-star Executive Suite (1954) was a huge success.
Holden produced a third film with Wilder, Sabrina (1954), billed under Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. During the shooting, Holden and Hepburn became intimately involved, but Wilder became aware that Bill and Audrey were having an affair, which everyone knew."Well, not everybody!
I wasn't aware of it. 174 Bogart, Hepburn, and Holden's interactions made shooting less enjoyable, as Bogart wanted his wife, Lauren Bacall, to play Sabrina. Bogart was not particularly helpful toward Hepburn, who had no Hollywood experience, but Holden's reaction was the opposite, wrote biographer Michelangelo Capua.Holden recalls their romance:
Their friendship lasted much more than the film's conclusion. "I was in love with Audrey, but not marry me," Holden, who was at this point dependent on alcohol, said. Hepburn wanted a family at the time, but Holden told her that having a vaping exam and raising children was impossible, she moved forward. Hepburn married Mel Ferrer, who later married and with whom she had a son Sean Hepburn Ferrer a few months later.)
Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly, directed by George Seaton from a Clifford Odets play, received their third billing for The Country Girl (1954) with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. It was a big hit, as had The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), a Korean War drama starring Kelly.
Holden was on Life's cover in 1954. Holden appeared on I Love Lucy as himself on February 7, 1955. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), a best-selling book by Jennifer Jones, and Picnic (1955), as a drifter, in an William Inge version with Kim Novak, the golden run at the box office continued. Picnic was his last film under Columbia's deal.
Seaton's second film The Proud and Profane (1956), where Holden appeared with a moustache, was not as good. Neither did Toward the Unknown (1957), Holden's one film.
Holden was in David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) with Alec Guinness, his most well-known role as "Commander" Shears. His contract was deemed one of the best ever for an actor at the time, with him grossing 10% of the money, but Holden said he should only receive a maximum of $50,000 per year from the film.
For director Carol Reed, he made another war film for a British director, The Key (1958) with Trevor Howard and Sophia Loren. In John Ford's The Horse Soldiers (1959), opposite John Wayne, it was a box-office disappointment. Columbia will not be able to afford Holden's asking price of $750,000 to 10% of Navarone (1961); the amount Holden requested was not equal to the sum of money earned by the actor's salary was not even considered.
Holden's second attempt with Nancy Kwan on The World of Suzie Wong (1960) was shot in Hong Kong. Never Sleeps (1961), Clifton Webb and Leo McCarey's last film; or The Lion (1962), with Trevor Howard and Capucine, was less popular. Holden was shot in Africa and sparked Holden's obsession with the continent, which would be withheld for the remainder of his life.
Holden's films continued to fail at the box office, but Here Is Sizzle (1964), a Western, and The Devil's Brigade (1968) in Paris. He was also one of many characters in Feldman's Casino Royale (1967).
Holden made a comeback in 1969 as he appeared in director Sam Peckinpah's graphically violent Western The Wild Bunch, winning acclaim. Holden appeared in Terence Young's family film L'Arbre de Nol, co-starring Italian actress Virna Lisi and French actor Bourvil, based on Michel Bataille's book of the same name. This film was originally released in the United States as The Christmas Tree and on home video as When Wolves Cry. (1971) Holden made a Western with Ryan O'Neal and Blake Edwards, Wild Rovers. It was not particularly profitable. The Revengers (1972), another Western, was neither a poet nor a singer.
Holden received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie in 1974 for his portrayal of a cynical, tough veteran LAPD street cop in the television film The Blue Knight, based on the best-selling Joseph Wambaugh book of the same name.
Holden appeared in a Clint Eastwood film called Breezy, which was also a box-office flop. Holden appeared alongside Paul Newman and Steve McQueen in the critically acclaimed disaster film The Towering Inferno, which became a box-office smash and one of Holden's highest-grossing films.
He was recognized for his leading role in Sidney Lumet's classic Network (1976), an investigation into the media written by Paddy Chayefsky, but he was only now more jaded and aware of his own death. He appeared in 21 Hours in Munich (1976).
Holden's fourth and final film for Wilder (1978) was released. He followed it with Damien: Omen II (1978) and had a cameo in Escape to Athena (1978), which co-starred his true life love interest Stefanie Powers. Holden appeared in Ashanti (1979) and was third-billed in another disaster film, When Time Ran Out (1980), which was a flop. At the Australian outback and accompanying an orphanage, Holden appeared in The Earthling as a loner dying of cancer and accompanying an orphanage (Ricky Schroder). Holden did not appear in Jason Miller's film That Championship Season after his last film S.O.B.