William Holden

Name: William Holden
Date of Birth: April 17, 1918
Place of Birth: O'Fallon, Illinois, USA

Mini-bio: William Holden came from a wealthy family (the Beedles) that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. His father William Franklin Beedle was an industrial chemist and his mother Mary Blanche ...( read more)

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William Holden mini-bio: William Holden came from a wealthy family (the Beedles) that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. His father William Franklin Beedle was an industrial chemist and his mother Mary Blanche Ball a teacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior College, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first starring role was as a young man torn between the violin and boxing in Golden Boy (1939). From then on he was typecast as the boy-next-door. After returning from World War II military service, he got two very important roles: Joe Gillis, the gigolo, in Sunset Blvd. (1950), and the tutor in Born Yesterday (1950). These were followed by his Oscar-winning role as the cynical sergeant in Stalag 17 (1953). He stayed popular through the 1950s, appearing in such films as Picnic (1955). He spent much of his later time as co-owner of the Mount Kenya Safari Club, dividing his time between Africa and Switzerland.

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Iordvader

Nov 16 1981

Actor William Holden dies after a fall, hitting his head on a table. He is too drunk to telephone for assistance; instead he bleeds to death while dabbing his serious wound with Kleenex.

posted 229 days ago
xxclaudiaxx2k6

wahoo im first!

William Holden was gorgeous and so relaxed when acintg, Complete natural, one of the best.

Sunset Boulevard, Stalag 17( which her won an Oscar for) and Sabrina are great movies which he was in.

if you havent seen his films,watch them! they are fab and his performance's are just spot on

posted 503 days ago