William Holden

1918–1981 · American actor

William Franklin Holden was an American actor. He was an Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award winner, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times, and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.

William Holden, in order

1929 Weary River: acted · directed by Frank Lloyd · audiences 33%
1930 Not So Dumb: acted · directed by King Vidor
1931 The Man Who Came Back: acted · directed by Raoul Walsh
1939 Golden Boy: acted · directed by Rouben Mamoulian
1939 Invisible Stripes: acted · directed by Lloyd Bacon
1939 Million Dollar Legs: acted · directed by Edward Dmytryk and Nick Grinde
1940 Arizona: acted · directed by Wesley Ruggles
1940 Our Town: acted · directed by Sam Wood
1940 Those Were the Days!: acted · directed by Theodore Reed
1941 I Wanted Wings: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1941 Texas: acted · directed by George Marshall
1942 Meet the Stewarts: acted · directed by Alfred Edward Green
1942 The Fleet's In: acted · directed by Victor Schertzinger
1942 The Remarkable Andrew: acted · directed by Stuart Heisler
1943 Young and Willing: acted · directed by Edward H. Griffith and Virginia Van Upp
1947 Blaze of Noon: acted · directed by John Farrow
1947 Dear Ruth: acted · directed by William D. Russell
1947 Variety Girl: acted · directed by George Marshall
1948 Apartment for Peggy: acted · directed by George Seaton
1948 Rachel and the Stranger: acted · directed by Norman Foster
1948 The Dark Past: acted · directed by Rudolph Maté
1948 The Man from Colorado: acted · directed by Henry Levin
1949 Dear Wife: acted · directed by Richard Haydn
1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond: acted · directed by Lloyd Bacon
1950 Born Yesterday: acted · directed by George Cukor · critics 95%, audiences 85%
1950 Father Is a Bachelor: acted · directed by Abby Berlin and Norman Foster
1950 Streets of Laredo: acted · directed by Leslie Fenton
1950 Sunset Boulevard: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 98%, audiences 95% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
1950 Union Station: acted · directed by Rudolph Maté
1951 Force of Arms: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
1951 Submarine Command: acted · directed by John Farrow
1951 You Can Change the World (short film): acted · directed by Leo McCarey
1952 Boots Malone: acted · directed by William Dieterle
1952 The Turning Point: acted · directed by William Dieterle
1953 Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach: acted · directed by Otto Preminger
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo: acted · directed by John Sturges
1953 Forever Female: acted · directed by Irving Rapper
1953 Stalag 17: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 91%, audiences 92% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Tubi
1953 The Moon Is Blue: acted · directed by Otto Preminger
1954 Executive Suite: acted · directed by Robert Wise
1954 Sabrina: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 89%, audiences 89% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · critics 100%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri: acted · directed by Mark Robson
1954 The Country Girl: acted · directed by George Seaton
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing: acted · directed by Henry King
1955 Picnic: acted · directed by Joshua Logan
1956 The Proud and Profane: acted · directed by George Seaton
1956 Toward the Unknown: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai: acted · directed by David Lean · critics 96%, audiences 93% · streaming on YouTube (free)
1958 The Key: acted · directed by Carol Reed
1959 The Horse Soldiers: acted · directed by John Ford · critics 81%, audiences 75% · streaming on Hoopla, YouTube (free), Plex
1960 The World of Suzie Wong: acted · directed by Richard Quine
1962 Satan Never Sleeps: acted · directed by Claude Binyon and Leo McCarey
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor: acted · directed by George Seaton
1962 The Lion: acted · directed by Jack Cardiff
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up: acted · directed by Ken Murray and Rudy Behlmer · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
1964 Paris When It Sizzles: acted · directed by Richard Quine
1964 The 7th Dawn: acted · directed by Lewis Gilbert
1966 Alvarez Kelly: acted · directed by Edward Dmytryk · audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo
1967 Casino Royale: acted · directed by John Huston and Joseph McGrath · critics 28%, audiences 33% · streaming on Prime Video
1968 The Devil's Brigade: acted · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen · critics 57%, audiences 68% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
1969 The Christmas Tree: acted · directed by Terence Young
1969 The Wild Bunch: acted · directed by Sam Peckinpah · critics 90%, audiences 90%
1971 Wild Rovers: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 60%, audiences 46% · streaming on Tubi
1972 The Revengers: acted · directed by Daniel Mann · streaming on Plex, Tubi
1973 Breezy: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 63%, audiences 64%
1973 The Blue Knight (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Butler
1974 Open Season: acted · directed by Peter Collinson
1974 The Towering Inferno: acted · directed by John Guillermin · critics 69%, audiences 72% · streaming on Prime Video
1976 21 Hours at Munich (TV movie): acted · directed by William A. Graham
1976 Network: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 90%, audiences 93%
1978 Damien: Omen II: acted · directed by Don Taylor
1978 Fedora: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 69%, audiences 63%
1979 Ashanti: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
1979 Escape to Athena: acted · directed by George P. Cosmatos
1980 The Earthling: acted · directed by Peter Collinson
1980 When Time Ran Out: acted · directed by James Goldstone · critics 0%, audiences 21%
1981 S.O.B.: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 85%, audiences 63% · streaming on TCM