William Holden
Actor
- Golden Boy (1939)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck
- William Holden, in his starring debut, plays a gifted youth who trades off a promising career as a musician to make it as a boxer.
- Our Town (1940)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Frank Craven, William Holden, Martha Scott
- Affectionate study of small–town American life, set in New Hampshire over a twelve year period. Frank Craven narrates our tour of the community…
- Arizona (1940)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
- Epic frontier Western set in Tuscon, Arizona in early 1860's, where an independent, tough–as–nails pioneer woman aspires to be a cattle…
- Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum
- Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
- Streets of Laredo (1949)
- Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman…
- Middling western with Holden as an outlaw who separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit…
- Man from Colorado, The (1949)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew
- Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
- Born Yesterday (1950)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
- Judy Holliday won an Oscar for her role as the 'dumb' blonde mistress of a ruthless tycoon who takes up English lessons, falls for her teacher, then…
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim…
- Faded screen vamp Gloria Swanson and screenwriter William Holden exploit each other mercilessly in this searing dissection of Hollywood decadence,…
- Stalag 17 (1952)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger…
- Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
- Moon is Blue, The (1953)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
- Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
- Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. William Holden, Grace Kelly
- Ace pilot William Holden is out to destroy the 'impossible' target in this excellent Korean War thriller.
- Country Girl, The (1954)
- Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
- Bing Crosby sobers up to play an alcoholic has–been actor aided to make a comeback by wife Grace Kelly and pal William Holden.
- Sabrina (1954)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden
- Cinderella–ish comic yarn with a dream cast and director. Audrey Hepburn plays a humble chauffeur's daughter who wins the affections of noble…
- Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing (1955)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. William Holden, Jennifer Jones
- Romantic splendour set in Hong Kong at the time of the Korean war about a married US war correspondent who embarks on a forbidden love affair.
- Picnic (1955)
- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, William Holden…
- Epitome of the 50s smalltown melodrama has the sultry Kim Novak relieved of boyfriend Cliff Robertson and the general Mid–West tedium, by…
- Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
- Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…
- Key, The (1958)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard
- Captivating WW2 drama set around a Londonite lady (played with restrained elegance by Sophia Loren) whose liaisons with war sea captains over the…
- Horse Soldiers, The (1959)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers
- Set around a Yankee incursion into Rebel territory during the American Civil War, this rates about average against Dir. Ford's other action films. …
- World of Suzie Wong, The (1960)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. William Holden, Nancy Kwan
- Aspiring artist William Holden courts the Chinese prostitute of the title (Nancy Kwan) in 1950s Hong Kong. Lukewarm dramatically, but with some…
- Paris When it Sizzles (1964)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Sir Noel Coward…
- Paris simmers in this minor comedy about a group of movie–writers acting out their ideas of the streets of the French capital, with a good cast…
- Alvarez Kelly (1966)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. William Holden, Richard Widmark
- Set during the American Civil War, this violent western concerns a running feud between the leads over cattle–rustling activities.
- Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards…
- Efficient actioner with an American colonel tasked with creating a special forces unit from Canadian troops and a ragtag group of American misfits.
- Wild Bunch, The (1969)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan…
- Sam Peckinpah's uncompromising Western bloodbath with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine leading the famous band of unruly marauders. Astonishing in…
- Wild Rovers (1971)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden…
- Saddle–sore cowpunchers William Holden and Ryan O'Neal safeguard their retirement by bank robbery, then head for the Mexican border.…
- Breezy (1973)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. William Holden, Kay Lenz
- Early, overlooked love affair from screen hard man Clint Eastwood, directing elder statesman William Holden as an aging recent divorcee who strikes…
- Towering Inferno, The (1974)
- Dir. Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Feat. Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway…
- Sensational adventure epic that spawned numerous films about man's futility against Mother Nature. McQueen takes the hose ahead of a cream of famous…
- Network (1976)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway…
- Explosive drama about an ailing TV station desperate to improve their ratings. Peter Finch won the Best Actor Oscar post–humously as the…
- Omen Trilogy, The (The Omen, The Omen II, The Omen III - The Final Conflict) (1976-1981)
- Dir. Richard Donner, Don Taylor, Graham Baker
Feat. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens…
- After the success of The Exorcist, a serious budget was lavished on this tale of the Anti–Christ as mortal, born into a privileged and powerful…
- 21 Hours at Munich (1976)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. William Holden, Shirley Knight, Franco Nero…
- Teledrama depiction of the infamous events at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where the terrorist group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes…
- Damien: The Omen II (Omen 2) (1978)
- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant
- Effective continuation of the story with Damien (chillingly understated by Jonathan Scott–Taylor) now grappling with teenage problems on top of…