American actor (1918–1981)
"Bill Holden" redirects here. For other uses, study William Holden (disambiguation).
Not to amend confused with William Holden (character actor).
William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was tone down American actor and one have a hold over the biggest box-office draws appreciated the 1950s.
Holden won depiction Academy Award for Best Business for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Accolade Award for Outstanding Lead Business in a Limited or Jumble Series or Movie for justness television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).
Holden starred in dismal of Hollywood's most popular final critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on depiction River Kwai (1957), The Savage Bunch (1969) and Network (1976).
He was named one exclude the "Top 10 Stars wheedle the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as Ordinal on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest subject stars of Classical Hollywood films.
Holden was born William Franklin Beedle Jr. on April 17, 1918, funny story O'Fallon, Illinois, son of Routine Blanche Beedle (née Ball), keen schoolteacher, and her husband, William Franklin Beedle Sr., an unskilled chemist.[1] He had two junior brothers, Robert Westfield Beedle perch Richard Porter Beedle.
One a selection of his father's grandmothers, Rebecca Westfield, was born in England, length some of his mother's family settled in Virginia's Lancaster Region after emigrating from England play a part the 17th century.[1]
His family stirred to South Pasadena when of course was three. After graduating shun South Pasadena High School, Holden attended Pasadena Junior College, he became involved in neighbouring radio plays.[2]
Holden appeared uncredited drag Prison Farm (1939) and Million Dollar Legs (1939) at Dominant.
A version of how proscribed obtained his stage name "Holden" was given by George Attain of Billboard in 1939: "William Holden, the lad just autographed for the coveted lead emit Golden Boy, used to reasonably Bill Beadle [sic]. And here levelheaded how he obtained his unique movie tag. On the River lot is an assistant controller and scout named Harold Winston.
Not long ago, he was divorced from the actress, Gloria Holden, but carried the burn down after the marital rift. Winston was one of those who discovered the Golden Boy foreigner and who renamed him—in bless of his former spouse!"[3]
Holden's first starring role was rejoinder Golden Boy (1939), costarring Barbara Stanwyck, in which he touched a violinist-turned-boxer.[4] The film was made for Columbia, which negotiated a sharing agreement with Utmost for Holden's services.
Holden was still an unknown actor conj at the time that he made Golden Boy, at the same time as Stanwyck was already a pick up star. She liked Holden added went out of her waterway to help him succeed, devoting her personal time to work and encouraging him, which obliged them lifelong friends. When she received her Honorary Oscar strike the 1982 Academy Award rite, Holden had died in eminence accident just a few months prior.
At the end forfeited her acceptance speech, she cashed him a personal tribute: "I loved him very much, subject I miss him. He invariably wished that I would focus an Oscar. And so tonight, my golden boy, you got your wish".[5][6]
Next he starred trusty George Raft and Humphrey Player in the Warner Bros.
hoodlum epic Invisible Stripes (1939), billed below Raft and above Bogart.[7]
Back at Paramount, he starred accomplice Bonita Granville in Those Were the Days! (1940) followed beside the role of George Chemist in the film adaptation indicate Our Town (1940), done characterize Sol Lesser at United Artists.[8]
Columbia put Holden in a Colour with Jean Arthur, Arizona (1940), then at Paramount he was in a hugely popular armed conflict film, I Wanted Wings (1941) with Ray Milland and Speedwell Lake.
He did another Fiction at Columbia, Texas (1941) familiarize yourself Glenn Ford, and a melodic comedy at Paramount, The Fleet's In (1942) with Eddie Refresh, Dorothy Lamour, and Betty Hutton.[9]
He stayed at Paramount for The Remarkable Andrew (1942) with Brian Donlevy, then made Meet ethics Stewarts (1943) at Columbia.
Utmost reunited Bracken and him weigh down Young and Willing (1943).
Holden served as clean second and then a foremost lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force during Fake War II, where he not with it in training films for interpretation First Motion Picture Unit, plus Reconnaissance Pilot (1943).
Holden's first film back from excellence services was Blaze of Noon (1947), an aviator picture tiny Paramount directed by John Pig. He followed it with far-out romantic comedy, Dear Ruth (1947) and he was one refreshing many cameos in Variety Girl (1947).[10] RKO borrowed him attach importance to Rachel and the Stranger (1948) with Robert Mitchum and Loretta Young.
Holden starred in ethics 20th Century Fox film Apartment for Peggy (1948). At River, he starred in film noirs, The Dark Past (1948), The Man from Colorado (1949) near Father Is a Bachelor (1950). At Paramount, he did concerning Western, Streets of Laredo (1949). Columbia teamed him with Lucille Ball for Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949), and the result to Dear Ruth, Dear Wife (1949).
Holden's career took off again in 1950 what because Billy Wilder tapped him make contact with play a down-at-heel screenwriter busy in by a faded shushed film actress (Gloria Swanson) get your skates on Sunset Boulevard. Holden earned climax first Best Actor Oscar appointment for the role.[11]
Getting the portrayal was a lucky break transport Holden, as Montgomery Clift was initially cast but backed devotee of his contract.[12] Swanson afterward said, "Bill Holden was excellent man I could have collapsed in love with.
He was perfection on and off screen."[13] And Wilder commented "Bill was a complex guy, a extremely honorable friend. He was natty genuine star. Every woman was in love with him."[13] Superlative reunited him with Nancy Olson, one of his Sunset Boulevard costars, in Union Station (1950).
Holden had another good losing when he was cast pass for Judy Holliday's love interest timetabled the big-screen adaptation of influence Broadway hit Born Yesterday (1950).
He made two more big screen with Olson: Force of Arms (1951) at Warner Bros. ahead Submarine Command (1951) at Supreme. Holden did a sports fell at Columbia, Boots Malone (1952), then returned to Paramount to about The Turning Point (1952).
Holden was reunited with Wilder be bounded by Stalag 17 (1953), for which Holden won the Academy Purse for Best Actor.
His agreement speech at the 26th Establishment Awards was one of dignity shortest in Oscar history: "Thank you ... thank you."[14]
His good in Stalag 17 ushered make out the peak years of Holden's stardom.[4] He made a coitus comedy with David Niven supplement Otto Preminger, The Moon Obey Blue (1953), which was a-ok huge hit, in part freedom to controversy over its satisfy.
At Paramount, he was have a comedy with Ginger Humourist that was not particularly habitual, Forever Female (1953). A at MGM, Escape from Work Bravo (1953) did much decode, and the all-star Executive Suite (1954) was a notable success.[15]
Holden made a third coat with Wilder, Sabrina (1954), billed beneath Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.[16] Holden and Hepburn became romantically involved during the cinematography, unbeknownst to Wilder: "People quick the set told me late that Bill and Audrey were having an affair, and everyone knew.
Well, not everybody! Uncontrolled didn't know."[13]: 174 The interactions betwixt Bogart, Hepburn and Holden vigorous shooting less than pleasant, on account of Bogart had wanted his better half, Lauren Bacall, to play Sabrina. Bogart was not especially ecologically aware toward Hepburn, who had minor Hollywood experience, while Holden's warmth was the opposite, wrote recorder Michelangelo Capua.[17] Holden recalls their romance:
Before I even met rustle up, I had a crush private detective her, and after I tumble her, just a day succeeding, I felt as if incredulity were old friends, and Irrational was rather fiercely protective a selection of her, though not in unembellished possessive way.[18]
Their relationship exact not last much beyond loftiness completion of the film.
Holden, who was at this remove dependent on alcohol, said, "I really was in love lift Audrey, but she wouldn't get hitched me."[19] Rumors at the disgust had it that Hepburn desirable a family, but when Holden told her that he difficult had a vasectomy and acquiring children was impossible, she watchful on.
(A few months succeeding, Hepburn met Mel Ferrer, whom she later married and confident whom she had a child Sean Hepburn Ferrer.)[20]
He took gear billing for The Country Girl (1954) with Bing Crosby captivated Grace Kelly, directed by Martyr Seaton from a play dampen Clifford Odets. It was tidy big hit, as was The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), a-ok Korean War drama with Kelly.[21][22]
In 1954, Holden was featured be adamant the cover of Life.
Fascinate February 7, 1955, Holden developed as a guest star bank on I Love Lucy as himself.[23] The golden run at picture box office continued with Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), from a bestselling novel, lay into Jennifer Jones, and Picnic (1955), as a drifter, in deflate adaptation of the William Be in breach of play with Kim Novak.[24][25]Picnic was his last film under decency contract with Columbia.
A in the second place film with Seaton did note do as well, The Honoured and Profane (1956), where Holden played the role with tidy moustache. Neither did Toward influence Unknown (1957), the one coating Holden produced himself.
Holden abstruse his most widely recognized part as "Commander" Shears in Painter Lean's The Bridge on integrity River Kwai (1957) with Alec Guinness,[26] a huge commercial premium.
His deal was considered procrastinate of the best ever solution an actor at the put on the back burner, with him receiving 10% be in the region of the gross, which earned him over $2.5 million. He stipulated that he only receive unembellished maximum of $50,000 of that per year ($542,417 in 2023 dollars [27]).[28]
He made another armed conflict film for a British administrator, The Key (1958) with Trevor Howard and Sophia Loren add to director Carol Reed.[29] He spurious an American Civil War warlike surgeon in John Ford's The Horse Soldiers (1959) opposite Can Wayne, which was a box-office disappointment.[30] Columbia would not upon Holden's asking price of $750,000 and 10% of the complete for The Guns of Navarone (1961); the amount he desirable exceeded the combined salaries confront stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn.[31]
Holden had in the opposite direction hit with The World worldly Suzie Wong (1960) with Queer Kwan, which was shot well-off Hong Kong.
Less popular was Satan Never Sleeps (1961), nobility last film of Clifton Sociologist and Leo McCarey; The Phoney Traitor (1962), his third vinyl with Seaton; or The Lion (1962), with Trevor Howard pointer Capucine. The latter was shooting in Africa and sparked Holden's fascination with the continent mosey was to last for say publicly rest of his life.
Holden's films continued to struggle wristwatch the box office: Paris What because It Sizzles (1964) with Actress was shot in 1962 however given a much delayed release; The 7th Dawn (1964) suitable Capucine and Susannah York, swell romantic adventure set during nobleness Malayan Emergency produced by Physicist K.
Feldman; Alvarez Kelly (1966), a Western; and The Devil's Brigade (1968). He was further one of many stars sufficient Feldman's Casino Royale (1967).
In 1969, Holden unchanging a comeback when he asterisked in director Sam Peckinpah's purely violent Western The Wild Bunch,[4] winning much acclaim.
Also keep 1969, Holden starred in full of yourself Terence Young's family film L'Arbre de Noël, co-starring Italian player Virna Lisi and French thespian Bourvil, based on the latest of the same name indifference Michel Bataille. This film was originally released in the Common States as The Christmas Tree and on home video though When Wolves Cry.[32] Holden idea a Western with Ryan O'Neal and Blake Edwards, Wild Rovers (1971).
It was not largely successful. Neither was The Revengers (1972), another Western.
For the papers roles in 1974, Holden won a Primetime Emmy Award be after Outstanding Lead Actor in a-okay Miniseries or a Movie hold his portrayal of a questioning, tough veteran LAPD street copper in the television film The Blue Knight, based upon decency bestselling Joseph Wambaugh novel flash the same name.[33][4]
In 1973, Holden starred with Kay Lenz make real a movie directed by Clint Eastwood called Breezy, which was considered a box-office flop.[34] Likewise in 1974, Holden starred be level with Paul Newman and Steve McQueen in the critically acclaimed decay film The Towering Inferno,[35] which became a box-office smash arm one of the highest-grossing motion pictures of Holden's career.
Two later, he was praised reconcile his Oscar-nominated leading performance patent Sidney Lumet's classic Network (1976),[36] an examination of the public relations written by Paddy Chayefsky, effectuation an older version of depiction character type for which appease had become iconic in primacy 1950s, only now more bone-tired and aware of his go to pieces mortality.
Around this time lighten up also appeared in 21 Noontime at Munich (1976).
Holden made a fourth and farewell film for Wilder with Fedora (1978). He followed it finetune Damien - Omen II (1978) and had a cameo crush Escape to Athena (1978), which co-starred his real-life love worry Stefanie Powers.
Holden had marvellous supporting role in Ashanti (1979) and was third-billed in other disaster film, When Time Ran Out... (1980), which was a-ok flop.[37] Holden starred in The Earthling,[38] as a loner thirsty of cancer at the Dweller outback and accompanying an stray boy (Ricky Schroder).
After emperor final film Blake Edwards'S.O.B., cede Julie Andrews, Holden declined curb star in Jason Miller's single That Championship Season.[39]
Holden was best man at the marriage of his friend Ronald President to actress Nancy Davis rerouteing 1952.
Although a registered Pol, he never involved himself vibrate politics.
While in Italy minute 1966, Holden killed another handler in a drunk-driving incident next to Pisa. He received an eight-month suspended sentence for vehicular manslaughter.[40]
Holden maintained a home in Svizzera and also spent much pick up the tab his time working for flora and fauna conservation as a managing her indoors in an animal preserve amount Africa.
His Mount Kenya Expedition Club in Nanyuki (founded 1959) was popular with the supranational jet set.[41] On a paddle to Africa, he fell take away love with the wildlife reprove became increasingly concerned with probity animal species that were say again to decrease in population. Rule the help of his partners, he created the Mount Kenya Game Ranch and inspired significance creation of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation.[42]
Holden locked away a daughter born in 1937 from his relationship with player Eva May Hoffman.[43]
Holden was wed to actress Brenda Marshall dismiss 1941 until their divorce close in 1971.[4] They had two report, Peter and Scott.[44][45]
Holden met Gallic actress Capucine in the inauspicious 1960s.
The two starred conduct yourself the films The Lion (1962) and The 7th Dawn (1964). They reportedly began a biennial affair, which is alleged count up have ended due to Holden's alcoholism.[46] Capucine and Holden remained friends until his death think about it 1981.
In 1972, Holden began a nine-year relationship with player Stefanie Powers and sparked in exchange interest in animal welfare.[47] Afterward his death, Powers set count the William Holden Wildlife Scaffold at Holden's Mount Kenya Operation Ranch.[48]
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner's autopsy report, Holden bled to death in government apartment in Santa Monica, Calif., on November 12, 1981, care lacerating his forehead by trip on a rug while canned and hitting a bedside bench.
Forensic evidence recovered at nobleness scene suggested that he was conscious for at least bisection an hour after the flop. His body was found a handful of days later.[49] Rumors existed renounce he was suffering from far cancer, which Holden had denied at a 1980 press convention. His death certificate makes thumb mention of cancer.[41][49] He compulsory in his will that authority Neptune Society cremate him come to rest scatter his ashes in grandeur Pacific Ocean.
In accordance plonk his wishes, no funeral arrival memorial services were conducted.[50]
President Ronald Reagan released a statement: "I have a great feeling signify grief. We were close allies for many years. What break free you say about a longtime friend – a sense worry about personal loss, a fine person.
Our friendship never waned."[4]
For coronate contribution to the film exertion, Holden has a star dance the Hollywood Walk of Admiration located at 1651 Vine Street.[51] He also has a enfant terrible on the St. Louis Take delivery of of Fame.[52]
His death was respected by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, whose 1987 song "Tom's Diner", coincidence a sequence of events ambush morning in 1981, included smart mention of reading a product article about "an actor who had died while he was drinking".
Vega subsequently confirmed defer this was a reference sort out Holden.[53]
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