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Acting

William Holden

Career: Active from 1939 to 1996, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 68
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Sunset Boulevard
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Holden Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 8
Classic Hollywood 7
Moral Ambiguity 6
Historical Drama 6
Character-Driven 6
Nostalgic 5
Wholesome Entertainment 4
Psychological Drama 4
Melancholy 4
Historical Setting 4
World War II 3
Moral Dilemma 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles

as (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sally's Beauty Spot

as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

1980s

3 titles · average score 48

S.O.B.

59

as Tim Culley

When Time Ran Out...

21

as Shelby Gilmore

The Earthling

65

as Patrick Foley

1970s

14 titles · average score 61

Ashanti

46

as Jim Sandell

Damien - Omen II

53

as Richard Thorn

Fedora

69

as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Network

85

as Max Schumacher

21 Hours at Munich

60

as Manfred Schreiber

The Towering Inferno

70

as Jim Duncan

Open Season

55

as Hal Wolkowski

Breezy

65

as Frank Harmon

The Blue Knight

60

TV show · as Bumper Morgan

The Blue Knight

63

as Bumper Morgan

The Revengers

59

as John Benedict

Wild Rovers

58

as Ross Bodine

1960s

11 titles · average score 62

The Wild Bunch

87

as Pike Bishop

The Christmas Tree

67

as Laurent Ségur

The Devil's Brigade

61

as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Casino Royale

46

as Ransome

Alvarez Kelly

58

as Alvarez Kelly

Paris When It Sizzles

62

as Richard Benson

The 7th Dawn

65

as Major Ferris

The Counterfeit Traitor

74

as Eric Erickson

Satan Never Sleeps

48

as Father O'Banion

The Lion

60

as Robert Hayward

The World of Suzie Wong

50

as Robert Lomax

1950s

26 titles · average score 68

The Horse Soldiers

76

as Major 'Hank' Kendall

The Bridge on the River Kwai

87

as Cmdr. Shears

Picnic

53

as Hal Carter

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

56

as Mark Elliott

Sabrina

73

as David Larrabee

The Country Girl

75

as Bernie Dodd

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

70

as Lt. Harry Brubaker

Executive Suite

86

as McDonald Walling

Stalag 17

83

as J.J. Sefton

Escape from Fort Bravo

61

as Captain Roper

Sunset Boulevard

91

as Joe Gillis

Born Yesterday

85

as Paul Verrall

1940s

20 titles · average score 62

Streets of Laredo

61

as Jim Dawkins

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

62

as Dick Richmond

The Man from Colorado

57

as Capt. Del Stewart

Rachel and the Stranger

66

as David “Big Davey" Harvey

The Dark Past

52

as Al Walker

Young and Willing

54

as Norman Reese

Meet the Stewarts

51

as Michael "Mike" Stewart

The Fleet's In

56

as Casey Kirby

Texas

67

as Dan Thomas

I Wanted Wings

59

as Al Ludlow

Our Town

72

as Georges Gibbs

Arizona

62

as Peter Muncie

1930s

4 titles · average score 65

Golden Boy

70

as Joe Bonaparte

Invisible Stripes

60

as Tim Taylor

Million Dollar Legs

as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

Prison Farm

as Prisoner