William J Holden

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William Holden

• Birth Name Beedle Jr., William Franklin
• Nickname The Golden Boy
  Bill
  Golden Holden
  
• Biography 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 ...
  
• Write biography Ed Stephan <[email protected]>
  
• Spouse Brenda Marshall (I) (12 July 1941 - 1971) (divorced); 2 children
  
• Trade Mark Gravelly, smoke-burnished voice.
  
• Other Work Holden's radio appearances in the 40s and 50s included episodes of "TheLux Radio Theatre," "The Bob Hope Show," and "Suspense." Holden'sappearance on "Suspense" on February 15, 1954 may be of keen int...
  
• Biography print Bob Thomas (III). _Golden Boy: The Untold Story of William Holden._ New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. ISBN 0312336977
  _William Holden--Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies._ Will Holtzman Publishers, 1976.
  Lawrence J. Quirk. _The Complete Films of William Holden._
  
• Personal quotes For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment whenI am actually doing it.
  Take any picture you can. One out of four will be good, one out of tenwill be very good, and one out of 15 will get you an Academy Award.
  Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it isdamn hard work.
  I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thingin my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast Icould go without cracking up.
  I'm a whore, all actors are whores. We sell our bodies to the highestbidder.
  [on Barbara Stanwyck] Thirty-nine years ago this month, we wereworking in a film together called Golden Boy (1939). It wasn'tgoing so well and I was going to be replaced. But due to this lovelyhuman b...
  
• Portrayed in The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV)
  The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996)
  
• Salary The Wild Bunch (1969): $250,000.00
  Sunset Blvd. (1950): $30,000.00
  The Counterfeit Traitor (1962): $750,000.00
  
• Article "Films of the Golden Age" (USA), 20 March 2004, Vol. 36, Iss. Spring 2004, pg. 44- 64, by: Neil Doyle, "William Holden: Tragic Hero"
  "Movieline" (USA), October 1993, Vol. V, Iss. 2, pg. 76, by: Joshua Mooney, "Role Models: William Holden in 'Network'"
  "The Australian Women's Weekly" (Australia), Novewmber 1983, Vol. 51, Iss. 11, pg. 75+77+79-80+85-86+89, by: Bob Thomas, "Golden Boy"
  
• Cover Photo "Mon Film" (France), 17 July 1957, Vol. -, Iss. No. 569
  "Life" (USA), 31 May 1954
  
• Filmography

  Sabrina (1954) Romance

  Sunset Blvd. (1950) Film-Noir

  Paris - When It Sizzles (1964) Romance

  Streets of Laredo (1949) Western

  The Wild Bunch (1969) Western

  Breezy (1973) Romance

  Il falso bugiardo (2008) History

  Network (1976) Drama

  Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) (TV) Documentary

  Picnic (1955) Romance