
Sunset Boulevard
Joe Gillis

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William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career (winning Best Actor in 1953 for "Stalag 17"), and also won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for "The Blue Knight" in 1974. He is also known for his roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), and "Network" (1976). One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25.
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98 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.

Joe Gillis

Ransome

Cmdr. Shears

Richard Thorn

Max Schumacher

Jim Duncan

Pike Bishop

David Larrabee

POW (uncredited)

Richard Benson

Major 'Hank' Kendall

Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Frank Harmon

J.J. Sefton

Lt. Harry Brubaker

Captain Roper

Bernie Dodd

Hal Carter

Alvarez Kelly

Paul Verrall

Shelby Gilmore

Lt. Col. Colin Black

Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Self (archive footage)

Hal Wolkowski

Mark Elliott

McDonald Walling

Capt. Del Stewart

Tim Taylor

Donald Gresham

Robert Lomax

Lt. William Calhoun

Manfred Schreiber

Eric Erickson

Laurent Ségur

John Benedict

David “Big Davey" Harvey

Casey Kirby

Major Ferris

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Jim Sandell

Self (archive footage)

Capt. David Ross

Jerry McKibbon

Ross Bodine

Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

Al Walker