William Holden (1918 - 1981)

American actor

* April 17, 1918 O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
 as William Franklin Beedle Jr.
 November 12, 1981 Santa Monica, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Film, nr. 69, 19-11 1947

Books on William Holden

Michelangelo Capua
William Holden, A biography
Jefferson, N.C., 2010

Bob Thomas
Golden Boy, The Untold Story of William Holden
New York, 1983

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of William Holden
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973

Books with substantial mentioning of William Holden

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Bad Boys Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Bad Boys, The Actors of Film Noir
Jefferson, NC and London, 2003

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish & Don E. Stanke
The All-Americans
New Rochelle, NY, 1977

Books with an entry on William Holden

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1982, A Survey of 1981 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982
p. 492 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles on William Holden

Alvin H. Marill, William Holden, 1918-1981, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 98-101