William Holden (1918-1981)
84.1 TOPICAL actor score · #71 of 1,977 actors
William Holden (1918-1981) has a TOPICAL actor score of 84.1 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are prime and their movies. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1950-1959. Best films: Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Network (1976).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours81
Prime99
Their movies93
Credits78
Career standing90
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor
- Prime1950-1959
- Credits79 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 20 scored films (14 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 73 languages
“He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
William Holden's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | 1 |
| 31 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | 1 |
| 97 | Network | 1976 | 2 |
| 204 | The Wild Bunch | 1969 | 1 |
| 249 | Sabrina | 1954 | 3 |
| 710 | Born Yesterday | 1950 | 3 |
| 764 | The Towering Inferno | 1974 | 3 |
| 1,192 | Stalag 17 | 1953 | 1 |
| 1,385 | The Country Girl | 1954 | 3 |
| 1,863 | Executive Suite | 1954 | 1 |
| 2,727 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | 1954 | 1 |
| 2,898 | Picnic | 1955 | 1 |
| 2,978 | Our Town | 1940 | 1 |
| 3,248 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | 1955 | 2 |
| 4,249 | Golden Boy | 1939 | 3 |
| 4,625 | I Wanted Wings | 1941 | 2 |
| 4,792 | The Moon Is Blue | 1953 | 1 |
| 5,079 | Arizona | 1940 | 2 |
| 5,355 | The Proud and Profane | 1956 | 1 |
| 6,347 | When Time Ran Out... | 1980 | 3 |