His first starring role was in Golden Boy (1939), in which he played a violinist turned boxer. His first film role was in Prison Farm the following year. Rather, he was spotted by a talent scout from Paramount Pictures in 1937 while appearing as an old man in a play at the Playbox, a separate and private theatre owned by Pasadena Playhouse director Gilmor Brown. Contrary to legend and theatre publicity, he did not study at the Pasadena Playhouse, nor was he discovered in a play there. from England.Īfter graduating from South Pasadena High School, Holden attended Pasadena Junior College, where he became involved in local radio plays. The family, which moved to South Pasadena, California when he was three, was of English descent Holden's paternal great-grandmother, Rebecca Westfield, was born in England in 1817, while some of his mother's ancestors emigrated in the 17th century to Millenback, Lancaster County, Virginia in the U.S.
in O'Fallon, Illinois, the son of Mary Blanche (née Ball), a schoolteacher, and William Franklin Beedle, Sr., an industrial chemist. Holden, eldest of three sons (brothers were Robert & Richard), was born as William Franklin Beedle, Jr. One of the top stars 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. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1954, and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. William Holden (Ap– November 12, 1981) was an American film actor. The person who was born on this day.William Holden
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