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  • unfortunately because of his vices- smoking and drinking- he became a rather unattractive older man

  • A great actor and a great person. Too bad he died so sadly, in a drunken fall and bleeding to death.

  • Bill Holden lived the American dream. He had it all.

    But he did die a nasty death.

  • rip

    

  • He was and always will be the best

  • Talk about class! Bill Holden was the quintessential star! And what a great dresser.

  • Dorothy is checking him from head to toe as he exits!

  • He was awesome on the I Love Lucy episode where he played himself.

  • All I can say about William Holden is WOW!!.......

  • Can someone plz tell me WHY john wayne was never a mystery guest on WML?

  • His last movie was SOB and he was funny as hell in that.

  • I love this guy. He was handsome, intelligent and had a nice sense of humor.

  • He's such a doll

  • Holden was a sexy, sexy man.

    

  • Jackie Kennedy had an affair with him to get back at JFK for cheating on her. What a legend.

  • He was a wonderful actor and a very polite man

  • It was Barbara Stanwyck that made William Holden an actor, without her he would have bean a struggling actor, and would have never made it. 

  • @franklindavid You are correct and he acknowledged that the last time they appeared in public together, presenting at the oscars. Miss Stanwyck was visibly moved by his testimonial to her support of him. I love them both! John Garfield (who I also love) had played the lead in Golden Boy on Broadway but Stanwyck used her clout to get Holden cast in the film version.

  • God Bless Mr. Holden. He took a tumble one night.

  • @tallpaul521

    How true. A tumble that cost him his life, poor fellow. It's a shame he wasn't able to overcome his addiction to alcohol and due to his being by then such a loner & recluse, his body wasnt' found for many days! Very sad. A fine actor who did a lot for wildlife conservation over in Africa. 

  • @JubalCalif I saw an interview by a friend of his. He said that everyone assumed Holden was too drunk or too proud to call 911, but his opinion was that Holden was just too ashamed to call for help. Yes, he did wonderful work in Africa.

  • One of my very favourite actors. He was a Republican, but what the hell, nobody is perfect. The movie world could do with people like like him. Vale Bill.

  • @Apollogranforte I agree, the movie world could do with people like Mr. Holden. Funny that the leading men of old Hollywood were all Republicans -- or Conservatives..John Wayne, Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, Gary Cooper, et al. Now all the popular Hollywood stars are Democrats and liberals.

  • @tallpaul521 that's why Hollywood has fallen to such depths of low-class, no-talent twits.

  • @tallpaul521 Your politics are a little off and such a generalization as always is inaccurate.. Like our country, Hollywood leading men were Republicans and Democrats. Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, were all Democrats.

  • @bman560 I was commenting on Hollywood leading men who made their political stances known. With the exception of Bogart, none of the leading men you listed made their political affiliations known. You have no evidence public or private that Cagney, Tracy and Fonda were Democrats.

  • @tallpaul521 i understand that he never got involved in politics

  • What a lucky guy Bill Holden was. He was famous, rich, respected and could have any woman he wanted. Does it get any better than that ??

  • Proud of this man being my Great uncle :)

  • @unitedsting5 Wow, looks and talent must run in your family!

  • Most memorable performance was in "Bridge on the River Kwai." He made you feel like you were sweating along with him.

  • I absolutely love William Holden! Beautiful, talented, classy, unique (did I mention beautiful?) ..what a smile. They surely don't make them that wonderful any more! In fact, back then, this world (in my opinion) was blessed with the classiest and most unique actors and actresses we will ever see...a time that is now long gone. THANK GOD for film...so that they will forever be immortalized and forever a part of our lives!

  • A Great Actor and human being!!! My favorite movie of his was "Stalag 17".

  • handsome as hell....

  • Ah, when men were me. Holden is so hot.

  • @JenniferPvlsh AMEN to that!

  • he is HOTTEST in Sunset boulevard, Sabrina and born yesterday!!!! Yummy

  • @Loubrockdorff I KNOW!!!!!!!

  • you couldnt get past her for anything

  • The men on this show seldom change their voice to hide their identity. Terrible. You can Bill's voice a mile away here.

  • Love Bill Holden. He was a wonderful actor and it didn't hurt that he was so handsome. He was the first actor to be paid one million dollars for a film and he was worth every penny. However, I admire him the most for his work in wildlife conservation. He saw what was happening to the wildlife population, decades before it was noticed by most people. Thankfully,Stefanie Powers continued his work, by founding the William Holden Wildlife Foundation. WHWF is a fitting tribute to a remarkable man.

  • My favourite films under Holden: "The Wild Bunch," "Network," and "Sunset Boulevard." I thought he was also very good "Stalag 17" (Oscar winning role) and "The Country Girl."

  • He was amazing! Great actor, and a very handsome man. When he speaks I feel like I'm going to faint, I love his voice <3

  • @RetroJenny couldn't agree wih you more ...took the words right out of my mouth.

  • Its Sefton.

  • I liked some of Holden's films.He was a major player in Hollywood.Humphrey Bogart loathed him,and being a massive Bogart fan rather clouds my view on Holden.Good looking guy,though,and great voice.

  • @MOGGS1942  Holden had no love for Bogart, either, and SABRINA wasn't their first film together. Since I'm a massive fan of both, I suppose I'll just leave it to history and too many cocktails.

  • @MOGGS1942 Why did Humphrey Bogart loathe Bill Holden?

  • @karlakor It could have been proffessional jealousy,or merely a clash of personalities. It happens.

  • @MOGGS1942 Beautiful voice.....

  • Men were better looking back then because they dressed nicely and looked like men rather than slightly masculine girls.

  • @RetroJenny Oh please, how stereotypical and prejudiced. Style evolves and it doesn't correlate with gender identity.

  • Stalag etc.Academy award....... Brilliant talent. His voice gave him away very early. But it was fun.

  • I love Bill Holden wouldn't it been wonderful to be married to a man like William Holden.

  • 5:14 :)

    Aw. :)

  • At one point while filming with Audrey Hepburn, (I was reading a book about her & this was in the book, I cannnot remember the name of right now), she and he were beginning to think of becoming further involved. He was married, but he was smitten with her & wanted to marry her. In the end, they did not continue the affair etc., due to the fact that Audrey Hepburn wanted kids, & he had had a vasectomy, & could not have kids, so she broke off their budding friendship. What was she thinking?? Gosh!

  • Now these were real movie star's,hot and talented , I love his Lucy cameo :)

  • I'll bet JFK was a fan of William Holden. Watch the walk and the hand on the tie at the end.

  • My favorite actor

  • BILL!

  • you are missed Breezy

  • @amirtoma I agree.

    Holden was actually at his acting best beginning with the Wild Bunch.

    He was great before then,

    but middle age really brought out the weariness and depth in him.

  • I bet Bill Holden coulda given Arlene Francis the "ride" of her life.

  • That voice would give Bill Holden away.

  • i would hope that these signatures from these great actors that came on this show are still intact and not just discarded after the show ended.

  • what a hunk....a real man

  • A great actor and person who had a few too many Scocth's one night, took a tumble, hit his head, and was too proud and ashamed too call for an ambulance. Sad.

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  • @amirtoma well, he actually did kill another person in an auto accident he had because he was drunk. he was guilt ridden about it and his drinking really picked up after that

  • @choff56 I heard the had a Mercedes 600, and in the 60s and 70s that alone would have given you immunity.

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  • A REAL STAR

  • a great actor rip

  • oh bill holden. yummy yummy yummy

  • he didn't disguise his voice at all lol

  • he sounds a little bit like rex harrison!!

    Just without the english accent

  • The essence of brilliant actor.

  • William Holden is the fucking man...bottom line.

  • @escamillo222 I love you!!! Swearing and loving William Holden :D

  • @escamillo222 Never gave a bad performance.

  • What year was this program?

  • @followthefleet1 :

    1957  Lorraine

  • what year was this

  • President Reagan's Best friend

  • Robert Taylor was Mr. Reagan's best friend. Reagan delivered Taylor's eulogy.

    Holden was a great guy and a great actor.

    After too many drinks in his apartment, he stumbled and hit his head on the corner of his night stand..he tried to staunch the blood flow with kleenex, but died from loss of blood. His friends have said he could of saved his life, but he was too "embarresed" to call for an ambulance.

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  • He seemed like such a nice guy...

  • He suffered from depression which lead to alcoholism. He was also a heavy smoker. When he was in his late 50s he looked twenty years older.

  • I think he had emphysema at the end.

  • Fascinating; I never knew that. How sad.

  • knew what?

  • interesting info thanks

  • Wow! Really. I am a big fan of them both. Nice.

  • A movie star of the highest order. From his very first film! And he starred in some of the greatest films ever made. Picnic. Stalig 17. Network. Bridge On The River Kwai. We're beholden to Holden. Salinger liked him, too. For a first name he gave Caufield Bill's last name.

  • i love his signature :)

  • Gloria Swanson admitted that she was a little smitten with Holden.

  • Holden was SO handsome. Every leading woman he worked with fell madly in love with him, so he must have been terribly charming. Brilliant.

  • did you know that he was really attracted to audrey hepburn when they were doing Paris, When It Sizzles. But audrey didnt like him much because of his addiction to alcohol. But i think they both were somehow quite ''involved'' while doing Sabrina, don't they? Anyway, i love both them so very much.

  • In that tuxedo and tails, dancing the tango with Gloria Swanson, he is stunningly gorgeous.

  • @brsaunders So Gorgeous ...and the Sexiest dance in a movie EVER with Kim Novak in Picnic, still makes me 'SWOON' .....

  • I think there is some sort of preserve in his name. He was involved "with" Stephanie someone...she played the wife of Robert Wagner in a tv show - show name and her last name escape me at the moment.

  • Stephanie Powers..she played Wagner's partner in "Hart To Hart". Holden and Wagner's wife both died under mysterious circumstances.

  • Holden drank himself to death while dying of lung cancer.

  • didn't know he was dying at the time

  • Did you see him with Barbara Stanwyck at the Oscars? His breathing sounded quite bad and that was in 1978.

  • Thank you for uploading this. I always thought greatly of him as an actor & as a human being.

  • sexy...

  • Love William Holden but that voice is so distinctive it's hard to believe they didn't know instantly who he was.

  • @ParkerAllen2 Arlene figured it out pretty fast.

  • What a terrific actor and how great to see this vid. Thanks for uploading!

  • Did Bill Holden have lung cancer when he died?

  • He died from injuries suffered in a fall in his home. He was drunk at the time.

  • Yeah but I think I read somewhere that he also had lung cancer.

  • fell hit his head on the edge of a table,

  • @PeterFirthFan In 1980, it was reported that he did.

    He held a news conference to deny it.

    So it's an open question.

  • Bill was searching for something in his life and had the opportunity to work in a movie filmed in the jungle of Africa that made him to come back again as a tourist on three different occasions where he stayed and lived in the jungle for three or six consecutive months, once he said to the press 'I found the jungle a beautiful and fascinating place to be, I like to come here because I want to stay away from the jungle as much as I can'

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  • the women both turn to look at him as he's leaving. HUNK.

  • Sooo handsome, this man!

    Anyway, I really liked the way Dorothy pointed out how people try to disguise so much they always try to go the opposite way...

  • I love William Holden, he's so gorgeous, they don't make actors like that anymore, I loved him in Love is a Many Splendid Thing.

    God Bless you Bill, rest in peace

  • A great actor whose "demons" unfortunately arrived at a very young age. Alcoholism is frightening and to be able to see what it did to such a handsome man as Holden is quite a message.

    His acting skills, however, never left him--and isn't "Network" perhaps his greatest role?

  • Why does Arlene Francis always get it? Did she host her own show?

  • What a lovely looking man he was - what dimples!!! And the voice so sexy! What a shame he died the way he did.

  • Bill is so handsome

  • Poor guy--his demons got him in the end...too young.

  • i know it's sad--and he seemed like he had the world on a string here...so happy having a great time. Life is so sad sometimes.

  • Wow...just wow! They don't make 'em like that anymore.

  • he's so delicious

  • I agree, he was such a gentleman with character. I believe Stephanie Powers was his partner. Lucky lady. She's gorgeous too!

  • he was good-looking but still masculine all the way! thanks for affirming my observation

  • Men don't look like this anymore.

  • I agree. They really aren't attractive at all anymore. Men back then were.

  • thanks for the affirmation. it's not just me who feels this way.

  • @ClassicsAreCool They were definitely more manly back then.

    More brawny, deeper, smoke and booze resonated voices.

    Most of those guys had had a life outside the movies

    -some had cycled through various vocations, many were WWII veterens.

    We are in the era of the metrosexual movie star.

  • No they really don't. He's so masculine looking.

  • Dashing!!

  • I remember the I love Lucy episode where she spills the food all over his face at the Brown Derby! haha

  • Watch at the very very end of the video after the hand shakes, how the male panelists go about their business and the females can not help themselves but to watch the handsome Holden walk out!! LOL!!! Who can blame them? - I know I would too!

  • hehe, how totally true!! What a charmer. Sweet, articulate, yet shy. Someone said "dashing" - right on.

  • @SueBeaWho LMAO, one of the gals is even checking out his ass!

  • @filmidioten i saw that.. i love old tv its less offensive, but they have moments lol

  • He was definately a charmer. He looks like he was having a blast here! Such a handsome gent.

  • Is he gorgeous! First broadcast live in September 1956, this episode appeared on GSN on 2 October 2008. What a show. The June Taylor Dancers looking luscious. A Suez Canal pilot to report on the crisis. William Holden as mystery guest. John Daly did fascinating interviews with both the pilot and Holden. WML rocks!

  • is it me is is he just so fucking hot?? god i love you! (seriously, its a little weird but i think i do, i've read every bio on him!)

  • he is. how do you get dimples like that? and his neck! slurp.

  • he was in 2 of my all time favorite movies, sunset boulevard and stalag 17

  • Not "River Kwai"?!?!?!?!

  • This WML episode was filmed in September 1956. Bill filmed BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI from December 1956 through June 1957. Lorraine

  • This legend (ie. Holden)is simply IRRESISTIBLE. I love him! What a man, what a gentleman! A handsome, sexy, unique Artist. And what a voice (and by the way, what a great signature!)

  • Is it just me or does he look a lot like Larry Linville

  • Yes, I realized that Holden resembled Larry Linville last night after nine boilermakers and a pitcher of tequila.

    When I'm high on mescalin he looks like Lauren Bacall... cool...man... whoa!

  • Haven't I seen you someplace before? You used to be in pictures, you used to be big!

  • In my opinion, the most understated actor in Film History.  Underrated at times too, although thankfully not too much there.

  • I totally agree,I think he is such a natural at acting people don't realize the kind of talent it takes be that natural onscreen.Bill Holden is my all time favorite old movie actor.He is just so darn delightful to watch!

  • My favorite as well.

  • Mine as we well, such a beautiful voice!

  • Oh Bill! God he's a charmer!!!

  • YES!!! Thank you for posting this. It IS great to see him as himself. He was just... well, everything. ;-)

  • *sigh*

  • I absolutely adore that big grin on his face.

  • Terrific actor. I don't think any actor starred in more good films in the 1950s than William Holden, and it's fun to see him as himself from that era. Thanks for posting.

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