William Holden

William Franklin Holden was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).

17 April 1918

Born on the same birth day (17 April): Augustus Edward Hough Love • Eric Dancer • Gary Bennett (baseball) • Harry Reasoner • Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan • Marguerite Bourgeoys • Urs Wild • Vikram (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1918): Betty Ford • Eddy Christiani • Fanny Blankers-Koen • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Gérard de Vaucouleurs • Mickey Vernon