William Holden (I)

William Holden (1918 - 1981)
==Film Deaths==
*Texas (1941) [Dan Thomas]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Edgar Buchanan.
*Blaze of Noon (1947) [Colin McDonald]: Killed in a plane crash.
*Sunset Boulevard (1950) [Joe Gillis]: Shot in the back and stomach by Gloria Swanson by her swimming pool; his body is shown floating in the pool at the beginning of the movie, and the rest of the movie proceeds in flashback leading up to his murder (with William narrating much of the film from beyond the grave). 
*The Turning Point (1952) [Jerry McKibbon]: Shot to death by Neville Brand.
*The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) [Lt. Harry Brubaker]: After witnessing Mickey Rooney getting blown up from a grenade. Holden makes a run to it from Korean Soldiers until he is shot in the side. He tries to get his Pistol but is shot multiple times in the chest. 
*Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) [Mark Eliott]: Killed when a Korean fighter drops a bomb that slides down in the shelter he is in with other Soldiers.
*The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) [Shears]: Shot by Japanese soldiers while crossing the river; he dies shortly after confronting Alec Guinness.
*Paris When It Sizzles (1964) [Richard Benson/Rick]: 'Dies' in two imagined script stories (shown when he and Audrey Hepburn are discussing it) (1): Shot down in a warplane by Audrey. (2): Shot repeatedly by Tony Curtis when he's trying to aboard a plane, dying at Audrey's side. His character "Richard Benson" survives.
*Casino Royale (1967) [Ransome]: Killed in an explosion (with about everyone else in the Casino), when Woody Allen explodes. (Played for comic effect).
*The Wild Bunch (1969) [Pike Bishop]: Shot to death, along with Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, and Warren Oates, in the final shoot-out with Mexican soldiers.
*Wild Rovers (1971) [Ross Bodine]: Shot to death by Joe Don Baker.
*Damien: Omen II (1978) [Richard Thorn]: Stabbed in the chest with two ceremonial daggers by Lee Grant in the museum.
*Ashanti (1979) [Jim Sandell]: Killed in a helicopter crash after being shot by Peter Ustinov.
*The Earthling (1980) [Patrick Foley]: Dies (off-screen) of cancer; his body is buried by Rick Schroeder afterwards.
==Gallery==
CF30838E-ED46-4298-A3AB-19D32BD1D9A2.png|William Holden before his death in Love is a Many Spelendoard Thing
Image.botrk.shears.png|William Holden in The Bridge on the River Kwai
2019-08-20.png|William Holden's death in Casino Royale
Wildbunch-movie-screencaps.com-17759.jpg.webp|William Holden in The Wild Bunch
9815384.jpg|William Holden in Damien: Omen II
==Notable Connections==
*Ex-Mr. Brenda Marshall
*Boyfriend of Stefanie Powers
*Distant cousin of Patrick Swayze and Tom Hulce
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