William Holden Almost Killed Humphrey Bogart | The Dick Cavett Show

William Holden discusses a time on set where he almost killed Humphrey Bogart during a stunt!
Date aired - 6/14/72 - William Holden
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@billsheehy1]

I met Bill Holden at the spa La Costa back in 1974. We talked about motorcycles and his love of Kenya. He told me that he found acting to be difficult and harder than people realize. He invited me to his house on Driftwood Drive in Palm Springs to do some desert motorcycle rides A great honor to have known such a true gentleman who was so nice and down to earth. The drinking was his demon. We exchanged letters for a while prior to his death. I can’t believe I had the opportunity to get to know him.

[@markberryhill2715]

Lucky man. He was one of my all time faves. Loved world of Susie Wong.

[@pepelemoko01]

@@markberryhill2715 Stalag 17.

[@CarinSomers]

what a great story and lucky you

[@billsheehy1]

@@CarinSomers Thank you Carin, great memories for me. I appreciate your comment. Bill

[@CarinSomers]

@@billsheehy1 no problem, I am just a huge fan of William Holden

[@DustinBlythe]

You don't find too many interviews with William Holden. Dick Cavett landed a good many classic film stars while they were still with us. I'd love to see the entire show.

[@gardensofthegods]

Yeah the Dick Cavett Show was great !

[@ianbauer4703]

Me too!

[@buckroo8424]

Dave State-61 Holden died in his bedroom from drinking too much alcohol and got up and hit his head and bled to death. Very sad way to end his career.

[@ianbauer4703]

@@buckroo8424 And life.

[@garywright7826]

The show is on Decades TV every night .

[@drjohnson98]

These are all gems. Holden was one of the greats.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

@James Henderson What kind of character ?

[@jubalcalif9100]

I agree 100 per cent !

[@joev4739]

Holden seems somewhat under-rated when you talk about all-time greats. Some people just exude style and class. He seems like one of them.

[@mrb4886]

Under rated is a BS KZbin term. Very well known actor.

[@mudrose3486]

Imo because he had class and was discrete. He wasn't outspoken or rebellious or rude or making a lot of headlines. The stars that are most known today, were then all over the media and/or known for having a difficult personality.

[@mudrose3486]

@@mrb4886 When you really get into the history of filmmaking. But for someone like me, with only a random knowledge of movies and knowing the stars that everyone knows, he was not a familiar name. Only recently I got into the fifties & their films (because of Hail Caesar) and then you find William Holden, (& then you buy Sunset Boulevard).

[@jubalcalif9100]

So very true.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Besides being a fine actor this piece proves that Mr. Holden was also a man of great wit and humor and, additionally , he was an excellent conversationalist. Wonderful interview.

[@houdinididiit]

Agree. I would say many of the great actors of the past had this quality if for one reason: Theater. They all had that background. The theater is more than a stage. It's a place to refine, build chops and become worldly. Today? Disney is looking for the cutest kid at 8 so they can mold them and spit them out by 20. Next! It's really terrible how so many 'celebrities' today are but hollow mannequins.

[@tomhamilton5261]

Tremendous actor. No one could play Pike Bishop in the Wild Bunch like William Holden. He always brought humanity and credibility to every role he played.

[@robertknuist9754]

He was Pike... As much as I love Lee Marvin I can never see anyone else but Bill

[@davidmorin6667]

Great movie is it a western? a war movie? or action movie

[@lynncarden]

Ever seen Texas rangers with holden, McDonald Carey and Wolliam Bentex. Which was a remake of an older version that was also good..

[@jubalcalif9100]

Well said and well put.

[@willminkorea2010]

William Holden won an Oscar for "Stalag 17" and could have won at least a couple more.

[@nataliacaetano6326]

He should've won for Sunset Boulevard or Network...

[@gardensofthegods]

@@nataliacaetano6326 yes I agree with you

[@cactaceous]

Natália Caetano He was so great in both of those films. His best roles in my opinion were on Bridge on the River Kwai and on the Wild Bunch.

[@nataliacaetano6326]

@@cactaceous that' s true!!I like The Wild Bunch as well...I've forgotten to mention ...amazing movie !!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@nataliacaetano6326 And Picnic, The World of Susie Wong, and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Great stuff. Holden, besides his acting ability, had a classic speaking voice. And a winning personality.

[@markberryhill2715]

I loved the story he told of how his voice was higher when he first got to Hollywood and they made him scream to the top of his lungs for three weeks to make it deeper.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

And a fine intellect.

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !

[@dawnguseman1095]

What a great interview, although sadly shortened here. William Holden was so unassuming and cool. When he went off script at The Academy Awards as a presenter with Barbara Stanwyck in 1978 and thanked her for supporting him during the making of Golden Boy saying that without her encouragement he wouldn't be standing there, she was both touched and shocked. I think it remains one of the most truly beautiful, humble, sincere moments in Oscar history. He really was golden...❤

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I wasn't even a full month old when this originally aired, but by the time I was in my teens, Mr. Holden was one of my favorite classic era actors, and he has remained so ever since. Back when I still had access to cable television, no matter what film it may be, if Holden was in it, I had to watch it -even if the number of times I had viewed said film was in double-digit territory.

[@abdiver12]

Me too! I was exactly 17 days old when he did this interview.

[@Kurtiscott]

More of this Holden interview would be greatly appreciated. Despite his demons (which commenters on here seem so fixated on) he was undoubtedly one of the top film actors of the last century. Thanks for posting.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@Julie Frazier His acting style so natural and nuanced, he seemed to just live his characters.

[@kennethlatham3133]

I know, I get it; he drank too much, he fell down, hit his head, he died, enough. Let's celebrate what he did, awesome performances, that last shot in Bridge on the River Kwai, the trapped writer in Sunset Boulevard, the slow burn in the third act of Stalag 17, That's what matters. Some people look at a beautiful painting by Vincent Van Gogh and just see a guy with one ear.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Demons?

[@RobinSchoutenRS]

Amen to that. Holden was a brilliant actor.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably.

[@AidaJof]

What a beautiful man, a man's man and ... a very good actor

[@mariadacre5875]

What a great guy William Holden seemed to be.

[@reggierico]

Bill Holden is one of my heroes. His death, alone, bleeding, in his apartment in LA bothered me. Such a wonderful personality to die alone, bleeding....

[@jamesmack3314]

Bleeding?

[@fernmann7]

He fell and hit his head on a table. But he was so hammered he didn’t realize how badly hurt he was and eventually bled out in his home.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Yes. I remember his tragic death. Just heartbreaking

[@judyledbetter3915]

​@@fernmann7Really Heartbreaking 💔😭 I Loved Him. God Bless 💗🙌

[@michaelknapp8961]

Such a class act!!! He was a movie star of movie stars.

[@Cerph]

And he had a great sense of humor too.

[@theflorgeormix]

Genius honesty...and amazing voice

[@PorkChopJones]

Thank you Mr. Holden for being a part of our lives!

[@lynncarden]

Ever see the movie "Picnic" if you have never seen these movies...Sabina with Bogie ,Holden,And Audrey Hepburn...The Horse Soldiers with John Wayne, And several Actors like Ken Curtis ( later Festis on Gunsmoke...many need to see him in original Black and white Rio Grand...he sang couple solo parts along side of the Pioneer singing group...he also was in Mr. ROBERTS ...HOPEFULLY

[@glenschunk3995]

George Costanza said of having an affair "I never thought of myself as the affair type....it`s so adult, like stockings & martini`s & William Holden".

[@vincentvangogodancer]

Thank you for that reference. :)

[@davidpar2]

I doubt anyone on planet earth thinks of Costanza as the affair type

[@margacat]

Only 6 minutes? We want more Bill!

[@kamuelalee]

Bil, Bill, Bill!

[@1smellypiratehooker]

Full interview??? 🌝🌚

[@zriter59escritor33]

Handsome, charming, articulate. A wonderful raconteur. And a movie star who was also a damn good actor.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur.

[@briane5706]

He was brilliant in Network with Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway.

[@jubalcalif9100]

That's for sure ! His performance was every bit as Oscar worthy as Peter's and Faye's !

[@loubrockdorff2045]

He had the most charming and wonderful smile!!!!

[@mikeycondry1493]

Please let us see more of Bill holden!

[@StudSupreme]

Both well dressed. Also good conversationalists. Miss it. You don't find it anymore.

[@raftfan]

BTW: There was the story that dissention existed between Bogart and Bill Holden on the set of SABRINA, which has always been a point of controversy. Some say they definitely disliked each other, others say they actually got on quite well. However, going back to the film INVISIBLE STRIPES, there was a bit of resentment on Bogie's part. He was billed below newcomer Holden -- at his home studio Warner Bros. after serving a fairly long apprenticeship following his breakout performance as Duke Mantee in THE PETRIFIED FOREST. Instead of achieving the instant stardom Edward G. Robinson had managed following LITTLE CAESAR and Jimmy Cagney in THE PUBLIC ENEMY, Bogie had to wade through the studio either in support of Robinson and Cagney (and Davis, Pat O'Brien and Flynn) - or playing leads in B pictures. So, understandably, by 1939, co-starring with the studio's new top-name acquisition George Raft in INVISIBLE STRIPES, being billed below a loaned-out Columbia/Paramount player, Holden, Bogie felt both undervalued and miffed. The upshot, of course, was that it was though George Raft that Bogie became the legendary superstar he remains today.

[@Talita444]

Always lovely to get more of William Holden on the show! Thank you so much for this. Looking forward to the other segments with Bill!

[@mikeycondry1493]

Absolutely love William Holden and bogie, they both inspire me

[@nataliedelagrandiere4022]

I loved William Holden. He was a great actor. He was also sexy, and well dressed as you can see here.

[@flyoverkid55]

One of the finest actors from the Golden Era of film. My favorite movie of his is " The Wild Bunch ". He embodied " smooth ", and unlike many of the current crop kept his personal beliefs out of the public arena.

[@Cerph]

Bill was cool

[@thomasfleischer83]

I became a Holden Fan through Wild Bunch. Had teardrops in my eyes when he mowed down everything in pure wrath and desperation.

[@northwestprof60]

That movie is minor league junk compared to Executive Suite. Watch that.

[@anarchistatheist1917]

He was an actor before my time. But he was a very gifted man. He was great in the movies stalag 17, and the bridge over the river kwai. What a sad ending, being drunk, slipping getting a head wound. And succumbing to it only to be discovered about a week later. May Mr William Holden rest in peace.

[@Cerph]

He was the leading star of "Stalag 17".

[@metrogoldwyn]

@@Cerph sure was, I believe he won the Oscar for his performance in that one

[@lincbond442]

Bill Holden is one of my all time favorite actors. I've never seem him give a bad performance and I've seem at least 30 of his films.

[@jubalcalif9100]

He was very talented and a real class act.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

Holden's voice was so much like Reagan's, both from IL Holden was best man at Reagan's wedding.

[@pennyking3823]

What a great actor he was. Just about every movie he was in was very good.

[@substitute91]

Oh boy, i need more of William Holden 's interview. I love listening to this man speaks, in every talkshow etc, so casually yet he looks and sounds articulate, and also serious when it comes to acting business.. and, the WildLife preservation. He looks good here, compared to his appearance on Johnny Carson show, i think.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Here age 54, nine years before his passing.

[@adrianotero7963]

Loved him opposite the Duke in The Horse soldiers....he once said that acting did not come easy for him......but he sure made it look easy.

[@dannylanier520]

William Holden was one of my favorite actor.

[@JuneLynn]

Great interview with William Holden. As a kid I had a major crush on the man after seeing him in "Picnic"....that dance with Kim Novak was wonderful...lol...from what I read in all the comments here, he was a gentleman and I'm so glad to know that he didn't have a big ego like some others do. Just a very down to earth guy doing his job as a great actor.....Rest In Peace William : (

[@maybethgaikens7143]

Favorite movie of all time is picnic! Loved William Holden in that movie!

[@Justin-fy7xk]

Shame its only a clip. I could listen to Bill Holden all night.

[@jennifersman7990]

Sam Peckinpah AND Steve McQueen were scheduled to be on here together? What a show that would’ve been!!

[@Deanetts]

Great seeing him as himself, one of my favourite actors. Loved animals too !

[@altonbunnjr]

Loved the Heston story.

[@viralbuthow000]

hate how alcoholism robbed him. Great actor,.

[@michaelroachface926]

Alcohol robbed him of his looks as well, sadly

[@brucekuehn4031]

William Holden was very involved with African wildlife (along with his girlfriend Stephanie Powers) and had a private reserve there. I remember someone said after he was gone - I thought if he died it might be from a lion or a rhino, but a night table?

[@johnkennethwiseman682]

Yes his life ended rather tragically

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

@@brucekuehn4031 he was drunk, fell, hit his head on a nightstand and bled to death. He and stef were estranged because of his being an alcoholic, but she said when she heard about his death on the radio on the way to the ‘hart to hart’ studious, she turned around and went home to start mourning.

[@Dory8]

@@brucekuehn4031An all along it seems he was the endangered species.

[@Markmywords803]

What a cool dude! That voice and that smile! A real star!

[@Horseracingtip]

The quality of shows and guests back then is striking from today. So much better then.

[@CarinSomers]

Ah what a great ,wonderful man William Holden was ,hope to see more of his apperance on this show

[@samanthab1923]

So cool this popped up. Don't think I've ever seen him on a chat show. Was just watching him in the dance scene from Picnic. Very light on his feet & great theme song.

[@cm9439]

@@samanthab1923 And super smoking hot!

[@CarinSomers]

@@cm9439 No argument there, what a handsome sexy man

[@samanthab1923]

C M 😉

[@pabloperez4063]

@@cm9439 please...! His family /relatives could read it

[@firenze5555]

Wow, what a great voice Holden had...and was so good-looking in his youth.

[@shamteal8614]

Is it me but male actors of that period actually looked and acted like men not the starstruck celebrities craving attention we have to suffer today.

[@lynnturman8157]

Real men are an endangered species.

[@johnahern1077]

Drunks who smoke and hide in nice suits. Not really “real men”.

[@shamteal8614]

@@johnahern1077 I'd rather have drunk men in suits who smoke than the pathetic bunch of soy boys we have now. So would anyone who has any sense if unfortunately we got into a position where we have to fight to protect the weak and all we believe in.

[@JacksonHoulihan]

Lynn Turman, real men who needed to have society catered to them and make them feel special by making others around them lesser beings. How is that a real man?

[@shamteal8614]

@@JacksonHoulihan What leads you to make those assumptions?

[@jamesmack3314]

Holden,Peck,Lancaster,Newman,Stewart,Fonda,Eastwood the list goes on of a special and unique breed of men who happened to be exceptional actors the likes of which we will most likely never see again.

[@kevinhealey6540]

He was great in Kwai, Network, and Stalag 17. He was close friends with Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan and was best man at their wedding. He was Patti Reagan's Godfather. Too bad he died in the way he did.

[@normadesmond6017]

Still a great moviestar. Just look at his smile!

[@schallrd1]

The Bridge on the River Kwai the best classic. Well there's the Wild Bunch too.

[@AlvahGoldbrook]

So LOVED him in "Breezy". He was a macho that came around to being sensitive in the end.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

classy man..great actor, great humanitarian

[@jubalcalif9100]

Totally agree !

[@lameduck3630]

Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, Bridge on the River Kwai, 3 classic movies from the 50's.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Holden was quite good, naturalistically gritty credible as a US Navy man in the 1957 film A Bridge on the River Kwai, a timeless parable of a human tendency to get at times so caught up in "the tree" of one task or project that one loses sight of "the forest" of context values: in this story of WW2 British and (one) American POWs in India coerced by their Japanese captor to build a bridge, of the microfocus of the British commander to uphold his inveterate principle of commitment to task excellence, to the extent that he forgets that the bridge is to defeat his own country and its Allies, to whom he owes overarching true allegiance. In later evolved psychoanalytical terms, he had unawares become Stockholm Syndromed.

[@kennethlatham3133]

Yes, I wait eagerly for that last scene w/Alex Guiness, his final line. It all finally sinks in and his soldierly instincts reclaim his will. Then the Jack Hawkins scene, then......"Madness; madness." Which is as profound a description of war as will ever be contrived.

[@alidabaxter5849]

It's a tragedy what drink did to William Holden, as much as tobacco. Billy Wilder described him as "a golden boy" which he was, when young. But the heavy drinking aged him terribly, and the tobacco along with it. Such a wonderful talent and, as others have said, a conservationist as well.

[@Daniel-sh3os]

He is only 54 in this interview.

[@jonisafreak3]

He was called the golden boy because his start in movies was a movie called golden boy which he got the role with the help of Barbara Stanwyck . Also yes he drank and smoked and had his demons but he had a rough life just as many men and women back then did. People lived hard and aged harder.

[@Graciela-dx6if]

The fact that he lived during all his life exposed to the sun light(he was raised in Pasadena and.spent long periods of time in Africa)contributed largely to his aging prematurely. Ar

[@arthursteven5601]

A true hollywood legend in my country scotland

[@roberttownsend9223]

I think this interview is from 1976 or 1977 as Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQeen made The Getaway around this time. William Holden was a great actor who brought a lot of dignity to every part he played. He was in his late fifties here and despite his heavy drinking, he still looks pretty good. W. Holden will always be remembered for playing Pike Bishop the leader of The Wild Bunch, one of the great hero's of western movies!

[@GentlemanJim61]

The Getaway was released in 1972

[@roberttownsend9223]

Your right, I should have known it was earlier!

[@gjpopper3863]

McQueen's first wife believes the polyp that was removed by a surgeon was the beginning of the cancer that killed him 8 years later . McQueen refused to do a biopsy of the what was surgically removed . The great character actor and WW2 hero Charles Durning believed that McQueen knew he didn't have long to live .

[@daudder]

One of the absolute greats

[@AfterwardDeified]

Pure class. These days will sadly never return.

[@MrChiddler]

George Clooney lacks class? John Hamm lacks class?

[@TomSpeaks-vw1zp]

Low class & no class nowadays. Actors today are a dime a dozen & haven’t paid their dues so to speak. Very few are memorable.

[@Davidthorough]

"...that's when you really have to act." and Cavett muffs it!

[@zeldasmith6154]

He's so handsome and he has gorgeous, strong hands.

[@mobydoug]

Holden projects a wonderful, relaxed, charisma.......a true star, but with the common touch. Great career, even when he was older......as in Network. Too bad he came to a sad end in his Santa Monica pied a terre.....

[@buckroo8424]

I believe Holden lived in Hong Kong for a while and in Africa.

[@margeshilling7983]

Very underrated actor.

[@gargantuaism]

How underrated could he be, he was an Oscar winner and an Emmy winner. That is a pretty good indication people thought he was great.

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

@@gargantuaism erm, having a bunch of awards means nothing. Robin williams won an Oscar for “good will hunting.” He said two months later, people were coming up to him, not to praise him for the award, but calling him “Mork!” Betty white had several Emmy’s, but preferred working at the Los Angeles Zoo. And many very talented performers never receive recognition for their work.

[@wangmowangdi3471]

William Holden is my Golden Boy😍🥰🤩❤❤❤ Brilliant Actor 👏 👍

[@xhaxha1028]

Thank you for posting this - I adore this man!

[@orangezeb1659]

Such a classy actor. Dressed so sharply and stately in the midst of the hippie movement of late '60's-late '70's of long hair, long side burns, moustaches, beards and suits that that had wide ties.

[@jackhaggerty1066]

Mr. Cavett recorded this interview in 1972: William Holden had the intelligence and wit his peers respected, as did Clark Gable, Ronald Coleman, Fred Astaire, Jimmy Cagney, Errol Flynn, Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Alan Ladd, Tyrone Power, Dick Powell, Sinatra, Dean Martin, John Wayne, Sammy Davis Jnr., Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Gene Kelly, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ronald Reagan, Rex Harrison, James Mason, Tony Curtis, Dana Andrews, Robert Ryan, Van Heflin, Yul Brynner, Brando, Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Stewart Granger, Alec Guinness, John Mills, Trevor Howard, Steve McQueen, Rod Steiger, Laurence Harvey, Albert Finney, George Peppard, Sidney Poitier, Omar Sharif, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Peter Finch, Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Peter Lawford, Ray Milland, David Niven, Richard Chamberlain, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Jon Voight, Terence Stamp, David Jansson .... Are there any REAL stars today? As the lady said in Sunset Boulevard, it was motion pictures that got small.

[@davegreene8588]

Glad to see those Alltime faves remembered! Not all were a zillion % perfect, but still were great, and contributed mightily to our enjoyment over the decades

[@rhondafortson5205]

I have loved old movies & old movie stars..WILLIAM HOLDEN WAS ONE OF THE BEST!! Loved him .. especially.. in SABRINA. His charming style, beautifully wicked smile, and understated sense of humor are endearing

[@steveconn]

Love Bill Holden. Great wildlife advocate too. Too bad he died from blood loss from falling on a table while drinking. Mom as an extra remembered a joke he told on the set of Towering Inferno about a late Paul Newman: "He missed the ferry from Sausalito."

[@derekmurray1462]

Great actor and a decent human being. One of his great movies in my opinion was the bridges at toko ri

[@lorrainechandler7864]

The Bridges At Toko-Ri is my favorite WH film.His poignant,brilliant performance is a tribute to his brother-Robert Beedle,a Navy Fighter pilot killed in action in the Pacific WW2.

[@steveoshow4832]

Top notch actor, had that unique glow that only the greats generate. Think he would have been a great Bond in the early series.

[@poigmhahon]

He reminds me a lot of my dad..bless his soul

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

He was amazing in Stalag13

[@garysmith1611]

William holden felt he should have more of a role in The towering inferno . he played a good role in network

[@kamuelalee]

Holden is one of my favorite actors and he didn't do a lot of interviews. Too bad McQueen bowed out of this too, there's even fewer TV interviews with Steve.

[@TrevorHoneyball]

I think it is definitely my age.......I find I'm watching more and more b & w films now.

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

Dick Cavett goes into blabbernouth mode when he is nervous.....

[@susanfraase3750]

I liked the world of Suzie Wong with Nancy Kwan.. he was a good looking man with nice voice.

[@lynnwood7205]

I so miss the mastery of language and of thought that these shows displayed.

[@georgevincent1834]

Cavett may be the greatest interviewer ever. In addition to his quick wit and intelligence, he really researches his guests backgrounds before they come on until he knows almost as much about them as they do.

[@Cerph]

I agree- he listened well, and respected his guests.

[@houdinididiit]

And Frank Sinatra nearly killed Buddy Rich. The story is, they were having an argument in a hotel. They separated down a hallway. Seconds later someone shouted to Buddy “duck“! Miraculously, he obeyed the command. As he did, a giant glass ashtray flew by where his head was and crashed into the wall.

[@davegreene8588]

Little Frankie was also known for angrily pushing a piano (it was on wheels) through a glass window, oblivious to passersby down below.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Holden is soooooo underrated.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

He’s not at all. He was perfectly rated. Not one of the great actors, but not a bad one either. He was highly respected and was in some fantastic films. Strangely, I thought one of his weakest performances was in Stalag 13, for which he won an Oscar! He should have won for Network! Was great in Sabrina, Sunset Boulevard and Bridge on the River Kwai

[@davegreene8588]

@@fifthbusiness1678 Holden *was* one of the greats - of his and any generation.

[@photo161]

Once there were the likes of William Holden, later along came the Tom Cruises...Somehow the world has taken a wrong turn...

[@mcd3379]

Great actor, the likes I'm sure we will never see again.

[@honeybeebadger]

Golden Boy

[@themole2024]

So funny I just watched Invisible Stripes 3 nights ago on TCM. The sidecar looked totally unsafe.

[@scotnick59]

To watch Holden in a role unusual but completely charming for him look at "Father is a Bachelor" (1950) A Disneyesque family movie which is strangely little-known

[@davegreene8588]

One of Holden's finest movies was one of his last: "The Earthling", with a very young Ricky Schroeder. Sad that HE didn't turn out like Holden - though they did get along very well during the filming.

[@abbiekokee3576]

wow is he handsome always one of my favorites

[@sclogse1]

Invisible Stripes. Never heard of a movie with Holden, Raft and Bogart. Amazing.

[@abfabuli69]

My dad has the same great grandparents as william holden, omg they look the same in the face its amazing

[@waynecassels3607]

One of the greatest.

[@joycerandall1935]

I always liked William Holden. I thought he was handsome and I liked his personality. You

[@TWS-pd5dc]

As far as I know Holden only made one movie with Bogart. It was Sabrina in 1954. They co-starred along with Audrew Hepburn. Holden was quoted as saying this about Bogart: "I hated that bastard".

[@preppysocks209]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Stripes

[@TWS-pd5dc]

@Leo Peridot Bogie's career "was coming to an end"?? In 1954 he starred in The Caine Mutiny, and was nominated that year for Best Actor. He had won 3 years earlier for African Queen. I'd hardly say his career was coming to an end.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

No, he was never quoted saying that.

[@dawnguseman1095]

They also starred together in Invisible Stripes many years prior, he talked about it during the interview.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

4:00 Bob Hope made a joke that was actually funny?! OMG!

[@julianmarsh1378]

In his day, Hope was a pretty sharp and energetic fellow....I grew up after his prime and only remember those godawful specials he did....but by then he was old but still a trooper...

[@1locust1]

Always loved the behind the scenes stories from Hollywood.

[@vlera8447]

My favorite anti-hero: Stalag 17, the Bridge on the River Kwai, and Sunset Boulevard and others

[@Rocketpalmgrenade]

Interesting at the beginning when Cavette makes fun of Steve McQueen's throat surgery. Although this is much earlier, McQueen eventually died due to lung cancer - wonder if this was at all related?

[@jennifersman7990]

Possible, but I’m guessing this is from 1970 and McQueen wasn’t diagnosed for another 8 years

[@Rocketpalmgrenade]

@@jennifersman7990 after doing a little research, this was 1972 - so 6 years before the diagnosis.

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@Rocketpalmgrenade as I remember it was a real oddball cancer, too. my uncle had a thyroid cancer and they never really knew what it was up to. A friend with upper palette cancer, connected strongly to smoking, was only forty, and was gone in seven weeks after diagnosis. Some cancers are very aggressive, others take year and years, but it's unique to each person. lifestyle in those days?? as I remember McQueen they THINK was exposed in the Navy as he was an asshat and they had him cleaning in confined space, around asbestos and who knows what. The military is even today, largely EXEMPT from hazardous material "rules", and they have lots of chemicals around.

[@davegreene8588]

@@dwightstjohn6927 Some big changes are WAY overdue for the military's treatment of their members.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

The unsafe motorcycle in that film was not the fault of William Holden as actor rider, but of the prop master for not having had it mechanically checked and then stabilized, as after a first report of the front wheel "shimmy"; or of the director if he did not direct the safety issue to the producer, and of the producer if he disregarded the safety concern.