Earl Holliman

Actor Sep 11 (died age 96) Delhi, Louisiana, USA 1944–2021 (77 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.

Known For

Film

Forbidden Planet

Film

Giant

'Bob' Dace

Film

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett

Film

The Sons of Katie Elder

Matt Elder

Film

Last Train from Gun Hill

Rick Belden, Craig's Son

Film

The Big Combo

Mingo

Film

The Thorn Birds

Luddie Mueller

Film

Sharky's Machine

Donald Hotchkins

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (62)

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

as Self

Children of 'Giant'

as Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006

as Self

4.5

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

as Self

The Perfect Tenant

as Arthur Michaels

Bad City Blues

as Joe Gags

Memories of Giant

Nightman

as Frank Dominus

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

as Self

Return to 'Giant'

as Self

American Harvest

as Krab Hogan

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987

as Jake Flagg

6.4

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986

as Kim's Father

3.0

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

as Self

Country Gold

as Wade Purcell

Sharky's Machine

as Donald Hotchkins

Where the Ladies Go

as Buck

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Ed Eckles

The Solitary Man

as Dave Keyes

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

as Ray Church

Trapped

as David Moore

I Love You...Good-bye

1974

as Tom Chandler

Cry Panic

1974

as Sheriff Ross Cabot

6.8

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

as Harry Donner

6.5

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

1973

as Cal Winslow

The Biscuit Eater

1972

as Harve McNeil

6.2

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971

as Wheat

Montserrat

1971

as Luhan

Cannon

1971

as Magruder

4.5

Smoke

1970

as Cal Finch

Tribes

1970

as DePayster

6.0

The Desperate Mission

1969

as Shad Clay

4.0

The Power

1968

as Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty

6.2

Anzio

1968

as Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler

5.6

A Covenant with Death

1967

as Brian Talbot

4.7

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Matt Elder

Summer and Smoke

as Archie Kramer

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

1961

as Webster

Armored Command

1961

as Mike

4.8

Visit to a Small Planet

as Conrad

The Trap

as Tippy Anderson

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

as Rick Belden, Craig's Son

7.1

Hot Spell

1958

as Buddy Duval

5.4

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett

7.0

Don't Go Near the Water

as Adam Garrett

Trooper Hook

as Jeff Bennett

The Dark Side of the Earth

1957

as Capt. Volodney

Giant

as 'Bob' Dace

Forbidden Planet

as Cookie

The Rainmaker

as Jim Curry

The Burning Hills

as Morton Bayliss

The Big Combo

as Mingo

I Died a Thousand Times

as Red

Broken Lance

as Denny Devereaux

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

as Nestor Gamidge

Tennessee Champ

as Happy Jackfield

East of Sumatra

as Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman)

5.2

Destination Gobi

1953

as Frank Swenson

5.8

The Girls of Pleasure Island

1953

as Marine (uncredited)

5.0

Scared Stiff

1953

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Devil's Canyon

as Prisoner

Pony Soldier

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.9

Television (50)

Night Man

as Frank Dominus

Caroline in the City

as Fred Duffy

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Larry Sanders Show

as Earl Holliman

Delta

as Darden Towe

P.S. I Luv U

as Matthew Durning

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Milton (voice)

6.8

In the Heat of the Night

1988

as Dr. Lambert

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Sheriff J.T. Tanner

The Thorn Birds

as Luddie Mueller

Hotel

CHiPs

as Earl Holliman (uncredited)

6.8

People's Choice Awards

as Self

Dinah!

as Self

Police Woman

as Lt. Bill Crowley

Police Story

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

as Self

5.4

The Streets of San Francisco

as Chris Conway

The Rookies

Alias Smith and Jones

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Father Hugh

Medical Center

as Dr. Ian Hayton

It Takes a Thief

as Major Arlin McCoy

Ironside

as Gordy Brokaw

Judd for the Defense

Custer

The F.B.I.

as Robert Charles Porter

12 O'Clock High

as Lt. Paul Stiger

The Fugitive

as Charley Judd

The Great Adventure

as Will Cross

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Wiley

The Wide Country

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Capt. Bob Hill

Bus Stop

Checkmate

as Jack Quentin

Bonanza

as Sherman Clegg

The Twilight Zone

as Mike Ferris

Hotel de Paree

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Lux Show

as Self

Matinee Theater

Gunsmoke

as Will

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Cal Finch

7.8

General Electric Theater

as David Seymour

Studio One

as Wayne Pilgrim

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Danny Smith

7.5

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Audience Member

7.2