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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-09-11 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Delhi, Louisiana, USA

Earl Holliman

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

Acting

2021

2015

2006

2000

The Perfect Tenant as Arthur Michaels

1999

Bad City Blues as Joe Gags

1997

Nightman as Frank Dominus
Night Man as Frank Dominus

1996

1995

Caroline in the City as Fred Duffy

1993

1992

Delta as Darden Towe
The Larry Sanders Show as Earl Holliman

1991

P.S. I Luv U as Matthew Durning

1990

1988

1987

American Harvest as Krab Hogan

1986

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff J.T. Tanner
Murder, She Wrote as Wayne Platte

1983

The Thorn Birds as Luddie Mueller

1982

Country Gold as Wade Purcell
Hotel as Owen McDermott

1981

Sharky's Machine as Donald Hotchkins

1980

1979

The Solitary Man as Dave Keyes

1977

CHiPs as Earl Holliman (uncredited)

1974

Trapped as David Moore
Cry Panic as Sheriff Ross Cabot
I Love You...Good-bye as Tom Chandler
Police Woman as Lt. Bill Crowley
Dinah! as Self

1973

1972

The Biscuit Eater as Harve McNeil

1971

Cannon as Magruder
Montserrat as Luhan

1970

Tribes as DePayster
Smoke as Cal Finch

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D. as Father Hugh
Medical Center as Dr. Ian Hayton

1968

Anzio as Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler
The Power as Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty
It Takes a Thief as Major Arlin McCoy

1967

A Covenant with Death as Brian Talbot
Ironside as Gordy Brokaw

1965

The F.B.I. as Robert Charles Porter
The F.B.I. as Drake Faron
The F.B.I. as Walker Carr
The F.B.I. as Frank

1964

12 O'Clock High as Lt. Paul Stiger

1963

The Great Adventure as Will Cross
The Fugitive as Charley Judd

1962

The Virginian as Wiley

1961

Summer and Smoke as Archie Kramer
Dr. Kildare as Capt. Bob Hill

1960

Insight as Fleming
Checkmate as Jack Quentin

1959

Last Train from Gun Hill as Rick Belden, Craig's Son
The Trap as Tippy Anderson
The Twilight Zone as Mike Ferris
Bonanza as Sherman Clegg

1958

Hot Spell as Buddy Duval

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett
Trooper Hook as Jeff Bennett
Don't Go Near the Water as Adam Garrett
The Dark Side of the Earth as Capt. Volodney
The Lux Show as Self

1956

Giant as 'Bob' Dace
The Burning Hills as Morton Bayliss
The Rainmaker as Jim Curry

1955

The Big Combo as Mingo
Gunsmoke as Will
Gunsmoke as Hackett
Gunsmoke as Boone Shadler

1954

The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Nestor Gamidge
Broken Lance as Denny Devereaux
Tennessee Champ as Happy Jackfield

1953

East of Sumatra as Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman
Scared Stiff as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Devil's Canyon as Prisoner
Destination Gobi as Frank Swenson
The Girls of Pleasure Island as Marine (uncredited)
General Electric Theater as David Seymour

1952

Pony Soldier as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1948

Studio One as Wayne Pilgrim

1947

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member