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Earl Holliman

1928 - 2024

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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 to 1978 run. Holliman also had important roles in major films such as Broken Lance (1954), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), The Big Combo (1955), I Died a Thousand Times (1955), Forbidden Planet (1956), Giant (1956), Hot Spell (1958), Anzio (1968), The Desperate Mission (1969), The Biscuit Eater (1972), Sharky's Machine (1981), and Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987). He also had several notable television appearances in The Twilight Zone; Hotel de Paree; The Thorn Birds; Gunsmoke; Murder, She Wrote; and Caroline in the City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Earl Holliman is the 4,578th most popular actor (up from 5,078th in 2024), the 7,275th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,399th in 2019) and the 2,106th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Earl Holliman ranks 4,578 out of 13,578. Before him are Antony Starr, Vladimir Ivashov, Colette Marchand, Richard O'Brien, Chi McBride, and Antonio Sabàto Jr.. After him are Manfred Krug, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Preston, Martine Beswick, David Spade, and Steve Marriott.

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Among people born in 1928, Earl Holliman ranks 403. Before him are Takako Doi, Ion Druță, Tom Lantos, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Alfred Hrdlicka, and Nancy Olson. After him are Jean Barraqué, Harold Becker, Pierre Tchernia, Simón Díaz, Washington Ortuño, and Barbara Ann Scott. Among people deceased in 2024, Earl Holliman ranks 355. Before him are Artur Chilingarov, Tommy Banks, Shyam Benegal, Ștefan Birtalan, Andrew Davis, and Liang Guanglie. After him are Serge Vohor, Helen Fisher, Hugo Villanueva, Imerio Massignan, Jean-Claude Gaudin, and James Darren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earl Holliman ranks 7,277 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Thomas (1912), C. L. Moore (1911), Chi McBride (1961), Sandra Bem (1944), Sidney Howard (1891), and Steve Aoki (1977). After him are Armen Alchian (1914), Beverly Sills (1929), Brian Greene (1963), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Robert Preston (1918), and David Spade (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Earl Holliman ranks 2,107. Before him are Nancy Olson (1928), J. E. Freeman (1946), Gary Lockwood (1937), Michael Bowen (1957), Charles Fleischer (1950), and Chi McBride (1961). After him are Robert Preston (1918), David Spade (1964), Lewis Arquette (1935), Noah Emmerich (1965), Henry Thomas (1971), and Victor Buono (1938).

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