The film was a huge commercial success, and Holden made over $2.5 million from the film. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Join thousands of others and start your morning with our Fact Of The Day newsletter. Sabrina (1954) - Trivia - IMDb [28] He played an American Civil War military surgeon in John Ford's The Horse Soldiers (1959) opposite John Wayne, which was a box-office disappointment. [50], His death was noted by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, whose 1987 song "Tom's Diner", about a sequence of events one morning in 1981, included a mention of reading a newspaper article about "an actor who had died while he was drinking". Holden's daughter knew her father as caring and loving. It was a big hit, as was The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), a Korean War drama with Kelly.[20][21]. All the while, Holden couldnt let go of one heartbreaking truth: He lived out an incredibly charmed life while his brother was never coming back. He was involved in saving endangered animals in Africa and was a CIA informant. Gaines said that she flourished under Holden's care, revealing: I felt like I could confide in him. This time, his female co-star was a French actress named Capucine. Holden eventually did divorce Ardis and dated French actress Capucine before she ended their relationship due to his long-standing alcohol problem. Holdens next few films struggled at the box office. He was from a better background than Holden as well and his father was a well known Cuban American surgeon. She returns to romance with the Larrabee brothers, played by Holden and Humphrey Bogart. The actor, who died at 63, adopted Gaines when he married her mother, Brenda Marshall, in 1941. Mr. Holden, who was 63 years old, was found by an apartment manager. His daughter shared that the glitz and glam were not what Holden was after. Bill shared a warm, nurturing relationship with his adopted daughter, traveled to Africa to help save endangered animals, and even became an informant for the CIA at a crucial time in history. She married the actor Richard Huston Gaines in 1936, and they had one daughter, Virginia; the couple divorced in 1940. He began wooing a beautiful actress he was working with on Stalag 17and eventually invited her to his dressing room for an afternoon romance. In no uncertain terms she gave him an ultimatum and 'demanded that Bill stop seeing that woman'. Despite the differences in our ages, we shared many of the same curiosities about life, Stefanie tells Closer. Beedle grew up in South Pasadena, California. The two shared a special father-daughter bond and Gaines felt that she could tell her adoptive father anything. On the advice of doctors, Holdens dad moved to California, where the warmth and sun would do him good. Holden had another hit with The World of Suzie Wong (1960) with Nancy Kwan, which was shot in Hong Kong. He and Marshall had two sons together, Peter Westfield "West" Holden (born November 17, 1943) and Scott Holden (Scott Porter Holden, born May 2, 1946). [27], He made another war film for a British director, The Key (1958) with Trevor Howard and Sophia Loren for director Carol Reed. He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (19541958, 1961), and appeared as 25th on the American Film Institute's list of 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.