William Holden

format_quote For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

stars  Immortalized in (Canadian band), Blue Rodeo's song "Floating" with the lyric: "I need love and it's you, And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool" - Greg Keelor, the writer of the song, said this: "That sort of quiet desperation at the end of a relationship when nothing's really making sense and I sort of had the image of William Holden at the beginning of Sunset Blvd. (1950) in my head, and I'd always sort of related to that character floating in that pool. I was always hoping for the opportunity to play the gigolo for some wealthy woman. This is a song about identifying with that sort of compromised existence."

stars  He enjoyed firework displays.

stars  Was named #25 Actor on the 50 Greatest Screen Legends by the AFI

stars  Adopted his stepdaughter, Virginia Gaines, from Ankerson's (Brenda Marshall's) first marriage. He and Marshall had two sons together, Peter Wesfield "West" Holden, born November 17, 1943, and Scott Porter Holden, born May 2, 1946.

stars  Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.