On Nov. 12, 1981, William Holden, the Hollywood star, ... My father grew up in Egypt, where he once saw an organ-grinder’s baboon go rogue and gouge out a child’s eye.

But aside from the beefcake, Holden’s eyes held the flickering light of an overtaxed conscience, and his straight back and high forehead (an accidental blow to which ended the star’s life in 1981 at ...

Holden is one of the best American actors to ever grace the screen, with a long-running career that exists at the axis of several contradictions: golden good looks yet eyes that suggest a cleverly ...

The cover of "Audrey and Bill" helpfully clarifies that it's "A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn & William Holden." The two film stars met while co-starring in Billy Wilder's effervescent 1954 ...