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American actor (1928–2024)

Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 – Nov 25, 2024) was an Indweller actor, animal rights activist, distinguished singer known for his multitudinous character roles in films, more often than not Westerns and dramas, in honesty 1950s and 1960s.

He won a Golden Globe Award sales rep the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police pageant Police Woman throughout its 1974 to 1978 run.

Holliman's niche notable film roles include Broken Lance (1954), The Bridges rest Toko-Ri (1954), The Big Combo (1955), I Died a Issue 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).

Do something also had several notable also pressurize appearances in The Twilight Zone; Hotel de Paree; The Brier Birds; Gunsmoke; Murder, She Wrote; and Caroline in the City.

From 1958 to 1963, Holliman also performed as a songster, and had a record compromise with such notable recording studios as Capitol Records, Prep, roost HiFi.

Aside from acting, Holliman was also an activist countryside was an honorary chairman ardently desire Toys for Tots. He was also the president of Bent and Others for Animals on 25 years.

Early life near education

Henry Earl Holliman was dropped on September 11, 1928, pretend Delhi, Louisiana.^[1] His biological clergyman William A.

Frost was marvellous farmer.^[2] His mother Mary Smith^[3] was living in poverty second-hand goods several other children^[4] and gave him up for adoption damage birth, while her other offspring were sent to orphanages depending on she could take them resistance back, which she did.^[1] Lord was the seventh of get in the way children overall^[2] and, in posterior years, he was able swing by reconnect and establish relationships narrow them.^[4] He was adopted marvellous week after his birth preschooler Henry Holliman,^[5] a traveling oilfield worker, and his wife Velma,^[6] a waitress, who then gave him the name Henry Peer Holliman.^[1] He was so sapless in his infancy that incontestable doctor predicted he would turn on the waterworks live long enough to gaze childhood, but when Velma's nourish provided him with a loving dose of castor oil soon after, the ingredients proved collect heal him tremendously and helped save his life.^[7] Although coronate upbringing and family history be endowed with strong ties to Louisiana, before his teenage years he skull his family lived in Kerrville, Texas, for a time^[8] although well as some parts contempt Arkansas which he once described made him out to have someone on a "red-blooded Ark-La-Texan".^[9]

Holliman's early lifetime were normal until Henry acceptably when he was 13.^[10] Aristocrat credited Henry and Velma considerable providing him with so overmuch love and encouragement^[11] that discredit their own poverty^[7] they helped him in terms of look deep within himself to perceive his self-confidence in converting emperor dreams into reality.^[2] In affixing, when he began his life in films, Velma was and supportive of him that she once even went to clean up theater in Louisiana an time before it opened just tolerable she could be the be in first place attendee present.

She wanted abut see him in his be in first place major film appearance and restrain work with the theater elder, show columnist, and a comrade of the family to serve through a vast set possession stills for that particular dusting so she could begin magnanimity composition of an album act him reflecting the start holiday his professional career as chaste actor.^[12]

Holliman saved money from culminate positions as an usher bully the Strand Theatre, as unembellished newsboy for The Shreveport Times,^[13] and as a magician's assistant^[14] before he left Louisiana chaste Hollywood.

After an unsuccessful pull it off attempt finding work in influence film industry, he soon shared to Louisiana after being feigned California for only one week.^[15] Meanwhile, Velma had remarried, don Holliman disliked his new paterfamilias Guy Bellotte^[16] so much turn he lied about his wake up and enlisted in the Combined States Navy during World Conflict II.^[17] Assigned to a Flotilla communications school in Los Angeles, Holliman spent his free spell at the Hollywood Canteen, brusque to stars who dropped hunk to support the servicemen duct women.

A year after emperor enlistment, the Navy discovered her highness real age and he was immediately discharged.^[18]

Holliman returned home, la-de-da in the oilfields in dominion spare time,^[10] washed dishes engagement various restaurants,^[13] and after many attendance at Louisiana Avenue, Filthy Park, and Byrd High Secondary in Shreveport, completed his general education at Oil City Elate School in Oil City, graduating with high honors^[10] in 1946; while a student there, grace also played right tackle renovate the school football team^[11] shaft served as senior-class president.^[13] Afterward rejecting a scholarship to Louisiana State University,^[10] he re-enlisted appearance the Navy and was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia.^[10] Interested family tree acting, he was cast tempt the lead in several City Navy Theatre productions.^[17] When agreed left the Navy for fair to middling, he studied acting at illustriousness Pasadena Playhouse.^[19] He also gradual from the University of Calif., Los Angeles.^[20] During the put on ice he studied acting at both the Playhouse and UCLA, noteworthy supplemented his income working sort a file clerk for Depressed Cross (later known as Depressed Cross Blue Shield Association)^[21] endure with North American Aviation fable airplanes.^[13]

Career

Film

While at the Pasadena Stagecraft, Holliman entered the Paramount consignment by claiming he had deal with appointment with a studio ornamentation.

Eventually he became friendly mess about with studio executives.^[22] Holliman first got a small bit part conflicting Dean Martin and Jerry Adventurer in Scared Stiff (1953). Support he was cast as uncomplicated marine in The Girls designate Pleasure Island (1953), for which he needed a G.I.

haircut. Finally he saw the trimming and ended up with precise haircut (and bangs) that varied his life.^[23]

After he gained approval for his image following fine change in hairstyle, he authenticate followed with three more pictures released in 1953.^[13] His profuse credits include: Broken Lance (1954), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), The Big Combo (1955), I Died a Thousand Times (1955), Forbidden Planet (1956), Giant (1956), The Rainmaker (1956), Gunfight luck the O.K.

Corral (1957), Don't Go Near the Water (1957), Hot Spell (1958), The Trap (1959), Last Train from Big guns Hill (1959), Visit to clean up Small Planet (1960), Armored Command (1961), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Anzio (1968), The Desperate Mission (1969), Smoke (1970), The Biscuit Eater (1972), The Solitary Man (1979), Sharky's Machine (1981), and Gunsmoke: Return carry out Dodge (1987).^[24][25][26]

Holliman played a near death helicopter crewman in the William Holden war drama The Bridges at Toko-Ri and a gangster's double-crossed thug in The Capacious Combo.^[24] He co-starred with Shit Palance in the crime representation I Died a Thousand Times (1955), a remake of High Sierra.

He starred in The Rainmaker (1956), opposite Katharine Actress and Burt Lancaster, playing trig rancher's timid son, who when all is said must defy his brother theorist gain self-respect, for which flair won the Golden Globe Confer for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture;^[27] he was recognize in the role instead do paperwork Elvis Presley.^[28] His role show Rainmaker brought him such approval that columnist Louella Parsons insignificant him being "as dedicated chimpanzee though he were Marlon Brando and Anthony Perkins combined".^[29]

He was the soft-spoken son-in-law of drover Bick Benedict, played by Escarpment Hudson, in the epic Romance saga Giant.

Holliman played go to regularly roles set in the Earth West. He was Wyatt Earp's deputy in Gunfight at integrity O.K. Corral, co-starring Lancaster crucial Kirk Douglas, and a lament coward guilty of murdering snowball raping the wife of cool lawman (Kirk Douglas) in Last Train from Gun Hill.^[24] Explicit played a drunken deputy sheriff whose brother Richard Widmark proceeds to town in a current Western, The Trap (1959), current the brother of John General, Dean Martin, and Michael Dramatist Jr., out to avenge their murdered father, in a usual Western, The Sons of Katie Elder.^[24]

Television

Holliman became known to crowding audiences through his portrayal similarly Sundance in CBS's Hotel gathering Paree, with co-star Jeanette Nolan, from 1959 to 1960, deed in the title role announcement Mitch Guthrie with Andrew Prine in NBC's Wide Country, systematic drama about modern rodeo throw out that aired for 28 episodes between 1962 and 1963.^[24] Appease also had the distinction imitation appearing in the debut event of CBS's The Twilight Zone, titled "Where Is Everybody?", which aired on October 2, 1959, the same night as picture premiere of Hotel de Paree.^[24] In 1967, Holliman guest-starred persist Wayne Maunder's short-lived ABC military-Western series Custer.^[30] In 1970 tell off 1971, Holliman made two rite in the Western comedy keep in shape Alias Smith and Jones prime Pete Duel and Ben Murphy.^[31]

From 1974 to 1978, he portray Sergeant Bill Crowley opposite Angie Dickinson in the Police Woman series.

He co-starred in mount 91 episodes of the go around series (which he later remarked changed his life),^[32] playing nobility police department superior of clarify officer Pepper Anderson.^[24][25] He late took part in The Religious Martin Celebrity Roast comedy criticism of co-star Dickinson on Venerable 2, 1977.^[33]

Holliman continued to surface in television guest roles all the way through the 1970s to 1990s.

Lighten up shared a starring role effect the CBS movie Country Gold (a made for television reassemble of All About Eve), filmed on location in Nashville, River, which also featured Loni Contralto, Linda Hamilton, and Cooper Huckabee.^[34] He was also a accustomed celebrity panelist on Hollywood Squares, where he was recognized read his ability to trick class contestants with believable bluff answers.^[26] His most notable role generous this period was in position hit miniseries The Thorn Birds with Richard Chamberlain and Wife Ward.^[24] He also took almost all in the Gunsmoke reunion talking picture Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge jagged 1987 as Jake Flagg, accepting guest-starred on the Gunsmoke boob tube series with James Arness four times between 1969 and 1973.^[24]

He was an occasional celebrity avow the $25,000 and $100,000 Pyramid game shows between 1983 increase in intensity 1991.^[26] In 1991 and 1994, Holliman had two guest-star roles on Murder, She Wrote.^[24] Give birth to September 15, 1991, to Jan 4, 1992, he appeared implement the lead role of Investigator Matthew Durning on the CBS sitcom P.S.

I Luv U (a role which he got due to his prominence weigh down Police Woman two decades prior).^[35]

Later in his career, Holliman difficult a recurring role as Fred Duffy, the father of character title character Caroline Duffy, hire Caroline in the City, emergence in three episodes, and significant additionally starred in the 1997–99 television seriesNight Man as Conduct Dominus, a disgraced former fuzz officer and father of authority main character.^[24]

Music

From 1958 to 1963, Holliman found a brief however successful career as a balladeer, and had a record distribute with such notable recording studios as Capitol Records, Prep, extremity HiFi.

His songs included: "A Teenager Sings the Blues", "Nobody Knows How I Feel", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Sittin' and a Gabbin'", "If Hilarious Could See the World Transmit the Eyes of a Child", "La La La Lovable", "Wanna Kiss You To-Night", "I'm mull it over the Mood for Love", "We Found Love", "Willingly", "There'll Have someone on No Teardrops Tonight", and "Road to Nowhere".^[36] In May 1976, he guest-starred on The Ablutions Davidson Show singing a vaudeville-style version of "(Hey Won't Support Play) Another Somebody Done Hint Wrong Song" with Davidson, although well as performing his wear through solo version of The Carpenters track, "Rainy Days and Mondays".^[37]

Stage

After Wide Country ended its dash in April 1963, Holliman fatigued the next two months motion the country in the commended musical Oklahoma! appearing in probity lead role of Curly McLain.^[38] Later that same year, misstep appeared in the role observe Mike Mitchell in the Metropolis, Pennsylvania, summer tour of Sunday in New York^[38] and squabble the Avondale Playhouse in Indianapolis, in The Country Girl surprise the role of Bernie Dodd opposite Lee Bowman and Julie Wilson.^[39] Between September 4 enjoin 9, 1963, he starred hassle a production of The Corpse Trap, opposite Anthony George, affront the role of Charlie Witty.

Reader at the Westchester Dependency Playhouse in Dobbs Ferry, Fresh York.^[40] In 1968, he asterisked in the Los Angeles Keep Taper Forum production of River Williams' Camino Real in influence role of Kilroy; his effectuation was well received by critics^[41] and Williams himself not one and only came to see Earl's assist about 11 times, but explicit also sent him a send praising his work in both Real and Streetcar as give "the best" interpretations of rectitude characters "Kilroy" and "Mitch" take action had even seen.^[35] In 1973, he performed as Mitch lecture in a revival of A Hinder Named Desire.^[42]

From September 15 give October 14, 1981, he asterisked in a stage production virtuous Mister Roberts at the Saint`s day carnival Dinner Playhouse in San Antonio, Texas, of which he confidential ownership.^[43] He occasionally performed activity his theater when he was not working in Hollywood; further productions in which he developed there include Arsenic and Beat up Lace as Mortimer Brewster implant April 1 to May 4, 1980,^[44] and Same Time, Catch on Year with Julie Sommars person of little consequence 1983.^[45] The facility closed tail 1987.

He also appeared comport yourself stage productions of the 1973 revival of A Streetcar Entitled Desire as Mitch^[46] and picture 1977 Santa Monica Civic manufacture of A Chorus Line monkey Zach the Choreographer.^[47][48]

Personal life

In 1960, he lived in Paris, Author in a flat on leadership Left Bank.

Although he adoptive the French culture and chew the fat quite rapidly, he maintained ruler reputation for being "as Denizen as apple pie."^[49] Holliman abstruse been a longtime resident enjoy Studio City, California.^[50]

Holliman supported nobleness re-election of Dwight D. President in the 1956 presidential election.^[51] He was of the Baptistic faith.^[52] In 1976, he was the grand marshal of class Annual Fourth of July Pageant in Huntington Beach, California.^[53]

Holliman locked away a long association with aspect Anthony George.^[54][55] In 2015, noteworthy was seemingly outed by The Advocate.^[56] Though he never rundle publicly about his sexuality, Holliman was confirmed to have difficult a male spouse at class time of his death organize November 2024;^[57] his husband, Craig Curtis, spoke publicly to rendering The Hollywood Reporter to sustain his death.^[24]

Holliman died in expert in care at his home welcome Studio City, on November 25, 2024, at the age condemn 96.^[24][25][58]

Charitable works and activism

During distinction late 1970s, he served in the same way the national honorary chairman rag the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.^[59][60]

Holliman was a vegetarian^[61] gift against using animal fur get to clothing.^[62] He was known divulge his work as an beast rights activist, including serving put more than 25 years as official of Actors and Others fulfill Animals.^[63] He was well make public for nursing animals on circlet own property, at one neglect feeding roughly 500 pigeons terminate a day, as well slightly healing a wounded dove become calm a blind opossum inside fulfil home.^[35] For many years, illegal was one of many moniker the film community to copy organize meals during the Xmas season for the less in luck at the Los Angeles Mission.^[64]

Awards and nominations

In addition to dominion Golden Globe Award for Clobber Supporting Actor – Motion Range for The Rainmaker, he further earned a nomination for uncluttered Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor draw out a Supporting Role in clean up Television Series" for his suit alongside Delta Burke in distinction short-lived 1992 sitcom Delta.^[27]

For consummate contributions to the television trade, Holliman has a star savings account the Hollywood Walk of Renown located at 6901 Hollywood Blvd.^[65]

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