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Earl Holliman

The Rainmaker

Broken Lance

Last Train From Gun Hill

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Giant

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Biscuit Eater

Anzio

Born: 09/11/1928 Tennesas Swamp, Delhi, LA

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Biography: While many of Earl Holliman's bucolic screen characters tended to shy away from "book learnin," Holliman himself is a graduate of UCLA. Making his film debut with a one-line bit as a bellboy in Martin and Lewis' Scared Stiff (1953), Holliman went on to featured and co-starring roles in westerns and military dramas, usually cast as a hot-headed rustic with a streak of manic unpredictability. His larger film roles include the comic-relief cook in Forbidden Planet (1956), Katharine Hepburn's girl-happy brother in The Rainmaker (1956)--a performance that earned him a Golden Globe nomination--and Matt Elder in the John Wayne starrer Sons of Katie Elder (1965). A nearly inescapable presence on television, Holliman turned in some impressive work on the many live TV anthologies of the 1950s. His portrayal of a shipwrecked marine in the 1958 Kraft Theatre production "The Sea is Boiling Hot," in which he carried on a one-sided debate with monolingual Japanese officer Sessue Hayakawa, led to his being cast in a similar solo turn in the 1959 Twilight Zone pilot episode "Where is Everybody?" His series-TV credits include the roles of gunslinger-turned-hotelier Sundance in Hotel de Paree (1959), bronco buster Mitch Guthrie in Wide Country (1962), Palm Springs private eye Matthew Durning in PS I Luv U (1991) and barkeep Darden Towe in Delta (1992). Undoubtedly his most famous TV assignment was as Angie Dickinson's superior officer Lt. Bill Crowley in the weekly Police Woman (1974-78). Most recently Earl Holliman made a most welcome guest appearance as Lea Thompson's Wisconsinite dad in the TV sitcom Caroline in the City. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVDs that Earl Holliman appeared in...

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07/12/2005 - The Rainmaker
05/24/2005 - Broken Lance
11/09/2004 - Last Train From Gun Hill
05/11/2004 - Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
06/10/2003 - Giant
04/22/2003 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
05/21/2002 - The Biscuit Eater
11/06/2001 - Anzio
06/05/2001 - The Sons of Katie Elder
05/22/2001 - The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Awards

1956

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner)

Golden Globe