Earl Holliman

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.

Known For

'Bob' Dace

Giant

Cookie

Forbidden Planet

Deputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Mingo

The Big Combo

Nestor Gamidge

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Red

I Died a Thousand Times

Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler

Lo sbarco di Anzio

Denny Devereaux

Broken Lance

Donald Hotchkins

Sharky's Machine

Rick Belden, Craig's Son

Last Train from Gun Hill

Cal Winslow

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

Matt Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty

The Power

Tippy Anderson

The Trap

Harve McNeil

The Biscuit Eater

Archie Kramer

Summer and Smoke

DePayster

Tribes

Jake Flagg

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Conrad

Visit to a Small Planet

Morton Bayliss

The Burning Hills

Jeff Bennett

Trooper Hook

Adam Garrett

Don't Go Near the Water

Ed Eckles

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

David Moore

Trapped

Cal Finch

Smoke

Buddy Duval

Hot Spell

Happy Jackfield

Tennessee Champ

Self

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

Brian Talbot

A Covenant with Death

Jim Curry

The Rainmaker

Ray Church

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Joe Gags

Bad City Blues

Magruder

Cannon

Buck

Where the Ladies Go

Cupid (as Henry Earl Hopliman

East of Sumatra

Mike

Armored Command

Self

Children of 'Giant'

Shad Clay

The Desperate Mission

Luhan

Montserrat

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Scared Stiff

Prisoner

Devil's Canyon

Wade Purcell

Country Gold

Arthur Michaels

The Perfect Tenant

Sheriff Ross Cabot

Cry Panic

Capt. Volodney

The Dark Side of the Earth

Frank Swenson

Destination Gobi

Dave Keyes

The Solitary Man

Tom Chandler

I Love You...Good-bye

Self

Return to 'Giant'

Krab Hogan

American Harvest

Kim's Father

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

Harry Donner

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

Frank Dominus

Nightman

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Pony Soldier

Marine (uncredited)

The Girls of Pleasure Island

Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Self

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

Webster

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

Wheat

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-09-11

Place of Birth

Delhi, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Henry Earl Holliman