Earl Holliman

Who they were

Henry Earl Holliman 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 to 1978 run.

Early life

Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles.

Early life and education Henry Earl Holliman was born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi, Louisiana . [ 1 ] His biological father, William A. Frost, was a farmer who died six months before his birth. [ 2 ] His mother, Mary Smith, [ 3 ] was living in poverty with several other children [ 4 ] and gave him up for adoption at birth, while her other children were sent to orphanages until she could take them all back, which she did. [ 1 ]

Path and career

Awards / honours: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Career Film While at the Pasadena Playhouse , Holliman entered the Paramount lot by claiming he had an appointment with a studio barber. Eventually he became friendly with studio executives. [ 1 ] Holliman first got a small bit part opposite Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Scared Stiff (1953). Next he was cast as a marine in The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953), for which he needed a G.I. haircut. Finally he saw the barber and ended up with a haircut (and bangs) that changed his life. [ 2 ]

Why this date

Earl Holliman appears on our November 25 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.