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Henry Earl Holliman is an actor born on 11th September 1928 in Delhi, Louisiana USA, and is known for his numerous roles in films, primarily of western and drama genre mostly throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He is an awarded actor, having won a Golden Globe Award for his role in “The Rainmaker” (1956); another notable role was as Police Sergeant Bill Crowley in the TV series “Police Woman” (1974-1978).

Have you ever wondered how rich Earl Holliman is? According to sources, it has been estimated that Holliman’s overall net worth is $5 million, acquired through a series of roles which he has portrayed in a long and successful acting career which spanned almost 50 years until 2000. Earl’s talent secured him a lasting popularity and a significant increase of net worth.

Earl Holliman Net Worth $5 Million

Holliman was born into a poor family, and was given-up for adoption at birth; only a week later, he was adopted by an oil-field worker, Henry Holliman, and his wife with whom he happily lived until his adoptive father’s death 13 years later. As a youngster, Earl worked as an usher at a movie theater, but after saving enough money, he headed to Hollywood. However, after being unsuccessful at finding any work, he lied about his age and enlisted in the US Navy during World War II, and was assigned to Los Angeles, but his gae was discovered and he was discharged, and returned home and finished high school, but re-enlisted in the Navy as soon as he was old enough. This time, due to his love for acting, he appeared in several Norfolk Navy Theatre productions, which helped him develop his interest and confirm his future career. He soon left the Navy and enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse to study acting, but Earl also graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Holliman made his debut appearance with a cameo role as a bellboy in “Scared Stiff”(1953), but went on and made his way to landing more significant roles in military dramas and westerns. His notable film roles include movies such as “Forbidden Planet”(1956), “Sons of Katie Elder” (1965) and “The Rainmaker”(1956), in which he portrayed the role of Katharine Hepburn’s brother – a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award.

Holliman was a well-known face on television as well. He appeared as a shipwrecked marine in “The Sea Is Boilin Hot”, which led to him being cast in a similar production in 1959 Twilight Zone pilot episode “Where is Everybody?”. When it comes to his engagement in TV series his most notable roles include “Hotel de Paree”(1959), “Wide Country”(1962), “P.S. I Luv U”(1991),“Delta”(1992) and his most famous – “Police Woman”(1974-1978). Some of his later career ventures include starring in TV series “Night Man”(1997-1999) as Frank Domino. Holliman earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Aside from acting, Earl used to own the Fiesta Dinner Playhouse in San Antonio, Texas, where he sometimes performed.

When it comes to his private life, he is said to have been in relationships with actresses Dolores Hart and Valerie Allen, but there is no record of him having married. Earl is known as an avid animal-rights activist, and has served as president of Actors and Others for Animals for more than 25 years.



Full Name Earl Holliman
Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth September 11, 1928
Place Of Birth Delhi, Louisiana, United States
Height 1.82 m
Profession Actor
Education University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California
Nationality American
Parents Henry Holliman
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391096
Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Albums Road to Nowhere / There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight (Digital 45)
Movies The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 Police Woman 1974 – 1978 Forbidden Planet 1956 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 Giant 1956
TV Shows The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 Police Woman 1974 – 1978 Forbidden Planet 1956 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 Giant 1956
Trademark
1 Portrayed adventurous men, macho types, and often simple souls.
2 Distinctive soft, high resonant voice
Fact
1 For his work in The Rainmaker (1956), he’s one of only 6 actors to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 5 are, in chronological order: Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts (1952), Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur (1959), Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Richard Attenborough, The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Doctor Dolittle (1967) and Richard Benjamin in The Sunshine Boys (1975).
2 He is one of the few former Hollywood performers who, even in retirement, takes great care, thought, and pride in replying to every piece of fan mail he receives.
3 In a July 1998 fan letter response, he said that if he hadn’t gone into acting he would’ve either become a schoolteacher, a writer, or even both.
4 He is a resident of Studio City, California.
5 He has never been married and has no children.
6 Some of his favorite actors he;s worked with were Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark, Joel McCrea, Spencer Tracy, Anthony Quinn, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Taylor and, of course, Angie Dickinson.
7 Once visited the Vatican with former actress turned Nun Dolores Hart.
8 For over 25 years, he was president of Actors and Others for Animals.
9 Out of all his movie roles, he cites The Rainmaker (1956) as being his personal favorite.
10 In 2015, he appeared in the documentary ‘Children of Giant’, which took an in depth look into the making of of the motion picture Giant (1956).
11 He is a staunch conservative Republican.
12 Played the main character in the very first “Twilight Zone” episode to be telecast, “Where is Everybody?” (October 2, 1959).
13 Mr. Holliman had an entire host segment of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (found in episode 418 – Attack of the Eye Creatures) dedicated to him and his career wherein Joel Hodgson stated, “Earl Holliman: who would have been William Shatner, had there not already been one.”.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The Perfect Tenant 2000 Arthur Michaels
Chicken Soup for the Soul 2000 TV Series Gramps
Bad City Blues 1999 Joe Gags
NightMan 1997-1999 TV Series Frank Dominus
Caroline in the City 1996-1999 TV Series Fred Duffy
NightMan 1997 TV Movie Frank Dominus
Captain Planet and the Planeteers 1996 TV Series Milton
Murder, She Wrote 1991-1994 TV Series Wayne Platte / Sheriff J.T. Tanner
Delta 1992-1993 TV Series Darden Towe
In the Heat of the Night 1992 TV Series Dr. Lambert
P.S.I. Luv U 1991 TV Series Matthew Durning
Empty Nest 1990 TV Series Mike Bradovitch
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge 1987 TV Movie Jake Flagg
American Harvest 1987 TV Movie Krab Hogan
Shattered If Your Kid’s on Drugs 1986 TV Movie
Hotel 1986 TV Series Owen McDermott
The Thorn Birds 1983 TV Mini-Series Luddie Mueller
Country Gold 1982 TV Movie Wade Purcell
Sharky’s Machine 1981 Hotchkins
Where the Ladies Go 1980 TV Movie Buck
The Solitary Man 1979 TV Movie Dave Keyes
CHiPs 1979 TV Series Earl Holliman
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff 1979 Ed Eckles
Police Woman 1974-1978 TV Series Lt. Bill Crowley Sgt. Bill Crowley
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 1977 TV Movie Ray Church
Police Story 1974 TV Series Sergeant Charlie Ryan
I Love You… Good-bye 1974 Tom Chandler
Cry Panic 1974 TV Movie Sheriff Ross Cabot
Trapped 1973 TV Movie David Moore
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War 1973 TV Movie Harry Donner
The Streets of San Francisco 1973 TV Series Chris Conway
The F.B.I. 1966-1973 TV Series Frank / Drake Faron / Walker Carr / …
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1970-1973 TV Series Cal Winslow / Cal Finch
Medical Center 1971-1973 TV Series Brent / Dr. Ian Hayton
Gunsmoke 1969-1973 TV Series Boone Shadler / Will Hackett / Will Smith
The Rookies 1972 TV Series Easy Wyatt
The Biscuit Eater 1972 Harve McNeil
Alias Smith and Jones 1971 TV Series Wheat
Cannon 1971 TV Movie Magruder
Montserrat 1971/I TV Movie Luhan
Ironside 1971 TV Series Gordy Brokaw
Tribes 1970 TV Movie DePayster
It Takes a Thief 1970 TV Series Major Arlin McCoy
Smoke 1970 TV Movie Cal Finch
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969 TV Series Father Hugh
The Desperate Mission 1969 TV Movie Shad Clay
Anzio 1968 Platoon Sgt. Abe Stimmler
The Power 1968 Prof. Talbot Scott aka Scotty
Judd for the Defense 1968 TV Series Sheriff Lonny Querido
A Covenant with Death 1967 Brian Talbot
Custer 1967 TV Series Dan Samuels
The Fugitive 1965 TV Series Charley Judd
Slattery’s People 1965 TV Series Major Roger Dyne
The Virginian 1965 TV Series Wiley
The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 Matt Elder
Dr. Kildare 1965 TV Series Capt. Bob Hill
12 O’Clock High 1965 TV Series Lt. Paul Stiger
Bonanza 1965 TV Series Sherman Clegg
The Great Adventure 1964 TV Series Will Cross
Wide Country 1962-1963 TV Series Mitch Guthrie
Checkmate 1962 TV Series Jack Quentin
General Electric Theater 1962 TV Series David Seymour
Alcoa Premiere 1962 TV Series Mitch Guthrie
Bus Stop 1962 TV Series Allan Stumbo
Summer and Smoke 1961 Archie Kramer
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed 1961 TV Movie Webster
The Dick Powell Theatre 1961 TV Series Paul Williams
Armored Command 1961 Mike
Hotel de Paree 1959-1960 TV Series Sundance / The Sundance Kid
Visit to a Small Planet 1960 Conrad
The Twilight Zone 1959 TV Series Mike Ferris
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 Rick Belden
The Trap 1959 Tippy Anderson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958 TV Series Les Tranier
Playhouse 90 1957-1958 TV Series Robin Tripp / Capt. Volodney
Studio One in Hollywood 1958 TV Series Wayne Pilgrim
Hot Spell 1958 John Henry ‘Buddy’ Duval Jr.
Kraft Theatre 1958 TV Series
Don’t Go Near the Water 1957 Adam Garrett
Trooper Hook 1957 Jeff Bennett
Matinee Theatre 1957 TV Series Tom Cotterell
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 Charles Bassett
The Rainmaker 1956 Jim Curry
Giant 1956 ‘Bob’ Dace
The Burning Hills 1956 Mort Bayliss
Forbidden Planet 1956 Cook
I Died a Thousand Times 1955 Red
The Big Combo 1955 Mingo
The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1954 Nestor Gamidge
Broken Lance 1954 Denny Devereaux
Tennessee Champ 1954 Happy Jackfield
East of Sumatra 1953 Cupid (as Henry Earl Holliman)
Devil’s Canyon 1953 Joe
Scared Stiff 1953 Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Girls of Pleasure Island 1953 Marine (uncredited)
Destination Gobi 1953 Frank Swenson (uncredited)

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Tab Hunter Confidential 2015 Documentary special thanks
Madman Muntz: American Maverick 2005 Documentary special thanks
Return to ‘Giant’ 2003 Video documentary special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Journey to Royal 2017 Documentary filming Himself
Children of Giant 2015 Documentary Himself – Interviewed
Voces 2015 TV Series documentary
Stanley Rubin: A Work in Progress 2008 Documentary Himself
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet 2006 Video documentary short Himself
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon 2006 Video documentary short Himself
Return to ‘Giant’ 2003 Video documentary Himself
Intimate Portrait 2001-2003 TV Series documentary Himself
The 13th Annual Genesis Awards 1999 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Memories of ‘Giant’ 1998 Video documentary Himself
Biography 1996 TV Series documentary Himself
American Masters 1995 TV Series documentary Himself – Actor
The 9th Annual Genesis Awards 1995 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration 1994 TV Movie Himself
The Larry Sanders Show 1992 TV Series Himself
One on One with John Tesh 1992 TV Series Himself
The Chuck Woolery Show 1991 TV Series Himself
The $10,000 Pyramid 1983-1991 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
The $25,000 Pyramid 1991 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
Safe House 1989 Video documentary
Doris Day’s Best Friends 1985 TV Series Himself
The 10th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1984 TV Special Himself – Accepting Award for Favourite TV Mini Series
CHiPs 1980 TV Series Himself
The Hollywood Squares 1975-1980 TV Series Himself – Panelist
Fossey’s War 1980 TV Movie documentary Himself
Circus of the Stars #2 1977 TV Special Himself – Performer
To Say the Least 1977 TV Series Himself
The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1977 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis 1977 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited)
The 3rd Annual People’s Choice Awards 1977 TV Special Himself – Performer
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson 1977 TV Special Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1963-1977 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
Dinah! 1975-1976 TV Series Himself
The 2nd Annual People’s Choice Awards 1976 TV Special Himself – Presenter: Favourite Music Performer
The Magnificent Marble Machine 1975 TV Series Himself
The Mike Douglas Show 1963-1975 TV Series Himself – Actor
Celebrity Bowling 1974 TV Series Himself
The Movie Game 1971 TV Series Himself
Here’s Hollywood 1961-1962 TV Series Himself
The Lux Show 1958 TV Series Himself
The Juke Box Jury 1956 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1976 TV Series Harve McNeil

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1977 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Television On 20 July 1977. At 6901 Hollywood Blvd.
1966 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Theatrical Motion Picture The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
1957 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Supporting Actor The Rainmaker (1956)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1993 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Delta (1992)

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