Remembering Earl Holliman: 12 Factoids About «The Rainmaker» and «Police Woman» Star Worth Noting.
Earl Holliman, whose acting career included a Golden Globe-winning role in The Rainmaker on the big screen and the TV crime drama Police Woman opposite Angie Dickinson, died Monday afternoon at his home in Studio City, California. He was 96 years old.
In memory of the prolific actor, here are 12 factoids worth noting about Holliman’s life and career:
1) Per IMDb: An uncredited role in the 1952 western Pony Solider was Earl Holliman’s first appearance on screen.
2) Earl Holliman’s first regularly scheduled TV series role was as Sundance, a reformed gunslinger just released from prison who drifts into the town of Georgetown, Colorado in the 1959-60 western Hotel de Paree.
3) Holliman turned down the lead roles in TV dramas Laramie (1959), Riverboat (1959), and The Deputy (1959) to play Sundance in Hotel de Paree.
