How tall was William Holden?

William Holden is commonly listed at 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm).

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William Holden’s 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 69 in 100 US men are shorter.

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William Holden beside others

William Holden is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 10.5 in (57 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 2.5 in (97.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 10.5 in: Cody Horn, Kristanna Loken and Jameela Jamil.

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5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: film studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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William Holden, 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)