The Twilight Zone and Police Woman actor Earl Holliman dies aged 96
Gay actor Earl Holliman, best known for playing Sergeant Bill Crowley in the 1970s procedural cop drama Police Woman, has died at the age of 96.
His husband Craig Curtis confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Holliman died at home in Studio City, Los Angeles, on Monday (25 November) after receiving hospice care.
Born into a poor family in Louisiana in 1928, Holliman began his acting career in small film and TV roles in the early 1950s, following a year being enlisted in the US Navy during World War II.
In 1956, he bagged a small role in epic drama film Giant, starring alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest ever players, including leads Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. He played Bob Dace in the western film, the son-in-law to
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