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Show poeoooooooooococooooooooooooo0000000 . "1 ' j4 f ! i;; . ! u : I y-'h-:.- j.i Earl Holliman j Earl Holliman is a paradox. As Sgt. Bill Crowley on f ! NBC-TV's 'Police Woman' he projects the image of a rough-tough, steely-eyed cop. But at home he is the JJ tender, loving caretaker of five orphans, all abandoned 1 , dogs he has rescued and brought back to good health. i As Vice-President of 'Actors and Others for ( Animals,' Earl works to promote zero population ,', growth for animals and responsibility among pet i owners. V Earl was six when he set his sights on an acting i career, and by the time he was 13 he was a working ji magician's assistant. The Navy interrupted his budding , career, but after being discharged he went to i Hollywood where he studied drama at USC and at the (i Pasadena Playhouse, and landed his first two movie v roles. One was as one of 1500 extras in 'The Girls of j Pleasure Island' and the other was a one line part in a i'i film called 'Scared Stiff.' !' Since that time he has made 19 films including 'The , 1 1 Bridges of Toko-Ri,' 'Giant,' 'Gunfight at the OK i'i Corral,' 'Summer and Smoke' and 'Don't Go Near the i Water.' He received a Hollywood Press Association ; Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor for his , , role as Katherine Hepburn's brother in the film 'The ii Rainmaker.' He has starred in three TV series, 'Wide j Country,' 'Hotel de Paree,' and 'Police Woman,' and In j the 'Playhouse 90' production of the two-man drama 'The Sea Is Boiling Hot,' with Sessue Hayakawa. 1 Earl has made guest appearances on many of the X leading dramatic series on television in the past 10 years including 'Cannon,' 'Gunsmoke,' 'Streets of San i Francisco,' 'The Rookies' and 'Medical Center.' As a , guest on 'The John Davidson Show' he demonstrated his versatility as a song and dance man. , Holliman's stage experience includes ap- X pearances at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum in ji Tennessee Williams' 'Camino Real,' and at the Ah- y ! manson Theatre in the role of Mitch opposite Faye I ii Dunaway's Blanche in 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' i |