‘Twilight Zone’ and ‘Police Woman’ actor Earl Holliman dies, aged 96
Hollywood Reporter. Holliman was born September 11, 1928, in Delhi, Louisiana. Holliman’s biological father died a few months before his birth.
His mom gave him up for adoption and he was adopted by Henry Earl Holliman and Velma Holliman, an oil field worker and a waitress.
His childhoods included years spent in Texas and Arkansas. Holliman later praised his adoptive parents for lavishing him with love and instilling confidence in him.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Holliman’s adoptive father dad died when he was just 13.
By this time, he’d already decided he wanted to be an actor. In his mid-teens, he hitchhiked to Hollywood but lasted there only a week before returning home.
