---
name: "Richard Holley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-holley"
fi1m_id: "richard-holley"
imdb_id: "nm0391016"
tmdb_id: 1102690
roles: ["Pilot"]
born: "2 February 1945"
died: "9 March 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-03T08:11:48.509854+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Holley

## Identity

Richard Holley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-holley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-holley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0391016
- **TMDB ID:** 1102690
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102690

Pilot. Born 2 February 1945. Died 9 March 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Pilot
- **Born:** 2 February 1945
- **Died:** 9 March 1985
- **Also known as:** Rick Holley, Richard R. Holley
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102690

## Biography

Richard Holley (1945–1985) was an American actor and helicopter pilot who worked in film and television. He is credited as an actor for the role of Billy White in *Sorcerer* (1977), directed by William Friedkin.

Holley also appeared as a helicopter pilot in *Birdy* (1984) and *Thief of Hearts* (1984). He frequently worked behind the camera as a helicopter pilot and aerial coordinator on productions including *Runaway Train* (1985), to which the film is dedicated following his death in a helicopter crash in Alaska while en route to filming.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, as Billy White — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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- *Birdy* (1984), as Helicopter Pilot
- *Thief of Hearts* (1984), as Helicopter Pilot
- *Sorcerer* (1977), as Billy White · Pilot — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

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