Holdin' a secret!
First published: Saturday, October 23, 1999 - 03:59 pm
"AS I SAW 'EM"
by Gil Stratton
While making "Stalag 17", I was privileged to meet and know Bill Holden's personal valet, nicknamed "Sugar". While he acted and sounded very effeminate, Sugar could be a very tough guy. He had lost his manhood to enemy fire during World War I, and certainly was not gay. How he came to work for Holden was the story, Bill had won Sugar in a poker game from Brian Dunleavy.