[Solved] Who plays the American Commander Shears in “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” a 1957 movie about British prisoners of war in Burma during WWII?

Who plays the American Commander Shears in “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” a 1957 movie about British prisoners of war in Burma during WWII?

Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
William Holden
Tony Curtis
Charlton Heston

The correct answer is William Holden