In Fedora, what film producer is played by William Holden?

In Fedora, William Holden plays film producer Barry Detweiler, also known as Barry “Dutch” Detweiler.

Dutch is an aging, formerly successful Hollywood producer who attends the funeral of the mysterious, reclusive movie star Fedora. The funeral prompts him to recall visiting her private island near Corfu, where he hoped to persuade her to return to the screen for a new version of Anna Karenina.

His role links Fedora to Billy Wilder’s recurring interest in Hollywood’s vanished studio era. Dutch is not simply an industry professional; he was once Fedora’s lover, giving his investigation of her apparent imprisonment and death a personal as well as professional motive. His suspicions lead to the film’s identity-based revelation involving Fedora, her daughter Antonia, and the preservation of a star persona.

Fedora reunited Holden with Wilder after Sunset Boulevard, in which Holden had played struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis. The other options point to different films: Charles Tatum is from Ace in the Hole, Linus Larrabee from Sabrina, and Max von Mayerling from Sunset Boulevard.