Tim Holt
Acting
Tim Holt (February 5, 1918 – February 15, 1973) was a popular American film actor of the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six "B" westerns released by RKO Pictures. Born in Beverly Hills to actor Jack Holt and his wife Margaret, he spent much of his childhood on set with his father, whose career began in 1914 during the silent pictures era and appeared mostly in westerns. Holt was signed to his first acting contract at the age of 17 by producer Walter Wanger who loaned him to RKO late that year. When that contract expired, RKO signed him to a seven-year contract and quickly put him to work, with Holt appearing in 24 westerns over the first three years for the studio to secure their permission for him to enlist during WWII. In 1943, he joined the Army Air Corps and became a distinguished B-17 and B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theatre, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart for bullet wounds he received while flying over Tokyo on the very last day of the war that ended in a crash landing. Once he had recovered, he returned to RKO to honor the remaining time of his contract, raising his total appearances with them to 46. In a career spanning more than four decades, he is best remembered for his leading role in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and co-starring in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) alongside Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston—the latter becoming enshrined in 1997 as No. 30 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years…100 Movies" list.
Known for
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movieDiscovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
Bob Curtin (archive footage)
movieBogart: The Untold Story
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
movieThis Stuff'll Kill Ya!
1971
Agent Clark
movieThe Yesterday Machine
1965
Police Lt. Partane
movieThe Monster That Challenged the World
1957
Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
movieDesert Passage
1952
Tim Holt
movieTarget
1952
Tim Holt
movieRoad Agent
1952
Tim Holt
movieTrail Guide
1952
Tim Holt
movieOverland Telegraph
1951
Tim Holt
movieHot Lead
1951
Tim Holt
movieHis Kind of Woman
1951
Bill Lusk
movieGunplay
1951
Tim Holt
movieSaddle Legion
1951
Dave Saunders
movieLaw of the Badlands
1951
Dave Saunders
movieBorder Treasure
1950
Ed Porter
movieRider from Tucson
1950
Dave Saunders
movieStorm Over Wyoming
1950
Dave Saunders
movieDynamite Pass
1950
Ross Taylor
movieRiders of the Range
1950
Kansas Jones
movieMasked Raiders
1949
Tim Holt
movieStagecoach Kid
1949
Dave Collins
movieRustlers
1949
Dick McBride
movieBrothers in the Saddle
1949
Tim Taylor
movieGun Smugglers
1948
Tim Holt
movieIndian Agent
1948
Dave Taylor
movieGuns of Hate
1948
Bob Banning
movieThe Arizona Ranger
1948
Bob Morgan
movieWestern Heritage
1948
Ross Daggert
movieWild Horse Mesa
1947
Dave Jordan
movieUnder the Tonto Rim
1947
Brad Canfield
movieThunder Mountain
1947
Marvin Hayden
movieMy Darling Clementine
1946
Virgil Earp
movieThe Avenging Rider
1943
Brit Marshall
movieSagebrush Law
1943
Tom Weston
movieFighting Frontier
1943
Kit Russell
movieHitler's Children
1943
Lieutenant Karl Bruner
moviePirates of the Prairie
1942
Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
movieRed River Robin Hood
1942
Jim Carey
movieBandit Ranger
1942
Clay Travers
movieThundering Hoofs
1942
Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
movieThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942
George Minafer
movieCome on Danger
1942
Jack Mason
movieLand of the Open Range
1942
Dave Walton
movieRiding the Wind
1942
Clay Stewart
movieDude Cowboy
1941
Terry McVey
movieKnow For Sure
1941
Jerry Anderson
movieThe Bandit Trail
1941
Steve Haggerty
movieSix-Gun Gold
1941
Don Cardigan
movieCyclone on Horseback
1941
Stan Bradford
movieRobbers of the Range
1941
Jim Drummond
movieBack Street
1941
Richard Saxel
movieThe Fargo Kid
1940
The Fargo Kid
movieWagon Train
1940
Zack Sibley
movieSwiss Family Robinson
1940
Fritz Robinson
movieLaddie
1940
Laddie Stanton
movieFifth Avenue Girl
1939
Tim Borden
movieThe Girl and the Gambler
1939
Johnny Powell
movieThe Rookie Cop
1939
Clem Maitland
movieThe Spirit of Culver
1939
Capt. Wilson
movieStagecoach
1939
Lt. Blanchard
movieThe Law West of Tombstone
1938
Ted, The Tonto Kid
movieSons of the Legion
1938
Tim Holt
movieThe Renegade Ranger
1938
Larry Corwin
movieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
Lance Ferris
movieI Met My Love Again
1938
Budge Williams
movieStella Dallas
1937
Richard Grosvenor III
movieHistory Is Made at Night
1937
S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
movieThe Vanishing Pioneer
1928
John Ballard, Age 7
movieForlorn River
1926
Child (uncredited)
movieHollywood
1923
Jack Holt's Baby Son