Tim Holt
Acting • Born 1919-02-05 – Died 1973-02-15
Biography
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.
Filmography
80 credits
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie • 1942
George Minafer
Stagecoach
Movie • 1939
Lt. Blanchard
My Darling Clementine
Movie • 1946
Virgil Earp
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Movie • 1948
Bob Curtin
History Is Made at Night
Movie • 1937
S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
Movie • 1951
Bill Lusk
Stella Dallas
Movie • 1937
Richard Grosvenor III
Fifth Avenue Girl
Movie • 1939
Tim Borden
The Fargo Kid
Movie • 1940
The Fargo Kid
The Monster That Challenged the World
Movie • 1957
Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
Movie • 1971
Agent Clark
The Yesterday Machine
Movie • 1965
Police Lt. Partane
Hitler's Children
Movie • 1943
Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
Jack Holt's Baby Son
Red River Robin Hood
Movie • 1942
Jim Carey
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Richard Saxel
Thunder Mountain
Movie • 1947
Marvin Hayden
Under the Tonto Rim
Movie • 1947
Brad Canfield
Know For Sure
Movie • 1941
Jerry Anderson
Dude Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Terry McVey
The Renegade Ranger
Movie • 1938
Larry Corwin
The Law West of Tombstone
Movie • 1938
Ted, The Tonto Kid
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie • 2003
Bob Curtin (archive footage)
Wild Horse Mesa
Movie • 1947
Dave Jordan
Fighting Frontier
Movie • 1943
Kit Russell
Target
Movie • 1952
Tim Holt
Wagon Train
Movie • 1940
Zack Sibley
I Met My Love Again
Movie • 1938
Budge Williams
Storm Over Wyoming
Movie • 1950
Dave Saunders
The Rookie Cop
Movie • 1939
Clem Maitland
Trail Guide
Movie • 1952
Tim Holt
Stagecoach Kid
Movie • 1949
Dave Collins
Riders of the Range
Movie • 1950
Kansas Jones
Indian Agent
Movie • 1948
Dave Taylor
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Desert Passage
Movie • 1952
Tim Holt
Sons of the Legion
Movie • 1938
Tim Holt
Dynamite Pass
Movie • 1950
Ross Taylor
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1940
Fritz Robinson
The Girl and the Gambler
Movie • 1939
Johnny Powell
Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie • 1938
Lance Ferris
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Overland Telegraph
Movie • 1951
Tim Holt
Laddie
Movie • 1940
Laddie Stanton
The Spirit of Culver
Movie • 1939
Capt. Wilson
Western Heritage
Movie • 1948
Ross Daggert
Land of the Open Range
Movie • 1942
Dave Walton
Come on Danger
Movie • 1942
Jack Mason
Rustlers
Movie • 1949
Dick McBride
Road Agent
Movie • 1952
Tim Holt
Along the Rio Grande
Movie • 1941
Jeff
Riding the Wind
Movie • 1942
Clay Stewart
Masked Raiders
Movie • 1949
Tim Holt
Pirates of the Prairie
Movie • 1942
Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
Thundering Hoofs
Movie • 1942
Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
Robbers of the Range
Movie • 1941
Jim Drummond
The Arizona Ranger
Movie • 1948
Bob Morgan
Rio Grande Patrol
Movie • 1950
Kansas
Bandit Ranger
Movie • 1942
Clay Travers
The Bandit Trail
Movie • 1941
Steve Haggerty
Six-Gun Gold
Movie • 1941
Don Cardigan
Sagebrush Law
Movie • 1943
Tom Weston
Rider from Tucson
Movie • 1950
Dave Saunders
Border Treasure
Movie • 1950
Ed Porter
Gun Smugglers
Movie • 1948
Tim Holt
Saddle Legion
Movie • 1951
Dave Saunders
The Mysterious Desperado
Movie • 1949
Tim Holt
Law of the Badlands
Movie • 1951
Dave Saunders
Hot Lead
Movie • 1951
Tim Holt
Gunplay
Movie • 1951
Tim Holt
Pistol Harvest
Movie • 1951
Tim
The Avenging Rider
Movie • 1943
Brit Marshall
Brothers in the Saddle
Movie • 1949
Tim Taylor
Guns of Hate
Movie • 1948
Bob Banning
Cyclone on Horseback
Movie • 1941
Stan Bradford
The Vanishing Pioneer
Movie • 1928
John Ballard, Age 7
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Stars on Horseback
Movie • 1943
Forlorn River
Movie • 1926
Child (uncredited)
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952