1919-02-05 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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.
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' | Bob Curtin (archive footage) | 2003-09-30 |
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Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-05 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
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This Stuff'll Kill Ya! | Agent Clark | 1971-02-26 |
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The Yesterday Machine | Police Lt. Partane | 1965-06-03 |
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The Monster That Challenged the World | Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger | 1957-06-14 |
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Desert Passage | Tim Holt | 1952-05-29 |
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Road Agent | Tim Holt | 1952-03-29 |
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Target | Tim Holt | 1952-04-20 |
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Trail Guide | Tim Holt | 1952-02-15 |
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Pistol Harvest | Tim | 1951-08-30 |
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Hot Lead | Tim Holt | 1951-09-30 |
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Law of the Badlands | Dave Saunders | 1951-02-24 |
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Saddle Legion | Dave Saunders | 1951-04-07 |
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Overland Telegraph | Tim Holt | 1951-12-15 |
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His Kind of Woman | Bill Lusk | 1951-08-15 |
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Gunplay | Tim Holt | 1951-07-23 |
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Dynamite Pass | Ross Taylor | 1950-03-23 |
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Rio Grande Patrol | Kansas | 1950-10-20 |
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Border Treasure | Ed Porter | 1950-08-05 |
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Storm Over Wyoming | Dave Saunders | 1950-04-22 |
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Rider from Tucson | Dave Saunders | 1950-06-07 |
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Riders of the Range | Kansas Jones | 1950-02-11 |
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Masked Raiders | Tim Holt | 1949-08-14 |
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The Mysterious Desperado | Tim Holt | 1949-09-10 |
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Rustlers | Dick McBride | 1949-03-03 |
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Stagecoach Kid | Dave Collins | 1949-06-02 |
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Brothers in the Saddle | Tim Taylor | 1949-02-08 |
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Guns of Hate | Bob Banning | 1948-06-18 |
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The Arizona Ranger | Bob Morgan | 1948-05-14 |
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Bob Curtin | 1948-01-15 |
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Indian Agent | Dave Taylor | 1948-12-11 |
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Western Heritage | Ross Daggert | 1948-02-07 |
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Gun Smugglers | Tim Holt | 1948-12-28 |
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Thunder Mountain | Marvin Hayden | 1947-06-01 |
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Wild Horse Mesa | Dave Jordan | 1947-11-13 |
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Under the Tonto Rim | Brad Canfield | 1947-08-01 |
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My Darling Clementine | Virgil Earp | 1946-10-17 |
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Fighting Frontier | Kit Russell | 1943-01-29 |
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Hitler's Children | Lieutenant Karl Bruner | 1943-01-06 |
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Sagebrush Law | Tom Weston | 1943-04-02 |
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The Avenging Rider | Brit Marshall | 1943-05-20 |
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Stars on Horseback | 1943-04-23 | |
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Riding the Wind | Clay Stewart | 1942-02-27 |
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Pirates of the Prairie | Deputy Marshal Larry Durant | 1942-11-20 |
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Thundering Hoofs | Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson | 1942-07-24 |
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Bandit Ranger | Clay Travers | 1942-09-28 |
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Land of the Open Range | Dave Walton | 1942-04-17 |
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The Magnificent Ambersons | George Minafer | 1942-07-10 |
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Come on Danger | Jack Mason | 1942-06-05 |
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Red River Robin Hood | Jim Carey | 1942-11-01 |
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Along the Rio Grande | Jeff | 1941-02-07 |
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Know For Sure | Jerry Anderson | 1941-01-01 |
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The Bandit Trail | Steve Haggerty | 1941-10-10 |
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Back Street | Richard Saxel | 1941-02-07 |
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Robbers of the Range | Jim Drummond | 1941-04-17 |
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Six-Gun Gold | Don Cardigan | 1941-08-08 |
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Dude Cowboy | Terry McVey | 1941-12-12 |
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Cyclone on Horseback | Stan Bradford | 1941-06-13 |
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The Fargo Kid | The Fargo Kid | 1940-12-06 |
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Swiss Family Robinson | Fritz Robinson | 1940-02-08 |
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Laddie | Laddie Stanton | 1940-01-18 |
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Wagon Train | Zack Sibley | 1940-10-04 |
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The Girl and the Gambler | Johnny Powell | 1939-06-15 |
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The Spirit of Culver | Capt. Wilson | 1939-03-10 |
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The Rookie Cop | Clem Maitland | 1939-04-28 |
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Fifth Avenue Girl | Tim Borden | 1939-09-22 |
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Stagecoach | Lt. Blanchard | 1939-03-02 |
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The Law West of Tombstone | Ted, The Tonto Kid | 1938-11-18 |
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The Renegade Ranger | Larry Corwin | 1938-09-16 |
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I Met My Love Again | Budge Williams | 1938-01-14 |
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Sons of the Legion | Tim Holt | 1938-09-18 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Lance Ferris | 1938-02-12 |
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History Is Made at Night | S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1937-03-05 |
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Stella Dallas | Richard Grosvenor III | 1937-08-06 |
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The Vanishing Pioneer | John Ballard, Age 7 | 1928-06-23 |
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Forlorn River | Child (uncredited) | 1926-09-27 |
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Hollywood | Jack Holt's Baby Son | 1923-08-19 |
