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