Tim Holt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1919
- Died
- February 15, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' 2003
as Bob Curtin (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story 1997
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s 1984
as (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976
as (archive footage)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya! 1971
as Agent Clark
The Yesterday Machine 1965
as Police Lt. Partane
The Monster That Challenged the World 1957
as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
Desert Passage 1952
as Tim Holt
Target 1952
as Tim Holt
Road Agent 1952
as Tim Holt
Trail Guide 1952
as Tim Holt
Overland Telegraph 1951
as Tim Holt
Hot Lead 1951
as Tim Holt
Pistol Harvest 1951
as Tim
His Kind of Woman 1951
as Bill Lusk
Gunplay 1951
as Tim Holt
Saddle Legion 1951
as Dave Saunders
Law of the Badlands 1951
as Dave Saunders
Rio Grande Patrol 1950
as Kansas
Border Treasure 1950
as Ed Porter
Rider from Tucson 1950
as Dave Saunders
Storm Over Wyoming 1950
as Dave Saunders
Dynamite Pass 1950
as Ross Taylor
Riders of the Range 1950
as Kansas Jones
The Mysterious Desperado 1949
as Tim Holt
Masked Raiders 1949
as Tim Holt
Stagecoach Kid 1949
as Dave Collins
Rustlers 1949
as Dick McBride
Brothers in the Saddle 1949
as Tim Taylor
Gun Smugglers 1948
as Tim Holt
Indian Agent 1948
as Dave Taylor
Guns of Hate 1948
as Bob Banning
The Arizona Ranger 1948
as Bob Morgan
Western Heritage 1948
as Ross Daggert
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
as Bob Curtin
Wild Horse Mesa 1947
as Dave Jordan
Under the Tonto Rim 1947
as Brad Canfield
Thunder Mountain 1947
as Marvin Hayden
My Darling Clementine 1946
as Virgil Earp
The Avenging Rider 1943
as Brit Marshall
Stars on Horseback 1943
Actor
Sagebrush Law 1943
as Tom Weston
Fighting Frontier 1943
as Kit Russell
Hitler's Children 1943
as Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Pirates of the Prairie 1942
as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
Red River Robin Hood 1942
as Jim Carey
Bandit Ranger 1942
as Clay Travers
Thundering Hoofs 1942
as Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942
as George Minafer
Come on Danger 1942
as Jack Mason
Land of the Open Range 1942
as Dave Walton
Riding the Wind 1942
as Clay Stewart
Dude Cowboy 1941
as Terry McVey
Know For Sure 1941
as Jerry Anderson
The Bandit Trail 1941
as Steve Haggerty
Six-Gun Gold 1941
as Don Cardigan
Cyclone on Horseback 1941
as Stan Bradford
Robbers of the Range 1941
as Jim Drummond
Along the Rio Grande 1941
as Jeff
Back Street 1941
as Richard Saxel
The Fargo Kid 1940
as The Fargo Kid
Wagon Train 1940
as Zack Sibley
Swiss Family Robinson 1940
as Fritz Robinson
Laddie 1940
as Laddie Stanton
Fifth Avenue Girl 1939
as Tim Borden
The Girl and the Gambler 1939
as Johnny Powell
The Rookie Cop 1939
as Clem Maitland
The Spirit of Culver 1939
as Capt. Wilson
Stagecoach 1939
as Lt. Blanchard
The Law West of Tombstone 1938
as Ted, The Tonto Kid
Sons of the Legion 1938
as Tim Holt
The Renegade Ranger 1938
as Larry Corwin
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938
as Lance Ferris
I Met My Love Again 1938
as Budge Williams
Stella Dallas 1937
as Richard Grosvenor III
History Is Made at Night 1937
as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Vanishing Pioneer 1928
as John Ballard, Age 7
Forlorn River 1926
as Child (uncredited)
Hollywood 1923
as Jack Holt's Baby Son
Credits from TMDB.