Tim Holt

Acting

Born Feb 05, 1919

From Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Died Feb 15, 1973

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.

Tim Holt

Known For

Stagecoach

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

My Darling Clementine

Stella Dallas

The Magnificent Ambersons

His Kind of Woman

Back Street

Going Hollywood: The '30s

History Is Made at Night

Laddie

Filmography — Acting

Stagecoach

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

My Darling Clementine

Stella Dallas

The Magnificent Ambersons

His Kind of Woman

Back Street

Going Hollywood: The '30s

History Is Made at Night

Laddie

Gold Is Where You Find It

I Met My Love Again

Overland Telegraph

Bogart: The Untold Story

Hollywood

Gunplay

Storm Over Wyoming

Hot Lead

Fifth Avenue Girl

The Monster That Challenged the World

Rustlers

Forlorn River

The Spirit of Culver

Wagon Train

Desert Passage

The Avenging Rider

Road Agent

Western Heritage

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Red River Robin Hood

Pistol Harvest

Dude Cowboy

Thundering Hoofs

Swiss Family Robinson

Law of the Badlands

The Rookie Cop

Masked Raiders

Under the Tonto Rim

The Fargo Kid

Rider from Tucson

Bandit Ranger

Gun Smugglers

Riding the Wind

Sons of the Legion

Dynamite Pass

Land of the Open Range

Trail Guide

The Bandit Trail

Thunder Mountain

Target

Hitler's Children

Rio Grande Patrol

Saddle Legion

Wild Horse Mesa

Pirates of the Prairie

The Law West of Tombstone

Stars on Horseback

Indian Agent

Riders of the Range

Brothers in the Saddle

Robbers of the Range

Sagebrush Law

The Arizona Ranger

Border Treasure

The Vanishing Pioneer

Know For Sure

Guns of Hate