Tim Holt
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-02-05 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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.
Most Known For
Chevron Theatre
My Darling Clementine
as Virgil Earp
Back Street
as Richard Saxel
Dude Cowboy
as Terry McVey
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Bob Curtin
Stagecoach
as Lt. Blanchard
The Magnificent Ambersons
as George Minafer
The Law West of Tombstone
as Ted, The Tonto Kid
His Kind of Woman
as Bill Lusk
Stella Dallas
as Richard Grosvenor III
The Monster That Challenged the World
as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz Robinson
History Is Made at Night
as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Tim Borden
Hollywood
as Jack Holt's Baby Son
The Bandit Trail
as Steve Haggerty
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Laddie
as Laddie Stanton
Hitler's Children
as Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Red River Robin Hood
as Jim Carey