Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 05, 1919
Died
Feb 15, 1973
Place of Birth
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Credits
80 titles
Tim Holt
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.
Known For
Filmography
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Bob Curtin (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
Agent Clark
The Yesterday Machine
Police Lt. Partane
The Monster That Challenged the World
Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
Desert Passage
Tim Holt
Target
Tim Holt
Road Agent
Tim Holt
Trail Guide
Tim Holt
Chevron Theatre
Overland Telegraph
Tim Holt
Hot Lead
Tim Holt
Pistol Harvest
Tim
His Kind of Woman
Bill Lusk
Gunplay
Tim Holt
Saddle Legion
Dave Saunders
Law of the Badlands
Dave Saunders
Rio Grande Patrol
Kansas
Border Treasure
Ed Porter
Rider from Tucson
Dave Saunders
Storm Over Wyoming
Dave Saunders
Dynamite Pass
Ross Taylor
Riders of the Range
Kansas Jones
The Mysterious Desperado
Tim Holt
Masked Raiders
Tim Holt
Stagecoach Kid
Dave Collins
Rustlers
Dick McBride
Brothers in the Saddle
Tim Taylor
Gun Smugglers
Tim Holt
Indian Agent
Dave Taylor
Guns of Hate
Bob Banning
The Arizona Ranger
Bob Morgan
Western Heritage
Ross Daggert
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bob Curtin
Wild Horse Mesa
Dave Jordan
Under the Tonto Rim
Brad Canfield
Thunder Mountain
Marvin Hayden
My Darling Clementine
Virgil Earp
The Avenging Rider
Brit Marshall
Stars on Horseback
Sagebrush Law
Tom Weston
Fighting Frontier
Kit Russell
Hitler's Children
Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Pirates of the Prairie
Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
Red River Robin Hood
Jim Carey
Bandit Ranger
Clay Travers
Thundering Hoofs
Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
The Magnificent Ambersons
George Minafer