Tim Holt

Acting · Born 1919-02-05 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

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…

Filmography

• The Magnificent Ambersons as George Minafer
• Stagecoach as Lt. Blanchard
• My Darling Clementine as Virgil Earp
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Bob Curtin
• History Is Made at Night as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
• His Kind of Woman as Bill Lusk
• Stella Dallas as Richard Grosvenor III
• Fifth Avenue Girl as Tim Borden
• The Fargo Kid as The Fargo Kid
• The Monster That Challenged the World as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger