Tim Holt
Acting
1919-02-05 · 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 · Movie
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 · Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Movie
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
1971 · Movie
The Yesterday Machine
1965 · Movie
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957 · Movie
Desert Passage
1952 · Movie
Target
1952 · Movie
Road Agent
1952 · Movie
Trail Guide
1952 · Movie
Chevron Theatre
1952 · Series
Overland Telegraph
1951 · Movie
Hot Lead
1951 · Movie
Pistol Harvest
1951 · Movie
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Movie
Gunplay
1951 · Movie
Saddle Legion
1951 · Movie
Law of the Badlands
1951 · Movie
Rio Grande Patrol
1950 · Movie
Border Treasure
1950 · Movie
Rider from Tucson
1950 · Movie
Storm Over Wyoming
1950 · Movie
Dynamite Pass
1950 · Movie
Riders of the Range
1950 · Movie
The Mysterious Desperado
1949 · Movie
Masked Raiders
1949 · Movie
Stagecoach Kid
1949 · Movie
Rustlers
1949 · Movie
Brothers in the Saddle
1949 · Movie
Gun Smugglers
1948 · Movie
Indian Agent
1948 · Movie
Guns of Hate
1948 · Movie
The Arizona Ranger
1948 · Movie
Western Heritage
1948 · Movie
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Movie
Wild Horse Mesa
1947 · Movie
Under the Tonto Rim
1947 · Movie
Thunder Mountain
1947 · Movie
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Movie
The Avenging Rider
1943 · Movie
Stars on Horseback
1943 · Movie
Sagebrush Law
1943 · Movie
Fighting Frontier
1943 · Movie
Hitler's Children
1943 · Movie
Pirates of the Prairie
1942 · Movie
Red River Robin Hood
1942 · Movie
Bandit Ranger
1942 · Movie
Thundering Hoofs
1942 · Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Movie
Come on Danger
1942 · Movie
Land of the Open Range
1942 · Movie
Riding the Wind
1942 · Movie
Dude Cowboy
1941 · Movie
Know For Sure
1941 · Movie
The Bandit Trail
1941 · Movie
Six-Gun Gold
1941 · Movie
Cyclone on Horseback
1941 · Movie
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Movie
Back Street
1941 · Movie
Along the Rio Grande
1941 · Movie
The Fargo Kid
1940 · Movie
Wagon Train
1940 · Movie
Swiss Family Robinson
1940 · Movie
Laddie
1940 · Movie
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939 · Movie
The Girl and the Gambler
1939 · Movie
The Rookie Cop
1939 · Movie
The Spirit of Culver
1939 · Movie
Stagecoach
1939 · Movie
The Law West of Tombstone
1938 · Movie
Sons of the Legion
1938 · Movie
The Renegade Ranger
1938 · Movie
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Movie
I Met My Love Again
1938 · Movie
Stella Dallas
1937 · Movie
History Is Made at Night
1937 · Movie
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928 · Movie
Forlorn River
1926 · Movie
Hollywood
1923 · Movie