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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 …
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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.
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Bob Curtin (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
as Agent Clark
The Yesterday Machine
as Police Lt. Partane
The Monster That Challenged the World
as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
Desert Passage
as Tim Holt
Target
as Tim Holt
Road Agent
as Tim Holt
Trail Guide
as Tim Holt
Overland Telegraph
as Tim Holt
Hot Lead
as Tim Holt
Pistol Harvest
as Tim
His Kind of Woman
as Bill Lusk
Gunplay
as Tim Holt
Saddle Legion
as Dave Saunders
Law of the Badlands
as Dave Saunders
Rio Grande Patrol
as Kansas
Border Treasure
as Ed Porter
Rider from Tucson
as Dave Saunders
Storm Over Wyoming
as Dave Saunders
Dynamite Pass
as Ross Taylor
Riders of the Range
as Kansas Jones
The Mysterious Desperado
as Tim Holt
Masked Raiders
as Tim Holt
Stagecoach Kid
as Dave Collins
Rustlers
as Dick McBride
Brothers in the Saddle
as Tim Taylor
Gun Smugglers
as Tim Holt
Indian Agent
as Dave Taylor
Guns of Hate
as Bob Banning
The Arizona Ranger
as Bob Morgan
Western Heritage
as Ross Daggert
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Bob Curtin
Wild Horse Mesa
as Dave Jordan
Under the Tonto Rim
as Brad Canfield
Thunder Mountain
as Marvin Hayden
My Darling Clementine
as Virgil Earp
The Avenging Rider
as Brit Marshall
Stars on Horseback
Sagebrush Law
as Tom Weston
Fighting Frontier
as Kit Russell
Hitler's Children
as Lieutenant Karl Bruner
Pirates of the Prairie
as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
Red River Robin Hood
as Jim Carey
Bandit Ranger
as Clay Travers
Thundering Hoofs
as Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
The Magnificent Ambersons
as George Minafer
Come on Danger
as Jack Mason
Land of the Open Range
as Dave Walton
Riding the Wind
as Clay Stewart
Dude Cowboy
as Terry McVey
Know For Sure
as Jerry Anderson
The Bandit Trail
as Steve Haggerty
Six-Gun Gold
as Don Cardigan
Cyclone on Horseback
as Stan Bradford
Robbers of the Range
as Jim Drummond
Back Street
as Richard Saxel
Along the Rio Grande
as Jeff
The Fargo Kid
as The Fargo Kid
Wagon Train
as Zack Sibley
Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz Robinson
Laddie
as Laddie Stanton
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Tim Borden
The Girl and the Gambler
as Johnny Powell
The Rookie Cop
as Clem Maitland
The Spirit of Culver
as Capt. Wilson
Stagecoach
as Lt. Blanchard
The Law West of Tombstone
as Ted, The Tonto Kid
Sons of the Legion
as Tim Holt
The Renegade Ranger
as Larry Corwin
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Lance Ferris
I Met My Love Again
as Budge Williams
Stella Dallas
as Richard Grosvenor III
History Is Made at Night
as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Vanishing Pioneer
as John Ballard, Age 7
Forlorn River
as Child (uncredited)
Hollywood
as Jack Holt's Baby Son