Tim Holt
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.
80 acting credits
Acting · 80
Chevron Theatre
1952
Stagecoach
1939
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
My Darling Clementine
1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Know For Sure
1941
History Is Made at Night
1937
Stella Dallas
1937
His Kind of Woman
1951
Hollywood
1923
Guns of Hate
1948
Bandit Ranger
1942
Red River Robin Hood
1942
Back Street
1941
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
Saddle Legion
1951
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Rio Grande Patrol
1950
Western Heritage
1948
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
Sagebrush Law
1943
Laddie
1940
Trail Guide
1952
Gunplay
1951
Brothers in the Saddle
1949
Thundering Hoofs
1942
Forlorn River
1926
Wagon Train
1940
The Fargo Kid
1940
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
Swiss Family Robinson
1940
Dynamite Pass
1950
The Mysterious Desperado
1949
Overland Telegraph
1951
Pistol Harvest
1951
Indian Agent
1948
Rustlers
1949
Gun Smugglers
1948
Dude Cowboy
1941
The Rookie Cop
1939
Hitler's Children
1943
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
1971
Sons of the Legion
1938
Hot Lead
1951
Riding the Wind
1942
Under the Tonto Rim
1947
Border Treasure
1950
Thunder Mountain
1947
The Arizona Ranger
1948
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Bandit Trail
1941
Fighting Frontier
1943
Wild Horse Mesa
1947
Six-Gun Gold
1941
Rider from Tucson
1950
Road Agent
1952
The Vanishing Pioneer
1928
Riders of the Range
1950
The Girl and the Gambler
1939
Come on Danger
1942
Robbers of the Range
1941
Pirates of the Prairie
1942
Masked Raiders
1949
I Met My Love Again
1938
Law of the Badlands
1951
Desert Passage
1952
Storm Over Wyoming
1950
The Avenging Rider
1943
Land of the Open Range
1942
Along the Rio Grande
1941
Target
1952
The Yesterday Machine
1965
Cyclone on Horseback
1941
The Spirit of Culver
1939
Stagecoach Kid
1949
The Renegade Ranger
1938