Cast & creator
Tim Holt
Best known for Chevron Theatre, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Stagecoach
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.
Also known as: Charles John "Tim" Holt III, Charles John Holt III
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television credits
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1923–2003 · acting roles
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Filmography (80)
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Chevron Theatre
1952
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bob Curtin
1948
Stagecoach
Lt. Blanchard
1939
My Darling Clementine
Virgil Earp
1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
George Minafer
1942
History Is Made at Night
S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
1937
His Kind of Woman
Bill Lusk
1951
The Monster That Challenged the World
Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
1957
Gold Is Where You Find It
Lance Ferris
1938
Bogart: The Untold Story
Self (archive footage)
1997
Thunder Mountain
Marvin Hayden
1947
I Met My Love Again
Budge Williams
1938
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Fifth Avenue Girl
Tim Borden
1939
Under the Tonto Rim
Brad Canfield
1947
Back Street
Richard Saxel
1941
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Bob Curtin (archive footage)
2003
Forlorn River
Child (uncredited)
1926
The Law West of Tombstone
Ted, The Tonto Kid
1938
Sons of the Legion
Tim Holt
1938
Brothers in the Saddle
Tim Taylor
1949
Dude Cowboy
Terry McVey
1941
The Girl and the Gambler
Johnny Powell
1939
Stella Dallas
Richard Grosvenor III
1937
Robbers of the Range
Jim Drummond
1941
Riders of the Range
Kansas Jones
1950
Red River Robin Hood
Jim Carey
1942
Land of the Open Range
Dave Walton
1942
Pirates of the Prairie
Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
1942
Law of the Badlands
Dave Saunders
1951
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
Along the Rio Grande
Jeff
1941
Swiss Family Robinson
Fritz Robinson
1940
Hollywood
Jack Holt's Baby Son
1923
The Spirit of Culver
Capt. Wilson
1939
Rio Grande Patrol
Kansas
1950
Hitler's Children
Lieutenant Karl Bruner
1943
The Rookie Cop
Clem Maitland
1939
Dynamite Pass
Ross Taylor
1950
The Arizona Ranger
Bob Morgan
1948
Six-Gun Gold
Don Cardigan
1941
The Mysterious Desperado
Tim Holt
1949
Stagecoach Kid
Dave Collins
1949
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
Agent Clark
1971
Bandit Ranger
Clay Travers
1942
Road Agent
Tim Holt
1952
Wagon Train
Zack Sibley
1940
Storm Over Wyoming
Dave Saunders
1950
Riding the Wind
Clay Stewart
1942
Pistol Harvest
Tim
1951
Wild Horse Mesa
Dave Jordan
1947
Gun Smugglers
Tim Holt
1948
Border Treasure
Ed Porter
1950
Overland Telegraph
Tim Holt
1951
The Vanishing Pioneer
John Ballard, Age 7
1928
Indian Agent
Dave Taylor
1948
The Fargo Kid
The Fargo Kid
1940
The Renegade Ranger
Larry Corwin
1938
Laddie
Laddie Stanton
1940
Come on Danger
Jack Mason
1942
Trail Guide
Tim Holt
1952
The Avenging Rider
Brit Marshall
1943
Western Heritage
Ross Daggert
1948
The Bandit Trail
Steve Haggerty
1941
Saddle Legion
Dave Saunders
1951
Stars on Horseback
1943
The Yesterday Machine
Police Lt. Partane
1965
Know For Sure
Jerry Anderson
1941
Guns of Hate
Bob Banning
1948
Rider from Tucson
Dave Saunders
1950
Hot Lead
Tim Holt
1951
Target
Tim Holt
1952
Rustlers
Dick McBride
1949
Gunplay
Tim Holt
1951
Cyclone on Horseback
Stan Bradford
1941
Desert Passage
Tim Holt
1952
Sagebrush Law
Tom Weston
1943
Fighting Frontier
Kit Russell
1943
Thundering Hoofs
Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
1942
Masked Raiders
Tim Holt
1949