Tim Holt
Gender: Male
Born: 5th February 1919
Died: 15th February 1973
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: My Darling Clementine, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, The Monster That Challenged the World, The Yesterday Machine, Thunder Mountain, Under the Tonto Rim, Hitler's Children, Road Agent, Swiss Family Robinson, His Kind of Woman, Wild Horse Mesa, The Renegade Ranger, Riders of the Range, Wagon Train, The Girl and the Gambler, The Law West of Tombstone
Tim Holt (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American film actor perhaps best known for co-starring in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Born Charles John Holt III in Beverly Hills, California, he was the son of actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods. Holt was sent to study at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, from which he graduated in 1936. Immediately afterward, he went to work in the Hollywood film business.
In 1938 at the age of 19, Holt, after five minor roles, landed a major role under star Harry Carey in The Law West of Tombstone. It was the first of the many Western films he made during the 1940s. During this time his sister, Jennifer Holt, also became a leading star in the western film genre.
After playing young Lieutenant Blanchard in the 1939 classic Stagecoach, Tim Holt had one of the leading roles in Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). He also starred as a Nazi in Hitler's Children (1943). After making this film, he became a decorated combat veteran of World War II, flying in the Pacific Theatre with the United States Army Air Force as a B-29 bombardier. He returned to films after the war, appearing as Virgil Earp
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