33 Facts About Tim Holt

Charles John "Tim" Holt III was an American actor.

Tim Holt was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures.

Tim Holt was the inspiration for his father's book, Lance and His First Horse.

Tim Holt was educated at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, graduating in 1936.

Tim Holt was signed to a contract by producer Walter Wanger in January 1937.

Tim Holt was then cast as the romantic lead for the studio's biggest star, Ginger Rogers, in 5th Avenue Girl.

Tim Holt was meant to play the eldest son in Three Sons with Edward Ellis, but he was withdrawn and replaced by William Gargan.

Tim Holt was meant to star in a Western, Silver City, with Betty Grable, but it was not made.

Tim Holt played the lead in Laddie ; the Los Angeles Times called him "engaging and capable".

O'Driscoll and Tim Holt were meant to reteam in Sir Piegan Passes but it was not made.

The Los Angeles Times said Holt had "some splendid scenes towards the end".

Tim Holt usually played a cowboy who had one or two friends, who occasionally sang.

Tim Holt had a charming personality on the screen, which made him one of the top western stars from 1940 to 1943.

Tim Holt's career received a boost in September 1941 when Orson Welles cast him as the lead in his second film, The Magnificent Ambersons.

The Washington Post thought Tim Holt "gives an excellent account of himself".

Tim Holt was already announced for There Goes Lona Henry.

Tim Holt was going to enter the army, so RKO quickly put him in six more Westerns: Bandit Ranger, Red River Robin Hood, Pirates of the Prairie, Fighting Frontier, Sagebrush Law and The Avenging Rider.

Tim Holt became a decorated combat veteran of World War II, flying in the Pacific Theatre with the United States Army Air Forces as a B-29 bombardier.

Tim Holt was wounded over Tokyo on the last day of the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.

Tim Holt was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Tim Holt used the mixture of charm and seriousness very well.

Tim Holt made Western Heritage, which was an original screenplay.

Tim Holt tended to be outshone in reviews by Bogart and Walter Huston, the latter winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.

The Los Angeles Times said Holt "gives a rare and sincere impression of character in his performance".

Tim Holt promised a bigger budget for Holt's Westerns such as The Arizona Ranger, which cast him opposite his father.

In 1948 Tim Holt featured as the hero of a series of comic books.

Tim Holt had been to Oklahoma in 1947 with a rodeo, and met the woman who became his final wife.

Tim Holt was absent from the screen for five years until he starred in a horror film, The Monster That Challenged the World, in 1957, Holt said it "wasn't too bad a picture at all".

Tim Holt was going to make a sequel to Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Nick Adams, but Adams died.

Tim Holt got a degree in animal nutrition from Iowa, worked as a builder, produced rodeos, staged and performed Western music jamborees, and worked as an advertising manager for a radio station from 1962 onwards.

Tim Holt died from bone cancer on February 15,1973, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he had been managing a radio station.

Tim Holt was interred in the Memory Lane Cemetery in Harrah, Oklahoma.

The street where he and his wife had lived in Harrah was renamed Tim Holt Drive in his honor.