Jack Holt

Actor

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Also Known As

Charles John Holt

Birth Place

Winchester, Virginia, USA

Born

May 31, 1888

Died

January 18, 1951

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Former gold propsector, cow puncher and peripatetic jack-of-several-trades who entered film in 1914. Rangy, rough hewn and laconic, Holt shed his early heavy roles and emerged as a rugged hero of actioners and a polished romantic lead of swank melodramas. He remained prolific through the 1950s, playing both leads and supporting roles. Father of actors Jennifer Holt, Tim Holt and David Ho...

Filmography

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Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

The Daltons' Women (1951)

Clint Dalton (also known as Mike Leonard)

Trail of Robin Hood (1950)

King of the Bullwhip (1950)

Return of the Frontiersman (1950)

Task Force (1949)

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Trail Of Robin Hood (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Hometown Jubilee

Littlest Rebel, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) My Mommy Went Away

Biography

Former gold propsector, cow puncher and peripatetic jack-of-several-trades who entered film in 1914. Rangy, rough hewn and laconic, Holt shed his early heavy roles and emerged as a rugged hero of actioners and a polished romantic lead of swank melodramas. He remained prolific through the 1950s, playing both leads and supporting roles. Father of actors Jennifer Holt, Tim Holt and David Holt.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

The Daltons' Women (1951)

Clint Dalton (also known as Mike Leonard)

Trail of Robin Hood (1950)

King of the Bullwhip (1950)

Return of the Frontiersman (1950)

Task Force (1949)

Red Desert (1949)

Loaded Pistols (1949)

Brimstone (1949)

Marshal Greenslade

The Last Bandit (1949)

The Gallant Legion (1948)

The Arizona Ranger (1948)

The Strawberry Roan (1948)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

The Wild Frontier (1947)

Charles "Saddles" Barton

Flight to Nowhere (1946)

The Chase (1946)

Commander Davidson

Renegade Girl (1946)

My Pal Trigger (1946)

They Were Expendable (1945)

Northwest Rangers (1943)

[Sgt.] Duncan Frazier

Cat People (1942)

Thunder Birds (1942)

Col. "Mac" MacDonald

The Great Swindle (1941)

Outside the 3-Mile Limit (1940)

Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)

The Great Plane Robbery (1940)

Passport to Alcatraz (1940)

George Hollister

Hidden Power (1939)

Dr. Stephen Garfield

Trapped in the Sky (1939)

Fugitive at Large (1939)

George Storm/Tom Farrow

Whispering Enemies (1939)

Stephen Brewster

Making the Headlines (1938)

Outside the Law (1938)

Dr. James Meade

Reformatory (1938)

Flight into Nowhere (1938)

Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)

Trapped by G-Men (1937)

Martin Galloway, alias Bill Donovan

Trouble in Morocco (1937)

Under Suspicion (1937)

Roaring Timber (1937)

Outlaws of the Orient (1937)

Dangerous Waters (1936)

North of Nome (1936)

End of the Trail (1936)

Dale Brittenham

Crash Donovan (1936)

[Michael] "Crash" Donovan

San Francisco (1936)

The Best Man Wins (1935)

Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

The Unwelcome Stranger (1935)

Howard [W.] Chamberlain

Storm over the Andes (1935)

Captain Robert Kent

The Littlest Rebel (1935)

Colonel Morrison

Black Moon (1934)

The Defense Rests (1934)

Matthew Mitchell

I'll Fix It (1934)

Whirlpool (1934)

Buck Rankin [also known as Duke Sheldon]

The Woman I Stole (1933)

When Strangers Marry (1933)

The Wrecker (1933)

Master of Men (1933)

Hollywood Speaks (1932)

This Sporting Age (1932)

Captain John Steele

War Correspondent (1932)

Jim Kenyon, also known as General Ching

Behind the Mask (1932)

[Jack] Hart [also known as Quinn]

Man Against Woman (1932)

"Strong Arm" Johnny McCloud

White Shoulders (1931)

Dirigible (1931)

Commander Jack Bradon

Maker of Men (1931)

Coach "Uncle" Dudley

Subway Express (1931)

Inspector Killian

Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)

The Last Parade (1931)

A Dangerous Affair (1931)

Lieutenant McHenry

The Squealer (1930)

Vengeance (1930)

The Border Legion (1930)

Hell's Island (1930)

Sunset Pass (1929)

Father and Son (1929)

The Donovan Affair (1929)

Inspector Killian

Panama Williams

The Smart Set (1928)

The Vanishing Pioneer (1928)

Anthony Ballard/John Ballard

The Water Hole (1928)

Philip Randolph

Submarine (1928)

Avalanche (1928)

Court-Martial (1928)

Capt. James Camden

The Tigress (1927)

Winston Graham, Earl of Eddington

The Warning (1927)

Tom Fellows/Col. Robert Wellsley

The Mysterious Rider (1927)

Sea Horses (1926)

George Glanville

Born to the West (1926)

"Colorado" Dare Rudd

Man of the Forest (1926)

The Enchanted Hill (1926)

The Blind Goddess (1926)

Forlorn River (1926)

Eve's Secret (1925)

Duke of Poltava

The Light of Western Stars (1925)

Wild Horse Mesa (1925)

The Ancient Highway (1925)

The Thundering Herd (1925)

Don't Call It Love (1924)

Richard Parrish

The Lone Wolf (1924)

Michael Lanyard

North of 36 (1924)

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)

Empty Hands (1924)

Hollywood (1923)

The Marriage Maker (1923)

Making a Man (1923)

Nobody's Money (1923)

The Cheat (1923)

A Gentleman of Leisure (1923)

The Tiger's Claw (1923)

Bought and Paid For (1922)

Robert Stafford

On the High Seas (1922)

Jim Dorn, a stoker

North of the Rio Grande (1922)

Bob Haddington, a rancher

While Satan Sleeps (1922)

The Man Unconquerable (1922)

The Grim Comedian (1921)

Ducks and Drakes (1921)

Midsummer Madness (1921)

All Souls' Eve (1921)

The Mask (1921)

Kenneth Traynor/Handsome Jack

The Call of the North (1921)

After the Show (1921)

The Lost Romance (1921)

Held by the Enemy (1920)

Col. Charles Prescott

Crooked Streets (1920)

The Sins of Rosanne (1920)

Sir Dennis Harlenden

The Best of Luck (1920)

Kenneth, Lord Glenayr

For Better, for Worse (1919)

Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)

The Life Line (1919)

Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye

A Midnight Romance (1919)

A Sporting Chance (1919)

The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919)

The Woman Michael Married (1919)

Michael Ordsway

Cheating Cheaters (1919)

Hidden Pearls (1918)

One More American (1918)

The Claw (1918)

The Squaw Man (1918)

A Desert Wooing (1918)

The Marriage Ring (1918)

Green Eyes (1918)

The Honor of His House (1918)

The Road Through the Dark (1918)

The White Man's Law (1918)

Sir Harry Falkland

The Cost of Hatred (1917)

Giving Becky a Chance (1917)

Sacrifice (1917)

The Little American (1917)

Karl Von Austreim

The Secret Game (1917)

Major John Northfield

The Call of the East (1917)

The Inner Shrine (1917)

Viscount D'Arcourt

Naked Hearts (1916)

Howard, as an adult

The Black Sheep of the Family (1916)

Kenneth Carmont

Saving the Family Name (1916)

Jansen Winthrop

Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A. (1916)

Writer (Feature Film)

Stormy, the Thoroughbred with an Inferiority Complex (1954)

Based on a Story by

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Pale Blood (1991)

Life Events

1913

Film acting debut

Videos

Trail Of Robin Hood (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Hometown Jubilee Pre-teen sharpshooter Sis (Carol Nugent) won the Turkey Shoot and decided to spare the bird, visiting with Jack Holt, playing himself, the retired silent-movie cowboy star, who’s now a benevolent Christmas tree grower, Penny Edwards as visiting Toby, who’s secretly against his enterprise, and the star Roy (Rogers) with a song, joined by the Riders (Of The Purple Sage), composed by the guitarist Foy Willing, in Trail Of Robin Hood 1950.

Littlest Rebel, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) My Mommy Went Away Slave Uncle Bill (Bill "Bojangles" Robinson) and bereaved Virgie (Shirley Temple) stage an entertaining diversion for Union Colonel Morrison (Jack Holt), concealing her father (John Boles), in 20th Century Fox's The Littlest Rebel, 1935.

Cat People (1942) -- (Movie Clip) She Looks Like A Cat At their wedding dinner Irina (Simone Simon) is thrilled that Oliver (Kent Smith) has found a Serbian restaurant, friends (Alan Napier, Jack Holt, Jane Randolph) conversing until a spooky fellow immigrant (Elizabeth Russell) appears, in producer Val Lewton's original Cat People 1942.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) They're Gonna Do It! Servant "Lunch" (Clarence Muse) conducts visiting Stephen (Jack Holt) into the island jungle where his wife (Dorothy Burgess) is the star of a Columbia pre-code sacrifice shindig, in Black Moon, 1934.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Change Too Much First scene, spooky modern mom Juanita (Dorothy Burgess) beating tropical drums with little Nancy (Cora Sue Collins), her husband Stephen (Jack Holt) doing some exposition with a shrink (Henry Kolker), opening Columbia's Black Moon, 1934.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) You Call It Voodoo Husband Stephen (Jack Holt) worrying with uncle Perez (Arnold Korff) about Juanita (Dorothy Burgess) having returned to the island where she grew up, nanny Gail (Fay Wray) raising an alarm, rife with racism, in Columbia's Black Moon, 1934.

Task Force -- (Original Trailer) Gary Cooper plays a naval officer who devotes his life to the development of the aircraft carrier in Task Force (1949).

Northwest Rangers - (Original Trailer) A Mountie (William Lundigan) tracks a childhood friend gone bad in Northwest Rangers (1943).

San Francisco - (Re-issue Trailer) A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake in San Francisco (1936), starring Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy.

Cat People (1942) - (Re-issue Trailer) A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast in Cat People (1942), directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton.

They Were Expendable - (Original Trailer) A Navy commander (John Wayne) fights to prove the effectiveness of the PT boat at the start of WW II in They Were Expendable (1945).

Family

Tim Holt

Son

David Holt

Son

Actor.

Jennifer Holt

Daughter

Actor. Died September 21, 1997 at age 76.

Bibliography

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