
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.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · as Bob Curtin

Stagecoach
1939 · as Lt. Blanchard

My Darling Clementine
1946 · as Virgil Earp

Back Street
1941 · as Richard Saxel

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · as George Minafer

His Kind of Woman
1951 · as Bill Lusk

Dude Cowboy
1941 · as Terry McVey

Stella Dallas
1937 · as Richard Grosvenor III

Fifth Avenue Girl
1939 · as Tim Borden

The Monster That Challenged the World
1957 · as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger

Saddle Legion
1951 · as Dave Saunders

Bogart: The Untold Story
1997 · as Self (archive footage)

Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · as Lance Ferris

History Is Made at Night
1937 · as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)

Dynamite Pass
1950 · as Ross Taylor

Wild Horse Mesa
1947 · as Dave Jordan

Hitler's Children
1943 · as Lieutenant Karl Bruner

Thunder Mountain
1947 · as Marvin Hayden