--- name: "Jack Holt" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-holt" roles: ["Actor"] born: "31 May 1888" died: "18 January 1951" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T23:19:45.234247+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jack Holt Actor. Born 31 May 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 January 1951. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 31 May 1888, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 18 January 1951 - **Also known as:** Frank Holt, John Holt, Charles John Holt - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 71 (1), 1940s 88 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Holt_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93910 ## Biography Jack Holt (born Charles John Holt, Jr.) was an American actor. He appeared as Jack Burley in *San Francisco* (1936) and in supporting roles in *Cat People* (1942), *They Were Expendable* (1945), *The Chase* (1946) and *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948). Born in New York City in 1888, Holt began his career with stunt work and bit parts before becoming a leading man in silent films and early talkies, particularly Westerns. He later took character roles and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in 1951. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, as Jack Burley — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, as Flophouse Bum (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md) ## Complete filmography (195) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'* (2003), as Flophouse Bum (archive footage) - *Across the Wide Missouri* (1951), as Bear Ghost - *King of the Bullwhip* (1950), as James Kerrigan - *Trail of Robin Hood* (1950), as Jack Holt - *Return of the Frontiersman* (1950), as Sheriff Sam Barrett - *The Daltons' Women* (1950), as Clint Dalton - *Red Desert* (1949), as Deacon Smith - *Task Force* (1949), as Captain Reeves - *Brimstone* (1949), as Marshal Walter Greenslide - *The Last Bandit* (1949), as Mort Pemberton - *Loaded Pistols* (1948), as Dave Randall - *The Strawberry Roan* (1948), as Walt Bailey - *The Gallant Legion* (1948), as Captain Banner - *The Arizona Ranger* (1948), as Rawhide Morgan - *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), as Flophouse Bum (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md) - *The Wild Frontier* (1947), as Saddles Barton - *Renegade Girl* (1946), as Major Barker - *The Chase* (1946), as Cmdr. Davidson - *Flight to Nowhere* (1946), as Bob Donovan - *My Pal Trigger* (1946), as Brett Scoville - *They Were Expendable* (1945), as General Martin - *Holt of the Secret Service* (1944), Actor - *The Articles of War* (1944), as Narrator - *Customs of the Service* (1943), as Narrator - *Cat People* (1942), as The Commodore - *Thunder Birds* (1942), as Colonel MacDonald - *Northwest Rangers* (1942), as Duncan Frazier - *Holt of the Secret Service* (1941), as Jack Holt / Nick Farrell - *The Great Swindle* (1941), as Jack Regan - *The Great Plane Robbery* (1940), as Mike Henderson - *Fugitive from a Prison Camp* (1940), as Sheriff Lawson - *Passport to Alcatraz* (1940), as George Hollister - *Outside the Three-Mile Limit* (1940), as Treasury Agent Conway - *Fugitive at Large* (1939), as Tom Farrow / George Storm - *Hidden Power* (1939), as Dr. Garfield - *Trapped in the Sky* (1939), as Major - *Whispering Enemies* (1939), as Stephen Brewster - *The Strange Case of Dr. Meade* (1938), as Dr. Meade - *Crime Takes a Holiday* (1938), as Walter Forbes - *Reformatory* (1938), as Robert Dean - *Flight Into Nowhere* (1938), as Jim Horne - *Making the Headlines* (1938), as Police Lt. Lewis Nagel - *Under Suspicion* (1937), as Robert Bailey - *Trapped by G-Men* (1937), as G-Man Martin Galloway, posing as Bill Donovan - *Outlaws of the Orient* (1937), as Chet Eaton - *Roaring Timber* (1937), as Jim Sherwood - *Trouble in Morocco* (1937), as Paul Cluett - *North of Nome* (1936), as John Raglan - *End of the Trail* (1936), as Dale Brittenham - *Crash Donovan* (1936), as 'Crash' Donovan - *San Francisco* (1936), as Jack Burley — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md) - *Dangerous Waters* (1936), as Jim Marlowe - *The Littlest Rebel* (1935), as Colonel Morrison - *The Awakening of Jim Burke* (1935), as Jim Burke - *Unwelcome Stranger* (1935), as Howard W. Chamberlain - *Storm Over the Andes* (1935), as Bob Kent - *The Best Man Wins* (1935), as Nick Roberts - *I'll Fix It* (1934), as Bill Grimes - *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Matthew Mitchell - *Black Moon* (1934), as Stephen Lane - *Whirlpool* (1934), as Buck Rankin - *Master of Men* (1933), as Buck Garrett - *The Wrecker* (1933), as Chuck Regan - *The Woman I Stole* (1933), as Jim Bradler - *When Strangers Marry* (1933), as Steve Rand - *Man Against Woman* (1932), as Johnny McCloud - *This Sporting Age* (1932), as Capt. John Steele - *War Correspondent* (1932), as Jim Kenyon - *Hollywood Speaks* (1932), as Jack Holt - *Behind the Mask* (1932), as Jack Hart aka Quinn - *A Dangerous Affair* (1931), as Lt. McHenry - *Fifty Fathoms Deep* (1931), as Tim Burke - *Maker of Men* (1931), as Dudley - *White Shoulders* (1931), as Gordon Kent - *Subway Express* (1931), as Inspector Killian - *Dirigible* (1931), as Jack Bradon - *The Last Parade* (1931), as Cookie Leonard - *The Squealer* (1930), as Charles Hart - *Hell's Island* (1930), as Mac - *The Border Legion* (1930), as Jack Kells - *Vengeance* (1930), as John Meadham - *Flight* (1929), as Panama Williams - *Father and Son* (1929), as Frank Fields - *The Donovan Affair* (1929), as Inspector Killian - *Sunset Pass* (1929), as Jack Rock - *Submarine* (1928), as Jack Dorgan - *Avalanche* (1928), as Jack Dunton - *The Water Hole* (1928), as Philip Randolph - *Court Martial* (1928), as James Camden - *The Vanishing Pioneer* (1928), as Anthony Ballard / John Ballard - *The Smart Set* (1928), as Nelson - *The Warning* (1927), as Tom Fellows / Col. Robert Wellsley - *The Tigress* (1927), as Winston Graham, Earl of Eddington - *The Mysterious Rider* (1927), as Bent Wade - *Man of the Forest* (1926), as Milt Dale - *Forlorn River* (1926), as Nevada - *Born to the West* (1926), as 'Colorado' Dare Rudd - *The Blind Goddess* (1926), as Hugh Dillon - *North of 36* (1926), as Don McMasters - *Sea Horses* (1926), as George Glanville - *The Enchanted Hill* (1926), as Lee Purdy - *The Ancient Highway* (1925), as Cliff Brant - *Wild Horse Mesa* (1925), as Chane Weymer - *The Light of Western Stars* (1925), as Gene Stewart - *Eve's Secret* (1925), as Duke of Poltava - *The Thundering Herd* (1925), as Tom Doan - *Empty Hands* (1924), as Grimshaw - *Wanderer of the Wasteland* (1924), as Adam Larey - *The Lone Wolf* (1924), as Michael Lanyard - *Don't Call It Love* (1924), as Richard Parrish - *The Marriage Maker* (1923), as Lord Stonbury - *The Cheat* (1923), as Dudley Drake - *Hollywood* (1923), as Jack Holt - *A Gentleman of Leisure* (1923), as Robert Pitt - *The Tiger's Claw* (1923), as Sam Sandell - *Nobody's Money* (1923), as John Webster - *Making a Man* (1922), as Horace Winsby - *On the High Seas* (1922), as Jim Dorn - *The Man Unconquerable* (1922), as Robert Kendall - *While Satan Sleeps* (1922), as Phil - *North of the Rio Grande* (1922), as Bob Haddington - *Bought and Paid For* (1922), as Robert Stafford - *The Call of the North* (1921), as Ned Trent - *The Grim Comedian* (1921), as Harvey Martin - *After the Show* (1921), as Larry Taylor - *The Mask* (1921), as Kenneth Traynor / Handsome Jack - *The Lost Romance* (1921), as Mark Sheridan - *Ducks and Drakes* (1921), as Rob Winslow - *All Souls' Eve* (1921), as Roger Heath - *Midsummer Madness* (1921), as Bob Meredith - *The Sins of Rosanne* (1920), as Sir Dennis Harlenden - *Held by the Enemy* (1920), as Col. Charles Prescott - *Crooked Streets* (1920), as Rupert O'Dare - *The Best of Luck* (1920), as Kenneth, Lord Glenayr - *Victory* (1919), as Axel Heyst - *Kitty Kelly, M.D.* (1919), as Bob Lang - *The Life Line* (1919), as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye - *The Woman Michael Married* (1919), as Michael Ordsway - *A Sporting Chance* (1919), as Paul Sayre - *The Woman Thou Gavest Me* (1919), as Lord Raa - *For Better, for Worse* (1919), as Crusader - *A Midnight Romance* (1919), as Roger Sloan - *Cheating Cheaters* (1919), as Tom Palmer - *The Squaw Man* (1918), as Cash Hawkins - *The Road Through the Dark* (1918), as Duke Karl - *The Marriage Ring* (1918), as Rodney Heathe - *Green Eyes* (1918), as Pearson Hunter - *A Desert Wooing* (1918), as Barton Masters - *The Claw* (1918), as Maurice Stair - *The White Man's Law* (1918), as Sir Harry Falkland - *The Honor of His House* (1918), as Robert Farlow - *Love Me* (1918), as Gordon Appleby - *One More American* (1918), as Sam Potts - *Headin' South* (1918), Actor - *Hidden Pearls* (1918), as Robert Garvin - *The Secret Game* (1917), as Maj. John Northfield - *The Call of the East* (1917), as Alan Hepburn - *The Little American* (1917), as Karl von Austreim - *Giving Becky a Chance* (1917), as Tom Fielding - *The Inner Shrine* (1917), as Viscount D'Arcourt - *The Cost of Hatred* (1917), as Huertez - *The Sacrifice* (1917), as Paul Ekald - *Patria* (1917), Actor - *Joan the Woman* (1916), as (uncredited) - *Mister Vampire* (1916), as Mr. Brooks - *The Better Man* (1916), as Joe Cullison - *The Black Sheep of the Family* (1916), as Kenneth Carmont - *The Chalice of Sorrow* (1916), as (uncredited) - *Saving the Family Name* (1916), as Jansen Winthrop - *The Princely Bandit* (1916), as Count Michael - *Brennon o' the Moor* (1916), as The Mayor's Son - *Liberty* (1916), as Captain Bob Rutledge - *The Phone Message* (1916), as Laurelton - *Mutiny* (1916), as Warren Gilcrest - *The False Part* (1916), as J. Kenneth Simpson - *The Wire Pullers* (1916), as Mr. Page - *Naked Hearts* (1916), as Howard - *The Unexpected* (1916), as Betty's Sweetheart - *Behind the Mask* (1916), as Count Charles - *The Desperado* (1916), as The Sheriff - *The Madcap Queen of Crona* (1916), as Count Michael - *The Cry of Erin* (1916), as The Squire's Son - *Born of the People* (1916), as Mr. Jeffries - *His Majesty Dick Turpin* (1916), as Count Charles - *The Dumb Girl of Portici* (1916), as Conde - *Her Better Self* (1916), as Jack Trevor - *The Power of Fascination* (1915), as Rafael - *As the Twig Is Bent* (1915), as Colonel Vail - *What the River Foretold* (1915), as Bill Ward - *Jewel* (1915), as Nat Bonnell - *A Cigarette - That's All* (1915), as Stanley Ivans (as Frank Holt) - *The Broken Coin* (1915), as Captain Williams - *The Flash* (1915), as Frank Hoag - *The Master Key* (1914), as Donald Faversham - *Salomy Jane* (1914), as Solitaire-Playing Cowboy in Saloon ## Gallery - ![Silent film actor Jack Holt. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/416743/gallery-ae32139f40b9.jpg) Silent film actor Jack Holt. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1925) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Silent_film_actor_Jack_Holt_%28SAYRE_3417%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Jack_Holt_%28SAYRE_3417%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jack Holt](https://film.one/media/person/416743/gallery-e2a16bde8200.jpg) Jack Holt — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Jack_Holt_portrait_photograph.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Submarine Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/416743/gallery-76e35d42634e.jpg) Submarine Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses (1928) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Submarine_%28SAYRE_13990%29.jpg/1280px-Submarine_%28SAYRE_13990%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jack Holt](https://film.one/media/person/416743/gallery-aeee5e68036e.jpg) Jack Holt — Image via TMDB - ![Jack Holt](https://film.one/media/person/416743/gallery-2a8299c86480.jpg) Jack Holt — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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