---
name: "Tim Holt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-holt"
fi1m_id: "tim-holt"
imdb_id: "nm0392529"
tmdb_id: 14517
wikidata_id: "Q1064827"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 February 1919"
died: "15 February 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T03:59:40.193062+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."
---

# Tim Holt

## Identity

Tim Holt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-holt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-holt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392529
- **TMDB ID:** 14517
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1064827
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Holt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14517

Actor. Born 5 February 1919 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.. Died 15 February 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 February 1919, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
- **Died:** 15 February 1973
- **Active:** 1937–1948
- **Also known as:** Charles John "Tim" Holt III, Charles John Holt III
- **Frequently works with:** [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (2), 1940s 88 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 81 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Western 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Holt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14517

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Stagecoach*](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stella Dallas*](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Tim Holt

> We value Tim Holt's unshowy sincerity, particularly when he is giving more forceful performers someone believable to talk to. *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* needs his steadiness; his work for Orson Welles reveals a less agreeable side.

Put Tim Holt beside Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston in *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), and he makes their partnership look plausible even when the men can barely agree. As Bob Curtin, he has the less showy part, without Walter Huston's opportunities for expansive humour as Howard. Wisely, he does not try to compete. We warmed to Curtin because Holt gives the prospectors' fractious exchanges a welcome steadiness. He makes it possible to believe these men might manage to work together.

That usefulness can obscure how disagreeable he could be on screen. His early supporting work included John Ford's *Stagecoach* (1939), while the run of RKO B-westerns began in 1940 and put his boyish charm to work righting wrongs. In Orson Welles's *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), however, his George Minafer is a spoiled son whose meanness Holt draws out precisely. Likeability was plainly not all he had to offer. His long commitment to westerns should not make us forget that performance.

Holt continued in westerns after the war and into the early 1950s, playing a more serious, world-weary cowboy without losing his grin. Richard Martin's comic sidekick Chito gave him someone to be amused and irritated by, with those reactions available within a single shot. This is a modest but specific comic skill: Holt can contribute to the banter through his response to the other actor. The limitation is the recurring business of righting wrongs, which offers fewer surprises than a character such as George Minafer.

John Huston's *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* remains the place to start. Bogart and Walter Huston are more likely to stay in the memory, and there is no need to pretend that quietness automatically makes a performance better. Yet the differing temperaments make the partnership work, and Curtin's sincerity matters in a film so frank about greed. Holt cannot remove its occasional tendency to lecture, but he helps keep the exchanges human. Watch it for all three men, and allow the least demonstrative one his share of the credit.

## Biography

Tim Holt (5 February 1919 – 15 February 1973) was an American actor. Born Charles John Holt III in Beverly Hills, California, he was the son of actor Jack Holt and the brother of actress Jennifer Holt.

He appeared in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures in the 1940s and early 1950s. Holt is also known for roles in *Stagecoach* (1939), *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942) as George Minafer, *My Darling Clementine* (1946) as Virgil Earp and *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948) as Bob Curtin.

He served in the United States Army Air Corps during the Second World War.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), Fi1m 88, as Bob Curtin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Fi1m 88, as Virgil Earp — [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Fi1m 89, as George Minafer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *Stagecoach* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Lt. Blanchard — [page](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Fi1m 80, as Richard Grosvenor III — [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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 Bob Curtin (archive footage)
- *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage)
- *Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch* (1976), as (archive footage)
- *This Stuff'll Kill Ya!* (1971), as Agent Clark
- *The Yesterday Machine* (1965), as Police Lt. Partane
- *The Monster That Challenged the World* (1957), as Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger
- *Desert Passage* (1952), as Tim Holt
- *Target* (1952), as Tim Holt
- *Road Agent* (1952), as Tim Holt
- *Trail Guide* (1952), as Tim Holt
- *Chevron Theatre* (1952), series, Actor
- *Overland Telegraph* (1951), as Tim Holt
- *Hot Lead* (1951), as Tim Holt
- *Pistol Harvest* (1951), as Tim
- *His Kind of Woman* (1951), as Bill Lusk
- *Gunplay* (1951), as Tim Holt
- *Saddle Legion* (1951), as Dave Saunders
- *Law of the Badlands* (1951), as Dave Saunders
- *Rio Grande Patrol* (1950), as Kansas
- *Border Treasure* (1950), as Ed Porter
- *Rider from Tucson* (1950), as Dave Saunders
- *Storm Over Wyoming* (1950), as Dave Saunders
- *Dynamite Pass* (1950), as Ross Taylor
- *Riders of the Range* (1950), as Kansas Jones
- *The Mysterious Desperado* (1949), as Tim Holt
- *Masked Raiders* (1949), as Tim Holt
- *Stagecoach Kid* (1949), as Dave Collins
- *Rustlers* (1949), as Dick McBride
- *Brothers in the Saddle* (1949), as Tim Taylor
- *Gun Smugglers* (1948), as Tim Holt
- *Indian Agent* (1948), as Dave Taylor
- *Guns of Hate* (1948), as Bob Banning
- *The Arizona Ranger* (1948), as Bob Morgan
- *Western Heritage* (1948), as Ross Daggert
- *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948), as Bob Curtin — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
- *Wild Horse Mesa* (1947), as Dave Jordan
- *Under the Tonto Rim* (1947), as Brad Canfield
- *Thunder Mountain* (1947), as Marvin Hayden
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), as Virgil Earp — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *The Avenging Rider* (1943), as Brit Marshall
- *Stars on Horseback* (1943), Actor
- *Sagebrush Law* (1943), as Tom Weston
- *Fighting Frontier* (1943), as Kit Russell
- *Hitler's Children* (1943), as Lieutenant Karl Bruner
- *Pirates of the Prairie* (1942), as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
- *Red River Robin Hood* (1942), as Jim Carey
- *Bandit Ranger* (1942), as Clay Travers
- *Thundering Hoofs* (1942), as Bill Underwood aka Bill Dawson
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), as George Minafer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *Come on Danger* (1942), as Jack Mason
- *Land of the Open Range* (1942), as Dave Walton
- *Riding the Wind* (1942), as Clay Stewart
- *Dude Cowboy* (1941), as Terry McVey
- *Know For Sure* (1941), as Jerry Anderson
- *The Bandit Trail* (1941), as Steve Haggerty
- *Six-Gun Gold* (1941), as Don Cardigan
- *Cyclone on Horseback* (1941), as Stan Bradford
- *Robbers of the Range* (1941), as Jim Drummond
- *Back Street* (1941), as Richard Saxel
- *Along the Rio Grande* (1941), as Jeff
- *The Fargo Kid* (1940), as The Fargo Kid
- *Wagon Train* (1940), as Zack Sibley
- *Swiss Family Robinson* (1940), as Fritz Robinson
- *Laddie* (1940), as Laddie Stanton
- *Fifth Avenue Girl* (1939), as Tim Borden
- *The Girl and the Gambler* (1939), as Johnny Powell
- *The Rookie Cop* (1939), as Clem Maitland
- *The Spirit of Culver* (1939), as Capt. Wilson
- *Stagecoach* (1939), as Lt. Blanchard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/stagecoach.md)
- *The Law West of Tombstone* (1938), as Ted, The Tonto Kid
- *Sons of the Legion* (1938), as Tim Holt
- *The Renegade Ranger* (1938), as Larry Corwin
- *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), as Lance Ferris
- *I Met My Love Again* (1938), as Budge Williams
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), as Richard Grosvenor III — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *History Is Made at Night* (1937), as S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
- *The Vanishing Pioneer* (1928), as John Ballard, Age 7
- *Forlorn River* (1926), as Child (uncredited)
- *Hollywood* (1923), as Jack Holt's Baby Son

## Gallery

- ![Tim Holt](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-328de15c7592.jpg) Tim Holt — Jack Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Tim_Holt_Western.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lobby card from the 1942 film The Magnificent Ambersons](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-456c8a3d5acb.jpg) Lobby card from the 1942 film The Magnificent Ambersons — RKO Radio Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ambersons-lobby-card-7.jpg/1280px-Ambersons-lobby-card-7.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L. to R.: Tim Holt, Richard Martin & Nan Leslie in Guns of Hate - publicity still (cropped) (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-9c1a5b46481b.jpg) L. to R.: Tim Holt, Richard Martin & Nan Leslie in Guns of Hate - publicity still (cropped) (1948) — unknown (RKO Radio Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Guns_of_Hate_%281948%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston in American drama-adventure neo-western film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). See also film still. No copyright notice](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-f2f69a1341da.jpg) Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston in American drama-adventure neo-western film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). See also film still. No copyright notice — Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Humphrey_Bogart_Walter_Huston_The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_Still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tim Holt](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-7a2e8b39c011.jpg) Tim Holt — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Holt](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-e46918715920.jpg) Tim Holt — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Holt](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-4897fcabb082.jpg) Tim Holt — Image via TMDB
- ![Tim Holt (left) with his father Jack Holt. Both Holts were successful film actors, known mostly for their work in Westerns.](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-8d55277829a8.jpg) Tim Holt (left) with his father Jack Holt. Both Holts were successful film actors, known mostly for their work in Westerns. — Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Jack_Holt_and_his_son_Tim.jpg/1280px-Jack_Holt_and_his_son_Tim.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["My Darling Clementine" (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-afe609d6c97d.jpg) "My Darling Clementine" (1946) — 宝石社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Japanese-edition-of-Alfred-Hitchcocks-Mystery-Magazine-1962-Special-January-Issue-4.jpg/1280px-Japanese-edition-of-Alfred-Hitchcocks-Mystery-Magazine-1962-Special-January-Issue-4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tim Holt](https://film.one/media/person/105289/gallery-1c98f1a15534.jpg) Tim Holt — Image via TMDB

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