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Date of Birth: Tim Holt5 February 1918Perhaps best remembered as the younger partner of Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), in which his father, Jack Holt, played a bit part. Brother of actress Jennifer Holt. At the peak of his career in the 1940s "B" westerns, he was the "fastest draw" in the movies with the ability to draw his revolver in five frames of film (slightly over one-sixth of a second). Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1991. ... From 1941-43 and 1948-52 Tim Holt was a top ten box office star. Attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana, where his roommate was Hal Roach Jr. During World War II Holt was a member of the Army Air Corps and was wounded - ironically, on the last day of the war - in a bombing raid over Tokyo, for which he received a Purple Heart. Was the Bobardier/Executive Officer for the top secret Adams Plan (Project X-ray) which was designed to drop incendiary bat bombs on Japan during World War II, as detailed in the book "Bat Bomb" by Jack Couffer. While in the Army during WW II Tim Holt narrated a VD film seen by U.S. military personnel for many years afterward. In 1946 the only time the three Holts appeared together was in a CBS radio program entitled "All-Star Theatre", a country flavored show featuring Western music by Foy Williams and the Riders of the Purple Sage with a dramatic sketch. The Holts played father, son and daughter. Not related to actor David Holt. His father, Jack Holt was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Made a couple NRA Gun safety Films in the 1950's called 'Shooting Straight with Tim Holt'. Occasionally made personal appearance tours with friends Richard Martin, Ray Whitley and Jack O'Shea calling themselves "Tim Holt's Ranch Review". In the late 1950s he managed a 1400 acre 'dude ranch' and to promote it he hosted "The Tim Holt Western Theatre", a Saturday morning television series on KOCO-TV (Channel 5) in Oklahoma City, which telecast many of his western films. Went to work at KLPR Oklahoma City radio station in 1961, in sales and making personal appearances. It was Jack Beasly, owner the radio station, and Ralph White, a co-worker, who encouraged him to take a role on "The Virginian" (1962). He was a home builder with developer Bill Atkinson. While developing Midwest City, near Tinker AF base, Atkinson would give away a Shetland pony with each house sold and Tim helped with the livestock. He campaigned for Atkinson in his run for Lt. Governor and developed an interest in politics. He was encouraged to run for Oklahoma Lt. Governor himself but didn't pursue office worried others would claim he was trying to capitalize on his film career. Kirby Grant, of Sky King fame was up for the part he won in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Ronald Reagan was considered for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). During a promotional visit to the Oklahoma City theme park "Frontier City", Nick Adams star of "The Rebel" (1959) visited the Holt family home. In WW II, while flying as a bombardier in a B-29 returning from a mission over Japan he saw the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima from the atomic bomb. According to his daughter, Bryanna, Tim was a Christian Scientist but wasn't "overly religious". Good friends with John Wayne since their Stagecoach (1939) days, he visited Tim at the Shawnee Hospital shortly before his death. While living in Malibu, year's earlier Wayne and Holt would practice shooting and different styles of wearing their holsters. He was an account executive at the Oklahoma City radio station KEBC at time of his death. He is buried at the Memory lane cemetery in Harrah, Oklahoma, USA. Read more At this site you can watch Tim Holt movies online for free.
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