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Jack Holt (I) (1888–1951)

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Staunch, granite-jawed American leading man of silent and early talkie films, much associated with Westerns. A native of New York City, Holt often claimed to have been born in Winchester, Virginia, where he grew up. The son of an Episcopal minister, he attended Trinity School in Manhattan, then the Virginia Military Institute... See full bio »

Born:

Charles John Holt
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 62) in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Jack Holt and Fay Wray in Dirigible
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1951 Across the Wide Missouri
Bear Ghost
 
1950 King of the Bullwhip
Banker James Kerrigan
 
1950 Trail of Robin Hood
Jack Holt
 
1950 Return of the Frontiersman
Sheriff Sam Barrett
 
1950 The Daltons' Women
Clint Dalton, alias Mike Leonard
 
1949 Red Desert
Deacon Smith
 
1949 Task Force
Captain Reeves
 
1949 Brimstone
Marshal Walter Greenslide
 
1949 The Last Bandit
Mort Pemberton
 
1948 Loaded Pistols
Dave Randall
 
1948 The Strawberry Roan
Walt Bailey
 
1948 The Gallant Legion
Captain Banner
 
1948 The Arizona Ranger
'Rawhide' Morgan
 
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
 
1947 The Wild Frontier
Charles 'Saddles' Barton
 
1946 Renegade Girl
Maj. Barker
 
1946 The Chase
Cmdr. Davidson
 
1946 Flight to Nowhere
FBI Agent Bob Donovan
 
1946 My Pal Trigger
Brett Scoville
 
1945 They Were Expendable
General Martin
 
1942 Cat People
The Commodore
 
1942 Northwest Rangers
Duncan Frazier
 
1942 Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air]
Colonel MacDonald
 
1941 Holt of the Secret Service
Jack Holt/Nick Farrell
 
1941 The Great Swindle
Jack Regan
 
1940 The Great Plane Robbery
Mike Henderson
 
1940 Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Sheriff Lawson
 
1940 Passport to Alcatraz
George Hollister
 
1940 Outside the Three-Mile Limit
Treasury Agent Conway
 
1939 Hidden Power
Dr. Garfield
 
1939 Fugitive at Large
Tom Farrow/George Storm
 
1939 Trapped in the Sky
Major
 
1939 Whispering Enemies
Stephen Brewster
 
1938 Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Dr. Meade
 
1938 Crime Takes a Holiday
Walter Forbes
 
1938 Reformatory
Robert Dean
 
1938 Flight Into Nowhere
Jim Horne
 
1938 Making the Headlines
Police Lt. Lewis Nagel
 
1937 Under Suspicion
Robert Bailey
 
1937 Trapped by G-Men
G-Man Martin Galloway, Posing as Bill Donovan
 
1937 Outlaws of the Orient
Chet Eaton
 
1937 Roaring Timber
Jim Sherwood
 
1937 Trouble in Morocco
Paul Cluett
 
1936 North of Nome
John Raglan
 
1936 End of the Trail
Dale Brittenham
 
1936 Crash Donovan
'Crash' Donovan
 
1936 San Francisco
Jack Burley
 
1936 Dangerous Waters
Jim Marlowe
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel
Colonel Morrison
 
1935 The Awakening of Jim Burke
Jim Burke
 
1935 Unwelcome Stranger
Howard W. Chamberlain
 
1935 Storm Over the Andes
Bob Kent
 
1935 The Best Man Wins
Nick Roberts
 
1934 I'll Fix It
Bill Grimes
 
1934 The Defense Rests
Matthew Mitchell
 
1934 Black Moon
Stephen Lane
 
1934 Whirlpool
Buck Rankin (aka Duke Sheldon)
 
1933 Master of Men
Buck Garrett
 
1933 The Wrecker
Chuck Regan
 
1933 The Woman I Stole
Jim Bradler
 
1933 When Strangers Marry
Steve Rand
 
1932 Man Against Woman
Johnny McCloud
 
1932 This Sporting Age
Capt. John Steele
 
1932 War Correspondent
Jim Kenyon
 
1932 Behind the Mask
Jack Hart aka Quinn
 
1931 Maker of Men
Dudley
 
1931 A Dangerous Affair
Lt. McHenry
 
1931 Fifty Fathoms Deep
Tim Burke
 
1931 White Shoulders
Gordon Kent
 
1931 Subway Express
Inspector Killian
 
1931 Dirigible
Jack Bradon
 
1931 The Last Parade
Cookie Leonard
 
1930 The Squealer
Charles Hart
 
1930 Hell's Island
Mac
 
1930 The Border Legion
Jack Kells
 
1930 Vengeance
John Meadham
 
1929 Flight
Panama Williams
 
1929 Father and Son
Frank Fields
 
1929 The Donovan Affair
Insp. Killian
 
1929 Sunset Pass
Jack Rock
 
1928 Avalanche
Jack Dunton
 
1928 Submarine
Jack Dorgan
 
1928 The Water Hole
Philip Randolph
 
1928 Court-Martial
James Camden
 
1928 The Vanishing Pioneer
Anthony Ballard/John Ballard
 
1928 The Smart Set
Nelson
 
1927 The Warning
Tom Fellows/Col. Robert Wellsley
 
1927 The Tigress
Winston Graham, Earl of Eddington
 
1927 The Mysterious Rider
Bent Wade
 
1926 Man of the Forest
Milt Dale
 
1926 Forlorn River
Nevada
 
1926 Born to the West
'Colorado' Dare Rudd
 
1926 The Blind Goddess
Hugh Dillon
 
1926 Sea Horses
George Glanville
 
1926 The Enchanted Hill
Lee Purdy
 
1925 The Ancient Highway
Cliff Brant
 
1925 Wild Horse Mesa
Chane Weymer
 
1925 The Light of Western Stars
Gene Stewart
 
1925 Eve's Secret
Duke of Poltava
 
1925 The Thundering Herd
Tom Doan
 
1924 North of 36
Don McMasters
 
1924 Empty Hands
Grimshaw
 
1924 Wanderer of the Wasteland
Adam Larey
 
1924 The Lone Wolf
Michael Lanyard
 
1923 Don't Call It Love
Richard Parrish
 
1923 The Marriage Maker
Lord Stonbury
 
1923 The Cheat
Dudley Drake
 
1923 A Gentleman of Leisure
Robert Pitt
 
1923 The Tiger's Claw
Sam Sandell
 
1923 Nobody's Money
John Webster
 
1922 Making a Man
Horace Winsby
 
1922 On the High Seas
Jim Dorn
 
1922 The Man Unconquerable
Robert Kendall
 
1922 While Satan Sleeps
Phil
 
1922 North of the Rio Grande
Bob Haddington
 
1922 Bought and Paid For
Robert Stafford
 
1921 The Call of the North
Ned Trent
 
1921 The Grim Comedian
Harvey Martin
 
1921 After the Show
Larry Taylor
 
1921 The Mask
Kenneth Traynor/Handsome Jack
 
1921 The Lost Romance
Mark Sheridan
 
1921 All Souls' Eve
Roger Heath
 
1921 Ducks and Drakes
Rob Winslow
 
1920 Midsummer Madness
Bob Meredith
 
1920 The Sins of Rosanne
Sir Dennis Harlenden
 
1920 Held by the Enemy
Col. Charles Prescott
 
1920 Crooked Streets
Rupert O'Dare
 
1920 The Best of Luck
Kenneth, Lord Glenayr
 
1919 Victory
Axel Heyst
 
1919 Kitty Kelly, M.D.
Bob Lang
 
1919 The Life Line
Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye
 
1919 The Woman Michael Married
Michael Ordsway
 
1919/II A Sporting Chance
Paul Sayre
 
1919 The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Lord Raa
 
1919 For Better, for Worse
Crusader
 
1919 A Midnight Romance
Roger Sloan
 
1919 Cheating Cheaters
Tom Palmer
 
1918 The Squaw Man
Cash Hawkins
 
1918 The Road Through the Dark
Duke Karl
 
1918 The Marriage Ring
Rodney Heathe
 
1918 Green Eyes
Pearson Hunter
 
1918 A Desert Wooing
Barton Masters
 
1918 The Claw
Maurice Stair
 
1918 The White Man's Law
Sir Harry Falkland
 
1918 The Honor of His House
Robert Farlow
 
1918 Love Me
Gordon Appleby
 
1918 Headin' South
 
1918 One More American
Sam Potts
 
1918 The Hidden Pearls
Robert Garvin
 
1917 The Secret Game
Maj. John Northfield
 
1917 The Call of the East
Alan Hepburn
 
1917 The Little American
Karl von Austreim
 
1917 The Inner Shrine
Viscount D'Arcourt
 
1917 Giving Becky a Chance
Tom Fielding
 
1917 Sacrifice
Paul Ekald
 
1917 The Cost of Hatred
Huertez
 
1917 Patria
 
1916 Joan the Woman (uncredited)
 
1916 Mister Vampire (short)
 
1916 The Better Man (short)
 
1916 The Black Sheep of the Family
Kenneth Carmont
 
1916 The Chalice of Sorrow (uncredited)
 
1916 Saving the Family Name
Jansen Winthrop
 
1916 The Princely Bandit (short)
 
1916 Brennon o' the Moor (short)
 
1916 Liberty
Captain Rutledge
 
1916 Mutiny (short)
 
1916 The Phone Message (short)
 
1916 The False Part (short)
 
1916 The Wire Pullers (short)
Mr. Page
 
1916 Naked Hearts
Howard
 
1916 The Unexpected (short)
 
1916 Behind the Mask (short)
Count Charles
 
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
Conde (as John Holt)
 
1916 The Desperado (short)
 
1916 The Madcap Queen of Crona (short)
 
1916 The Cry of Erin (short)
 
1916 Born of the People (short)
 
1916 His Majesty Dick Turpin (short)
 
1916 Her Better Self (short)
 
1915 The Power of Fascination (short)
 
1915 As the Twig Is Bent (short)
 
1915 What the River Foretold (short)
 
1915 Jewel
Nat Bonnell
 
1915 A Cigarette - That's All (short)
 
1915 The Broken Coin
Captain Williams
 
1915 The Flash (short)
 
1914 The Master Key
Donald Faversham
 
1914 Salomy Jane
Solitaire-Playing Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited)
 
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1914 Salomy Jane (stunts)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.33 (1950) … Himself - Actor
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons (documentary short)
Himself
 
1944 The Articles of War (documentary short)
 
1943 Customs of the Service (documentary short)
 
1942 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 6 (short)
Himself
 
1941 Polo with the Stars (short)
Himself - Polo Player (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself, Polo Player
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood Speaks
Himself - Cameo Appearance
 
1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 12 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (short)
Himself
 
1929 Hollywood Snapshots #11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (TV documentary)
 
2007 True Bond (TV documentary)
The Commodore (archive footage: Cat People)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Gen. Martin [in "They Were Expendable"] (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 
1933 Air Hostess
Flyer - Film Clips from 'Flight' (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

John Holt

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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