Charles John Holt, Jr. (May 31, 1888 – January 18, 1951) was an American

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actor who was prominent in both silent and sound movies, particularly Westerns.

Early life

Holt was born in 1888 in the Fordham section of

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, the son of an Episcopal priest at St. James Church. When in

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, he attended Trinity School. He was accepted into the

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in 1909, but expelled for misbehavior in his second semester there. Following Holt's father's death, the family moved to Manhattan, where Jack, his mother, and brother Marshall lived with his married sister, Frances. Holt worked at various jobs, including construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad's tunnel under the Hudson River and being a "surveyor, laborer, prospector, trapper, and stagecoach driver, among many other jobs" during an almost six-year stay in Alaska.

Military service

Holt was prevented from serving in

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because of "chronic foot problems" from

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when he was in

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. On January 28, 1943, Holt reported for duty with the rank of captain in the Army Quartermaster Corps. He began training at Fort Francis E. Warren.

Film career

Cast of The Thundering Herd in character

Holt began in

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with

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work and

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parts in serials and at

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worked as a supporting player for Francis Ford and his brother

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, and

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. In his 1914 film debut, Holt rode a horse down a steep embankment into the Russian River in a scene for ''Salomy Jane''. The stunt cracked some of Holt's ribs and injured the horse so badly that it had to be destroyed. The film, which was considered lost for years, was included in the DVD released 2011 anthology ''Treasures 5 The West 1898—1938'' by the

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after a print was discovered in Australia. Holt appeared in three

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action dramas: ''

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'' (1928), ''

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'' (1929) and ''

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'' (1931). Holt's characterizations were eclipsed by younger actors like

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and Chester Morris, but still played leads. Two mid-1930s features, ''

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'' and '' The Defense Rests'', starred Holt opposite up-and-coming ingenue

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. Exhibitors had come to associate Jack Holt with rough-and-tumble action, and so Holt continued to work in low-budget crime dramas (mostly for Columbia) through 1940. The series came to an end when he argued with studio chief

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. Cohn thought the actor so arrogant that he assigned Holt the leading role in a lowbrow 15-chapter serial, ''

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'' (1941). Holt — the star of longest standing with the studio — was insulted by Cohn's demotion; although he turned in a professional performance in the serial, he walked out on both Cohn and Columbia. Jack Holt-Seena Owen in Victory

Holt began freelancing at other studios, frequently appearing in outdoor and western fare. He would become an enduring member of the cowboy fraternity through '' Trail of Robin Hood'' (1950), a

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western with guest appearances by Holt, Allan Lane, Tom Keene, Tom Tyler, Kermit Maynard, and Rex Allen. Holt's children established their own film careers. Tim Holt succeeded George O'Brien as the star of

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' "B" westerns, and co-starred with his father in '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (1948), with Jack as a grubby

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. Jennifer Holt played ingenues in low-budget features, mostly for

. The Holt family performed together on the "Drifty" episode of "All Star Western Theater" ( KNX- CBS Pacific Network, 1946/47) as a father/son/daughter trio featuring a dramatic sketch and additional entertainment by Foy Willing and the

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Personal life

Holt married divorcee Margaret Wood in 1918. She obtained a divorce in Mexico in 1932 but, on January 9, 1940, a judge in Los Angeles ruled that the divorce was invalid. Her father, tycoon Henry Morton Stanley-Wood, disowned her because she married an actor; they later made up after her father lost most of his money in the Great Depression. She already had a daughter when she married Holt, and together they had a son, Charles John Holt III, and a daughter, Elizabeth Marshall Holt. Better known as Tim and Jennifer, respectively, both of them became actors in western films. Holt was a lifetime member of the

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, admitted to the California Society on July 13, 1928.

Death

Bessie Barriscale Howard Hickman Jack Holt 1919

Holt died in 1951 of a

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, at age 62. He was interred at Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Contribution

Holt has a star on the

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at 6313-½

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for his contribution to the motion picture industry.

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, although having no say in the casting for ''

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'' (1939), expressed her preference for Jack Holt as

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, because her personal favorite,

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, had a French accent.Anne Edwards, ''Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell'' (New Haven and New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1983)

Filmography

* '' Salomy Jane'' (1914) as Solitaire-Playing Cowboy in Saloon (uncredited) * '' The Master Key'' (1914, Serial) as Donald Faversham * '' The Broken Coin'' (1915, Serial) as Captain Williams * '' Jewel'' (1915) as Nat Bonnell * '' The Dumb Girl of Portici'' (1916) as Conde * '' Naked Hearts'' (1916) as Howard * ''

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'' (1916, Serial) as Captain Bob Rutledge * '' Saving the Family Name'' (1916) as Jansen Winthrop * '' The Chalice of Sorrow'' (1916) (uncredited) * '' The Black Sheep of the Family'' (1916) as Kenneth Carmont * '' Joan the Woman'' (1916) (uncredited) * '' Patria'' (1917, Serial) * '' The Cost of Hatred'' (1917) as Huertez * ''

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'' (1917) as Paul Ekald * '' Giving Becky a Chance'' (1917) as Tom Fielding * '' The Inner Shrine'' (1917) as Viscount D'Arcourt * ''

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'' (1917) as Karl von Austreim * '' The Call of the East'' (1917) as Alan Hepburn * '' The Secret Game'' (1917) as Maj. John Northfield * ''

The Hidden Pearls ''The Hidden Pearls'' is a surviving 1918 American silent film, silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Sessue Hayakawa. It was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky and distributed by Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount Pi ...

'' (1918) as Robert Garvin * '' The Claw'' (1918) as Maurice Stair * '' One More American'' (1918) as Sam Potts * '' Headin' South'' (1918) * '' Love Me'' (1918) as Gordon Appleby * '' The Honor of His House'' (1918) as Robert Farlow * '' The White Man's Law'' (1918) as Sir Harry Falkland * '' The Iron Claw'' (1916, Serial) as Maurice Stair * '' A Desert Wooing'' (1918) as Barton Masters * '' Green Eyes'' (1918) as Pearson Hunter * '' The Marriage Ring'' (1918) as Rodney Heathe * '' The Road Through the Dark'' (1918) as Duke Karl * '' The Squaw Man'' (1918) as Cash Hawkins * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1919) as Tom Palmer * '' A Midnight Romance'' (1919) as Roger Sloan * '' For Better, for Worse'' (1919) as Crusader * '' The Woman Thou Gavest Me'' (1919) as Lord Raa * '' A Sporting Chance'' (1919) as Paul Sayre * '' The Woman Michael Married'' (1919) as Michael Ordsway * '' The Life Line'' (1919) as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye * ''

Kitty Kelly, M.D. ''Kitty Kelly, M.D.'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Bessie Barriscale, Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt and Joseph J. Dowling.Gmür p.381 Cast * Bessie Barriscale as Dr. Kitty Kelly ...

'' (1919) as Bob Lang * ''

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'' (1919) as Axel Heyst * '' The Best of Luck'' (1920) as Kenneth, Lord Glenayr * '' Crooked Streets'' (1920) as Rupert O'Dare * '' Held by the Enemy'' (1920) as Col. Charles Prescott * '' The Sins of Rosanne'' (1920) as Sir Dennis Harlenden * '' Midsummer Madness'' (1920) as Bob Meredith * '' All Soul's Eve'' (1921) as Roger Heath * '' Ducks and Drakes'' (1921) as Rob Winslow * '' The Lost Romance'' (1921) as Mark Sheridan * '' The Mask'' (1921) as Kenneth Traynor / Handsome Jack * '' After the Show'' (1921) as Larry Taylor * '' The Grim Comedian'' (1921) as Harvey Martin * '' The Call of the North'' (1921) as Ned Trent * '' Bought and Paid For'' (1922) as Robert Stafford * '' North of the Rio Grande'' (1922) as Bob Haddington * '' While Satan Sleeps'' (1922) as Phil * ''

The Man Unconquerable ''The Man Unconquerable'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Julien Josephson and Hamilton Smith. The film stars Jack Holt, Sylvia Breamer, Clarence Burton, Anne Schaefer, Jean De Briac, and E ...

'' (1922) as Robert Kendall * '' On the High Seas'' (1922) as Jim Dorn * '' Making a Man'' (1922) as Horace Winsby * '' Nobody's Money'' (1923) as John Webster * '' The Tiger's Claw'' (1923) as Sam Sandell * '' A Gentleman of Leisure'' (1923) as Robert Pitt * ''

'' (1923) as himself * '' The Cheat'' (1923) as Dudley Drake * '' The Marriage Maker'' (1923) as Lord Stonbury * '' Don't Call It Love'' (1923) as Richard Parrish * '' The Lone Wolf'' (1924) as Michael Lanyard * '' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1924) as Adam Larey * '' Empty Hands'' (1924) as Grimshaw * '' North of 36'' (1924) as Don McMasters * '' Eve's Secret'' (1925) as Duke of Poltava * '' The Thundering Herd'' (1925) as Tom Doan * '' The Light of Western Stars'' (1925) as Gene Stewart * '' Wild Horse Mesa'' (1925) as Chane Weymer * '' The Ancient Highway'' (1925) as Cliff Brant * ''

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'' (1926) as Lee Purdy * '' Sea Horses'' (1926) as George Glanville * '' The Blind Goddess'' (1926) as Hugh Dillon * '' Born to the West'' (1926) as 'Colorado' Dare Rudd * '' Forlorn River'' (1926) as Nevada * '' Man of the Forest'' (1926) as Milt Dale * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1927) as Bent Wade * '' The Tigress'' (1927) as Winston Graham, Earl of Eddington * '' The Warning'' (1927) as Tom Fellows / Col. Robert Wellsley * ''

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'' (1928) as Nelson * '' The Vanishing Pioneer'' (1928) as Anthony Ballard / John Ballard * ''

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'' (1928) as James Camden * ''

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'' (1928) as Philip Randolph * ''

'' (1928) as Jack Dorgan * ''

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'' (1928) as Jack Dunton * '' Sunset Pass'' (1929) as Jack Rock * '' The Donovan Affair'' (1929) as Insp. Killian * '' Father and Son'' (1929) as Frank Fields * ''

'' (1929) as Panama Williams * '' Vengeance'' (1930) as John Meadham * '' The Border Legion'' (1930) as Jack Kells * '' Hell's Island'' (1930) as Mac * '' The Squealer'' (1930) as Charles Hart * '' The Last Parade'' (1931) as Cookie Leonard * ''

'' (1931) as Jack Bradon * ''

Subway Express ''Subway Express'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code mystery film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle and Fred Kelsey.Goble p/970 Cast * Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt as Inspector ...

'' (1931) as Inspector Killian * ''

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'' (1931) as Gordon Kent * '' Fifty Fathoms Deep'' (1931) as Tim Burke * '' A Dangerous Affair'' (1931) as Lt. McHenry * '' Maker of Men'' (1931) as Coach Dudley * '' Behind the Mask'' (1932) as Jack Hart aka Quinn * ''

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'' (1932) as Jim Kenyon * '' This Sporting Age'' (1932) as Capt. John Steele * '' Man Against Woman'' (1932) as Johnny McCloud * '' Hollywood Speaks'' (1932) as himself * '' When Strangers Marry'' (1933) as Steve Rand * '' The Woman I Stole'' (1933) as Jim Bradler * '' The Wrecker'' (1933) as Chuck Regan * '' Master of Men'' (1933) as Buck Garrett * ''

'' (1934) as Buck Rankin * '' Black Moon'' (1934) as Stephen Lane * '' The Defense Rests'' (1934) as Matthew Mitchell * '' I'll Fix It'' (1934) as Bill Grimes * '' The Best Man Wins'' (1935) as Nick Roberts * ''

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'' (1935) as Bob Kent * ''

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'' (1935) as Howard W. Chamberlain * '' The Awakening of Jim Burke'' (1935) as Jim Burke * '' The Littlest Rebel'' (1935) as Col. Morrison * '' Dangerous Waters'' (1936) as Jim Marlowe * ''

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'' (1936) as Jack Burley * '' Crash Donovan'' (1936) as 'Crash' Donovan * '' End of the Trail'' (1936) as Dale Brittenham * '' North of Nome'' (1936) as John Raglan * '' Trouble in Morocco'' (1937) as Paul Cluett * '' Roaring Timber'' (1937) as Jim Sherwood * '' Outlaws of the Orient'' (1937) as Chet Eaton * '' Trapped by G-Men'' (1937) as G-Man Martin Galloway, Posing as Bill Donovan * '' Under Suspicion'' (1937) as Robert Bailey * '' Making the Headlines'' (1938) as Police Lt. Lewis Nagel * '' Flight into Nowhere'' (1938) as Jim Horne * '' Reformatory'' (1938) as Robert Dean * '' Crime Takes a Holiday'' (1938) as Walter Forbes * '' The Strange Case of Dr. Meade'' (1938) as Dr. Meade * '' Whispering Enemies'' (1939) as Stephen Brewster * '' Trapped in the Sky'' (1939) as Major * '' Fugitive at Large'' (1939) as Tom Farrow / George Storm * '' Hidden Power'' (1939) as Dr. Garfield * ''

Outside the Three-Mile Limit ''Outside the Three-Mile Limit'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Jack Holt, Harry Carey, Sig Ruman, Eduardo Ciannelli, Donald Briggs and Irene Ware. The film was rele ...

'' (1940) as Treasury Agent Conway * '' Passport to Alcatraz'' (1940) as George Hollister * '' Fugitive from a Prison Camp'' (1940) as Sheriff Lawson * '' The Great Plane Robbery'' (1940) as Mike Henderson * '' The Great Swindle'' (1941) as Jack Regan * ''

'' (1941, Serial) as Jack Holt / Nick Farrell * '' Thunder Birds'' (1942) as Colonel MacDonald * '' Northwest Rangers'' (1942) as Duncan Frazier * '' Cat People'' (1942) as The Commodore * ''

They Were Expendable ''They Were Expendable'' is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the stor ...

'' (1945) as General Martin * '' My Pal Trigger'' (1946) as Brett Scoville * '' Flight to Nowhere'' (1946) as FBI Agent Bob Donovan * '' The Chase'' (1946) as Cmdr. Davidson * ''

Renegade Girl ''Renegade Girl'' is a 1946 American Western (genre), western film directed by William Berke and starring Ann Savage (actress), Ann Savage, Alan Curtis (American actor), Alan Curtis and Edward Brophy. It was one of a few movies made by the shor ...

'' (1946) as Maj. Barker * '' The Wild Frontier'' (1947) as Charles 'Saddles' Barton * '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (1948) as Flophouse Bum (uncredited) * '' The Arizona Ranger'' (1948) as Rawhide Morgan * '' The Gallant Legion'' (1948) as Capt. Banner * '' The Strawberry Roan'' (1948) as Walt Bailey * '' Loaded Pistols'' (1948) as Dave Randall * '' The Last Bandit'' (1949) as Mort Pemberton * '' Brimstone'' (1949) as Marshal Walter Greenslide * ''

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'' (1949) as Captain Reeves * '' Red Desert'' (1949) as Deacon Smith * '' The Daltons' Women'' (1950) as Clint Dalton – Mike Leonard * '' Return of the Frontiersman'' (1950) as Sheriff Sam Barrett * '' Trail of Robin Hood'' (1950) as himself * '' King of the Bullwhip'' (1950) as Banker James Kerrigan * '' Across the Wide Missouri'' (1951) as Bear Ghost (final film role)

References

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