Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor.

Biography

Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was popular in American silent films during the

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years. His first films were in several features starring the actress

Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey; August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...

. Holding died in 1929 of a heart attack in his dressing room while acting on

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according to ''

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'' of 8 May 1929.''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edit. pp. 246-247 by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001

Partial filmography

*'' The Eternal City'' (1915) *'' Sold'' (1915) *'' The White Pearl'' (1915) *'' Bella Donna'' (1915) *''

Lydia Gilmore ''Lydia Gilmore'' is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, Robert Cain, Helen Lutrell ...

'' (1915) *''

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'' (1916) *'' The Moment Before'' (1916) *''

Silks and Satins ''Silks and Satins'' is a 1916 American silent film produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Marguerite Clark and was directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was filmed at Palisades, New Jersey. A p ...

'' (1916) *'' Redeeming Love'' (1916) *''

The Great White Trail ''The Great White Trail'' is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this ...

'' (1917) *'' Her Fighting Chance'' (1917) *''

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'' (1917) *'' Daughter of Destiny'' (1917) *'' The Dream Lady'' (1918) *'' The Vanity Pool'' (1918) *'' The Lady of Red Butte'' (1919) *''

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'' (1919) *'' The Peace of Roaring River'' (1919) *''

Beckoning Roads ''Beckoning Roads'' is a 1919 American silent drama film based on the novel ''The Call of Life'' by Jeanne Judson. The novel was originally serialized in Red Book Magazine from August to December 1918. It was directed by Howard C. Hickman and ...

'' (1919) *'' Her Kingdom of Dreams'' (1919) *'' The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1919) *''

A Woman Who Understood ''A Woman Who Understood'' is a 1920 American silent drama film, directed by William Parke (director), William Parke, distributed by Robertson-Cole, and starring Bessie Barriscale. Plot As described in a film magazine, Madge Graham (Barriscale), ...

'' (1920) *'' The Honey Bee'' (1920) *'' The Woman in His House'' (1920) *'' Sacred and Profane Love'' (1921) *'' Without Benefit of Clergy'' (1921) *'' The Lure of Jade'' (1921) *''

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'' (1921) *''

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'' (1922) *''

The Strangers' Banquet ''The Strangers' Banquet'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, and Rockliffe Fellowes.Connelly p. 272 It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Brian Oswald Don ...

'' (1922) *'' The Trouper'' (1922) *''

Ruggles of Red Gap ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 nove ...

'' (1923) *''

The Courtship of Miles Standish ''The Courtship of Miles Standish'' is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims. Overview ''Th ...

'' (1923) *''

The White Monkey ''The White Monkey'' is a 1925 American silent drama film, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Barbara La Marr, Thomas Holding, and Henry Victor, and based on a part of John Galsworthy's '' Forsyte Saga''. It was released by First National Pic ...

'' (1925) *''

One Way Street ''One Way Street'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring James Mason, Märta Torén and Dan Duryea. The film takes place mainly in Mexico. Plot Dr. Frank Matson, a physician, steals $200,000 from the ...

'' (1925) *'' The Reckless Lady'' (1926) *'' The Untamed Lady'' (1926) *'' The Nest'' (1927) *'' Satan and the Woman'' (1928)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holding, Thomas 1880 births 1929 deaths Male actors from Kent Actors from the Royal Borough of Greenwich English male film actors English male stage actors British expatriate male actors in the United States 20th-century English male actors People from Blackheath, London