Jack Holt
Acting
Biography
Jack Holt (born Charles John Holt, Jr.) was an American film actor. He was a leading man of Silent and sound films and known for his many roles in Westerns.
Born: May 31, 1888
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
End of the Trail
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
A Trip to Paramountown
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
Father and Son
A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child who receives it as a birthday present.
Task Force
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?
The Defense Rests
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
The Gallant Legion
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.
Wild Horse Mesa
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it.
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.
Filmography
as Flophouse Bum (archive footage)
as Bear Ghost
as James Kerrigan
as Jack Holt
as Sheriff Sam Barrett
as Clint Dalton
as Deacon Smith
as Captain Reeves
as Marshal Walter Greenslide
as Mort Pemberton
as Dave Randall
as Walt Bailey
as Captain Banner
as Rawhide Morgan
as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
as Saddles Barton
as Major Barker
as Cmdr. Davidson
as Bob Donovan
as Brett Scoville
as General Martin
as The Commodore
as Duncan Frazier
as Colonel MacDonald
as Jack Holt / Nick Farrell
as Jack Regan
as Mike Henderson
as Sheriff Lawson
as George Hollister
as Treasury Agent Conway
as Tom Farrow / George Storm
as Dr. Garfield
as Major
as Stephen Brewster
as Dr. Meade
as Walter Forbes
as Robert Dean
as Jim Horne
as Police Lt. Lewis Nagel
as Robert Bailey
as G-Man Martin Galloway, posing as Bill Donovan
as Chet Eaton
as Jim Sherwood
as Paul Cluett
as John Raglan
as Dale Brittenham
as 'Crash' Donovan
as Jack Burley
as Jim Marlowe
as Col. Morrison
as Jim Burke
as Howard W. Chamberlain
as Bob Kent
as Nick Roberts
as Bill Grimes
as Matthew Mitchell
as Stephen Lane
as Buck Rankin
as Buck Garrett
as Chuck Regan
as Jim Bradler
as Steve Rand
as Johnny McCloud
as Capt. John Steele
as Jim Kenyon
as Jack Holt
as Jack Hart aka Quinn
as Lt. McHenry
as Tim Burke
as Dudley
as Gordon Kent
as Inspector Killian
as Jack Bradon
as Cookie Leonard
as Charles Hart
as Mac
as Jack Kells
as John Meadham
as Panama Williams
as Frank Fields
as Inspector Killian
as Jack Rock
as Jack Dorgan
as Jack Dunton
as Philip Randolph
as James Camden
as Anthony Ballard / John Ballard
as Nelson
as Tom Fellows / Col. Robert Wellsley
as Winston Graham, Earl of Eddington
as Bent Wade
as Milt Dale
as Nevada
as 'Colorado' Dare Rudd
as Hugh Dillon
as Don McMasters
as George Glanville
as Lee Purdy
as Cliff Brant
as Chane Weymer
as Gene Stewart
as Duke of Poltava
as Tom Doan
as Grimshaw
as Adam Larey
as Michael Lanyard
as Richard Parrish
as Lord Stonbury
as Dudley Drake
as Jack Holt
as Sam Sandell
as John Webster
as Horace Winsby
as Jim Dorn
as Self
as Robert Kendall
as Phil
as Bob Haddington
as Robert Stafford
as Ned Trent
as Harvey Martin
as Larry Taylor
as Kenneth Traynor / Handsome Jack
as Mark Sheridan
as Rob Winslow
as Roger Heath
as Bob Meredith
as Sir Dennis Harlenden
as Col. Charles Prescott
as Rupert O'Dare
as Kenneth, Lord Glenayr
as Axel Heyst
as Bob Lang
as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye
as Michael Ordsway
as Paul Sayre
as Lord Raa
as Crusader
as Roger Sloan
as Tom Palmer
as Cash Hawkins
as Duke Karl
as Rodney Heathe
as Pearson Hunter
as Barton Masters
as Maurice Stair
as Robert Farlow
as Gordon Appleby
as Sam Potts
as Robert Garvin
as Maj. John Northfield
as Alan Hepburn
as Karl von Austreim
as Tom Fielding
as Viscount D'Arcourt
as Huertez
as Paul Ekald
as (uncredited)
as Kenneth Carmont
as (uncredited)
as Jansen Winthrop
as Captain Bob Rutledge
as Howard
as Conde
as Rafael
as Nat Bonnell
as Captain Williams
as Donald Faversham
as Solitaire-Playing Cowboy in Saloon