page_title: Tim Holt
section_title: RKO Pictures
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Holt / Acting career / RKO Pictures
caption_attribution_description: English: Lobby card for the American drama film Laddie (1940). Sister (Joan Carroll) and Laddie (Tim Holt). There are no copyright marks on the item, which can be seen at the link. At bottom right is Country of origin USA and 40/415. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies. 1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.” 2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles. 3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe."
context_page_description: Charles John "Tim" Holt III was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures.
  In a career spanning more than four decades, Holt is best remembered for his roles in the films The Magnificent Ambersons and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
context_section_description: RKO gave Holt his first lead, in the B-film The Rookie Cop. It was popular and RKO put him in The Girl and the Gambler, opposite Leo Carrillo. He was then cast as the romantic lead for the studio's biggest star, Ginger Rogers, in 5th Avenue Girl (1939). It was popular and the Los Angeles Times said Holt "does unusually well in this" although the New York Times thought he "seems a trifle young to be running a great corporation".  He was meant to play the eldest son in Three Sons (1939) with Edward Ellis but he was withdrawn and replaced by William Gargan. He was also meant to star in a Western, Silver City, with Betty Grable, but it was not made.  In early 1940 it was announced Holt and Ginger Rogers would be reunited in an adaptation of The Enchanted Cottage. The film was not made until several years later with different stars. Instead he was assigned to play Fritz Robinson in the studio's expensive adaptation of Swiss Family Robinson (1940). He also played the lead in Laddie (1940); the Los Angeles Times called him "engaging and capable". Swiss Family Robinson was a financial failure and Laddie was not particularly popular.
caption: Lobby card for Laddie (1940)
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