George Holt (actor)

George Holt
Motion Picture Magazine, 1915
Born(1878-09-30)September 30, 1878
Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 1944(1944-07-18) (aged 65)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
OccupationsActor, film director
Years active1913–1935

George Holt (September 30, 1878 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1913 and 1935 and directed 24 films between 1919 and 1924.[1]

Career

Holt began his screen career in 1913 with the Vitagraph Company of America, appearing in Westerns such as When the West Was Young (1913).[2] He subsequently worked at Universal Pictures, where he both acted in and directed short Western films during the late 1910s and early 1920s.[2] As a director at Universal, he helmed several two-reel Westerns starring Hoot Gibson, including The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919).[3][4]

In the mid-1920s, Holt appeared in supporting roles in larger productions, including Douglas Fairbanks's The Black Pirate (1926).[1] His final screen appearance was in 1935.[1]

Selected filmography

As actor

As director

References

  1. ^ a b c d Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-494-0.
  2. ^ a b c Braff, Richard E. (1999). The Universal Silents: A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912–1929. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0287-8.
  3. ^ a b Hoffmann, Henryk (2012). Western Movie References in American Literature. McFarland. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7864-6638-2.
  4. ^ a b Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  5. ^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
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