John Wayne and he were good friends ever since their Stagecoach (1939) days. Wayne visited Tim at the Shawnee Hospital shortly before his death. While living in Malibu years earlier, Wayne and Holt would practice shooting and different styles of wearing their holsters.
Kirby Grant, of Sky King fame was up for the part he won in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).
Ronald Reagan was considered for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
According to his daughter, Bryanna Holt, Tim was a Christian Scientist but wasn't "overly religious".
At the peak of his career in the 1940s "B" westerns, he was the "fastest draw" in the movies with the ability to draw his revolver in five frames of film (slightly over one-sixth of a second).
Attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana, where his roommate was Hal Roach Jr.
During a promotional visit to the Oklahoma City theme park "Frontier City," Nick Adams, star of "The Rebel" (1959), visited the Holt family home.
During World War II Holt was a member of the Army Air Corps and was wounded - ironically, on the last day of the war - in a bombing raid over Tokyo, for which he received a Purple Heart.
Ex-brother-in-law of William Bakewell.
Grandfather of Shaeffer Holt.
He was a home builder with developer Bill Atkinson. While developing Midwest City, near Tinker AF base, Atkinson would give away a Shetland pony with each house sold and Tim helped with the livestock. He campaigned for Atkinson in his run for lieutenant governor and developed an interest in politics. He was encouraged to run for Oklahoma lieutenant governor himself but didn't pursue office because he was worried others would claim he was trying to capitalize on his film career.
He was an account executive at the Oklahoma City radio station KEBC at the time of his death. He is buried at the Memory lane cemetery in Harrah, Oklahoma, USA.
His father, Jack Holt was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
In 1941-43 and 1948-53, Tim Holt was a top ten western star.
In the late 1950s he managed a 1400-acre dude ranch, and to promote it he hosted "The Tim Holt Western Theatre," a Saturday morning television series on KOCO-TV (Channel 5) in Oklahoma City, which telecast many of his western films.
In WW II, while flying as a bombardier in a B-29 returning from a mission over Japan he saw the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima from the atomic bomb.
Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1991.
Made a couple of NRA gun safety films called "Shooting Straight with Tim Holt" in the 1950s.
Not related to actor David Holt.
Occasionally made personal appearance tours with friends Richard Martin, Ray Whitley, and Jack O'Shea, calling themselves "Tim Holt's Ranch Review".