David Holt
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David Jack Holt (August 14, 1927 – November 15, 2003) was an American actor who was first conceived at the age of seven to be the male Shirley Temple.
He was struggling with family tension and left acting by the time he was 25 years old after many supporting roles as a teenager in films during the 1930s-1940s.
He enjoyed his work as a writer before his death in 2003 at the age of 76.
Early life
Holt was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 14, 1927. Betty, his sister, was born four years ago and later became an actress. Holt's dancing skills as a child thrilled actor and wit Will Rogers that Rogers allegedly told Holt's mother that if ever they were in Hollywood, they should call him and ask young David to photograph him. Holt's father resigned from his work with Ford Motors right after this information was revealed. The Holt family moved to California in order to hold Rogers to his promise. Rogers refused to see them even though they had the best intentions.
Holt's father, who had no money, worked as a casual employee. Holt's mother took Holt to auditions, sometimes sharing transportation with Shirley Temple and her mother. Holt found it difficult to get acting jobs at first. He did, however, work as "body double" for Cheeta's chimpanzee predecessor in the 1933 film Tarzan the Fearless, and he played a small part in the 1933 Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedy Forgotten Babies.
Personal life and death
Holt married and had four children: Lamont, Janna, Hayley, and Tina. Holt retired in 1985 at the age of 58, and jumped into the real estate market to profit from Southern California's burgeoning real estate market.
Holt died in San Juan Capistrano, California, at the age 76 of congestive heart disease, leaving his autobiography The Holts of Hollywood unfinished.
Acting career
Holt got his acting debut in the film You Belong to Me, a melodrama in which his character's parents dies at the age of seven. He was now a child actor and Paramount Pictures brought him under a long-term contract and marketed him as a male version of Shirley Temple. Holt made 20 films in the last six years, but not at the same level as his buddy, Shirley Templet, in the 20th century.
Holt was first introduced in David Copperfield's role as a title actor, as well as W. C. Fields' character Wilkins Micawber. However, producer David O. Selznick mistook an American youngster for a quintessentially British boy. Holt was allowed to shoot just a few weeks before. Holt appeared in the 1936 film Straight From the Shoulder (also known as Johnny Gets His Gun), alongside noted actor Ralph Bellamy. Holt soon discovered himself as a troublemaker, and as Elizabeth Taylor's older brother, Courage of Lassie (1946).
Billy Mayer may be best remembered as the older Billy in the 1942 critically and widely acclaimed film The Pride of the Yankees, where the 14-year-old boy tells Lou Gehrig that he can now walk, showing that Gehrig's promised World Series home runs many years ago gave him the confidence to recover from his childhood illness. Billy's character develops well with tears as the terminally ill ballplayer walks away in the poignant scene. Holt actually cried while being interviewed for the role by MGM studio mogul Samuel Goldwyn, who said he had suffered from polio. author Richard Sandomir writes in his book about the film's development.
Irwin Barrett, an unscrupulous Senior Patrol Leader, appeared in Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout. Henry and another Scout were sabotaged by his character in a wilderness orienteering competition, almost costing Henry and another Scout their lives. A repentant Irwin confesses to his wrongdoing and assists Henry and the other boy as the dramatic rescue scene unfolds.
Holt later appeared in a 1949 B-movie melodrama about heroin use, and She Shoulda Said 'No'. He appeared in "Never Say Die," a 1950 episode of the Lone Ranger hit television film, playing the kidnapped son of a prison warden.