David Holt
Actor
Born August 14, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
David Jack Holt (August 14, 1927 – November 15, 2003) was an American actor initially groomed at the age of seven to be the male Shirley Temple. After several supporting roles as a juvenile actor in films during the 1930s–1940s, he experienced family stress and left acting by the time he was 25. He subsequently had success as a songwriter, before his death in 2003 at the age of 76.
Filmography
Combat Squad
Garvin
Four Star Playhouse
Chuck Stern
Dragnet
Second Chance
Jimmy Dean
Sky Liner
Buford
Wild Weed
Bob Lester
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Tommy Carr
Courage of Lassie
Pete Merrick
Hot Cargo
Peter Chapman
The Cheaters
Reggie Pidgeon
Reckless Age
Horace Farnsworth
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Irwin Barrett (uncredited)
Top Man
Archie Fleming
Destroyer
Sobbing Sailor
The Human Comedy
Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Billy (Age 17)
Remember the Day
Pitcher (uncredited)
Military Academy
Sandy Blake
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Fred
Hero for a Day
Billy Higgins
Beau Geste
Augustus Brandon (as a Child)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Sid Sawyer
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Trainbearer
Straight from the Shoulder
Johnny Hayden
The Last Days of Pompeii
Flavius as a Boy
It's a Great Life
Ruddy
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Brother
Men Without Names
David Sherwood
Age of Indiscretion
William Anthony "Bill" Lenhart
You Belong to Me
Jimmy Faxon
Shock
Rickey Marbury
Stand Up and Cheer!
Boy at Audition for Miss Adams
Forgotten Babies
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