Jack Holt

Birth Name:

Charles John Holt

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Stunts

Was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Took a stunt job with a motion picture company in San Francisco in 1913, during which he caught the attention of director William Nigh and was invited to Hollywood
Went to Alaska with an exploration company shortly after high school, anticipating a copper boom, but ended up spending several years there as a prospector, freight packer, fur trapper and mail carrier
Worked as a cowpuncher in Oregon after returning to the contiguous United States
He was originally cast as a menace, but soon switched to heroic roles, usually in westerns
Played the leads in multiple movie adaptations of Zane Grey's novels
Enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 54 during World War II so that he could work as a horse buyer for the United States Cavalry
In 1928, he became a life member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California
The National Film Preservation Foundation released a 2011 anthology called "Treasures 5 The West 1898-1938" which includes a scene of him triumphantly riding a horse down a steep embankment into the Russian River
Was the visual inspiration for Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy" and Al Capp's "Fearless Fosdick․"

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