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Holt had three sons and one daughter.
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Holt moved to Oklahoma in the late 1940's and maintained his residence there. He would commute to Hollywood when making a movie.
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Holt had one brother named David.
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Holt's mother, Margaret Woods, was an actress in silent films.
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Holt made a rare TV appearance in 1969 when he guest starred in an episode of The Virginian.
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Holt is buried in Memory Lane Cemetary in Harrah, OK.
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Holt was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Museum in 1991.
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Holt played Charles Boyer's son in the 1940 film Back Street.
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Holt's third marriage was to Birdie Stephens in 1952. It lasted until his death in 1973.
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Holt's second marriage was to Virginia Ashcraft. It ended in divorce.
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Holt's first marriage was to Alice Harrison. It ended in divorce.
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Holt played Virgil Earp in the classic 1946 Western My Darling Clementine.
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Holt received a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in a bombing raid over Tokyo on the last day of World War II.
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Holt served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a bombardier in a B-29.
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According to Hollywood lore, Holt was the "fastest draw" in the movies.
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Holt's sister, Jennifer, was a popular actress in B Westerns during the 1940's.
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At the time of his death, Holt had left Hollywood behind and was managing a radio station in Shawnee, OK.
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Holt's role in Treasure of the Sierra Madre was originally intended for John Garfield but Holt was cast because star Humphrey Bogart absolutely refused to work with Garfield.
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Holt's father, Jack, had a bit part in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. He plays one of the derelicts in the flophouse listening to Walter Huston talk about his past adventures in gold prospecting.
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Holt graduated from Culver Military Academy in Indiana.
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Holt's father, Jack Holt, was a silent film actor.