Patrick Holt
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Patrick Holt was a British film and television actor.

Biography

Patrick Holt's real name was Patrick G. Parsons. Some of his childhood was spent in India with his Uncle. Patrick was sent to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in England, UK. He formed a close friendship with a boy in the same boarding house, the future film star Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding (actor)
-Early life:Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Wilding was a successful commercial artist when he joined the art department of a London film studio in 1933. He soon embarked on an acting career.-Career:...

. There were those who thought Holt the better actor. He started his career in repertory theatres, and in 1939, landed a leading part on the London stage, but World War II broke out, and he joined the army. He saw service in Burma, Singapore, and India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After the war, he joined the J. Arthur Rank
J. Arthur Rank
Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank was a British industrialist and film producer, and founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc.- Family business :...

 charm school and steadily established himself as a leading actor in 1950s "second features." Quinlan has called him "the Dennis Price
Dennis Price
Dennis Price was an English actor, remembered for his suave screen roles, particularly Louis Mazzini in Kind Hearts and Coronets, and for his portrayal of the omniscient valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G...

 of the B film." By evolving into a character actor, he sustained his career into old age, working on stage and television as well as in the cinema, and he was still listed in the Spotlight casting directory at the time of his death. His first wife was the actress Sonia Holm
Sonia Holm
-Filmography:* The Loves of Joanna Godden * When the Bough Breaks * Miranda * Broken Journey * The Calendar * Warning to Wantons * The Bad Lord Byron * Stop Press Girl...

. In 1955, he married Sandra Dorne
Sandra Dorne
Sandra Dorne in Keighley, Yorkshire, was a British actress.Also known as Sandra Holt, she was often known in the fifties as the B Movie Diana Dors...

, with whom he had occasionally co-starred. The marriage was happy, and he is said never to have recovered from her death on Christmas Day, 1992.

Selected filmography

  • Convoy
    Convoy (1940 film)
    - Plot summary :A Royal Navy cruiser returns to base to find all leave has been cancelled and they are to start out straight away for a special mission. They are sent to meet a convoy and escort them safely into English coastal waters...

    (1940)
  • Frieda
    Frieda (film)
    Frieda is a 1947 British film, directed by Basil Dearden, screenplay by Angus MacPhail and Ronald Millar and was produced by Michael Balcon. Frieda is a German woman who helps an English airman, Robert , to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in April 1945...

    (1947)
  • Master of Bankdam
    Master of Bankdam
    The Master of Bankdam is a 1947 British historical film directed by Walter Forde from the novel, The Crowthers of Bankdam, by Thomas Armstrong. It starred Anne Crawford, Dennis Price, Tom Walls, Stephen Murray, Linden Travers and David Tomlinson...

    (1947)
  • The October Man
    The October Man
    The October Man is a 1947 mystery film starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, based on a novel by Eric Ambler, who also adapted it and produced...

    (1947)
  • When the Bough Breaks
    When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)
    When the Bough Breaks is a 1947 film by Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank and Sydney Box Productions. It is an adaptation of an original story-line by Herbert Victor on adoption and the competing ties of one child's birth and foster family.-Cast:...

    (1947)
  • Portrait from Life
    Portrait from Life
    Portrait from Life is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Mai Zetterling and Robert Beatty.-Cast:* Mai Zetterling as Lidia* Robert Beatty as Campbell Reid* Guy Rolfe as Major Lawrence* Herbert Lom as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann...

    (1948)
  • Marry Me (1949)
  • Boys in Brown
    Boys in Brown
    Boys in Brown is a 1949 British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully. Depicting life in a borstal for young offenders, it starred Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley.-Cast:* Jack Warner as Governor...

    (1949)
  • Ivanhoe
    Ivanhoe (1952 film)
    Ivanhoe is a 1952 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The cast featured Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie and Felix Aylmer...

    (1952)
  • Circumstancial Evidence
    Circumstantial Evidence (1952 film)
    Circumstantial Evidence is a 1952 British crime film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Rona Anderson, Patrick Holt and John Arnatt.-Plot:A woman seeks evidence that will give her grounds for divorce from her husband, so she can marry another man....

    (1952)
  • John Wesley
    John Wesley (film)
    John Wesley is a 1954 British historical film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leonard Sachs, Neil Heayes and Keith Pyott. It depicts the life of the father of Methodism, John Wesley, and his life.-Cast:* Leonard Sachs ... John Wesley...

    (1954)
  • A Stranger Came Home
    A Stranger Came Home
    A Stranger Came Home is a 1954 English film based upon a novel of the same name by George Sanders. It was directed by Terence Fisher and starred American actor Paulette Goddard...

    (1954)
  • The Golden Link
    The Golden Link
    The Golden Link is a 1954 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring André Morell, Thea Gregory and Patrick Holt. Police try to solve a case involving a woman who fell to her death from the top of a block of high-rise flats.-Cast:...

    (1954)
  • The Men of Sherwood Forest
    The Men of Sherwood Forest
    The Men of Sherwood Forest is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith, Eileen Moore and David King-Wood. The film follows the exploits of Robin Hood and his followers...

    (1954)
  • The Dark Avenger
    The Dark Avenger
    The Dark Avenger is a 1955 film directed by Henry Levin. The screenplay was written by Daniel P. Ullman and Phil Park who was uncredited. The film starred Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru and Peter Finch...

    (1955)
  • Stolen Assignment
    Stolen Assignment
    Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars John Bentley and Hy Hazell.-Cast:*John Bentley as Mike Billings*Hy Hazell as Jenny Drew*Eddie Byrne as Inspector Corcoran*Patrick Holt as Henry Crossley...

    (1955)
  • Alias John Preston
    Alias John Preston
    Alias John Preston is a 1955 British horror film directed by David MacDonald and starring Betta St. John, Alexander Knox and Christopher Lee. A mysterious and wealthy man moves to a small village where he outwardly appears to be a friendly figure but nurses a dangerous secret.-Cast:* Betta St...

    (1955)
  • The Gelignite Gang
    The Gelignite Gang
    The Gelignite Gang is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Wayne Morris and Sandra Dorne.-Cast:* Wayne Morris as Jimmy Baxter* Sandra Dorne as Sally Morton* Patrick Holt as John Rutherford* Eric Pohlmann as Mr. Popoulus...

    (1956)
  • The Girl in the Picture (1957)
  • Suspended Alibi
    Suspended Alibi
    Suspended Alibi is a 1957 British crime film directed by Alfred Shaughnessy and starring Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman and Lloyd Lamble.-Cast:* Patrick Holt as Paul Pearson* Honor Blackman as Lynn Pearson* Valentine Dyall as Inspector Kayes...

    (1957)
  • Fortune is a Woman
    Fortune is a Woman
    Fortune is a Woman is a 1957 British crime film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl and Dennis Price. An attempted insurance fraud goes badly wrong...

    (1957)
  • There's Always a Thursday
    There's Always a Thursday
    There's Always a Thursday is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Charles Victor, Jill Ireland, Lloyd Lamble and Robert Raglan...

    (1957)
  • I Was Monty's Double
    I Was Monty's Double (film)
    I Was Monty's Double is a 1958 film made by Associated British Picture Corporation . It was directed by John Guillermin, from a screenplay adapted by Bryan Forbes.- Plot :...

    (1958)
  • Further Up the Creek
    Further Up the Creek
    Further Up the Creek is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Desmond Llewelyn and Lionel Jeffries...

    (1958)
  • Too Hot to Handle
    Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)
    Too Hot to Handle is a low-budget neo-noir British gangster thriller, directed by Terence Young. Christopher Lee has a small role in the film....

    (1960)
  • The Challenge
    The Challenge (1960 film)
    The Challenge, released as It Takes a Thief in the United States, is a 1960 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Jayne Mansfield and Anthony Quayle.-Cast:*Jayne Mansfield ... Billy*Anthony Quayle ... Jim...

    (1960)

  • Dentist on the Job
    Dentist on the Job
    Dentist on the Job is a 1961 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards. It was released in the US with the title Get on with it! It is the sequel to Dentist in the Chair. The film was co-written by Bob Monkhouse and Hazel Adair...

    (1961)
  • The Frightened City
    The Frightened City
    The Frightened City is a 1961 British film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He is lured into a protection racket by oily mobster Harry Foulcher , in order to support his partner in crime , who is...

    (1961)
  • Flight from Singapore
    Flight from Singapore
    Flight from Singapore is a 1962 British drama film directed by Dudley Birch and starring Patrick Allen, Patrick Holt and William Abney. Two ex-RAF pilots set-up an airline between Singapore and Hong Kong...

    (1962)
  • Girl in the Headlines
    Girl in the Headlines
    Girl in the Headlines is a 1963 British detective film directed by Michael Truman and starring Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett and Jane Asher.-Cast:* Ian Hendry - Inspector Birkett* Ronald Fraser - Sergeant Saunders* Margaret Johnston - Mrs Gray...

    (1963)
  • Guns at Batasi
    Guns at Batasi
    Guns at Batasi is a 1964 drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. It is set in an overseas colonial military outpost during the last days of the British Empire in East Africa....

    (1964)
  • Genghis Khan
    Genghis Khan (1965 film)
    Genghis Khan is a 1965 film depicting the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan. It was released in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1965 by Columbia Pictures, and was directed by Henry Levin, and starred Omar Sharif, who that same year starred in another epic, Doctor...

    (1965)
  • Thunderball
    Thunderball (film)
    Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...

    (1965)
  • The Fighting Prince of Donegal
    The Fighting Prince of Donegal
    The Fighting Prince of Donegal is a 1966 Disney adventure film starring Peter McEnery and Susan Hampshire, based on the novel Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal by Robert T. Reilly. It was released through Buena Vista Distribution Company.-Plot:...

    (1966)
  • Hammerhead
    Hammerhead (film)
    Hammerhead is a 1968 British thriller film directed by David Miller and starring Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson and Diana Dors. A criminal mastermind attempts to steal NATO secrets, while an American agent is hot on his trail. It is based on the novel by James Mayo, and produced by Irwin Allen and...

    (1968)
  • The Magic Christian
    The Magic Christian (film)
    The Magic Christian is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, with noteworthy appearances by John Cleese, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Richard Attenborough and Roman Polanski. It was loosely adapted from the 1959 comic novel of the same...

    (1969)
  • Cromwell
    Cromwell (film)
    Cromwell is a 1970 film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell who led the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s. It features an all-star cast led by Richard Harris as Cromwell and Alec Guinness as King Charles I...

    (1970)
  • No Blade of Grass
    No Blade of Grass (film)
    No Blade of Grass is a 1970 British-American apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace and John Hamill. It is an adaptation of the novel The Death of Grass by John Christopher...

    (1970)
  • When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 movie starring Victoria Vetri, set in the time of cavemen. The film was made by Britain's Hammer Films....

    (1970)
  • Psychomania
    Psychomania
    Psychomania is a British horror film and cult film starring Nicky Henson as a devil worshipping gang leader and Robert Hardy as the detective in charge of bringing them in.It is also known as Death Wheelers Are.....

    (1971)
  • Young Winston
    Young Winston
    Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The film was based on the book My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father...

    (1972)
  • Legend of the Werewolf
    Legend of the Werewolf
    Legend of the Werewolf is a 1975 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis. It stars Peter Cushing.-Plot summary:A boy that has been raised by wolves is displayed as a circus freak. Then he grows up, becomes a zookeeper and falls in love with a prostitute...

    (1975)
  • The Amorous Milkman
    The Amorous Milkman
    The Amorous Milkman is a 1975 British comedy film directed by Derren Nesbitt and starring Julie Ege, Diana Dors and Brendan Price. A young milkman enjoys a number of adventures with bored woman on his round.-Cast:* Julie Ege as Diana* Diana Dors as Rita...

    (1975)
  • Let's Get Laid
    Let's Get Laid
    Let's Get Laid is a 1978 British comedy film directed by James Kenelm Clarke and starring Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond and Anthony Steel. After being demobbed at the end of the Second World War, Gordon Laid returns to London - only to find himself suspected of a murder in Wapping.-Cast:* Fiona...

    (1978)
  • The Wild Geese
    The Wild Geese
    The Wild Geese is a British 1978 film about a group of mercenaries in Africa. It stars Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger...

    (1978)
  • The Sea Wolves
    The Sea Wolves
    The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film is based on the book Boarding Party by James Leasor, which itself is based on a real incident which took place in World War II...

    (1980)
  • Priest of Love
    Priest of Love
    Priest of Love is a 1981 British biographical film about D. H. Lawrence, released by Filmways Pictures. It was produced and directed by Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally. The screenplay was by Alan Plater from the biography A Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore...

    (1981)
  • Flashpoint Africa (1984)
  • Playing Away
    Playing Away
    Playing Away was a 1987 TV comedy about two cricket teams. The English team, fictitiously named Sneddington invited a team of West Indian heritage based in Brixton to play a charity game in support of their “Third World Week.”Starring in the program were:*Norman Beaton*Nicholas Farrell*Brian...

    (1987)
  • The Whistle Blower
    The Whistle Blower
    The Whistle Blower is a 1986 British spy thriller film, starring Michael Caine, based on the novel of the same name by John Hale.-Plot:Frank Jones is a retired British naval officer, who is now a businessman...

    (1987)
  • Strike It Rich (1990)


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