Patrick Holt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 31, 1912
- Died
- October 12, 1993 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Biography
Born Patrick George Parsons, Patrick spent part of his childhood in India with his uncle. Patrick was sent to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in England, where he formed a close friendship with a boy in the same boarding house, the future film star, Michael Wilding. Some thought Holt was the better actor. He started his career in repertory theatres, and in 1939, landed a lead on the London stage. WWII broke out, and he joined the army, cutting his venture into stage time. He saw service in Burma, Singapore and India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines. By the end of the war, Patrick had rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war, Patrick joined the J. Arthur Rank charm school and established himself as a leading actor of the 1950s second features ('B-films'). Quinlan has called him 'the Dennis Price of B-films..By evolving into a character actor, he continued his career into old age, working on stage and television as well as in the cinema, and was still listed in the Spotlight casting directory at the time of his death. His first wife was the actress Sonia Holm. In 1955, he married Sandra Dorne, with whom he had occasionally costarred. The marriage was happy, and Patrick's said to have never recovered from her death on Christmas Day, 1992. - IMDb mini biography by: Rex Sweeny (adjusted, T Behr) He said that he became an actor because he wanted to be in films. He started in Rep at Hull, where he spent two years before moving to Croydon Rep, which was close to London for agents and talent scouts to drop in. Through this, he got his first film part in 'The Return of the Frog' (1938) playing a cadet in a police college listening to a talk by a police inspector (Gordon Harker). Not only was he paid £5 for two days work and given a couple of lines, but Harker, recognizing his talent, spoke to his agent who asked Patrick to call and see him and offered him the part of Lord Talmadge in the film 'Sword of Honour'. He had always suffered from asthma and partly because of that and partly because he was in a hit West End play, he was thought to be good for public morale.He had his call up for war service deferred twice, but on the third time, while attending a medical wheezing with asthma, he was passed A.1. Training on Salisbury Plain and living in tents and away from the anxiety of wondering where his next part and wage would come from, he had little or no further problems with asthma. When he was at school he had done an officer training course, so it wasn't long before he was made a lance bombardier. By the end of the war he was a Lt Colonel. After being demobbed, he spoke to Leslie Howard's sister who was head of casting at Rank and she sent him to see the director Brian Desmond Hurst who was filming 'Hungry Hill'. With only having his uniform and an ill-fitting demob suit, Patrick turned up for the interview. Brian said, that as the film was nearly finished, he could only offer him the small part of batman, expecting him to turn it down, but he took it, making it his first credited film part and launching his film career. - IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
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Filmography
Playing Away
Movie · as The Colonel
The Whistle Blower
Movie · as Irate Driver
Priest of Love
Movie · as Arthur Lawrence
The Sea Wolves
Movie · as Barker
Flashpoint Africa
Movie · as Mr. Barraclough
The Wild Geese
Movie · as Skyjacker
Let's Get Laid
Movie · as The Commissioner
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Movie · as Peterson
The Eagle of the Ninth
TV · as Aquila · 6 eps
The Amorous Milkman
Movie · as Tom Peters
Survivors
TV · as Doctor · 2 eps
Poldark
TV · as Benjamin Penvenen, Ray Penvenen · 3 eps
Diamonds on Wheels
Movie · as Steward
Warship
TV · 1 ep
Shabby Tiger
TV · as Sir George Faunt · 4 eps
Young Winston
Movie · as Colonel Martin
Emmerdale
TV · as George Verney · 12 eps
Man Charged
Movie · as Gerrard Beynon
No Blade of Grass
Movie · as David Custance
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Movie · as Ammon
Cromwell
Movie · as Captain Lundsford
The Desperados
Movie · as Haller
The Magic Christian
Movie · as Duke in Sotheby's
Hammerhead
Movie · as Huntzinger
Father, Dear Father
TV · as Bill Mossman · 39 eps
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
TV · as Lord de Winter · 3 eps
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Movie
The Three Musketeers
TV · as Lord de Winter · 4 eps
Genghis Khan
Movie · as Kuchluk
Thunderball
Movie · as Group Captain Dawson (uncredited)
Guns at Batasi
Movie
Girl in the Headlines
Movie · as Walbrook
Afternoon of a Nymph
Movie · as Rogers
Night of the Prowler
Movie · as Robert Langton
Serena
Movie · as Inspector Gregory
Flight from Singapore
Movie · as Squadron Leader Hill
The Saint
TV · as Herbert Wheeler · 1 ep
Out of This World
TV · as Selfe · 1 ep
The Frightened City
Movie · as Supt. Carter
Dentist on the Job
Movie · as Newsreader
The Avengers
TV · as Manning, Madden · 1 ep
Sir Francis Drake
TV · as Lord Westbrook · 1 ep
The Challenge
Movie · as Max
Too Hot to Handle
Movie · as Inspector West
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
I Was Monty's Double
Movie · as Col. Dawson
Further Up the Creek
Movie · as First Lieutenant (uncredited)
Ivanhoe
TV · as Sir Guilbert · 2 eps
The Girl in the Picture
Movie · as Inspector Bliss
Fortune Is a Woman
Movie · as Fred Connor
Murder Reported
Movie · as Bill Stevens
Suspended Alibi
Movie · as Paul Pearson, Inspector Keyes
There's Always a Thursday
Movie · as Henry ("Harry") Middleton
Operation Murder
Movie · as Dr. Bowen
The Gelignite Gang
Movie · as John Rutherford
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
TV · as Paul · 1 ep
Alias John Preston
Movie · as Sylvia's Husband
Miss Tulip Stays the Night
Movie · as Andrew Dax
The Dark Avenger
Movie · as Sir Ellys
Stolen Assignment
Movie · as Henry Crossley
Dixon of Dock Green
TV · as The Commander · 1 ep
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Movie · as King Richard
The Unholy Four
Movie · as Job Crandall
John Wesley
Movie · as Thomas Maxfield
The Golden Link
Movie · as Terry Maguire
Mark Saber
TV · as Mario · 1 ep
13 East Street
Movie · as Insp. Gerald Blake
The Magic Box
Movie · as Sitter in Bath Studio
Ivanhoe
Movie · as Philip DeMalvoisin
Come Back Peter
Movie · as John Neilson
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Michael Carteret
Guilt Is My Shadow
Movie · as Kit
Boys in Brown
Movie · as Tigson
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Movie · as Sam Walters
Marry Me
Movie · as Martin Roberts
My Sister and I
Movie · as Roger Crisp
Portrait from Life
Movie · as Ferguson
Fly Away Peter
Movie · as John Nielson
When The Bough Breaks
Movie · as Robert Norman
The Mark of Cain
Movie · as John Howard
Frieda
Movie · as Alan
Hungry Hill
Movie · as Ward
The October Man
Movie · as Harry Carden
The Master of Bankdam
Movie · as Lemuel Pickersgill
It Happened Today
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Convoy
Movie · as Holt
Dangerous Comment
Movie · as Channing
Sword of Honour
Movie · as Lord Talmadge
The Challenge
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)