Patrick Holt
Biografia
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
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Playing Away
Film • 1987
jako The Colonel
Drugi świat
Film • 1986
jako Irate Driver
Kapłan miłości
Film • 1981
jako Arthur Lawrence
Wilki morskie
Film • 1980
jako Barker
Flashpoint Africa
Film • 1980
jako Mr. Barraclough
Dzikie gęsi
Film • 1978
jako Skyjacker
Let's Get Laid
Film • 1978
jako The Commissioner
The Eagle of the Ninth
Serial • 1977
jako Aquila
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Film • 1977
jako Peterson
Poldark
Serial • 1975
jako Benjamin Penvenen
Survivors
Serial • 1975
jako Doctor
The Amorous Milkman
Film • 1975
jako Tom Peters
Diamonds on Wheels
Film • 1973
jako Steward
Shabby Tiger
Serial • 1973
jako Sir George Faunt
Warship
Serial • 1973
Emmerdale
Serial • 1972
jako George Verney
Young Winston
Film • 1972
jako Colonel Martin
Man Charged
Film • 1971
jako Gerrard Beynon
Gdy dinozaury władały światem
Film • 1970
jako Ammon
Cromwell
Film • 1970
jako Captain Lundsford
No Blade of Grass
Film • 1970
jako David Custance
Christian czarodziej
Film • 1969
jako Duke in Sotheby's
The Desperados
Film • 1969
jako Haller
Hammerhead
Film • 1968
jako Huntzinger
Father, Dear Father
Serial • 1968
jako Bill Mossman
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Serial • 1967
jako Lord de Winter
The Three Musketeers
Serial • 1966
jako Lord de Winter
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Film • 1966
Operacja Piorun
Film • 1965
jako Group Captain Dawson (uncredited)
Dżingis Chan
Film • 1965
jako Kuchluk
Guns at Batasi
Film • 1964
Girl in the Headlines
Film • 1963
jako Walbrook
Night of the Prowler
Film • 1962
jako Robert Langton
Święty
Serial • 1962
jako Herbert Wheeler
Afternoon of a Nymph
Film • 1962
jako Rogers
Flight from Singapore
Film • 1962
jako Squadron Leader Hill
Out of This World
Serial • 1962
jako Selfe
Serena
Film • 1962
jako Inspector Gregory
Sir Francis Drake
Serial • 1961
jako Lord Westbrook
The Frightened City
Film • 1961
jako Supt. Carter
Dentist on the Job
Film • 1961
jako Newsreader
Rewolwer i melonik
Serial • 1961
jako Manning
Too Hot to Handle
Film • 1960
jako Inspector West
The Challenge
Film • 1960
jako Max
No Hiding Place
Serial • 1959
Further Up the Creek
Film • 1958
jako First Lieutenant (uncredited)
I Was Monty's Double
Film • 1958
jako Col. Dawson
Ivanhoe
Serial • 1958
jako Sir Guilbert
Murder Reported
Film • 1957
jako Bill Stevens
Fortune Is a Woman
Film • 1957
jako Fred Connor
There's Always a Thursday
Film • 1957
jako Henry ("Harry") Middleton
Suspended Alibi
Film • 1957
jako Inspector Keyes
The Girl in the Picture
Film • 1957
jako Inspector Bliss
Operation Murder
Film • 1957
jako Dr. Bowen
The Gelignite Gang
Film • 1956
jako John Rutherford
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Serial • 1956
jako Paul
Alias John Preston
Film • 1955
jako Sylvia's Husband
Stolen Assignment
Film • 1955
jako Henry Crossley
Dixon of Dock Green
Serial • 1955
jako The Commander
Miss Tulip Stays the Night
Film • 1955
jako Andrew Dax
The Dark Avenger
Film • 1955
jako Sir Ellys
Człowiek z Lasu Sherwood
Film • 1954
jako King Richard
Mark Saber
Serial • 1954
jako Mario
The Unholy Four
Film • 1954
jako Job Crandall
The Golden Link
Film • 1954
jako Terry Maguire
John Wesley
Film • 1954
jako Thomas Maxfield
Come Back Peter
Film • 1952
jako John Neilson
Circumstantial Evidence
Film • 1952
jako Michael Carteret
Ivanhoe
Film • 1952
jako Philip DeMalvoisin
13 East Street
Film • 1952
jako Insp. Gerald Blake
The Magic Box
Film • 1952
jako Sitter in Bath Studio
Guilt Is My Shadow
Film • 1950
jako Kit
Boys in Brown
Film • 1949
jako Tigson
Marry Me
Film • 1949
jako Martin Roberts
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Film • 1949
jako Sam Walters
Portrait from Life
Film • 1948
jako Ferguson
Fly Away Peter
Film • 1948
jako John Nielson
My Sister and I
Film • 1948
jako Roger Crisp
When The Bough Breaks
Film • 1947
jako Robert Norman
The October Man
Film • 1947
jako Harry Carden
The Master of Bankdam
Film • 1947
jako Lemuel Pickersgill
Frieda
Film • 1947
jako Alan
The Mark of Cain
Film • 1947
jako John Howard
Hungry Hill
Film • 1947
jako Ward
It Happened Today
Film • 1947
jako Self - Commentator
Convoy
Film • 1940
jako Holt
Dangerous Comment
Film • 1940
jako Channing
Sword of Honour
Film • 1939
jako Lord Talmadge
The Challenge
Film • 1938
jako Minor Role (uncredited)