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Jack Holt died of a heart attack on Jan. 18, 1951. Actor. His remains are at the Los Angeles National Cemetery ( Section 107, Row A, Grave 19 ) in Los Angeles, CA.
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Holt was initially cast in the title role in David Copperfield, alongside W. C. Fields' character, Wilkins Micawber. However, producer David O. Selznick developed misgivings about having an American youngster portray a quintessentially British boy. When English child actor Freddie Bartholomew became available a couple of weeks into shooting, Holt was let go. Holt had a prominent role in the 1936 movie Straight from the Shoulder (... known as Johnny Gets His Gun) alongside noted actor Ralph Bellamy. Holt eventually developed a reputation as a troublemaker,[3] and found himself settling for supporting roles in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1939), Beau Geste (1939), and Courage of Lassie (1946) as Elizabeth Taylor's older brother. Holt may be best remembered as the older Billy in the 1942 critically and publicly acclaimed film, The Pride of the Yankees, where 17-year old Billy attends Lou Gehrig Day and shows Lou Gehrig that Billy now can walk without a limp, implying that Gehrig's promised World Series home runs many years ago helped a young Billy overcome his childhood illness.
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The early Frank Capra talkie Dirigible (1931) is a rousing adventure yarn about two Navy flyers Jack Bradon (Jack Holt) and Frisky Pierce (Ralph Graves) with a shared dream of conquering the South Pole. Determined to prove the merits of the dirigible to a skeptical public enamored with the airplane, Jack convinces Admiral Martin (Emmet Corrigan) to back his mission to travel to that remote pole. He entreats the daring, Navy fly boy Frisky to make the journey with him on a biplane hooked to the dirigible's underside.
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