Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor.

Biography

Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was popular in American silent films during the

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years. His first films were in several features starring the actress

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. Holding died in 1929 of a heart attack in his dressing room while acting on

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'' of 8 May 1929.''Silent Film Necrology'', 2nd Edit. pp. 246-247 by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001

Partial filmography

*'' The Eternal City'' (1915) *'' Sold'' (1915) *'' The White Pearl'' (1915) *'' Bella Donna'' (1915) *''

Lydia Gilmore ''Lydia Gilmore'' is a 1915 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by Hugh Ford (director), Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Hugh Ford and Henry Arthur Jones. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Vincent Serrano, Thomas Holding, ...

'' (1915) *''

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'' (1916) *''

The Moment Before ''The Moment Before'' is a 1916 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick. It was produced by Famous Players Film Company and directed by Robert G. Vignola. The film is based on the play ''The Moment of Death'', by Israel Zangwill. ...

'' (1916) *''

Silks and Satins ''Silks and Satins'' is a 1916 American silent film produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Marguerite Clark and was directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was filmed at Palisades, New Jersey. A p ...

'' (1916) *'' Redeeming Love'' (1916) *''

The Great White Trail ''The Great White Trail'' is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced and directed by Leopold Wharton and starring Doris Kenyon.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute , c.1988 Ca ...

'' (1917) *''

Her Fighting Chance ''Her Fighting Chance'' is a 1917 American silent drama film. Directed by Edwin Carewe, the film stars Jane Grey, Thomas Holding, and Percy G. Standing. It was released in May, 1917. Cast * Jane Grey as Marie * Thomas Holding Thomas J. ...

'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) *'' Daughter of Destiny'' (1917) *'' The Dream Lady'' (1918) *''

The Vanity Pool ''The Vanity Pool'' is a lost 1918 American silent film drama directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Thomas Holding. The script was based on a short story by Nalbro Bartley that was originally published in ''Yo ...

'' (1918) *''

The Lady of Red Butte ''The Lady of Red Butte'' is a 1919 American silent Western film written by C. Gardner Sullivan and directed by Victor Schertzinger. Dorothy Dalton stars as a benevolent saloonkeeper in conflict with a fanatical religious zealot played by Thom ...

'' (1919) *''

One Week of Life ''One Week of Life'' is a 1919 American silent drama film produced and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures. It was directed by Hobart Henley and starred Pauline Frederick. It is now considered to be a lost film. Plot As described in a film mag ...

'' (1919) *'' The Peace of Roaring River'' (1919) * ''

Her Kingdom of Dreams ''Her Kingdom of Dreams'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Anita Stewart, Spottiswoode Aitken, and Frank Currier Frank Currier (September 4, 1857 – April 22, 1928) was an American film and s ...

'' (1919) *''

The Lone Wolf's Daughter ''The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' is a surviving 1919 American silent era crime/drama/thriller motion picture starring Bertram Grassby, Louise Glaum, and Thomas Holding. Directed by William P.S. Earle and produced by J. Parker Read, Jr., the scree ...

'' (1919) *'' A Woman Who Understood'' (1920) * ''

The Honey Bee ''The Honey Bee'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Marguerita Sylva, Thomas Holding and Nigel Barrie.Goble p.323 Cast * Marguerita Sylva as Hilda Wilson * Thomas Holding as Harris Doreyn * Nigel Ba ...

'' (1920) *'' The Woman in His House'' (1920) *''

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'' (1921) *''

Without Benefit of Clergy ''Without Benefit of Clergy'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Virginia Brown Faire, Thomas Holding and Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. A print of the film still exists at t ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Lure of Jade ''The Lure of Jade'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, and Arthur Rankin.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Pauline Frederick as Sara Vin ...

'' (1921) *''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...

'' (1921) *''

Rose o' the Sea ''Rose o' the Sea'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Cast * Anita Stewart as Rose Elton * Rudolph Cameron as Elliot Schuyler * Thomas Holding as Peter Schuyler * Margaret Landis as Vivienne Raymond * Kate Lest ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Strangers' Banquet ''The Strangers' Banquet'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, and Rockliffe Fellowes.Connelly p. 272 It is based on the 1919 novel of the same title by Brian Oswald Donn- ...

'' (1922) *''

The Trouper ''The Trouper'' is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, Jack Perrin, Thomas Holding, Kathleen O'Connor, Roscoe Karns, and Mary Philbin. The film was released by Universal Film Manufact ...

'' (1922) *''

Ruggles of Red Gap ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a 1935 American comedy western film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 ...

'' (1923) *''

The Courtship of Miles Standish ''The Courtship of Miles Standish'' is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims. Overview ''Th ...

'' (1923) *''

The White Monkey ''The White Monkey'' is a 1925 American silent drama film, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Barbara La Marr, Thomas Holding, and Henry Victor. It was released by First National Pictures on June 7, 1925. Plot As described in a film magazine r ...

'' (1925) *''

One Way Street ''One Way Street'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring James Mason, Märta Torén and Dan Duryea. The crime film takes place mainly in Mexico. Plot Dr. Frank Matson, a physician, steals $200,000 from t ...

'' (1925) *''

The Untamed Lady ''The Untamed Lady'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Gloria Swanson and Lawrence Gray. The film was also the debut of Nancy Kelly who was a child actress at the time. The film was written ...

'' (1926) *'' The Nest'' (1927) * '' Satan and the Woman'' (1928)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holding, Thomas 1880 births 1929 deaths Male actors from Kent People from Blackheath, London English male film actors English male stage actors British expatriate male actors in the United States 20th-century English male actors