Thomas Holding

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

For the British tailor considered the founder of modern camping, see Thomas Hiram Holding.

Thomas Holding
Thomas Holding, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Franklyn Farnum in The Vanity Pool (1918)
Born	25 January 1880 Blackheath, Kent, England
Died	4 May 1929 (aged 49) New York City, New York, US
Other names	"The Costume Man"
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1929

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 World War I years. His first films were in several features starring the actress Pauline Frederick. Holding died in 1929 of a heart attack in his dressing room while acting on Broadway according to Variety of 8 May 1929.[1][2]

Partial filmography

• The Eternal City (1915)
• Sold (1915)
• The White Pearl (1915)
• Bella Donna (1915)
• Lydia Gilmore (1915)
• The Spider (1916)
• The Moment Before (1916)
• Silks and Satins (1916)
• Redeeming Love (1916)
• The Great White Trail (1917)
• Her Fighting Chance (1917)
• Magda (1917)
• Daughter of Destiny (1917)
• The Dream Lady (1918)
• The Vanity Pool (1918)
• The Lady of Red Butte (1919)
• One Week of Life (1919)
• The Peace of Roaring River (1919)
• Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)
• The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919)
• A Woman Who Understood (1920)
• The Honey Bee (1920)
• The Woman in His House (1920)
• Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
• Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)
• The Lure of Jade (1921)
• The Three Musketeers (1921)
• Rose o' the Sea (1922)
• The Trouper (1922)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
• The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)
• The White Monkey (1925)
• One Way Street (1925)
• The Untamed Lady (1926)
• The Nest (1927)
• Satan and the Woman (1928)

References

1. Who Was Who on the Screen, 3rd Edit. p. 343 by Evelyn Mack Truitt, c.1983
2. Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edit. pp. 246-247 by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001

External links

• Thomas Holding on IMDb
• Thomas Holding at the Internet Broadway Database