Thomas 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

Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor. He was popular in silent films during the World War I years. His first films were in several features starring the actress Pauline Frederick. He possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. 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]

Selected 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)
• Daughter of Destiny (1917)
• The Lady of Red Butte (1919)
• One Week of Life (1919)
• The Peace of Roaring River (1919)
• The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919)
• A Woman Who Understood (1920)
• The Woman in His House (1920)
• Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
• Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)
• The Three Musketeers (1921)
• Rose o' the Sea (1922)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
• The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)
• The Untamed Lady (1926)

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 at the Internet Movie Database
• Thomas Holding at the Internet Broadway Database