Herbert Holt (1 June 1909 – 22 February 2002) was an English professional snooker player.

[2] Holt played in the qualifying for the 1938 World Snooker Championship, beating Charles Read 21-10 before losing 8–23 to Fred Davis.

[3] He was a body double for Laurence Olivier in Sleuth and for Roger Moore in The Persuaders.

He set up a billiard table and cue sorts equipment business in the 1930s and sold billiard tables to celebrities including Michael Caine, John Lennon and Tom Jones.

He established a snooker club in Great Windmill Street in the 1960s that went on to host the English Amateur Championship and Women's Billiards Association events.