 Holt himself had been an excellent clown in pantomime, and he played comedy parts in melodrama with great ability.He was prudent and successful in management and retired in 1909, living at Sunninghill in Cotham Rd (building now stands but are offices) Kew, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb, for part of the year, and in summer spending his time at his seaside home at Sorrento, Victoria.There he would entertain every year a party of veteran members of the profession.