Richard Dix
| Richard Dix | |
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 Richard Dix as featured on the poster for Redskin (1929), his final silent film. |
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| Born | Ernst Carlton Brimmer July 18, 1893(1893-07-18) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 1949 (aged 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | Stage 1914 — 1921 Film 1921 — 1947 |
| Spouse(s) | Winifred Coe (1931-1933) Virginia Webster (1934-1949) |
Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero.
Born Ernest Carlton Brimmer in St. Paul, Minnesota, he had planned to become a surgeon, but took most of the leading roles while studying drama. Dropping out of the University of Minnesota after just one year, he worked in a bank. He also joined a local stock company, which led to acting work in New York City.
He moved to Hollywood, where he began a career in Western movies. One of the few actors to successfully bridge the transition from silent films to talkies, Dix's best-remembered early role was in Cecil B. Demille's silent version of The Ten Commandments (1923). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1931 for his performance as Yancey Cravat in Cimarron, in which he shared top-billing with Irene Dunne. Cimarron, based on the popular novel by Edna Ferber, took the Best Picture award. Dix starred in another RKO adventure, The Lost Squadron.
A memorable role for Dix was in the 1935 British futuristic film The Tunnel. An original poster for this film was catalogued with an estimated value of between $2000 - $3000 by Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas in the Summer of 2006.
Dix starred in The Great Jasper and Blind Alibi in the late 1930s. His popular RKO Radio Pictures co-star in Blind Alibi was Ace the Wonder Dog. Dix's human co-stars were Whitney Bourne, Eduardo Ciannelli; the film was directed by Lew Landers.
In the 1940s he starred in The Whistler, the first of a series of eight "Whistler" films for Columbia Pictures. Dix retired from acting after making the seventh in the series, The Thirteenth Hour.
Dix died in 1949 of a heart attack at the age of 56. He was survived by three children from his two marriages. He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Richard Dix has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1610 Vine Street.
Decades after his death, Dix was mentioned in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles:
Fought, Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix. Remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town?
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Filmography
Silent films
| Year | # | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 1 | One of Many | James Lowery |
| 1921 | 2 | Not Guilty | Paul Ellison |
| Arthur Ellison | |||
| 3 | All's Fair in Love | Bobby Cameron | |
| 4 | Dangerous Curve Ahead | Harley Jones | |
| 5 | The Poverty of Riches | John Colby | |
| 1922 | 6 | The Glorious Fool | Billy Grant |
| 7 | Yellow Men and Gold | Parrish | |
| 8 | Fools First | Tommy Frazer | |
| 9 | The Wall Flower | Walt Breen | |
| 10 | The Bonded Woman | Lee Marvin | |
| 11 | The Sin Flood | Bill Bear | |
| 1923 | 12 | The Christian | John Storm |
| 13 | Quicksands | Lieutenant Bill | |
| 14 | Souls for Sale | Frank Claymore | |
| 15 | The Woman with Four Faces | Richard Templar | |
| 16 | Racing Hearts | Robby Smith | |
| 17 | To the Last Man | Jean Isbel | |
| 18 | The Ten Commandments | John McTavish | |
| 19 | The Call of the Canyon | Glenn Kilbourne | |
| 1924 | 20 | The Stranger | Larry Darrant |
| 21 | Icebound | Ben Jordan | |
| 22 | Unguarded Women | Douglas Albright | |
| 23 | Sinners in Heaven | Alan Croft | |
| 24 | Manhattan | Peter Minuit | |
| 25 | Too Many Kisses | Richard Gaylord, Jr | |
| 26 | A Man Must Live | Geoffrey Farnell | |
| 1925 | 27 | The Shock Punch | Randall Lee Savage |
| 28 | Men and Women | Will Prescott | |
| 29 | The Lucky Devil | Randy Farnum | |
| 30 | The Vanishing American | Nophaie | |
| 31 | Womanhandled | Bill Dana | |
| 1926 | 32 | Let's Get Married | Billy Dexter |
| 33 | Fascinating Youth | Guest | |
| 34 | Say It Again | Bob Howard | |
| 35 | The Quarterback | Jack Stone | |
| 1927 | 36 | Paradise for Two | Steve Porter |
| 37 | Knockout Reilly | Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly | |
| 38 | Man Power | Tom Roberts | |
| 39 | Shanghai Bound | Jim Bucklin | |
| 40 | The Gay Defender | Joaquin Murrieta | |
| 1928 | 41 | Sporting Goods | Richard Shelby |
| 42 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Robert Parker | |
| 43 | Warming Up | Bert Tulliver | |
| 44 | Moran of the Marines | Michael Moran | |
| 1929 | 45 | The Love Doctor | Dr. Gerald Summer |
| 46 | Redskin | Wingfoot |
Sound films
| Year | # | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 47 | Nothing But the Truth | Robert Bennett |
| 48 | The Wheel of Life | Captain Leslie Yeullet | |
| 49 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | William Halliwell Magee | |
| 1930 | 50 | Lovin' the Ladies | Peter Darby |
| 51 | Shooting Straight | Larry Sheldon | |
| 1931 | 52 | Cimarron | Yancey Cravat |
| 53 | Young Donovan's Kid | Jim Donovan | |
| 54 | The Public Defender | Pike Winslow | |
| 55 | Secret Service | Captain Lewis Dumont | |
| 1932 | 56 | The Lost Squadron | Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson |
| 57 | Roar of the Dragon | Captain Chauncey Carson | |
| 58 | Hell's Highway | Frank 'Duke' Ellis | |
| 59 | The Conquerors | Roger Standish | |
| Roger Standish Lennox | |||
| 1933 | 60 | The Great Jasper | Jasper Horn |
| 61 | No Marriage Ties | Bruce Foster | |
| 62 | Ace of Aces | 2nd Lt. Rex 'Rocky' Thorne | |
| 63 | Day of Reckoning | John Day | |
| 1934 | 64 | Stingaree | Stingaree |
| 65 | His Greatest Gamble | Phillip Eden | |
| 66 | West of the Pecos | Pecos Smith | |
| 1935 | 67 | The Arizonian | Clay Tallant |
| 68 | The Tunnel | Richard 'Mack' McAllan | |
| 1936 | 69 | Yellow Dust | Bob Culpepper |
| 70 | Special Investigator | William 'Bill' Fenwick | |
| 71 | Devil's Squadron | Paul Redmond | |
| 1937 | 72 | The Devil's Playground | Jack Dorgan |
| 73 | The Devil Is Driving | Paul Driscoll | |
| 74 | It Happened in Hollywood | Tim Bart | |
| 1938 | 75 | Blind Alibi | Paul Dover |
| 76 | Sky Giant | Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill | |
| 1939 | 78 | Man of Conquest | Sam Houston |
| 79 | Here I Am a Stranger | Duke Allen | |
| 80 | Reno | Bill Shear | |
| 1940 | 81 | The Marines Fly High | Lt. Danny Darrick |
| 82 | Men Against the Sky | Phil Mercedes | |
| 83 | Cherokee Strip | Marshal Dave Morrell | |
| 1941 | 84 | The Roundup | Steve Payson |
| 85 | Badlands of Dakota | Wild Bill Hickok | |
| 1942 | 86 | Tombstone | Wyatt Earp |
| 87 | American Empire | Dan Taylor | |
| 1943 | 88 | Eyes of the Underworld | The Chief, Richard Bryan |
| 89 | Buckskin Frontier | Stephen Bent | |
| 90 | The Kansan | John Bonniwell | |
| 91 | Top Man | Tom Warren | |
| 92 | The Ghost Ship | Captain Will Stone | |
| The Whistler Series: | |||
| 1944 | 93 | The Whistler | Earl C. Conrad |
| 94 | The Mark of the Whistler | Lee Selfridge Nugent | |
| 1945 | 95 | The Power of the Whistler | William Everest |
| 96 | Voice of the Whistler | John Sinclair (John Carter) | |
| 1946 | 97 | Mysterious Intruder | Don Gale |
| 98 | The Secret of the Whistler | Ralph Harrison | |
| 1947 | 99 | The Thirteenth Hour | Steve Reynolds |
External links
- Richard Dix at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Dix at the Internet Broadway Database
- Richard Dix tribute site
- Photographs of Richard Dix
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| NAME | Dix, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brimmer, Ernst Carlton |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1893-7-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Paul, MN, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1949 (aged 56) |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Los Angeles, CA, U.S. |
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