Richard Dix

Acting •1893-07-18 •Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Richard Dix was a major leading man at RKO Radio Pictures from 1929 through 1943. He was born Ernest Carlton Brimmer July 18, 1893, in St. Paul, Minnesota. There he was educated, and at the desires of his father, studied to be a surgeon. His obvious acting talent in his school dramatic club led him to leading roles in most of the school plays. At 6' 0" and 180 pounds, Dix excelled in sports, especially football and baseball. These skills would serve him well in the vigorous film roles he would go on to play. After a year at the University of Minnesota he took a position at a bank, spending his evenings training for the stage. His professional start was with a local stock company, and this led to similar work in New York. The death of his father left him with a mother and sister to support. He went to Los Angeles, became leading man for the Morosco Stock Company and his success there got him a contract with Paramount Pictures. His rugged good looks and dark features made him a popular player in westerns. His athletic ability led to his starring role in Paramount's Warming Up (1928), a baseball story and also the studio's first feature with synchronized score and sound effects. His deep voice and commanding presence were perfectly suited for the talkies, and he was signed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1929, scoring an early triumph in the all-talking mystery drama, Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929). In 1931 he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his masterful performance in Cimarron (1931), winner of the Best Picture Oscar that year. Throughout the 1930s Dix would be a big box-office draw at RKO, appearing in mystery thrillers, potboilers, westerns and programmers. He appeared in the "Whistler" series of mystery films at Columbia in the mid-40s. He retired from films in 1947. He first married Winifred Coe on October 20, 1931, had a daughter, Martha Mary Ellen, then divorced in 1933. He then married Virginia Webster on June 29, 1934. They had twin boys, Richard Jr. and Robert Dix and an adopted daughter, Sara Sue. Richard Dix the actor, died at age 56 on September 20, 1949.

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代表作

The Vanishing American

1925 · Nophaie

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1929 · William Magee

鬼船

1943 · Capt. Will Stone

The Lost Squadron

1932 · Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

Souls for Sale

1923 · Frank Claymore

好莱坞轶事

1937 · Tim Bart

吹哨人

1944 · Earl C. Conrad

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全部作品

第十三个小时

1947 •Steve Reynolds

神秘入侵者

1946 •Don Gale

哨者的阴谋

1946 •Ralph Harrison

吹哨人

1945 •William Everest

吹哨者之声

1945 •John Sinclair / John Carter

吹哨人

1944 •Earl C. Conrad

吹哨人的印记

1944 •Lee Selfridge Nugent

鬼船

1943 •Capt. Will Stone

堪萨斯州人

1943 •John Bonniwell

Buckskin Frontier

1943 •Stephen Brent

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Top Man

1943 •Tom Warren

American Empire

1942 •Dan Taylor

Eyes of the Underworld

1942 •Police Chief Richard Bryan

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

1942 •Wyatt Earp

突袭达拉克

1941 •James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok

The Roundup

1941 •Steve Payson

Men Against the Sky

1940 •Phil Mercedes

The Marines Fly High

1940 •Lt. Danny Darrick

Cherokee Strip

1940 •Marshal Dave Lovell

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939 •Nick Green

征服者

1939 •Sam Houston

Reno

1939 •William Shayne

Here I Am a Stranger

1939 •Duke Allen

盲目辩解

1938 •Paul Dover

征空三杰

1938 •Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill

好莱坞轶事

1937 •Tim Bart

The Devil Is Driving

1937 •Paul Driscoll

Devil's Playground

1937 •Jack Dorgan

Special Investigator

1936 •Bill Fenwick

Yellow Dust

1936 •Bob Culpepper

征空烈绩

1936 •Paul Redmond

隧道

1935 •Richard 'Mack' McAllan

The Arizonian

1935 •Clay Tallant

黄貂大盗

1934 •Stingaree

His Greatest Gamble

1934 •Phillip

West of the Pecos

1934 •Pecos Smith

Ace of Aces

1933 •Rex 'Rocky' Thorne

Day of Reckoning

1933 •John Day

The Great Jasper

1933 •Jasper Horn

No Marriage Ties

1933 •Bruce Foster

Hell's Highway

1932 •Frank 'Duke' Ellis

The Lost Squadron

1932 •Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

The Conquerors

1932 •Roger Standish / Roger Lennox

轰鸣的龙

1932 •Carson

壮志千秋

1931 •Yancey Cravat

公设辩护人

1931 •Pike Winslow

Secret Service

1931 •Lewis Dumont

The Stolen Jools

1931 •Richard Dix

Young Donovan's Kid

1931 •Jim Donovan

Lovin' the Ladies

1930 •Peter

Shooting Straight

1930 •Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters

The Love Doctor

1929 •Dr. Gerald Summer

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1929 •William Magee

Redskin

1929 •Wing Foot

Nothing but the Truth

1929 •Robert Bennett

A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

1929 •Self

The Wheel of Life

1929 •Capt. Leslie Yeullet

Sporting Goods

1928 •Richard Shelby

Easy Come, Easy Go

1928 •Robert Parker

Warming Up

1928 •Bert Tulliver

Moran of the Marines

1928 •Michael Moran

Paradise for Two

1927 •Steve Porter

Man Power

1927 •Tom Roberts

Shanghai Bound

1927 •Jim Bucklin

The Gay Defender

1927 •Joaquin Murrieta

Knockout Reilly

1927 •Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly

Say It Again

1926 •Bob Howard

The Quarterback

1926 •Jack Stone

Fascinating Youth

1926 •Richard Dix

Let's Get Married

1926 •Billy Dexter

The Vanishing American

1925 •Nophaie

Womanhandled

1925 •Bill Dana

Men and Women

1925 •Will Prescott

Too Many Kisses

1925 •Richard Gaylord, Jr.

The Lucky Devil

1925 •Randy Farnum

The Shock Punch

1925 •Randall Lee Savage

A Man Must Live

1925 •Geoffrey Farnell

Icebound

1924 •Ben Jordan

The Stranger

1924 •Larry Darrant

Unguarded Women

1924 •Douglas Albright

Sinners in Heaven

1924 •Alan Croft

Manhattan

1924 •Peter Minuit

十诫

1923 •John McTavish

Quicksands

1923 •Lt. Bill

The Woman with Four Faces

1923 •Richard Templar

Racing Hearts

1923 •Robby Smith

The Christian

1923 •John Storm

Souls for Sale

1923 •Frank Claymore

最后一个人

1923 •Jean Isbel

The Call of the Canyon

1923 •Glenn Kilbourne

Yellow Men and Gold

1922 •Parrish

Fools First

1922 •Tommy Frazer

The Sin Flood

1922 •Bill Bear

The Glorious Fool

1922 •Billy Grant

The Bonded Woman

1922 •Lee Marvin

The Wall Flower

1922 •Walt Breen

The Poverty of Riches

1921 •John Colby

Not Guilty

1921 •Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins)

All's Fair in Love

1921 •Bobby Cameron

Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921 •Harley Jones

Not Guilty

1921 •Producer

One of Many

1917 •James Lowery - Butler