Richard Dix

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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1946 Don Gale
1946 Ralph Harrison
1945 William Everest
1945 John Sinclair / John Carter
1944 Earl C. Conrad
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1942 Dan Taylor
1942 Police Chief Richard Bryan
1941 James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
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1940 Phil Mercedes
1940 Lt. Danny Darrick
1940 Marshal Dave Lovell
1939 Nick Green
1939 Sam Houston
1939 William Shayne
1939 Duke Allen
1938 Paul Dover
1938 Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
1937 Tim Bart
1937 Paul Driscoll
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1936 Bill Fenwick
1936 Bob Culpepper
1936 Paul Redmond
1935 Richard 'Mack' McAllan
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1932 Frank 'Duke' Ellis
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1932 Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
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1929 Dr. Gerald Summer
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