Richard Dix actor
- Total known movies 101
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 Paramounts Warming Up (1928), a baseball story and also the studios 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.
Dan Taylor
Movie 1942
John McTavish
Movie 1923
Steve Reynolds
Movie 1947
Capt. Will Stone
Movie 1943
Earl C. Conrad
Movie 1944
Richard 'Mack' McAllan
Movie 1935
Ralph Harrison
Movie 1946
William Everest
Movie 1945
Lee Selfridge Nugent
Movie 1944
John Sinclair / John Carter
Movie 1945
Yancey Cravat
Movie 1931
Parrish
Movie 1922
John Colby
Movie 1921
Tommy Frazer
Movie 1922
Bill Bear
Movie 1922
Billy Grant
Movie 1922
Lt. Bill
Movie 1923
Robby Smith
Movie 1923
Richard Templar
Movie 1923
Bob Howard
Movie 1926
Steve Porter
Movie 1927
Tom Roberts
Movie 1927
Jim Bucklin
Movie 1927
Dr. Gerald Summer
Movie 1929
Joaquin Murrieta
Movie 1927
Richard Shelby
Movie 1928
Frank 'Duke' Ellis
Movie 1932
Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson
Movie 1932
Bill Fenwick
Movie 1936
Nick Green
Movie 1939
Paul Dover
Movie 1938
Police Chief Richard Bryan
Movie 1942
Phil Mercedes
Movie 1940
Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
Movie 1938
Rex 'Rocky' Thorne
Movie 1933
William Magee
Movie 1929
Stephen Brent
Movie 1943
Nophaie
Movie 1925
Wing Foot
Movie 1929
Robert Bennett
Movie 1929
Tim Bart
Movie 1937
John Day
Movie 1933
Bill Dana
Movie 1925
Clay Tallant
Movie 1935
Lewis Dumont
Movie 1931
Self
Movie 1929
Phillip
Movie 1934
Peter
Movie 1930
Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
Movie 1932
William Shayne
Movie 1939
Duke Allen
Movie 1939
Carson
Movie 1932
Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters
Movie 1930
Will Prescott
Movie 1925
Ben Jordan
Movie 1924
John Storm
Movie 1923
Robert Parker
Movie 1928
Paul Driscoll
Movie 1937
Bob Culpepper
Movie 1936
Frank Claymore
Movie 1923
Jasper Horn
Movie 1933
Paul Redmond
Movie 1936
Bruce Foster
Movie 1933
Steve Payson
Movie 1941
Wyatt Earp
Movie 1942
Richard Dix
Movie 1931
Jack Stone
Movie 1926
Richard Gaylord, Jr.
Movie 1925
Randy Farnum
Movie 1925
Richard Dix
Movie 1926
Billy Dexter
Movie 1926
Bert Tulliver
Movie 1928
Larry Darrant
Movie 1924
Jim Donovan
Movie 1931
Glenn Kilbourne
Movie 1923
Jean Isbel
Movie 1923
Randall Lee Savage
Movie 1925
Michael Moran
Movie 1928
Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly
Movie 1927
Geoffrey Farnell
Movie 1925
Lee Marvin
Movie 1922
Capt. Leslie Yeullet
Movie 1929
Walt Breen
Movie 1922
Douglas Albright
Movie 1924
Alan Croft
Movie 1924
James Lowery - Butler
Movie 1917
Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins)
Movie 1921
Bobby Cameron
Movie 1921
Harley Jones
Movie 1921
Peter Minuit
Movie 1924
