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.

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American Empire

Dan Taylor

电影 1942

The Ten Commandments

John McTavish

电影 1923

The Thirteenth Hour

Steve Reynolds

电影 1947

The Ghost Ship

Capt. Will Stone

电影 1943

The Whistler

Earl C. Conrad

电影 1944

The Tunnel

Richard 'Mack' McAllan

电影 1935

The Secret of the Whistler

Ralph Harrison

电影 1946

The Power of the Whistler

William Everest

电影 1945

The Mark of the Whistler

Lee Selfridge Nugent

电影 1944

Voice of the Whistler

John Sinclair / John Carter

电影 1945

Cimarron

Yancey Cravat

电影 1931

Yellow Men and Gold

Parrish

电影 1922

The Poverty of Riches

John Colby

电影 1921

Fools First

Tommy Frazer

电影 1922

The Sin Flood

Bill Bear

电影 1922

The Glorious Fool

Billy Grant

电影 1922

Quicksands

Lt. Bill

电影 1923

Racing Hearts

Robby Smith

电影 1923

The Woman with Four Faces

Richard Templar

电影 1923

Say It Again

Bob Howard

电影 1926

Paradise for Two

Steve Porter

电影 1927

Man Power

Tom Roberts

电影 1927

Shanghai Bound

Jim Bucklin

电影 1927

The Love Doctor

Dr. Gerald Summer

电影 1929

The Gay Defender

Joaquin Murrieta

电影 1927

Sporting Goods

Richard Shelby

电影 1928

Hell's Highway

Frank 'Duke' Ellis

电影 1932

The Lost Squadron

Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

电影 1932

Special Investigator

Bill Fenwick

电影 1936

Twelve Crowded Hours

Nick Green

电影 1939

Blind Alibi

Paul Dover

电影 1938

Eyes of the Underworld

Police Chief Richard Bryan

电影 1942

Men Against the Sky

Phil Mercedes

电影 1940

Sky Giant

Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill

电影 1938

Ace of Aces

Rex 'Rocky' Thorne

电影 1933

Seven Keys to Baldpate

William Magee

电影 1929

Buckskin Frontier

Stephen Brent

电影 1943

The Vanishing American

Nophaie

电影 1925

Redskin

Wing Foot

电影 1929

Nothing But the Truth

Robert Bennett

电影 1929

It Happened in Hollywood

Tim Bart

电影 1937

Day of Reckoning

John Day

电影 1933

Womanhandled

Bill Dana

电影 1925

The Arizonian

Clay Tallant

电影 1935

Secret Service

Lewis Dumont

电影 1931

A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

Self

电影 1929

His Greatest Gamble

Phillip

电影 1934

Lovin' the Ladies

Peter

电影 1930

The Conquerors

Roger Standish / Roger Lennox

电影 1932

Reno

William Shayne

电影 1939

Here I Am a Stranger

Duke Allen

电影 1939

Roar of the Dragon

Carson

电影 1932

Shooting Straight

Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters

电影 1930

Men and Women

Will Prescott

电影 1925

Icebound

Ben Jordan

电影 1924

The Christian

John Storm

电影 1923

Easy Come, Easy Go

Robert Parker

电影 1928

The Devil Is Driving

Paul Driscoll

电影 1937

Yellow Dust

Bob Culpepper

电影 1936

Souls for Sale

Frank Claymore

电影 1923

The Great Jasper

Jasper Horn

电影 1933

Devil's Squadron

Paul Redmond

电影 1936

No Marriage Ties

Bruce Foster

电影 1933

The Roundup

Steve Payson

电影 1941

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

Wyatt Earp

电影 1942

The Stolen Jools

Richard Dix

电影 1931

The Quarterback

Jack Stone

电影 1926

Too Many Kisses

Richard Gaylord, Jr.

电影 1925

The Lucky Devil

Randy Farnum

电影 1925

Fascinating Youth

Richard Dix

电影 1926

Let's Get Married

Billy Dexter

电影 1926

Warming Up

Bert Tulliver

电影 1928

The Stranger

Larry Darrant

电影 1924

Young Donovan's Kid

Jim Donovan

电影 1931

The Call of the Canyon

Glenn Kilbourne

电影 1923

To the Last Man

Jean Isbel

电影 1923

The Shock Punch

Randall Lee Savage

电影 1925

Moran of the Marines

Michael Moran

电影 1928

Knockout Reilly

Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly

电影 1927

A Man Must Live

Geoffrey Farnell

电影 1925

The Bonded Woman

Lee Marvin

电影 1922

The Wheel of Life

Capt. Leslie Yeullet

电影 1929

The Wall Flower

Walt Breen

电影 1922

Unguarded Women

Douglas Albright

电影 1924

Sinners in Heaven

Alan Croft

电影 1924

One of Many

James Lowery - Butler

电影 1917

Not Guilty

Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins)

电影 1921

All's Fair in Love

Bobby Cameron

电影 1921

Dangerous Curve Ahead

Harley Jones

电影 1921

Manhattan

Peter Minuit

电影 1924