Bruce Bennett
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-05-19 (101 years old)
Deathday
2007-02-24
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also known As
Harold Herman Brix
Herman Brix
Bruce Bennett
Biography
Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix) was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. His first career was as an athlete. At the University of Washington, where he majored in economics, he played football (tackle) in the 1926 Rose Bowl and was a track-and-field star. Two years later, he won the Silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympic Games. Brix moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for t...
Acting
1948
as James Cody
1945
as Albert 'Bert' Pierce
1940
as Patrick Norris
1937
as Joe
1938
as Fred Mitchell
1940
as Dr. Paul Ames
1947
as Dr. Joel Merriam
1946
as San Thomas
1949
as Matthew J. Keever
1945
as Dr. Andrew Lang
1941
as Bob Conlon
1959
as Dr. Eric Lorimer
1949
as Fred Bandle
1946
as Jack R. Talbot
1955
as Gen. Espy
1947
as Bob
1948
as Marty Fain
1955
as Bob Gilmore
1956
as Maj. Kincaid
1948
as Stanley Moore
1956
as Daniel Boone
1943
as Waco Hoyt
1950
as Dr. McAdoo
1952
as Steve Kearney
1940
as Detective
1940
as Mordini's former assistant
1950
as David Glover
1940
as Officer Sullavan
1959
as Dr. Karl Sorenson
1938
as Tarzan
1949
as Reckling
1956
as Charlie Trenton
1942
as 1st Office Russell
1949
as Dr. Alfred Norton
1943
as Supai George
1935
as Tarzan
1961
as Charlie Davis
1950
as Paul Curtis
1940
as Scotty
1956
as Brand
1936
as Martin Andrews
1949
as Jim Younger
1951
as Col. Jeb Britton
2003
as James Cody (archive footage)
1936
as Johnny Kent
1941
as Prison Guard / Truck Driver (uncredited)
1940
as Football Player #20 (uncredited)
1961
as Gen. Bridges
1947
as Ed Landers
1954
as Dr. Stephen Cottrell
1937
as Jimmy Baxter
1951
as Cole Younger
1938
as Lincoln Rand Jr / Kioga
1939
as Tiny Dawson
1937
as Hal "Chopper' Donovan, aka Hal Smith
1955
as 'Bull' Herrick
1937
as Eric Lane - Agent 17
1934
as Hercules
1943
as Frank Molloy
1954
as Frederick C. Miller
1936
as Jimmy Shay
1938
as Lieutenant Frank Corby
1938
as Bert Rogers
1943
as FBI Agent Evans
1934
as Man on Ticket Line (uncredited)
1944
as Bob Hamlin
1936
as Martin Granville
1940
as State Trooper (uncredited)
1953
as Charlie Elkwood
1934
as Man at Tavern (uncredited)
1956
as Stragg
1933
as Student
1939
as Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1936
as Martin Andrews
1940
as Park Ranger (uncredited)
1940
as Frank Garfield
1940
as McManus
1940
as Ole Margarine
1948
as Henderson
1940
as Jim - King's Chauffeur
1939
as Tom - King's Chauffeur
1942
as Capt. Morgan
1937
as Larry Duane
1944
as Archie Gibbs
1942
as Tommy Lydel
1939
as Lefty
1940
as Paul Sinclair
1941
as Skelly
1942
as Lieutenant John Cronin
1942
as Lee Graham
1940
as Policeman
1940
as Prison Warden
1946
as Prison Guard (archive footage)
1943
as Clem Hawkins (uncredited)
1951
as Saul Hellman
1940
as Bert Rogers
1940
as Hazen - Guard (uncredited)
1940
as Budge
1933
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1970
as Bert Daniels
1940
as Geologist Winthrop
1940
as Ship's gunnery officer
1941
as Reporter
1973
as Clone Lab Assistant
1972
as Johnny Mesquitero
1966
as Lt. Frank Corley
1941
as Vulgarian Soldier in General's Office (uncredited)
1940
as Workman with Leaky Lunchpail (uncredited)
1940
as Reporter (uncredited)
1956
as Commissioner Harrison
1958
as Capt. Jim Hewson
1932
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1941
as Federal Agent
1940
as Cop (uncredited)
1934
as Man at Cannes Bar (uncredited)
1935
as Tarzan
1939
as Rich Man (uncredited)
1932
as Dinner Guest (Uncredited)
1980
as John
2017
as Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Production
1961
as Writer
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