Richard Dix

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-07-18 (56 years old)

Deathday

1949-09-20

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Richard Dix

Biography

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 pro...

Acting

1942

American Empire

as Dan Taylor

1923

The Ten Commandments

as John McTavish

1947

The Thirteenth Hour

as Steve Reynolds

1943

The Ghost Ship

as Capt. Will Stone

1944

The Whistler

as Earl C. Conrad

1935

The Tunnel

as Richard 'Mack' McAllan

1946

1946

1945

The Power of the Whistler

as William Everest

1944

The Mark of the Whistler

as Lee Selfridge Nugent

1945

Voice of the Whistler

as John Sinclair / John Carter

1931

Cimarron

as Yancey Cravat

1922

1921

1922

Fools First

as Tommy Frazer

1922

The Sin Flood

as Bill Bear

1922

The Glorious Fool

as Billy Grant

1923

Quicksands

as Lt. Bill

1923

Racing Hearts

as Robby Smith

1923

The Woman with Four Faces

as Richard Templar

1926

Say It Again

as Bob Howard

1927

Paradise for Two

as Steve Porter

1927

Man Power

as Tom Roberts

1927

Shanghai Bound

as Jim Bucklin

1929

The Love Doctor

as Dr. Gerald Summer

1927

The Gay Defender

as Joaquin Murrieta

1928

Sporting Goods

as Richard Shelby

1943

The Kansan

as John Bonniwell

1941

Badlands of Dakota

as James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok

1932

Hell's Highway

as Frank 'Duke' Ellis

1932

The Lost Squadron

as Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

1936

Special Investigator

as Bill Fenwick

1939

1938

Blind Alibi

as Paul Dover

1942

Eyes of the Underworld

as Police Chief Richard Bryan

1940

Men Against the Sky

as Phil Mercedes

1938

Sky Giant

as Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill

1933

Ace of Aces

as Rex 'Rocky' Thorne

1929

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as William Magee

1943

Buckskin Frontier

as Stephen Brent

1929

Redskin

as Wing Foot

1929

Nothing But the Truth

as Robert Bennett

1931

The Public Defender

as Pike Winslow

1939

Man of Conquest

as Sam Houston

1933

Day of Reckoning

as John Day

1925

Womanhandled

as Bill Dana

1935

The Arizonian

as Clay Tallant

1934

Stingaree

as Stingaree

1931

Secret Service

as Lewis Dumont

1934

1930

1932

The Conquerors

as Roger Standish / Roger Lennox

1939

Reno

as William Shayne

1943

Top Man

as Tom Warren

1939

1932

1930

Shooting Straight

as Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters

1940

The Marines Fly High

as Lt. Danny Darrick

1925

Men and Women

as Will Prescott

1924

Icebound

as Ben Jordan

1923

The Christian

as John Storm

1928

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Robert Parker

1937

The Devil Is Driving

as Paul Driscoll

1936

Yellow Dust

as Bob Culpepper

1923

Souls for Sale

as Frank Claymore

1933

The Great Jasper

as Jasper Horn

1937

Devil's Playground

as Jack Dorgan

1936

Devil's Squadron

as Paul Redmond

1934

West of the Pecos

as Pecos Smith

1940

Cherokee Strip

as Marshal Dave Lovell

1933

No Marriage Ties

as Bruce Foster

1941

The Roundup

as Steve Payson

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Richard Dix

1926

The Quarterback

as Jack Stone

1925

Too Many Kisses

as Richard Gaylord, Jr.

1925

The Lucky Devil

as Randy Farnum

1926

Fascinating Youth

as Richard Dix

1926

Let's Get Married

as Billy Dexter

1928

Warming Up

as Bert Tulliver

1924

The Stranger

as Larry Darrant

1931

Young Donovan's Kid

as Jim Donovan

1923

The Call of the Canyon

as Glenn Kilbourne

1923

To the Last Man

as Jean Isbel

1925

The Shock Punch

as Randall Lee Savage

1928

Moran of the Marines

as Michael Moran

1927

Knockout Reilly

as Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly

1925

A Man Must Live

as Geoffrey Farnell

1922

The Bonded Woman

as Lee Marvin

1929

The Wheel of Life

as Capt. Leslie Yeullet

1922

The Wall Flower

as Walt Breen

1924

Unguarded Women

as Douglas Albright

1924

Sinners in Heaven

as Alan Croft

1917

One of Many

as James Lowery - Butler

1921

Not Guilty

as Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins)

1921

All's Fair in Love

as Bobby Cameron

1921

Dangerous Curve Ahead

as Harley Jones

1924

Manhattan

as Peter Minuit

Production

1921

Not Guilty

as Producer

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