Bruce Bennett
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 the screen, selected Brix to play the title character. Brix, however, broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film Touchdown, so swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. He was mannered, cultured, soft-spoken, a well educated English lord who spoke several languages, and didn't grunt."[4]
Brix shown in the opening credits of the serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935). Due to financial mismanagement, Dearholt had to complete filming of much of the serial back in Hollywood, and Brix, although his travel and daily living expenses in Guatemala were covered throughout the shoot, never received his contracted salary, along with the rest of the cast. The finished film, The New Adventures of Tarzan, was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theatres as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, Tarzan and the Green Goddess, was culled from the footage in 1938.
Fotos
Películas (122)
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017 · Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · James Cody (archive footage)
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996 · Tarzan (archive footage)
Laat de dokter maar schuiven
1980 · John
The Clones
1973 · Clone Lab Assistant
Deadhead Miles
1972 · Johnny Mesquitero
Lassie: Well of Love
1970 · Bert Daniels
Torpedo of Doom
1966 · Lt. Frank Corley
The Outsider
1961 · Gen. Bridges
Fiend of Dope Island
1960 · Charlie Davis, Writer
The Alligator People
1959 · Dr. Eric Lorimer
The Cosmic Man
1959 · Dr. Karl Sorenson
Flaming Frontier
1958 · Capt. Jim Hewson
Ain't No Time for Glory
1957 · Lt. Col. Steven Granville
Three Violent People
1956 · Commissioner Harrison
Love Me Tender
1956 · Maj. Kincaid
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956 · Daniel Boone
The Three Outlaws
1956 · Charlie Trenton
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Brand
Hidden Guns
1956 · Stragg
Robbers' Roost
1955 · 'Bull' Herrick
Strategic Air Command
1955 · Gen. Espy
The Big Tip Off
1955 · Bob Gilmore
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · Dr. Stephen Cottrell
With This Ring
1954 · Frederick C. Miller
Dream Wife
1953 · Charlie Elkwood
Sudden Fear
1952 · Steve Kearney
Angels in the Outfield
1951 · Saul Hellman
The Last Outpost
1951 · Col. Jeb Britton
The Great Missouri Raid
1951 · Cole Younger
The Second Face
1950 · Paul Curtis
Shakedown
1950 · David Glover
Mystery Street
1950 · Dr. McAdoo
Undertow
1949 · Reckling
Without Honor
1949 · Fred Bandle
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Dr. Alfred Norton
The House Across the Street
1949 · Matthew J. Keever
The Younger Brothers
1949 · Jim Younger
To the Victor
1948 · Henderson
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948 · Marty Fain
Silver River
1948 · Stanley Moore
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · James Cody
Dark Passage
1947 · Bob
Cheyenne
1947 · Ed Landers
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Dr. Joel Merriam
The Man I Love
1946 · San Thomas
A Stolen Life
1946 · Jack R. Talbot
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946 · Prison Guard (archive footage)
Danger Signal
1945 · Dr. Andrew Lang
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Albert 'Bert' Pierce
I'm from Arkansas
1944 · Bob Hamlin
U-Boat Prisoner
1944 · Archie Gibbs
There's Something About a Soldier
1943 · Frank Molloy
Sahara
1943 · Waco Hoyt
Frontier Fury
1943 · Clem Hawkins (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
1943 · FBI Agent Evans
Murder in Times Square
1943 · Supai George
Underground Agent
1942 · Lee Graham
Sabotage Squad
1942 · Lieutenant John Cronin
Atlantic Convoy
1942 · Capt. Morgan
Submarine Raider
1942 · 1st Office Russell
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942 · Tommy Lydel
Honolulu Lu
1941 · Skelly
Three Girls About Town
1941 · Reporter
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Bob Conlon
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941 · Federal Agent
Dutiful But Dumb
1941 · Vulgarian Soldier in General's Office (uncredited)
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941 · Prison Guard / Truck Driver (uncredited)
The Phantom Submarine
1940 · Paul Sinclair
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Scotty
West of Abilene
1940 · Frank Garfield
No Census, No Feeling
1940 · Football Player #20 (uncredited)
Glamour for Sale
1940 · Cop (uncredited)
The Spook Speaks
1940 · Mordini's former assistant
Before I Hang
1940 · Dr. Paul Ames
The Secret Seven
1940 · Patrick Norris
How High Is Up?
1940 · Workman with Leaky Lunchpail (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
1940 · Officer Sullavan
The Taming of the Snood
1940 · Detective
Babies for Sale
1940 · Policeman
Boobs in the Woods
1940 · Park Ranger (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940 · McManus
Island of Doomed Men
1940 · Hazen - Guard (uncredited)
Escape to Glory
1940 · Ship's gunnery officer
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Prison Warden
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · State Trooper (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver
1940 · Bert Rogers
Blazing Six Shooters
1940 · Geologist Winthrop
The Heckler
1940 · Ole Margarine
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940 · Jim - King's Chauffeur
Convicted Woman
1940 · Reporter (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940 · Budge
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Rich Man (uncredited)
My Son Is Guilty
1939 · Lefty
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · Tom - King's Chauffeur
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939 · Tiny Dawson
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938 · Lincoln Rand Jr / Kioga
Land of Fighting Men
1938 · Fred Mitchell
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938 · Lieutenant Frank Corby
Tarzan and the Green Goddess
1938 · Tarzan
The Lone Ranger
1938 · Bert Rogers
Amateur Crook
1937 · Jimmy Baxter
Danger Patrol
1937 · Joe
Sky Racket
1937 · Eric Lane - Agent 17
Million Dollar Racket
1937 · Larry Duane
Flying Fists
1937 · Hal "Chopper' Donovan, aka Hal Smith
A Million to One
1936 · Johnny Kent
Silks and Saddles
1936 · Jimmy Shay
Two Minutes to Play
1936 · Martin Granville
Shadow of Chinatown
1936 · Martin Andrews
Shadow of Chinatown
1936 · Martin Andrews
The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935 · Tarzan
The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935 · Tarzan
Student Tour
1934 · Hercules
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Man on Ticket Line (uncredited)
Treasure Island
1934 · Man at Tavern (uncredited)
Riptide
1934 · Man at Cannes Bar (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933 · Train Passenger (uncredited)
College Humor
1933 · Student
Movie Crazy
1932 · Dinner Guest (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Series (15)
Branded
1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Gen. Adams
The Virginian
1962 · Silas Graham
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Texan
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Lawrence Balfour, Dan Morgan, Matt Lambert, Malone, Reve Watson
Panic!
1957
West Point
1956
Damon Runyon Theater
1955 · Professor Woodhead
Lassie
1954
Stories of the Century
1954 · William Clark Charles Quantrill
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Seth Ranson
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Abe Lincoln
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Judge Paul Maston
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Dr. Grant, Ben Archer