Richard Dix
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 Paramount's Warming Up (1928), a baseball story and also the studio's 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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The Thirteenth Hour
1947 · Steve Reynolds
The Secret of the Whistler
1946 · Ralph Harrison
Mysterious Intruder
1946 · Don Gale
Voice of the Whistler
1945 · John Sinclair / John Carter
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · William Everest
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Lee Selfridge Nugent
The Whistler
1944 · Earl C. Conrad
The Ghost Ship
1943 · Capt. Will Stone
Top Man
1943 · Tom Warren
The Kansan
1943 · John Bonniwell
Buckskin Frontier
1943 · Stephen Brent
American Empire
1942 · Dan Taylor
Eyes of the Underworld
1942 · Police Chief Richard Bryan
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942 · Wyatt Earp
Badlands of Dakota
1941 · James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
The Roundup
1941 · Steve Payson
Cherokee Strip
1940 · Marshal Dave Lovell
Men Against the Sky
1940 · Phil Mercedes
The Marines Fly High
1940 · Lt. Danny Darrick
Reno
1939 · William Shayne
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · Duke Allen
Man of Conquest
1939 · Sam Houston
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939 · Nick Green
Sky Giant
1938 · Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
Blind Alibi
1938 · Paul Dover
It Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Tim Bart
The Devil Is Driving
1937 · Paul Driscoll
Devil's Playground
1937 · Jack Dorgan
Special Investigator
1936 · Bill Fenwick
Devil's Squadron
1936 · Paul Redmond
Yellow Dust
1936 · Bob Culpepper
The Tunnel
1935 · Richard 'Mack' McAllan
The Arizonian
1935 · Clay Tallant
West of the Pecos
1934 · Pecos Smith
His Greatest Gamble
1934 · Phillip
Stingaree
1934 · Stingaree
Day of Reckoning
1933 · John Day
Ace of Aces
1933 · Rex 'Rocky' Thorne
No Marriage Ties
1933 · Bruce Foster
The Great Jasper
1933 · Jasper Horn
The Conquerors
1932 · Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
Hell's Highway
1932 · Frank 'Duke' Ellis
Roar of the Dragon
1932 · Carson
The Lost Squadron
1932 · Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson
Secret Service
1931 · Lewis Dumont
The Public Defender
1931 · Pike Winslow
Young Donovan's Kid
1931 · Jim Donovan
The Stolen Jools
1931 · Richard Dix
Cimarron
1931 · Yancey Cravat
Shooting Straight
1930 · Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters
Lovin' the Ladies
1930 · Peter
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929 · William Magee
Redskin
1929 · Wing Foot
The Wheel of Life
1929 · Capt. Leslie Yeullet
A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
1929 · Self
Nothing but the Truth
1929 · Robert Bennett
The Love Doctor
1929 · Dr. Gerald Summer
Moran of the Marines
1928 · Michael Moran
Warming Up
1928 · Bert Tulliver
Easy Come, Easy Go
1928 · Robert Parker
Sporting Goods
1928 · Richard Shelby
The Gay Defender
1927 · Joaquin Murrieta
Shanghai Bound
1927 · Jim Bucklin
Man Power
1927 · Tom Roberts
Knockout Reilly
1927 · Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly
Paradise for Two
1927 · Steve Porter
The Quarterback
1926 · Jack Stone
Say It Again
1926 · Bob Howard
Fascinating Youth
1926 · Richard Dix
Let's Get Married
1926 · Billy Dexter
Womanhandled
1925 · Bill Dana
The Vanishing American
1925 · Nophaie
The Lucky Devil
1925 · Randy Farnum
Men and Women
1925 · Will Prescott
The Shock Punch
1925 · Randall Lee Savage
A Man Must Live
1925 · Geoffrey Farnell
Too Many Kisses
1925 · Richard Gaylord, Jr.
Manhattan
1924 · Peter Minuit
Sinners in Heaven
1924 · Alan Croft
Unguarded Women
1924 · Douglas Albright
Icebound
1924 · Ben Jordan
The Stranger
1924 · Larry Darrant
The Call of the Canyon
1923 · Glenn Kilbourne
The Ten Commandments
1923 · John McTavish
To the Last Man
1923 · Jean Isbel
Racing Hearts
1923 · Robby Smith
The Woman with Four Faces
1923 · Richard Templar
Souls for Sale
1923 · Frank Claymore
Quicksands
1923 · Lt. Bill
The Christian
1923 · John Storm
The Sin Flood
1922 · Bill Bear
The Bonded Woman
1922 · Lee Marvin
Fools First
1922 · Tommy Frazer
Yellow Men and Gold
1922 · Parrish
The Wall Flower
1922 · Walt Breen
The Glorious Fool
1922 · Billy Grant
The Poverty of Riches
1921 · John Colby
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921 · Harley Jones
All's Fair in Love
1921 · Bobby Cameron
Not Guilty
1921 · Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins), Producer
One of Many
1917 · James Lowery - Butler
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