Richard Dix
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1893-07-18
- Died
- 1949-09-20
- Place of birth
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Also known as
- Ernest Carlton Brimmer
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 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.
Known For
Movies (101)
The Conquerors
1932
as Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
Ace of Aces
1933
as Rex 'Rocky' Thorne
Stingaree
1934
as Stingaree
The Quarterback
1926
as Jack Stone
Racing Hearts
1923
as Robby Smith
Cimarron
1931
as Yancey Cravat
The Ten Commandments
1923
as John McTavish
The Stranger
1924
as Larry Darrant
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as John Sinclair / John Carter
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
as Ralph Harrison
American Empire
1942
as Dan Taylor
Hell's Highway
1932
as Frank 'Duke' Ellis
The Gay Defender
1927
as Joaquin Murrieta
The Roundup
1941
as Steve Payson
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as Don Gale
Devil's Playground
1937
as Jack Dorgan
The Whistler
1944
as Earl C. Conrad
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
The Wall Flower
1922
as Walt Breen
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929
as William Magee
The Tunnel
1935
as Richard 'Mack' McAllan
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
as Wyatt Earp
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Richard Dix
Reno
1939
as William Shayne
Souls for Sale
1923
as Frank Claymore
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Tim Bart
Secret Service
1931
as Lewis Dumont
The Kansan
1943
as John Bonniwell
Sporting Goods
1928
as Richard Shelby
Cherokee Strip
1940
as Marshal Dave Lovell
The Lost Squadron
1932
as Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Lee Selfridge Nugent
The Ghost Ship
1943
as Capt. Will Stone
Blind Alibi
1938
as Paul Dover
Sky Giant
1938
as Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
as Police Chief Richard Bryan
The Vanishing American
1925
as Nophaie
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as Nick Green
To the Last Man
1923
as Jean Isbel
Quicksands
1923
as Lt. Bill
Special Investigator
1936
as Bill Fenwick
The Glorious Fool
1922
as Billy Grant
The Arizonian
1935
as Clay Tallant
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
as Jim Donovan
The Christian
1923
as John Storm
Shooting Straight
1930
as Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters
Yellow Dust
1936
as Bob Culpepper
West of the Pecos
1934
as Pecos Smith
Man Power
1927
as Tom Roberts
Top Man
1943
as Tom Warren
Man of Conquest
1939
as Sam Houston
Not Guilty
1921
as Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins)
The Power of the Whistler
1945
as William Everest
Roar of the Dragon
1932
as Carson
Men Against the Sky
1940
as Phil Mercedes
Day of Reckoning
1933
as John Day
The Call of the Canyon
1923
as Glenn Kilbourne
The Sin Flood
1922
as Bill Bear
No Marriage Ties
1933
as Bruce Foster
A Man Must Live
1925
as Geoffrey Farnell
The Public Defender
1931
as Pike Winslow
Devil's Squadron
1936
as Paul Redmond
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as Duke Allen
Shanghai Bound
1927
as Jim Bucklin
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
as Steve Reynolds
Paradise for Two
1927
as Steve Porter
One of Many
1917
as James Lowery - Butler
All's Fair in Love
1921
as Bobby Cameron
A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
1929
as Self
Icebound
1924
as Ben Jordan
Say It Again
1926
as Bob Howard
Easy Come, Easy Go
1928
as Robert Parker
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as Stephen Brent
The Great Jasper
1933
as Jasper Horn
The Wheel of Life
1929
as Capt. Leslie Yeullet
Redskin
1929
as Wing Foot
Manhattan
1924
as Peter Minuit
Moran of the Marines
1928
as Michael Moran
Knockout Reilly
1927
as Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Richard Dix
Warming Up
1928
as Bert Tulliver
The Marines Fly High
1940
as Lt. Danny Darrick
The Shock Punch
1925
as Randall Lee Savage
Let's Get Married
1926
as Billy Dexter
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
as Harley Jones
The Lucky Devil
1925
as Randy Farnum
The Devil Is Driving
1937
as Paul Driscoll
The Bonded Woman
1922
as Lee Marvin
His Greatest Gamble
1934
as Phillip
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Peter
Fools First
1922
as Tommy Frazer
Yellow Men and Gold
1922
as Parrish
Womanhandled
1925
as Bill Dana
The Love Doctor
1929
as Dr. Gerald Summer
Men and Women
1925
as Will Prescott
Unguarded Women
1924
as Douglas Albright
Nothing but the Truth
1929
as Robert Bennett
Sinners in Heaven
1924
as Alan Croft
The Woman with Four Faces
1923
as Richard Templar
Too Many Kisses
1925
as Richard Gaylord, Jr.
The Poverty of Riches
1921
as John Colby
About 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 M… With 101 credits spanning from 1917 to 1947, Richard Dix has appeared in 101 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Conquerors (1932) — as Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
- Ace of Aces (1933) — as Rex 'Rocky' Thorne
- Stingaree (1934) — as Stingaree
- The Quarterback (1926) — as Jack Stone
- Racing Hearts (1923) — as Robby Smith
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