Richard Dix
Birthday
1893/07/18
Day of death
1949/09/20 (56 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also know 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 ...Read more
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) Mysterious Intruder
as Don Gale
(1946) The Secret of the Whistler
as Ralph Harrison
(1944) The Mark of the Whistler
as Lee Selfridge Nugent
(1945) The Power of the Whistler
as William Everest
(1945) Voice of the Whistler
as John Sinclair / John Carter
(1931) Cimarron
as Yancey Cravat
(1921) The Poverty of Riches
as John Colby
(1922) Yellow Men and Gold
as Parrish
(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) The Woman with Four Faces
as Richard Templar
(1923) Racing Hearts
as Robby Smith
(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
(1927) The Gay Defender
as Joaquin Murrieta
(1928) Sporting Goods
as Richard Shelby
(1929) The Love Doctor
as Dr. Gerald Summer
(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) Twelve Crowded Hours
as Nick Green
(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
(1925) The Vanishing American
as Nophaie
(1929) Redskin
as Wing Foot
(1929) Nothing But the Truth
as Robert Bennett
(1937) It Happened in Hollywood
as Tim Bart
(1931) The Public Defender
as Pike Winslow
(1933) Day of Reckoning
as John Day
(1939) Man of Conquest
as Sam Houston
(1925) Womanhandled
as Bill Dana
(1934) Stingaree
as Stingaree
(1935) The Arizonian
as Clay Tallant
(1931) Secret Service
as Lewis Dumont
(1929) A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
as Self
(1934) His Greatest Gamble
as Phillip
(1930) Lovin' the Ladies
as Peter
(1932) The Conquerors
as Roger Standish / Roger Lennox
(1939) Reno
as William Shayne
(1943) Top Man
as Tom Warren
(1939) Here I Am a Stranger
as Duke Allen
(1932) Roar of the Dragon
as Carson
(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
(1942) Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Wyatt Earp
(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) To the Last Man
as Jean Isbel
(1923) The Call of the Canyon
as Glenn Kilbourne
(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