Richard Dix

Richard Dix Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: July 18, 1893

Death Date: September 20, 1949

Birth Place: St. Paul, Minnesota

Richard Dix began his acting career appearing in various films, such as "Dangerous Curve Ahead" (1921), the Boardman Eleanor drama "Souls For Sale" (1923) and "The Ten Commandments" (1923). He also appeared in "The Vanishing American" (1925), "The Quarterback" (1926) and "Shanghai Bound" (1927). Richard Dix was nominated for an Actor Academy Award for "Cimarron" in 1931. He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in "The Lost Squadron" (1932), "The Great Jasper" (1933) and "Ace of Aces" (1933). He also appeared in "No Marriage Ties" (1933).

Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in "Man of Conquest" (1939), "Twelve Crowded Hours" (1939) and "Cherokee Strip" (1940). He also appeared in "The Round-Up" (1941) and "American Empire" (1942). Richard Dix was most recently credited in "The Trial of Standing Bear" (PBS, 1988-89). Richard Dix was married to Virginia Webster and had four children. Richard Dix passed away in September 1949 at the age of 56.

Credits

The Thirteenth Hour

Actor
Steve Reynolds
Movie
1947

Mysterious Intruder

Actor
Don Gale
Movie
1946

Secret of the Whistler

Actor
Ralph Harrison
Movie
1946

The Power of the Whistler

Actor
William Everest
Movie
1945

Voice of the Whistler

Actor
John Sinclair / John Carter
Movie
1945

The Mark of the Whistler

Actor
Lee Selfridge Nugent
Movie
1944

The Whistler

Actor
Earl C. Conrad
Movie
1944

Buckskin Frontier

Actor
Stephen Bent
Movie
1943

The Kansan

Actor
John Bonniwell
Movie
1943

Top Man

Actor
Tom Warren
Movie
1943

Ghost Ship

Actor
Capt. Will Stone
Movie
1943

Eyes of the Underworld

Actor
Police Chief Richard Bryan
Movie
1943

Tombstone

Actor
Wyatt Earp
Movie
1942

American Empire

Actor
Dan Taylor
Movie
1942

Badlands of Dakota

Actor
Wild Bill Hickok
Movie
1941

The Roundup

Actor
Steve Payson
Movie
1941

The Marines Fly High

Actor
Lt. Danny Darrick
Movie
1940

Cherokee Strip

Actor
Marshal Dave Lowell
Movie
1940

Men Against the Sky

Actor
Phil Mercedes
Movie
1940

Twelve Crowded Hours

Actor
Nick Green
Movie
1939

Reno

Actor
Bill Shear aka William "Bill" Shayne
Movie
1939

Man of Conquest

Actor
Sam Houston
Movie
1939

Here I Am a Stranger

Actor
Duke Allen
Movie
1939

Blind Alibi

Actor
Paul Dover
Movie
1938

Sky Giant

Actor
Capt. W.R. `'Stag'` Cahill
Movie
1938

It Happened in Hollywood

Actor
Tim Bart
Movie
1937

The Devil Is Driving

Actor
Paul Driscoll
Movie
1937

Devil's Playground

Actor
Jack Dorgan
Movie
1937

Special Investigator

Actor
William "Bill" Fenwick, aka Richard "Dick" Galt
Movie
1936

Yellow Dust

Actor
Bob Culpepper
Movie
1936

Devil's Squadron

Actor
Paul Redmond
Movie
1936

West of the Pecos

Actor
Pecos Smith
Movie
1935

Transatlantic Tunnel

Actor
Richard "Mack" McAllan
Movie
1935

The Arizonian

Actor
Clay Tallant
Movie
1935

Stingaree

Actor
Stingaree
Movie
1934

His Greatest Gamble

Actor
Phillip Eden
Movie
1934

No Marriage Ties

Actor
Bruce Foster
Movie
1933

Great Jasper

Actor
Jasper Horn
Movie
1933

Day of Reckoning

Actor
John Day
Movie
1933

Ace of Aces

Actor
2nd Lt. Rex "Rocky" Thorne
Movie
1933

Roar of the Dragon

Actor
Captain Chauncey Carson
Movie
1932

Hell's Highway

Actor
Duke Ellis
Movie
1932

Pioneer Builders

Actor
Roger Standish
Movie
1932

The Lost Squadron

Actor
Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson
Movie
1932

The Conquerors

Actor
Roger Standish
Movie
1932

Secret Service

Actor
Captain Lewis Dumont
Movie
1931

The Public Defender

Actor
Pike Winslow
Movie
1931

CimarronStream

Actor
Yancey Cravat
Movie
1931
50%

Lovin' the Ladies

Actor
Peter Darby
Movie
1930

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Actor
William Halliwell Magee
Movie
1930

Shooting Straight

Actor
Larry Sheldon/Ted Walters
Movie
1930

Nothing but the Truth

Actor
Robert Bennett
Movie
1929

Redskin

Actor
Wingfoot
Movie
1929

Shanghai Bound

Actor
Jim Bucklin
Movie
1927

The Quarterback

Actor
Movie
1926

The Lucky Devil

Actor
Movie
1925

Too Many Kisses

Actor
Richard Gaylord Jr.
Movie
1925

The Vanishing American

Actor
Nophaie
Movie
1925

Racing Hearts

Actor
Robby Smith
Movie
1923

Souls for Sale

Actor
Frank Claymore
Movie
1923

The Ten Commandments

Actor
John McTavish
Movie
1923

Dangerous Curve Ahead

Actor
Harley Jones
Movie
1921