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The Thirteenth Hour

as Steve Reynolds

1947
Mysterious Intruder

as Don Gale

1946
The Secret of the Whistler

as Ralph Harrison

1946
The Power of the Whistler

as William Everest

1945
Voice of the Whistler

as John Sinclair / John Carter

1945
The Whistler

as Earl C. Conrad

1944
The Kansan

as John Bonniwell

1943
Top Man

as Tom Warren

1943
American Empire

as Dan Taylor

1942
Eyes of the Underworld

as Police Chief Richard Bryan

1942
Badlands Of Dakota

as James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok

1941
Men Against the Sky

as Phil Mercedes

1940
The Marines Fly High

as Lt. Danny Darrick

1940
Cherokee Strip

as Marshal Dave Lovell

1940
Twelve Crowded Hours

as Nick Green

1939
Man of Conquest

as Sam Houston

1939
Sky Giant

as Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill

1938
Blind Alibi

as Paul Dover

1938
Devil's Playground

as Jack Dorgan

1937
Special Investigator

as Bill Fenwick

1936
Yellow Dust

as Bob Culpepper

1936
Devil's Squadron

as Paul Redmond

1936
The Tunnel

as Richard 'Mack' McAllan

1935
Stingaree

as Stingaree

1934
Ace of Aces

as Rex 'Rocky' Thorne

1933
Day of Reckoning

as John Day

1933
Hell's Highway

as Frank 'Duke' Ellis

1932
The Lost Squadron

as Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

1932
Roar of the Dragon

as Carson

1932
Richard Dix Richard Dix

Birthday

1893-07-18

Place of Birth

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.
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