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Richard Dix was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role in the Best Picture-winning epic, Cimarron (1931).
Birth Name
Ernest Carlton Brimmer
Born
Tuesday, 18 July 1893
Died
Tuesday, 20 September 1949
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Republic Pictures Story | Sam Houston (clip from Man of Conquest (1939)) | 1991 |
| The Thirteenth Hour | Steve Reynolds | 1947 |
| The Secret of the Whistler | Ralph Harrison | 1946 |
| Mysterious Intruder | Don Gale | 1946 |
| Voice of the Whistler | John Carter / John Sinclair | 1945 |
| The Power of the Whistler | William Everest | 1945 |
| The Mark of the Whistler | Lee Selfridge Nugent | 1944 |
| The Whistler | Earl C. Conrad | 1944 |
| The Ghost Ship | Capt. Will Stone | 1943 |
| Top Man | Tom Warren | 1943 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Republic Pictures Story | Sam Houston (clip from Man of Conquest (1939)) | 1991 |
| The Thirteenth Hour | Steve Reynolds | 1947 |
| The Secret of the Whistler | Ralph Harrison | 1946 |
| Mysterious Intruder | Don Gale | 1946 |
| Voice of the Whistler | John Carter / John Sinclair | 1945 |
| The Power of the Whistler | William Everest | 1945 |
| The Mark of the Whistler | Lee Selfridge Nugent | 1944 |
| The Whistler | Earl C. Conrad | 1944 |
| The Ghost Ship | Capt. Will Stone | 1943 |
| Top Man | Tom Warren | 1943 |
| The Kansan | John Bonniwell | 1943 |
| Buckskin Frontier | Stephen Bent / Stephen Brent | 1943 |
| American Empire | Dan Taylor | 1942 |
| Eyes of the Underworld | Police Chief Richard Bryan | 1942 |
| Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Wyatt Earp | 1942 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Wild Bill Hickok / James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok | 1941 |
| The Round Up | Steve Payson | 1941 |
| Cherokee Strip | Marshal Dave Lovell | 1940 |
| Men Against the Sky | Phil Mercedes | 1940 |
| The Marines Fly High | Lt. Danny Darrick | 1940 |
| Reno | William Shayne aka Bill Shear / William Shayne | 1939 |
| Here I Am a Stranger | Duke Allen | 1939 |
| Man of Conquest | Sam Houston | 1939 |
| Twelve Crowded Hours | Nick Green | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Yancey Cravat (edited from 'Cimarron') | 1939 |
| Sky Giant | Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill | 1938 |
| Blind Alibi | Paul Dover | 1938 |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Tim Bart | 1937 |
| The Devil Is Driving | Paul Driscoll | 1937 |
| Devil's Playground | Jack Dorgan | 1937 |
| Special Investigator | William 'Bill' Fenwick, aka Richard 'Dick' Galt / Bill Fenwick | 1936 |
| Devil's Squadron | Paul Redmond | 1936 |
| Yellow Dust | Bob Culpepper | 1936 |
| Transatlantic Tunnel | Richard McAllan / Richard 'Mack' McAllan | 1935 |
| The Arizonian | Clay Tallant | 1935 |
| West of the Pecos | Pecos Smith | 1934 |
| His Greatest Gamble | Phillip Eben / Phillip | 1934 |
| Stingaree | Stingaree | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self | 1934 |
| Day of Reckoning | John Day | 1933 |
| Ace of Aces | 2nd Lt. Rex 'Rocky' Thorne / Rex 'Rocky' Thorne | 1933 |
| No Marriage Ties | Bruce Foster | 1933 |
| The Great Jasper | Jasper Horn | 1933 |
| The Conquerors | Roger Lennox / Roger Standish | 1932 |
| Hell's Highway | Duke Ellis / Frank 'Duke' Ellis | 1932 |
| Roar of the Dragon | Chauncey Carson / Carson | 1932 |
| The Lost Squadron | Captain Gibson / Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson | 1932 |
| Secret Service | Captain Lewis Dumont / Lewis Dumont | 1931 |
| The Public Defender | Pike Winslow | 1931 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| Young Donovan's Kid | Jim Donovan | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Richard Dix | 1931 |
| Cimarron | Yancey Cravat | 1931 |
| Shooting Straight | Larry Sheldon / Ted Walters / Larry Sheldon aka Ted Walters | 1930 |
| Lovin' the Ladies | Peter Darby / Peter | 1930 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | William Halliwell Magee / William Magee | 1929 |
| A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic | Self | 1929 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Robert Bennett | 1929 |
| Redskin | Wing Foot | 1929 |
| The Love Doctor | Dr. Gerald Summer | 1929 |
| Moran of the Marines | Michael Moran | 1928 |
| Warming Up | Bert Tulliver | 1928 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Robert Parker | 1928 |
| Sporting Goods | Richard Shelby | 1928 |
| The Gay Defender | Joaquin Murrieta | 1927 |
| Shanghai Bound | Jim Bucklin | 1927 |
| Man Power | Tom Roberts | 1927 |
| Knockout Reilly | Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly | 1927 |
| The Quarterback | Jack Stone | 1926 |
| Say It Again | Bob Howard | 1926 |
| Fascinating Youth | Richard Dix | 1926 |
| The Vanishing American | Nophaie | 1926 |
| Womanhandled | Bill Dana | 1925 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | William Magee | 1925 |
| The Lucky Devil | Randy Farnum | 1925 |
| Men and Women | Will Prescott | 1925 |
| A Man Must Live | Geoffrey Farnell | 1925 |
| Sinners in Heaven | Alan Croft | 1924 |
| Icebound | Ben Jordan | 1924 |
| The Stranger | Larry Darrant | 1924 |
| The Call of the Canyon | Glenn Kilbourne | 1923 |
| The Ten Commandments | John McTavish - Her Son / John McTavish | 1923 |
| The Woman with Four Faces | Richard Templar | 1923 |
| Souls for Sables | Frank Claymore | 1923 |
| Souls for Sale | Frank Claymore | 1923 |
| Quicksands | Lt. Bill | 1923 |
| The Christian | John Storm | 1923 |
| Fools First | Tommy Frazer | 1922 |
| Yellow Men and Gold | Parrish | 1922 |
| The Poverty of Riches | John Colby | 1921 |
| Dangerous Curve Ahead | Harley Jones | 1921 |
| All's Fair in Love | Bobby Cameron | 1921 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1931 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
