Tom Mix
Actor
- Born
- January 6, 1880 · Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- October 12, 1940 (age 60)
The native of Mix Run, Pa., became a star with his first feature, 1910’s “Ranch Life in the Great Southwest.” An expert shot, cattle wrangler and horseman, Mix made some 160 cowboy silent Saturday matinee films in the 1920s always playing the man in the white hat who saved the day. Even his trusty steed Tony “The Wonder Horse” became a superstar receiving countless fan mail from kids.
In 1932, he returned to films, making nine talkies at Universal. His last screen appearance was in the 1935 15-part serial, “The Miracle Rider.” In 1940, he died at age 60 in a car crash in Arizona. A memorial is at the site of his death on California 79 near Florence. “The Wonder Horse” died two years later.
Known for
Sky High
January 15, 1922
The Great K&A Train Robbery
October 17, 1926
Riders of the Purple Sage
March 15, 1925
North of Hudson Bay
November 18, 1923
Dick Turpin
February 1, 1925
Rodeo Dough
November 9, 1940
An Angelic Attitude
August 5, 1916
The Heart of Texas Ryan
February 25, 1917
Tom and Jerry
September 3, 1917
The Big Diamond Robbery
May 13, 1929
The Miracle Rider
April 11, 1935
Teeth
November 2, 1924
Acting267
- 1990Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend as himself
- 1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- 1961The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)
- 1953Yesterday and Today as (archive footage)
- 1940Rodeo Dough as Tom Mix
- 1939The Adventures of the Masked Phantom as Rider (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1935The Miracle Rider as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
- 1933Gordon of Ghost City as Rider (archive footage)
- 1933The Rustler's Roundup as Tom Lawson
- 1933