Richard Dix
Acting
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,…
Filmography
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The Thirteenth Hour
1947
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Mysterious Intruder
1946
Voice of the Whistler
1945
The Power of the Whistler
1945
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
The Whistler
1944
The Ghost Ship
1943
Top Man
1943
The Kansan
1943
Buckskin Frontier
1943
American Empire
1942
Eyes of the Underworld
1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
Badlands of Dakota
1941
The Roundup
1941
Cherokee Strip
1940
Men Against the Sky
1940
The Marines Fly High
1940
Reno
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
Man of Conquest
1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
Sky Giant
1938
Blind Alibi
1938
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
The Devil Is Driving
1937
Devil's Playground
1937
Special Investigator
1936
Devil's Squadron
1936
Yellow Dust
1936
The Tunnel
1935
The Arizonian
1935
West of the Pecos
1934
His Greatest Gamble
1934
Stingaree
1934
Day of Reckoning
1933
Ace of Aces
1933
No Marriage Ties
1933
The Great Jasper
1933
The Conquerors
1932
Hell's Highway
1932
Roar of the Dragon
1932
The Lost Squadron
1932
Secret Service
1931
The Public Defender
1931
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
The Stolen Jools
1931
Cimarron
1931
Shooting Straight
1930
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929
Redskin
1929
The Wheel of Life
1929
A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
1929
Nothing but the Truth
1929
The Love Doctor
1929
Moran of the Marines
1928
Warming Up
1928
Easy Come, Easy Go
1928
Sporting Goods
1928
The Gay Defender
1927
Shanghai Bound
1927
Man Power
1927
Knockout Reilly
1927
Paradise for Two
1927
The Quarterback
1926
Say It Again
1926
Fascinating Youth
1926
Let's Get Married
1926
Womanhandled
1925
The Vanishing American
1925
The Lucky Devil
1925
Men and Women
1925
The Shock Punch
1925
A Man Must Live
1925
Too Many Kisses
1925
Manhattan
1924
Sinners in Heaven
1924
Unguarded Women
1924