Richard Dix

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Richard Dix

Richard Dix (born July 18, 1893 in St. Paul , Minnesota , † September 20, 1949 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Ernest Carlton Brimmer ) was an American film and stage actor and film producer .

biography

Richard Dix, born and raised in St. Paul, should have become a surgeon if his father had his way. But his talent and love for acting were already evident in school, and he was also a passionate soccer and baseball player. After a year that Dix spent at the University of Minnesota , he left it and worked briefly in a bank. In order to be able to finance his acting studies, he also worked as an employee in an architecture office. Dix's career was interrupted by his military service in World War I, after which he began to gain experience as an actor on Broadway .

Already seen in a supporting role in a feature film in 1917, his breakthrough came in 1921 with Not Guilty , a 70-minute silent film that Dix also produced. It was to be Dix's first and only work behind the camera, who from then on could be seen in numerous black and white films. In his most labor-intensive year, 1925, he appeared in seven films. His best-known film at that time was the 1923 produced Bible film The Ten Commandments , directed by Cecil B. DeMille .

In 1931 Richard Dix was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Actor for his role in the western Pioneers of the Wild West ( Cimarron ) . Dix also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . He was married twice. From his first marriage to Winifred Coe, which he married on October 20, 1931, came daughter Martha Mary Ellen Dix. After the divorce, 1933, Dix married Virginia Webster on June 29, 1934. The couple had twins, Richard and Robert Dix , in 1935 , and adopted a daughter, Sara Sue.

Richard Dix's success began to wane in the late 1930s, although he was still starring in B-movies. In 1947, Dix retired from acting due to health problems. He had acted in a total of 99 feature films. Two years later he suffered a serious heart attack on a train from New York to Los Angeles, of which he died eight days later at the age of 56.

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  1. ↑ Rob Nixon: The Kansan (1943) Articles at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
personal data
SURNAME Dix, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brimmer, Ernest Carlton (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and theater actor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1949
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA