Tom Mix
Born January 06, 1880 (Age: 146)
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Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1990
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as himself
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Age: 110
The 10 from Texas
1961
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Flaming Guns
1932
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as Tom Malone
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Age: 52
Hidden Gold
1932
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as Tom Marley
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Age: 52
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
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as Self
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Age: 52
The Fourth Horseman
1932
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as Tom Martin
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Age: 52
The Texas Bad Man
1932
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as Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop
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Age: 52
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
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as Tom Rigby
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Age: 52
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Destry Rides Again
1932
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as Tom Destry
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Age: 52
My Pal, the King
1932
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as Tom Reed
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Age: 52
Fame and Fortune
1918
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as Clay Burgess
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Age: 38
Who's Your Father?
1918
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as Tom Hartrigger
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Age: 38
Ace High
1918
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as Jean Rivard
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Age: 38
Six-Shooter Andy
1918
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as Andy Crawford
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Age: 38
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
1911
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as Pop Lynd, Owner of Bingo Gulch Ranch
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Age: 31
A Romance of the Rio Grande
1911
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as Tom Wilson, a Texas Ranger
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Age: 31
Western Hearts
1911
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as Sheriff Strong
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Age: 31
Told in Colorado
1911
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as Bill Higgins, a Miner
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Age: 31
Dad's Girls
1911
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as Tom Ralston, the Gambler
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Age: 31
Life on the Border
1911
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as Indian Chief
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Age: 31
Saved by the Pony Express
1911
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as The Pony Express Rider
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Age: 31
Captain Kate
1911
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as Loyal Native
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Age: 31
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
1911
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as Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian
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Age: 31
Back to the Primitive
1911
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as
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Age: 31
In Old California When the Gringos Came
1911
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as
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Age: 31
The Cowboy and the Shrew
1911
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as The Sheriff
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Age: 31
The Man from the East
1911
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as
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Age: 31