Tom Mix
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.
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Also Known As
Movies (50)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
as himself
1990
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
1961
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1953
Rodeo Dough
as Tom Mix
1940
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
as Rider (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939
The Miracle Rider
as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
1935
Gordon of Ghost City
as Rider (archive footage)
1933
The Rustler's Roundup
as Tom Lawson
1933
Terror Trail
as Tom Munroe
1933
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Flaming Guns
as Tom Malone
1932
Hidden Gold
as Tom Marley
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
1932
The Fourth Horseman
as Tom Martin
1932
The Texas Bad Man
as Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop
1932
The Rider of Death Valley
as Tom Rigby
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
1932
Destry Rides Again
as Tom Destry
1932
My Pal, the King
as Tom Reed
1932
The Big Diamond Robbery
as Tom Markham
1929
The Drifter
as Tom McCall
1929
Outlawed
as Tom Manning
1929
King Cowboy
as Tex Rogers
1928
The Son of the Golden West
as Tom Hardy
1928
Painted Post
as Tom Blake
1928
Hello Cheyenne!
as Tom Remington
1928
Horseman of the Plains
as Tom Swift
1928
Daredevil's Reward
as Tom Hardy
1928
The Arizona Wildcat
as Tom Phelan
1927
Silver Valley
as Tom Tracey
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 4
1927
Tumbling River
as Tom Gieer
1927
The Circus Ace
as Tom Terry
1927
Outlaws of Red River
as Tom Morley
1927
The Broncho Twister
as Tom Mason
1927
The Last Trail
as Tom Dane
1927
The Canyon of Light
as Tom Mills
1926
The Great K&A Train Robbery
as Tom Gordon
1926
No Man's Gold
as Tom Stone
1926
Hard Boiled
as Tom Bouden
1926
Tony Runs Wild
as Tom Trent
1926
My Own Pal
as Tom O'Hara
1926
The Yankee Señor
as Paul Wharton
1926
The Best Bad Man
as Hugh Nichols
1925
The Everlasting Whisper
as Mark King
1925
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Tom Foster
1925
A Child of the Prairie
as Square Deal Tom
1925
The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Carson
1925