Actor
Tom Mix
January 6, 1880 · Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Often works with
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Tony the Horse
10 titles together
The Great K&A Train Robbery, Riders of the Purple Sage, Rodeo Dough
Sid Jordan
5 titles together
Sky High, Dick Turpin, An Angelic Attitude
Fred Kohler
5 titles together
Riders of the Purple Sage, North of Hudson Bay, Dick Turpin
Edward Peil Sr.
3 titles together
The Great K&A Train Robbery, Destry Rides Again, Teeth
Duke R. Lee
3 titles together
The Great K&A Train Robbery, Trailin', Flaming Guns
Francis Ford
3 titles together
Destry Rides Again, Gordon of Ghost City, The Rider of Death Valley
Full filmography · 150
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
The Fourth Horseman
as Tom Martin
1932