Acting · b. 1880 · Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA

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 i...

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A Child of the Prairie 1925 The Daredevil 1920 Who's Your Father? 1918 Six Cylinder Love 1917 Tom and Jerry 1917 Starring in Western Stuff 1917 Knight of the Saddle 1917 A Soft Tenderfoot 1917 The Saddle Girth 1917 The Luck That Jealousy Brought 1917 A Roman Cowboy 1917 Hearts and Saddles 1917 The Golden Thought 1916 The Man Within 1916 $5,000 Reward 1916 Too Many Chefs 1916 Along the Border 1916 Crooked Trails 1916 The Canby Hill Outlaws 1916 Twisted Trails 1916 Mistakes Will Happen 1916 A Close Call 1916 An Eventful Evening 1916 Tom's Sacrifice 1916 The Sheriff's Blunder 1916 The Raiders 1916 Tom's Strategy 1916 The Pony Express Rider 1916 The Taming of Grouchy Bill 1916 A Corner in Water 1916 Roping a Sweetheart 1916 Some Duel 1916 Taking a Chance 1916 The Cowpuncher's Peril 1916 A Western Masquerade 1916 Shooting Up the Movies 1916 The Girl of Gold Gulch 1916 Going West to Make Good 1916 An Angelic Attitude 1916 Local Color on the A-1 Ranch 1916 Legal Advice 1916 A Bear of a Story 1916 5,000 Dollar Elopement 1916 A Matrimonial Boomerang 1915 The Man from Texas 1915 On the Eagle Trail 1915 The Chef at Circle G 1915 The Tenderfoot's Triumph 1915 The Brave Deserve the Fair 1915 The Impersonation of Tom 1915 Athletic Ambitions 1915 The Race for a Gold Mine 1915 The Stagecoach Guard 1915 Saved by Her Horse 1915 The Range Girl and the Cowboy 1915 How Weary Went Wooing 1915 Mrs. Murphy's Cooks 1915 Her Slight Mistake 1915 Ma's Girls 1915 Never Again 1915 Foreman of Bar Z Ranch 1915 The Foreman's Choice 1915 The Conversion of Smiling Tom 1915 The Girl and the Mail Bag 1915 The Outlaw's Bride 1915 Getting a Start in Life 1915 With the Aid of the Law 1915 The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl 1915 Pals in Blue 1915 The Heart of the Sheriff 1915 The Legal Light 1915 The Man Hunt! 1915 Slim Higgins 1915 Bill Haywood, Producer 1915 Harold's Bad Man 1915 The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race 1915 Forked Trails 1915 An Arizona Wooing 1915 Sage Brush Tom 1915 Roping a Bride 1915 Using HIs Brain 1915 Cactus Jim's Shop Girl 1915 The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch 1915 Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor 1914 Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker 1914 The Man from the East 1914 Saved by a Watch 1914 The Rival Stage Lines 1914 The Scapegoat 1914 The Sheriff's Reward 1914 The Ranger's Romance 1914 Jimmy Hayes and Muriel 1914 The Mexican 1914 The Way of the Redman 1914 The Telltale Knife 1914 The Moving Picture Cowboy 1914 The Real Thing in Cowboys 1914
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