Tom Mix
Actor
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.
Filmography
Sky High
as Grant Newbury 1922
The Great K&A Train Robbery
as Tom Gordon 1926
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Carson 1925
North of Hudson Bay
as Micheal Dane 1923
An Angelic Attitude
as Tom Miller 1916
Tom and Jerry
as The Foreman 1917
The Big Diamond Robbery
as Tom Markham 1929
Dick Turpin
as Dick Turpin 1925
The Miracle Rider
as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger 1935
Rodeo Dough
as Tom Mix 1940
The Heart of Texas Ryan
as Single Shot Parker 1917
Teeth
as Dave Deering 1924
Destry Rides Again
as Tom Destry 1932
Trailin'
as Anthony Woodbury 1921
Twisted Trails
as Tom Snow 1916
Sallie's Sure Shot
as Injun Sam 1913
Briton and Boer
1909