Tom Mix
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.
Acting
Movie
Sky High
as Grant Newbury
1922
Movie
The Great K&A Train Robbery
as Tom Gordon
1926
Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Carson
1925
Movie
North of Hudson Bay
as Micheal Dane
1923
Movie
An Angelic Attitude
as Tom Miller
1916
Movie
The Big Diamond Robbery
as Tom Markham
1929
Movie
Dick Turpin
as Dick Turpin
1925
Movie
The Miracle Rider
as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
1935
Movie
Rodeo Dough
as Tom Mix
1940
Movie
The Heart of Texas Ryan
as Single Shot Parker
1917
Movie
Teeth
as Dave Deering
1924
Movie
Tom and Jerry
as The Foreman
1917
Movie
Destry Rides Again
as Tom Destry
1932
Movie
Trailin'
as Anthony Woodbury
1921
Movie
The Rider of Death Valley
as Tom Rigby
1932
Movie
The Texas Bad Man
as Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop
1932
Movie
Gordon of Ghost City
as Rider (archive footage)
1933
Movie
Flaming Guns
as Tom Malone
1932
Movie
A Child of the Prairie
as Square Deal Tom
1925
Movie
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
as Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian
1911
Movie
Life on the Border
as Indian Chief
1911
Movie
Hello Cheyenne!
as Tom Remington
1928
Movie
Three Jumps Ahead
as Steve McLean
1923
Movie
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Crew
Movie
An Angelic Attitude
Writer
1916
Movie
Tom and Jerry
Director
1917
Movie
A Child of the Prairie
Story
1925
Movie
The Escape of Jim Dolan
Story
1913
Movie
The Man from Texas
Director
1915
Movie
Chasing the Moon
Story
1922
Movie
Arabia
Story
1922
Movie
The Daredevil
Story
1920
Movie
The Terror
Story
1920
Movie
Desert Love
Story
1920
Movie
A Ridin' Romeo
Story
1921
Movie
The Law North of 65
Scenario Writer
1917