Tom Mix
Known for Acting
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
The Best Bad Man
1925
as Hugh Nichols
Sky High
1922
as Grant Newbury
Willie
1914
as Cowpuncher
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Gordon of Ghost City
1933
as Rider (archive footage)
The Fourth Horseman
1932
as Tom Martin
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925
as Tom Foster
The Miracle Rider
1935
as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
The Texan
1920
as Tex Benton
The Big Diamond Robbery
1929
as Tom Markham
Hello Cheyenne!
1928
as Tom Remington
Hands Off!
1921
as Tex Roberts
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
1914
as Tom Mingle
The Drifter
1929
as Tom McCall
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
1939
as Rider (archive footage) (uncredited)
Terror Trail
1933
as Tom Munroe
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
as Tom Lawson
Outlawed
1929
as Tom Manning
My Own Pal
1926
as Tom O'Hara
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)