Tom Mix
Born: 1880-01-06
• 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.
Filmography
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
It's Showtime
The 10 from Texas
Yesterday and Today
Rodeo Dough
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
The Miracle Rider
Gordon of Ghost City
The Rustler's Roundup
Terror Trail
The Film Parade
Flaming Guns
Hidden Gold
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
The Fourth Horseman
The Texas Bad Man
The Rider of Death Valley
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Destry Rides Again
My Pal, the King
The Big Diamond Robbery
The Drifter
Outlawed
King Cowboy
The Son of the Golden West
Painted Post
Hello Cheyenne!
Horseman of the Plains
Daredevil's Reward
The Arizona Wildcat
Silver Valley
Life in Hollywood No. 4
Tumbling River
The Circus Ace
Outlaws of Red River
The Broncho Twister
The Last Trail
The Canyon of Light
The Great K&A Train Robbery
No Man's Gold
Hard Boiled
Tony Runs Wild
My Own Pal
The Yankee Señor
The Best Bad Man
The Everlasting Whisper
The Lucky Horseshoe
A Child of the Prairie
The Rainbow Trail
Riders of the Purple Sage
Dick Turpin
The Deadwood Coach
Teeth
Oh, You Tony!
The Last of the Duanes
The Heart Buster
The Trouble Shooter
Ladies to Board
Eyes of the Forest
Mile-a-Minute Romeo
North of Hudson Bay
The Lone Star Ranger
Soft Boiled
Stepping Fast
Three Jumps Ahead
Romance Land
Catch My Smoke
Arabia
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Do and Dare
Just Tony
For Big Stakes
The Fighting Streak
Up and Going
Chasing the Moon
Sky High
Trailin'
The Rough Diamond
The Night Horsemen
After Your Own Heart
Big Town Round-Up
A Ridin' Romeo
Hands Off!
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
The Road Demon
Prairie Trails
The Texan
The Untamed
3 Gold Coins
The Terror
Desert Love
The Daredevil
The Cyclone
The Feud
The Speed Maniac
Rough-Riding Romance
The Wilderness Trail
The Coming of the Law
Fighting for Gold
Hell-Roarin' Reform