Tom Mix (I) (1880–1940)

Actor | Director | Writer

The son of a lumberman, Tom Mix joined the army as a young man and was an artillery sergeant during...

Born: January 6, 1880
Died: October 12, 1940 (age 60)

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Known For

Destry Rides Again Tom Destry (1932)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor The Sheriff (1914)
The Miracle Rider Tom Morgan - Texas Ranger (1935)
Known For

The Great K & A Train Robbery Tom Gordon (1926)
Actor

Rodeo Dough Tom Mix (1940)
The Miracle Rider Tom Morgan - Texas Ranger (1935)
The Rustler's Roundup Tom Lawson (1933)
Terror Trail Tom Munroe (1933)
Flaming Guns Tom Malone (1932)
Hidden Gold Tom Marley (1932)
The Fourth Horseman Tom Martin (1932)
My Pal, the King Tom Reed (1932)
The Texas Bad Man Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop (1932)
The Rider of Death Valley Tom Rigby (1932)
Destry Rides Again Tom Destry (1932)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood Tom Mix (1932)
The Big Diamond Robbery Tom Markham (1929)
The Drifter Tom McCall (1929)
Outlawed Tom Manning (1929)
Hollywood Today No. 4 (1928)
King Cowboy Tex Rogers (1928)
Son of the Golden West Tom Hardy (1928)
Painted Post Tom Blake (1928)
Hello Cheyenne Tom Remington (1928)
Horseman of the Plains Tom Swift (1928)
Daredevil's Reward Tom Hardy (1928)
The Arizona Wildcat Tom Phelan (1927)
Silver Valley Tom Tracey (1927)
Tumbling River Tom Gieer (1927)
The Circus Ace Tom Terry (1927)
Outlaws of Red River Tom Morley (1927)
The Broncho Twister Tom Mason (1927)
The Last Trail Tom Dane (1927)
The Canyon of Light Tom Mills (1926)
The Great K & A Train Robbery Tom Gordon (1926)
No Man's Gold Tom Stone (1926)
A Child of the Prairie Square Deal Tom (1926)
Hard Boiled Tom Bouden (1926)
Tony Runs Wild Tom Trent (1926)
My Own Pal Tom O'Hara (1926)
The Yankee Señor Paul Wharton (1926)
The Best Bad Man Hugh Nichols (1925)
The Everlasting Whisper Mark King (1925)
The Way of the Redman (1925)
The Lucky Horseshoe Tom Foster (1925)
The Rainbow Trail John Shefford (1925)
Pals in Blue (1925)
Riders of the Purple Sage Jim Carson aka Jim Lassiter (1925)
Dick Turpin Dick Turpin (1925)
The Deadwood Coach Tom / The Orphan - in play (1924)
Teeth Dave Deering (1924)
Oh, You Tony! Tom Masters (1924)
The Last of the Duanes Buck Duane (1924)
The Heart Buster Tod Walton (1924)
The Trouble Shooter Tom Steele (1924)
Ladies to Board Tom Faxton (1924)
Eyes of the Forest Bruce Thornton (1923)
North of Hudson Bay Michael Dane (1923)
Mile-a-Minute Romeo Lucky Bill (1923)
The Lone Star Ranger Duane (1923)
Soft Boiled Tom Steele (1923)
Stepping Fast Grant Malvern (1923)
Three Jumps Ahead Steve McLean (1923)
Romance Land 'Pep' Hawkins (1923)
Catch My Smoke Bob Stratton (1922)
Tom Mix in Arabia Billy Evans (1922)
Do and Dare Kit Carson Boone / Henry Boone (1922)
Just Tony Jim Perris (1922)
For Big Stakes 'Clean-up' Sudden (1922)
The Fighting Streak Andrew Lanning (1922)
Up and Going David Brandon (in play) (1922)
Chasing the Moon Dwight Locke (1922)
Sky High Grant Newbury (1922)
Trailin' Anthony Woodbury (1921)
The Rough Diamond Hank Sherman (1921)
The Night Horsemen Whistling Dan (1921)
After Your Own Heart Herbert Parker (1921)
The Big Town Round-Up Larry McBride (1921)
A Ridin' Romeo Jim Rose (1921)
Hands Off! Tex Roberts (1921)
The Road Demon (1921)
Prairie Trails Tex Benton (1920)
The Texan Tex Benton (1920)
The Untamed Whistling Dan (1920)
3 Gold Coins Bob Fleming / Bad Pat Duncan (1920)
Days of Daring (1920)
The Terror Bat Carson (1920)
Desert Love Buck Marston Jr. (1920)
The Daredevil Timothy Atkinson (1920)
The Cyclone Sergeant Tim Ryerson (1920)
The Feud Jere Lynch / John Smith (1919)
The Speed Maniac Billy Porter (1919)
Rough-Riding Romance Phineas Dobbs (1919)
The Wilderness Trail Donald MacTavish (1919)
The Coming of the Law Kent Hollis (1919)
Fighting for Gold Jack Kilmeny (1919)
Hell-Roarin' Reform Tim (1919)
Treat 'Em Rough Ned Ferguson (1919)
Fame and Fortune Clay Burgess (1918)
Mr. Logan, U.S.A. Jim Logan (1918)
Who's Your Father? Tom Hartrigger (1918)
Ace High Jean Rivard (1918)
Western Blood Tex Wilson (1918)
Six-Shooter Andy Andy Crawford (1918)
Cupid's Roundup Larry Kelly (1918)
The Law North of 65 (1917)
Tom and Jerry The Foreman (1917)
Durand of the Bad Lands Clem Alison (1917)
A Soft Tenderfoot The Tenderfoot (1917)
Six Cylinder Love Buck Saunders (1917)
A Roman Cowboy Bud Ballard (1917)
Hearts and Saddles (1917)
The Saddle Girth Tom, a Cowpuncher (1917)
The Heart of Texas Ryan Single Shot (1917)
Delayed in Transit Dell Hawkins (1917)
The Luck That Jealousy Brought Joe Barr (1917)
Starring in Western Stuff Tom Sage (1917)
In the Days of Daring (1916)
The Golden Thought Tom Daton (1916)
Twisted Trails Tom Snow (1916)
Mistakes Will Happen Tom Warner (1916)
The Sheriff's Blunder Hal Whitcomb / Steve Whitcomb (1916)
Tom's Sacrifice Tom Miller (1916)
A Close Call Dick Masters (1916)
An Eventful Evening Jack Winton (1916)
A Mistake in Rustlers Tom (1916)
The Canby Hill Outlaws Tom Gordon (1916)
The Raiders Tom Gardner (1916)
A Corner in Water Tom Smith (1916)
The Pony Express Rider Tom Orbig (1916)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill Tom Merrill (1916)
Tom's Strategy Tom Miller (1916)
Roping a Sweetheart Tom Walker, a Cowpuncher (1916)
A Bear of a Story Tom Wilson (1916)
A Western Masquerade Tom Bruce (1916)
An Angelic Attitude Tom Miller (1916)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch Tom (1916)
Shooting Up the Movies Tom Travis (1916)
Legal Advice Tom (1916)
Some Duel Tom (1916)
The Girl of Gold Gulch Jack Wallace (1916)
Taking a Chance Tom Manton (1916)
The Cowpuncher's Peril Tom Meyers (1916)
Going West to Make Good Tom Gilmore (1916)
Crooked Trails Dick Taylor (1916)
5,000 Dollar Elopement Tom (1916)
$5,000 Reward (1916)
The Man Within Tom Melford (1916)
Too Many Chefs Tom Forde (1916)
Along the Border Tom Martin (1916)
The Passing of Pete Pete (1916)
Making Good Tom (1916)
A Mix-Up in Movies Tom (1916)
The Man Hunt! Lionel (1915)
The Lone Cowboy (1915)
On the Eagle Trail Tom Merry (1915)
The Impersonation of Tom Tom Graves (1915)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph Tommy - the Tenderfoot (1915)
The Chef at Circle G Tom - the Ranch Cook (1915)
Athletic Ambitions Tom - the Wild Man (1915)
The Race for a Gold Mine Tom Cummins (1915)
The Stagecoach Guard Tom - the Stagecoach Guard (1915)
The Brave Deserve the Fair Tom Martin (1915)
The Foreman's Choice Tom Hickson (1915)
The Girl and the Mail Bag Tom Chester (1915)
Her Slight Mistake Bill (1915)
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch Tom (1915)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy Tom (1915)
How Weary Went Wooing Weary (1915)
Never Again Tom (1915)
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch Tom Wallace (1915)
With the Aid of the Law Lee Russell (1915)
The Heart of the Sheriff Sheriff Martin (1915)
Pals in Blue Tom (1915)
Saved by Her Horse Tom Golden (1915)
A Matrimonial Boomerang Tom Champion (1915)
An Arizona Wooing Tom Warner (1915)
The Conversion of Smiling Tom Smilin Tom (1915)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks Buck Martin (1915)
Getting a Start in Life Tom (1915)
The Legal Light Pete (1915)
Ma's Girls The Gambler (1915)
The Outlaw's Bride Richard Sharpe (1915)
Sage Brush Tom Sage Brush Tom (1915)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl Tom, the Stagecoach Driver (1915)
The Man from Texas Texas (1915)
A Child of the Prairie Tom Martin (1915)
Slim Higgins Slim Higgins (1915)
Bill Haywood, Producer Bill Haywood (1915)
Roping a Bride Tom (1915)
Forked Trails Bob Davis (1915)
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race 1st Cowboy Suitor (1915)
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl Cactus Jim (1915)
Harold's Bad Man (1915)
Finish (1914)
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker Bill (1914)
The Man from the East Tom Bates (1914)
Saved by a Watch Tom (1914)
The Rival Stage Lines Harding Martin (1914)
In the Days of the Thundering Herd Tom Mingle (1914)
The Scapegoat Tom Jackson, the Scapegoat (1914)
The Sheriff's Reward The Sheriff (1914)
The Ranger's Romance The Ranger (1914)
The Telltale Knife Tom Mason (1914)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor The Sheriff (1914)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel Jimmy Hayes (1914)
The Mexican The Mexican (1914)
The Way of the Redman The Redman (1914)
The Moving Picture Cowboy Luke Barns (1914)
The Real Thing in Cowboys Wallace Carey (1914)
When the West Was Young Indian Chief (1914)
Chip of the Flying U Claude Bennett aka Chip (1914)
The White Mouse Sergeant Brokaw, N.W.M.P. (1914)
Willie Cowpuncher (1914)
Etienne of the Glad Heart Peter - an Indian (1914)
When the Cook Fell Ill Chip (1914)
The Wilderness Mail The Outlaw (1914)
In Defiance of the Law Cpl. Nome (1914)
The Sheep Runners (1914)
The Little Sister Second Prospector (1914)
A Friend in Need The Ranch Foreman (1914)
By Unseen Hand Chief Jackson (1914)
Mother Love vs Gold Pete Jackson (1913)
Buster's Little Game Pete Wilson (1913)
Physical Culture on the Quarter Circle V Bar Williams (1913)
Cupid in the Cow Camp Bud Reynolds (1913)
The Escape of Jim Dolan Jim Dolan (1913)
The Child of the Prairies Fred Watson (1913)
The Sheriff and the Rustler Joe Wood - the Rustler (1913)
The Schoolmarm's Shooting Match Gray (1913)
A Muddle in Horse Thieves The Horse Thief (1913)
Dishwash Dick's Counterfeit The Rustler (1913)
The Silver Grindstone Saloon Keeper (1913)
Saved from the Vigilantes Squire Beasley (1913)
The Cattle Thief's Escape Pete Becker, a Half Breed (1913)
The Rejected Lover's Luck The Indian (1913)
Howlin' Jones Robledo (1913)
How Betty Made Good The Foreman (1913)
The Good Indian The Indian (1913)
An Apache's Gratitude Tonto (1913)
The Stolen Moccasins Swift Foot (1913)
The Taming of Texas Pete The Half-Breed (1913)
Made a Coward Pete (1913)
Sallie's Sure Shot Injun Sam (1913)
The Marshal's Capture The Halfbreed (1913)
Taming a Tenderfoot Bud Morris (1913)
The Only Chance The Engineer (1913)
The Law and the Outlaw Dakota Joe Wilson (1913)
Religion and Gun Practice Kill Kullen (1913)
His Father's Deputy Ed Hanley (Sam's partner) (1913)
That Mail Order Suit Slim (1913)
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver The Stage Driver (1913)
The Life Timer The Sheriff (1913)
The Sheriff of Yavapai County Apache Frank (crooked gambler) (1913)
Juggling with Fate Andrews the Marshal / Morgan the Outlaw (1913)
The Range Law Cowpuncher (1913)
Outlaw Reward (1912)
The 'Diamond S' Ranch (1912)
The Scapegoat Tom Mason - the Scapegoat (1912)
A Cowboy's Best Girl Bull Stokes, a Rough Cowboy (1912)
The Bully of Bingo Gulch Pop Lynd, Owner of Bingo Gulch Ranch (1911)
A Romance of the Rio Grande Tom Wilson, a Texas Ranger (1911)
The Telltale Knife Tom Mason - a Rustler (1911)
Western Hearts Sheriff Strong (1911)
Lost in the Jungle Undetermined Role (1911)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor Joe Davis, the Sheriff (1911)
Told in Colorado Bill Higgins, a Miner (1911)
Dad's Girls Tom Ralston, the Gambler (1911)
Life on the Border Indian Chief (1911)
Saved by the Pony Express The Pony Express Rider (1911)
Rescued by Her Lions Loyal Native (1911)
The Rose of Old St. Augustine Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian (1911)
Back to the Primitive John Wilton (1911)
In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911)
The Cowboy and the Shrew The Sheriff (1911)
The Man from the East (1911)
Taming Wild Animals (1910)
Pride of the Range (1910)
Two Boys in Blue (1910)
Lost in the Soudan (1910)
Go West, Young Woman, Go West (1910)
The Range Riders (1910)
Trimming of Paradise Gulch One of the Paradise Gulch cowboys (1910)
Actor

Briton and Boer (1909)
Director

A Child of the Prairie (1926)
The Way of the Redman (1925)
Days of Daring (1920)
The Daredevil (1920)
Who's Your Father? (1918)
Tom and Jerry (1917)
A Soft Tenderfoot (1917)
Six Cylinder Love (1917)
A Roman Cowboy (1917)
Hearts and Saddles (1917)
The Saddle Girth (1917)
The Luck That Jealousy Brought (1917)
Starring in Western Stuff (1917)
The Golden Thought (1916)
Twisted Trails (1916)
Mistakes Will Happen (1916)
The Sheriff's Blunder (1916)
Tom's Sacrifice (1916)
A Close Call (1916)
An Eventful Evening (1916)
A Mistake in Rustlers (1916)
The Canby Hill Outlaws (1916)
The Raiders (1916)
A Corner in Water (1916)
The Pony Express Rider (1916)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill (1916)
Tom's Strategy (1916)
Roping a Sweetheart (1916)
A Bear of a Story (1916)
A Western Masquerade (1916)
An Angelic Attitude (1916)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch (1916)
Shooting Up the Movies (1916)
Legal Advice (1916)
Some Duel (1916)
The Girl of Gold Gulch (1916)
Taking a Chance (1916)
The Cowpuncher's Peril (1916)
Going West to Make Good (1916)
Crooked Trails (1916)
5,000 Dollar Elopement (1916)
$5,000 Reward (1916)
The Sheriff's Duty (1916)
The Man Within (1916)
Too Many Chefs (1916)
Along the Border (1916)
Trilby's Love Disaster (1916)
The Passing of Pete (1916)
Making Good (1916)
A Mix-Up in Movies (1916)
The Desert Calls Its Own (1916)
The Man Hunt! (1915)
On the Eagle Trail (1915)
Bad Man Bobbs (1915)
The Impersonation of Tom (1915)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1915)
The Chef at Circle G (1915)
Athletic Ambitions (1915)
The Race for a Gold Mine (1915)
The Stagecoach Guard (1915)
The Brave Deserve the Fair (1915)
The Foreman's Choice (1915)
The Girl and the Mail Bag (1915)
Her Slight Mistake (1915)
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch (1915)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy (1915)
How Weary Went Wooing (1915)
Never Again (1915)
A Lucky Deal (1915)
The Gold Dust and the Squaw (1915)
The Taking of Mustang Pete (1915)
The Child, the Dog and the Villain (1915)
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch (1915)
With the Aid of the Law (1915)
The Heart of the Sheriff (1915)
Pals in Blue (1915)
Saved by Her Horse (1915)
A Matrimonial Boomerang (1915)
An Arizona Wooing (1915)
The Conversion of Smiling Tom (1915)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks (1915)
Getting a Start in Life (1915)
The Legal Light (1915)
Ma's Girls (1915)
The Outlaw's Bride (1915)
Sage Brush Tom (1915)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl (1915)
The Man from Texas (1915)
A Child of the Prairie (1915)
Slim Higgins (1915)
Bill Haywood, Producer (1915)
Roping a Bride (1915)
Forked Trails (1915)
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race (1915)
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl (1915)
Harold's Bad Man (1915)
A Militant School Ma'am (1915)
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)
The Telltale Knife (1914)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel (1914)
The Mexican (1914)
The Way of the Redman (1914)
The Moving Picture Cowboy (1914)
The Real Thing in Cowboys (1914)
A Muddle in Horse Thieves (1913)
Director

Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1911)
Writer

The Way of the Redman (1925)
Tom Mix in Arabia (1922)
Up and Going (1922)
Chasing the Moon (1922)
The Rough Diamond (1921)
After Your Own Heart (1921)
A Ridin' Romeo (1921)
The Terror (1920)
Desert Love (1920)
The Daredevil (1920)
The Law North of 65 (1917)
Tom and Jerry (1917)
A Soft Tenderfoot (1917)
Six Cylinder Love (1917)
A Roman Cowboy (1917)
Hearts and Saddles (1917)
The Saddle Girth (1917)
Starring in Western Stuff (1917)
Twisted Trails (1916)
Mistakes Will Happen (1916)
The Sheriff's Blunder (1916)
Tom's Sacrifice (1916)
A Close Call (1916)
A Mistake in Rustlers (1916)
The Canby Hill Outlaws (1916)
The Raiders (1916)
A Corner in Water (1916)
The Pony Express Rider (1916)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill (1916)
Tom's Strategy (1916)
Roping a Sweetheart (1916)
A Bear of a Story (1916)
A Western Masquerade (1916)
An Angelic Attitude (1916)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch (1916)
Shooting Up the Movies (1916)
Legal Advice (1916)
Some Duel (1916)
Taking a Chance (1916)
The Cowpuncher's Peril (1916)
Going West to Make Good (1916)
Crooked Trails (1916)
The Sheriff's Duty (1916)
Too Many Chefs (1916)
Along the Border (1916)
Trilby's Love Disaster (1916)
The Passing of Pete (1916)
Making Good (1916)
A Mix-Up in Movies (1916)
The Man Hunt! (1915)
Athletic Ambitions (1915)
The Stagecoach Guard (1915)
The Brave Deserve the Fair (1915)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy (1915)
How Weary Went Wooing (1915)
Never Again (1915)
A Lucky Deal (1915)
With the Aid of the Law (1915)
The Heart of the Sheriff (1915)
Pals in Blue (1915)
Saved by Her Horse (1915)
A Matrimonial Boomerang (1915)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks (1915)
Ma's Girls (1915)
Sage Brush Tom (1915)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl (1915)
The Man from Texas (1915)
A Child of the Prairie (1915)
Slim Higgins (1915)
The Man from the East (1914)
Saved by a Watch (1914)
The Scapegoat (1914)
The Sheriff's Reward (1914)
The Ranger's Romance (1914)
The Telltale Knife (1914)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
The Mexican (1914)
The Way of the Redman (1914)
The Moving Picture Cowboy (1914)
The Real Thing in Cowboys (1914)
The Escape of Jim Dolan (1913)
The Child of the Prairies (1913)
The Sheriff and the Rustler (1913)
The Law and the Outlaw (1913)
Writer

Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1911)
Archive footage

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
Film Breaks (1999)
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
Cowboy Heroes of the Silver Screen (1996)
Sprockets (1991)
Arena (1991)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (1990)
Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983)
Zelig (1983)
Hollywood (1980)
It's Showtime (1976)
Hollywood Babylon (1972)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (1965)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Fractured Flickers (1963)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
30 Years of Fun (1963)
The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (1962)
The DuPont Show of the Week (1962)
I 10 del Texas (1961)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
Movies Golden Age (1961)
It Happened in Hollywood (1960)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Bronc Busters (1955)
Screen Snapshots: The Great Al Jolson (1955)
Yesterday and Today (1953)
Screen Snapshots: Men of the West (1953)
Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (1953)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (1950)
Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (1947)
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941)
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939)
March of the Movies (1933)
Archive footage

Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
Movie Stunts by Tom Mix (1917)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Queen of Sheba (1921)

Awards

2 wins.

Did You Know

He deserted the army to marry his first wife, Grace Allin; the fact that he was a deserter did not come up until after his death, by which time he was so famous that the army had to hold its tongue and give him a full military burial. This dovetails...

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[of his famous horse, Tony the Horse] I've owned Tony since he was born, 17 years ago. He is a good horse and will be for some time yet, as I have never extended him in work. He doesn't like this tour much, though, and has been getting cross about ...

Star Sign

Capricorn

Personal Details

Born

Thomas Hezikiah Mix
January 6, 1880
Mix Run, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

October 12, 1940 (age 60)
Florence, Arizona, USA

Height:

6' (1.83 m)

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