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Raised within the Midwest, Dix Bruce used your guitar at age 12. After university, he transferred to the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region, where he started employed in David Grisman’s music group and, from 1978 to 1984, co-edited the mag Mandolin World Information with Grisman. Also in 1978, Bruce founded the music group REGRESS TO SOMETHING EASIER & Push, highlighted on his record Tuxedo Blues. Furthermore to frequent program work, he completed a second record, My Folk Center and contributed first music towards the film documentary Crazy Tires. And he provides published many instructional books, tapes, and movies through Mel Bay Magazines. Bruce can be section of a electric guitar duo with Jim Nunally which has led to the albums From Fathers to Sons, JUST HOW Things Are, IN MY OWN Beautiful Wish, and 2003’s Brothers in mind.
Quick Facts
Full Name Dix Bruce
Albums Jeremy Cohen: Violin Jazz
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| # | Fact |
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| 1 |
By the time Dix started the Whistler series, he was a heavy drinker and subject to hiccups. |
| 2 |
In 1953 his son, Richard Dix Jr., was killed in an accident at a logging camp near Ponderosa, California. |
| 3 |
Was Roger Moore's mother's favorite actor. |
| 4 |
Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Whispering Pines section, lot #2387. |
| 5 |
Daughter, with Coe, Martha Mary Ellen |
| 6 |
Children, with Webster, Richard Jr. and Robert Dix (twins), Sara Sue (adopted) |
Actor
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Thirteenth Hour |
1947 |
|
Steve Reynolds |
| The Secret of the Whistler |
1946 |
|
Ralph Harrison |
| Mysterious Intruder |
1946 |
|
Don Gale |
| Voice of the Whistler |
1945 |
|
John Sinclair / John Carter |
| The Power of the Whistler |
1945 |
|
William Everest |
| The Mark of the Whistler |
1944 |
|
Lee Selfridge Nugent |
| The Whistler |
1944 |
|
Earl C. Conrad |
| The Ghost Ship |
1943 |
|
Capt. Will Stone |
| Top Man |
1943 |
|
Tom Warren |
| The Kansan |
1943 |
|
John Bonniwell |
| Buckskin Frontier |
1943 |
|
Stephen Bent |
| American Empire |
1942 |
|
Dan Taylor |
| Eyes of the Underworld |
1942 |
|
Police Chief Richard Bryan |
| Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die |
1942 |
|
Wyatt Earp |
| Badlands of Dakota |
1941 |
|
Wild Bill Hickok |
| The Roundup |
1941 |
|
Steve Payson |
| Cherokee Strip |
1940 |
|
Marshal Dave Lovell |
| Men Against the Sky |
1940 |
|
Phil Mercedes |
| The Marines Fly High |
1940 |
|
Lt. Danny Darrick |
| Reno |
1939 |
|
William Shayne aka Bill Shear |
| Here I Am a Stranger |
1939 |
|
Duke Allen |
| Man of Conquest |
1939 |
|
Sam Houston |
| Twelve Crowded Hours |
1939 |
|
Nick Green |
| Sky Giant |
1938 |
|
Capt. W.R. 'Stag' Cahill |
| Blind Alibi |
1938 |
|
Paul Dover |
| It Happened in Hollywood |
1937 |
|
Tim Bart |
| The Devil Is Driving |
1937 |
|
Paul Driscoll |
| Devil's Playground |
1937 |
|
Jack Dorgan |
| Devil's Squadron |
1936 |
|
Paul Redmond |
| Special Investigator |
1936 |
|
William 'Bill' Fenwick, aka Richard 'Dick' Galt |
| Yellow Dust |
1936 |
|
Bob Culpepper |
| Transatlantic Tunnel |
1935 |
|
Richard McAllan |
| The Arizonian |
1935 |
|
Clay Tallant |
| West of the Pecos |
1934 |
|
Pecos Smith |
| His Greatest Gamble |
1934 |
|
Phillip |
| Stingaree |
1934 |
|
Stingaree |
| Day of Reckoning |
1933 |
|
John Day |
| Ace of Aces |
1933 |
|
2nd Lt. Rex 'Rocky' Thorne |
| No Marriage Ties |
1933 |
|
Bruce Foster |
| The Great Jasper |
1933 |
|
Jasper Horn |
| The Conquerors |
1932 |
|
Roger Standish / Roger Lennox |
| Hell's Highway |
1932 |
|
Duke Ellis |
| Roar of the Dragon |
1932 |
|
Chauncey Carson |
| The Lost Squadron |
1932 |
|
Gibson |
| Secret Service |
1931 |
|
Captain Lewis Dumont |
| The Public Defender |
1931 |
|
Pike Winslow |
| Young Donovan's Kid |
1931 |
|
Jim Donovan |
| The Stolen Jools |
1931 |
Short |
Richard Dix |
| Cimarron |
1931 |
|
Yancey Cravat |
| Shooting Straight |
1930 |
|
Larry Sheldon aka Ted Walters |
| Lovin' the Ladies |
1930 |
|
Peter Darby |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate |
1929 |
|
William Halliwell Magee |
| The Wheel of Life |
1929 |
|
Capt. Leslie Yeullet |
| Nothing But the Truth |
1929 |
|
Robert Bennett |
| Redskin |
1929 |
|
Wing Foot |
| The Love Doctor |
1929 |
|
Dr. Gerald Summer |
| Moran of the Marines |
1928 |
|
Michael Moran |
| Warming Up |
1928 |
|
Bert Tulliver |
| Easy Come, Easy Go |
1928 |
|
Robert Parker |
| Sporting Goods |
1928 |
|
Richard Shelby |
| The Gay Defender |
1927 |
|
Joaquin Murrieta |
| Shanghai Bound |
1927 |
|
Jim Bucklin |
| Man Power |
1927 |
|
Tom Roberts |
| Knockout Reilly |
1927 |
|
Dundee 'Knockout' Reilly |
| Paradise for Two |
1927 |
|
Steve Porter |
| The Quarterback |
1926 |
|
Jack Stone |
| Say It Again |
1926 |
|
Bob Howard |
| Let's Get Married |
1926 |
|
Billy Dexter |
| Womanhandled |
1925 |
|
Bill Dana |
| The Vanishing American |
1925 |
|
Nophaie |
| The Lucky Devil |
1925 |
|
Randy Farnum |
| Men and Women |
1925 |
|
Will Prescott |
| The Shock Punch |
1925 |
|
Randall Lee Savage |
| A Man Must Live |
1925 |
|
Geoffrey Farnell |
| Too Many Kisses |
1925 |
|
Richard Gaylord, Jr |
| Manhattan |
1924 |
|
Peter Minuit |
| Sinners in Heaven |
1924 |
|
Alan Croft |
| Unguarded Women |
1924 |
|
Douglas Albright |
| Icebound |
1924 |
|
Ben Jordan |
| The Stranger |
1924 |
|
Larry Darrant |
| The Call of the Canyon |
1923 |
|
Glenn Kilbourne |
| The Ten Commandments |
1923 |
|
John McTavish - Her Son |
| To the Last Man |
1923 |
|
Jean Isbel |
| Racing Hearts |
1923 |
|
Robby Smith |
| The Woman with Four Faces |
1923 |
|
Richard Templar |
| Souls for Sale |
1923 |
|
Frank Claymore |
| Quicksands |
1923 |
|
Lt. Bill |
| The Christian |
1923 |
|
John Storm |
| The Glorious Fool |
1922 |
|
Billy Grant |
| The Sin Flood |
1922 |
|
Bill Bear |
| The Bonded Woman |
1922 |
|
Lee Marvin |
| Fools First |
1922 |
|
Tommy Frazer |
| Yellow Men and Gold |
1922 |
|
Parrish |
| The Wall Flower |
1922 |
|
Walt Breen |
| The Poverty of Riches |
1921 |
|
John Colby |
| Dangerous Curve Ahead |
1921 |
|
Harley Jones |
| All's Fair in Love |
1921 |
|
Bobby Cameron |
| Not Guilty |
1921 |
|
Paul / Arthur Ellison (twins) |
| One of Many |
1917 |
|
James Lowery - Butler |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Yellow Dust |
1936 |
"I Live Just for Today", uncredited |
|
| The Arizonian |
1935 |
performer: "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight" 1884 - uncredited |
|
| Stingaree |
1934 |
performer: "Tonight Is Mine" 1934 - uncredited |
|
| The Lost Squadron |
1932 |
"Auld Lang Syne" 1788, uncredited |
|
| Lovin' the Ladies |
1930 |
"Silver Threads Among the Gold" 1873, uncredited |
|
Producer
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Not Guilty |
1921 |
producer |
|
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 |
1934 |
Short |
Himself (uncredited) |
| The Voice of Hollywood No. 3 |
1930/II |
Short |
Himself / Master of Ceremonies |
| A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic |
1929 |
Short |
Himself (uncredited) |
| Fascinating Youth |
1926 |
|
Himself - Richard Dix |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 |
1923 |
Documentary short |
Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 |
1922 |
Documentary short |
Himself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|
| 1960 |
Star on the Walk of Fame |
Walk of Fame |
Motion Picture |
On 8 February 1960. At 1608 Vine Street. |
|
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|
| 1931 |
Oscar |
Academy Awards, USA |
Best Actor in a Leading Role |
Cimarron (1931) |
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