Thomas Hezikiah Mix
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Jan 6, 1880 Mix Run, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Oct 12, 1940 Florence, AZ |
| Age | Died at 60 |
| Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn (Glendale) | |
Tom Mix | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1909-1935 |
| Top Roles | Tom Mason, Tom Bates, [Ch. 10] |
| Top Genres | Silent Films, Western, Short Films, Comedy, Action, Adventure |
| Top Topics | Slapstick |
| Top Collaborators | Hoot Gibson, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Francis Ford |
| Shares birthday with | Loretta Young, Danny Thomas, Ludwig Berger see more.. |
Tom Mix Overview:
Legendary actor, Tom Mix, was born Thomas Hezikiah Mix on Jan 6, 1880 in Mix Run, Pennsylvania. Mix died at the age of 60 on Oct 12, 1940 in Florence, AZ and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.
MINI BIO:
Dark, hawk-faced American star of silent cowboy films, a former deputy sheriff and rodeo rider who liked to dress flamboyantly in films at his peak but also to do his own stunts. His famous horse, Tony, who outlived him by two years, as almost as popular as his master. After making hundreds of westerns over a 25-year period, Mix's star career was ended in 1933 when he was badly injured in a fall from a horse. In later years he was said to have lost a million dollars backing a circus, and was trying for a comeback as a character actor when he was killed in a car crash. Directed many of his early films from Local Color (1913) to Who's Your Father? (1918). Five times married. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Tom Mix's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #6 on Dec 12, 1927. In addition, Mix was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 2010. He appears on the cover of The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Mix was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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