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Bruce Bennett‌

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Bruce Bennett

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Bruce Bennett

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1906-05-19

Popularity

star6.6

Biography

Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix) was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. His first career was as an athlete. At the University of Washington, where he majored in economics, he played football (tackle) in the 1926 Rose Bowl and was a track-and-field star. Two years later, he won the Silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympic Games. Brix moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected Brix to play the title character. Brix, however, broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film Touchdown, so swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. He was mannered, cultured, soft-spoken, a well educated English lord who spoke several languages, and didn't grunt."[4] Brix shown in the opening credits of the serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935). Due to financial mismanagement, Dearholt had to complete filming of much of the serial back in Hollywood, and Brix, although his travel and daily living expenses in Guatemala were covered throughout the shoot, never received his contracted salary, along with the rest of the cast. The finished film, The New Adventures of Tarzan, was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theatres as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, Tarzan and the Green Goddess, was culled from the footage in 1938.

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre‌
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calendar 1948

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calendar 1945

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The Secret Seven‌
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calendar 1940

Danger Patrol

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calendar 1937

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Land of Fighting Men‌
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calendar 1938

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Before I Hang‌
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calendar 1940

Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss‌
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calendar 1947

The Man I Love

The Man I Love‌
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calendar 1946

The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street‌
star4.5
calendar 1949

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Danger Signal‌
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calendar 1945

The Officer and the Lady

The Officer and the Lady‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

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The Alligator People‌
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calendar 1959

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Without Honor‌
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calendar 1949

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calendar 1946

Strategic Air Command

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calendar 1947

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The Big Tip Off‌
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calendar 1955

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calendar 1956

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Sahara‌
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calendar 1943

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Mystery Street‌
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calendar 1950

Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear‌
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calendar 1952

The Taming of the Snood

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calendar 1940

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The Spook Speaks‌
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calendar 1940

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calendar 1940

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The Cosmic Man‌
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calendar 1959

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calendar 1938

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calendar 1949

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The Three Outlaws‌
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star5.2
calendar 1942

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The Doctor and the Girl‌
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calendar 1949

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calendar 1943

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star4.0
calendar 1935

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calendar 1950

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calendar 1940

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calendar 1956

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calendar 1936

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calendar 1949

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star5.5
calendar 1951

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star6.5
calendar 2003

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calendar 1936

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calendar 1941

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No Census, No Feeling‌
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calendar 1940

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calendar 1961

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calendar 1947

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calendar 1954

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Amateur Crook‌
star1.0
calendar 1937

The Great Missouri Raid

The Great Missouri Raid‌
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calendar 1951

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Hawk of the Wilderness‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

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Daredevils of the Red Circle‌
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calendar 1939

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Flying Fists‌
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calendar 1937

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost‌
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calendar 1955

Sky Racket

Sky Racket‌
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calendar 1937

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Student Tour‌
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calendar 1934

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There's Something About a Soldier‌
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calendar 1943

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calendar 1936

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calendar 1938

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The Lone Ranger‌
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The More the Merrier‌
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calendar 1943

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calendar 1934

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calendar 1944

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calendar 1936

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The Man with Nine Lives‌
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calendar 1940

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star5.5
calendar 1953

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Treasure Island‌
star6.5
calendar 1934

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star5.0
calendar 1956

College Humor

College Humor‌
star5.6
calendar 1933

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calendar 1939

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calendar 1936

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star0.0
calendar 1940

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star0.0
calendar 1940

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

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star5.0
calendar 1940

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star0.0
calendar 1948

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star6.3
calendar 1940

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star6.3
calendar 1939

Atlantic Convoy

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star5.3
calendar 1942

Million Dollar Racket

Million Dollar Racket‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

U-Boat Prisoner

U-Boat Prisoner‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!‌
star3.5
calendar 1942

My Son Is Guilty

My Son Is Guilty‌
star8.0
calendar 1939

The Phantom Submarine

The Phantom Submarine‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Honolulu Lu

Honolulu Lu‌
star4.2
calendar 1941

Sabotage Squad

Sabotage Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Underground Agent

Underground Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Babies for Sale

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star5.5
calendar 1940

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star3.0
calendar 1940

Beer Barrel Polecats

Beer Barrel Polecats‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Frontier Fury

Frontier Fury‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

Hi-Yo Silver

Hi-Yo Silver‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men‌
star5.3
calendar 1940

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron‌
star4.3
calendar 1933

Lassie: Well of Love

Lassie: Well of Love‌
star5.8
calendar 1970

Blazing Six Shooters

Blazing Six Shooters‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Escape to Glory

Escape to Glory‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town‌
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calendar 1941

The Clones

The Clones‌
star3.8
calendar 1973

Deadhead Miles

Deadhead Miles‌
star5.4
calendar 1972

Torpedo of Doom

Torpedo of Doom‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Dutiful But Dumb

Dutiful But Dumb‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

How High Is Up?

How High Is Up?‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

Convicted Woman

Convicted Woman‌
star3.7
calendar 1940

Three Violent People

Three Violent People‌
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calendar 1956

Flaming Frontier

Flaming Frontier‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

Two Latins from Manhattan

Two Latins from Manhattan‌
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calendar 1941

Glamour for Sale

Glamour for Sale‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

Riptide

Riptide‌
star6.2
calendar 1934

The New Adventures of Tarzan

The New Adventures of Tarzan‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

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Invisible Stripes‌
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calendar 1939

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Movie Crazy‌
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calendar 1932

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77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
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calendar 1958

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calendar 1963

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calendar 1957

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calendar 1954

The Virginian

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calendar 1962

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
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calendar 1950

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West Point‌
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calendar 1956

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
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calendar 1951

Branded

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calendar 1965

The Texan

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calendar 1958

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
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calendar 1952

Panic!

Panic!‌
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calendar 1957

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calendar 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
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calendar 1950

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calendar 1957

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Perry Mason‌
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calendar 1957

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Perry Mason‌
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calendar 1957

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calendar 1957

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calendar 1954