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Bruce Bennett
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-05-19,Tacoma, Washington, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

8

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15

7.6

Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20

The Secret Seven

0

The Secret Seven
1940-08-15

5.3

Danger Patrol
1937-11-18

Land of Fighting Men

0

Land of Fighting Men
1938-11-03

6.2

Before I Hang
1940-09-17

5.9

Nora Prentiss
1947-02-22

5.9

The Man I Love
1946-12-26

The House Across the Street

4.5

The House Across the Street
1949-09-10

5.8

Danger Signal
1945-11-21

The Officer and the Lady

6

The Officer and the Lady
1941-10-12

The Alligator People

5.6

The Alligator People
1959-07-16

5.2

Without Honor
1949-10-26

6.4

A Stolen Life
1946-05-01

Strategic Air Command

6.1

Strategic Air Command
1955-07-12

7.3

Dark Passage
1947-09-05

Smart Girls Don't Talk

5.5

Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948-10-09

The Big Tip Off

5.5

The Big Tip Off
1955-03-20

6.1

Love Me Tender
1956-11-15

5.9

Silver River
1948-05-20

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

4.2

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956-10-05

7.2

Sahara
1943-09-22

6.7

Mystery Street
1950-06-23

7.282

Sudden Fear
1952-08-07

The Taming of the Snood

5.5

The Taming of the Snood
1940-06-28

The Spook Speaks

5

The Spook Speaks
1940-09-20

6.1

Shakedown
1950-09-01

Girls of the Road

5

Girls of the Road
1940-07-24

4.6

The Cosmic Man
1959-02-17

Tarzan and the Green Goddess

4.8

Tarzan and the Green Goddess
1938-02-14

6

Undertow
1949-12-03

The Three Outlaws

5.5

The Three Outlaws
1956-05-13

Submarine Raider

5.2

Submarine Raider
1942-06-04

The Doctor and the Girl

6

The Doctor and the Girl
1949-09-29

Murder in Times Square

4.6

Murder in Times Square
1943-04-01

The New Adventures of Tarzan

4

The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935-05-21

Fiend of Dope Island

3.3

Fiend of Dope Island
1961-01-01

The Second Face

6.8

The Second Face
1950-12-01

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

5.9

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940-11-02

The Bottom of the Bottle

5.5

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956-02-01

Shadow of Chinatown

4.6

Shadow of Chinatown
1936-10-10

The Younger Brothers

5

The Younger Brothers
1949-05-03

The Last Outpost

5.5

The Last Outpost
1951-04-04

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

6.5

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003-09-30

A Million to One

3

A Million to One
1936-12-31

So Long Mr. Chumps

6.1

So Long Mr. Chumps
1941-02-07

No Census, No Feeling

6.2

No Census, No Feeling
1940-10-04

6.2

The Outsider
1961-12-27

6.8

Cheyenne
1947-06-06

Dragonfly Squadron

6

Dragonfly Squadron
1954-03-21

1

Amateur Crook
1937-12-10

The Great Missouri Raid

6.8

The Great Missouri Raid
1951-02-01

Hawk of the Wilderness

7

Hawk of the Wilderness
1938-12-03

Daredevils of the Red Circle

5.5

Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939-06-10

5

Flying Fists
1937-07-01

5.8

Robbers' Roost
1955-05-30

3.3

Sky Racket
1937-10-01

5

Student Tour
1934-10-05

There's Something About a Soldier

4.8

There's Something About a Soldier
1943-11-30

0

With This Ring
1954-01-01

Silks and Saddles

6

Silks and Saddles
1936-12-14

The Fighting Devil Dogs

6

The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938-05-27

The Lone Ranger

0

The Lone Ranger
1938-02-13

The More the Merrier

6.8

The More the Merrier
1943-05-13

Death on the Diamond

7

Death on the Diamond
1934-09-14

I'm from Arkansas

5.4

I'm from Arkansas
1944-10-31

Two Minutes to Play

5

Two Minutes to Play
1936-11-02

The Man with Nine Lives

6.2

The Man with Nine Lives
1940-04-18

5.5

Dream Wife
1953-06-19

Treasure Island

6.508

Treasure Island
1934-08-17

5

Hidden Guns
1956-01-30

5.6

College Humor
1933-07-05

Blondie Brings Up Baby

6.5

Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939-11-08

Shadow of Chinatown

3

Shadow of Chinatown
1936-10-17

Boobs in the Woods

0

Boobs in the Woods
1940-05-31

West of Abilene

0

West of Abilene
1940-10-20

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

6.5

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940-05-30

5

The Heckler
1940-02-16

0

To the Victor
1948-10-26

Five Little Peppers at Home

6.3

Five Little Peppers at Home
1940-02-08

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

6.2

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939-08-22

Atlantic Convoy

5.3

Atlantic Convoy
1942-07-02

Million Dollar Racket

6

Million Dollar Racket
1937-09-30

U-Boat Prisoner

6

U-Boat Prisoner
1944-07-25

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

3.5

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942-04-02

My Son Is Guilty

8

My Son Is Guilty
1939-12-28

The Phantom Submarine

6

The Phantom Submarine
1940-12-20

6

Sabotage Squad
1942-08-27

4.2

Honolulu Lu
1941-12-11

Underground Agent

0

Underground Agent
1942-12-03

Babies for Sale

5.5

Babies for Sale
1940-06-14

The Man from Tumbleweeds

3

The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940-05-02

Beer Barrel Polecats

6.2

Beer Barrel Polecats
1946-01-10

0

Frontier Fury
1943-06-23

Angels in the Outfield

6.6

Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19

0

Hi-Yo Silver
1940-04-10

Island of Doomed Men

5.3

Island of Doomed Men
1940-05-20

5.5

Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11

4.3

Meet the Baron
1933-10-20

Lassie: Well of Love

5.8

Lassie: Well of Love
1970-01-01

Blazing Six Shooters

0

Blazing Six Shooters
1940-04-10

Escape to Glory

6

Escape to Glory
1940-05-20

Three Girls About Town

5.3

Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23

3.8

The Clones
1973-08-01

5.4

Deadhead Miles
1972-08-08

Torpedo of Doom

0

Torpedo of Doom
1966-01-01

How High Is Up?

6.8

How High Is Up?
1940-07-26

Dutiful But Dumb

6.2

Dutiful But Dumb
1941-03-21

Convicted Woman

3.7

Convicted Woman
1940-01-31

Three Violent People

6.1

Three Violent People
1956-12-01

Flaming Frontier

0

Flaming Frontier
1958-08-01

Million Dollar Legs

6.6

Million Dollar Legs
1932-07-08

Two Latins from Manhattan

5

Two Latins from Manhattan
1941-10-02

Glamour for Sale

4

Glamour for Sale
1940-09-27

6.2

Riptide
1934-03-29

The New Adventures of Tarzan

4.5

The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935-05-21

Invisible Stripes

6.1

Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30

6.2

Movie Crazy
1932-09-23

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre

5.3

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.133

Lassie
1954-09-12

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

5

West Point
1956-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

6.4

Branded
1965-01-24

5.5

The Texan
1958-09-29

Cavalcade of America

3.5

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

0

Panic!
1957-03-05

Letter to Loretta

5.8

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Stories of the Century

5.7

Stories of the Century
1954-01-23