Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
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.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 5.387
Birthday 1906-05-19
Place of Birth Tacoma, Washington, USA
Also Known As Harold Herman Brix, Herman Brix,
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Mildred Pierce
1945

Mildred Pierce

The Secret Seven
1940

The Secret Seven

Danger Patrol
1937

Danger Patrol

Land of Fighting Men
1938

Land of Fighting Men

Before I Hang
1940

Before I Hang

Nora Prentiss
1947

Nora Prentiss

The Man I Love
1946

The Man I Love

The House Across the Street
1949

The House Across the Street

Danger Signal
1945

Danger Signal

The Officer and the Lady
1941

The Officer and the Lady

The Alligator People
1959

The Alligator People

Without Honor
1949

Without Honor

A Stolen Life
1946

A Stolen Life

Strategic Air Command
1955

Strategic Air Command

Dark Passage
1947

Dark Passage

Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948

Smart Girls Don't Talk

The Big Tip Off
1955

The Big Tip Off

Love Me Tender
1956

Love Me Tender

Silver River
1948

Silver River

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
1956

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

Sahara
1943

Sahara

Mystery Street
1950

Mystery Street

Sudden Fear
1952

Sudden Fear

The Taming of the Snood
1940

The Taming of the Snood

The Spook Speaks
1940

The Spook Speaks

Shakedown
1950

Shakedown

Girls of the Road
1940

Girls of the Road

The Cosmic Man
1959

The Cosmic Man

Tarzan and the Green Goddess
1938

Tarzan and the Green Goddess

Undertow
1949

Undertow

The Three Outlaws
1956

The Three Outlaws

Submarine Raider
1942

Submarine Raider

The Doctor and the Girl
1949

The Doctor and the Girl

Murder in Times Square
1943

Murder in Times Square

The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935

The New Adventures of Tarzan

Fiend of Dope Island
1961

Fiend of Dope Island

The Second Face
1950

The Second Face

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956

The Bottom of the Bottle

Shadow of Chinatown
1936

Shadow of Chinatown

The Younger Brothers
1949

The Younger Brothers

The Last Outpost
1951

The Last Outpost

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003

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

A Million to One
1936

A Million to One

So Long Mr. Chumps
1941

So Long Mr. Chumps

No Census, No Feeling
1940

No Census, No Feeling

The Outsider
1961

The Outsider

Cheyenne
1947

Cheyenne

Dragonfly Squadron
1954

Dragonfly Squadron

Amateur Crook
1937

Amateur Crook

The Great Missouri Raid
1951

The Great Missouri Raid

Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Hawk of the Wilderness
1938

Hawk of the Wilderness

Flying Fists
1937

Flying Fists

Robbers' Roost
1955

Robbers' Roost

Sky Racket
1937

Sky Racket

Student Tour
1934

Student Tour

There's Something About a Soldier
1943

There's Something About a Soldier

With This Ring
1954

With This Ring

Silks and Saddles
1936

Silks and Saddles

The Lone Ranger
1938

The Lone Ranger

The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938

The Fighting Devil Dogs

The More the Merrier
1943

The More the Merrier

Death on the Diamond
1934

Death on the Diamond

I'm from Arkansas
1944

I'm from Arkansas

Two Minutes to Play
1936

Two Minutes to Play

The Man with Nine Lives
1940

The Man with Nine Lives

Dream Wife
1953

Dream Wife

Treasure Island
1934

Treasure Island

Hidden Guns
1956

Hidden Guns

College Humor
1933

College Humor

Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Shadow of Chinatown
1936

Shadow of Chinatown

Boobs in the Woods
1940

Boobs in the Woods

West of Abilene
1940

West of Abilene

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

The Heckler
1940

The Heckler

To the Victor
1948

To the Victor

Five Little Peppers at Home
1940

Five Little Peppers at Home

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

Atlantic Convoy
1942

Atlantic Convoy

Million Dollar Racket
1937

Million Dollar Racket

U-Boat Prisoner
1944

U-Boat Prisoner

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

My Son Is Guilty
1939

My Son Is Guilty

The Phantom Submarine
1940

The Phantom Submarine

Honolulu Lu
1941

Honolulu Lu

Underground Agent
1942

Underground Agent

Sabotage Squad
1942

Sabotage Squad

Babies for Sale
1940

Babies for Sale

The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds

Beer Barrel Polecats
1946

Beer Barrel Polecats

Frontier Fury
1943

Frontier Fury

Angels in the Outfield
1951

Angels in the Outfield

Hi-Yo Silver
1940

Hi-Yo Silver

Island of Doomed Men
1940

Island of Doomed Men

Cafe Hostess
1940

Cafe Hostess

Meet the Baron
1933

Meet the Baron

Lassie: Well of Love
1970

Lassie: Well of Love

Blazing Six Shooters
1940

Blazing Six Shooters

Escape to Glory
1940

Escape to Glory

Three Girls About Town
1941

Three Girls About Town

The Clones
1973

The Clones

Deadhead Miles
1972

Deadhead Miles

Torpedo of Doom
1966

Torpedo of Doom

Dutiful But Dumb
1941

Dutiful But Dumb

How High Is Up?
1940

How High Is Up?

Convicted Woman
1940

Convicted Woman

Three Violent People
1956

Three Violent People

Flaming Frontier
1958

Flaming Frontier

Million Dollar Legs
1932

Million Dollar Legs

Two Latins from Manhattan
1941

Two Latins from Manhattan

Glamour for Sale
1940

Glamour for Sale

Riptide
1934

Riptide

The New Adventures of Tarzan
1935

The New Adventures of Tarzan

Invisible Stripes
1939

Invisible Stripes

Movie Crazy
1932

Movie Crazy

Laat de dokter maar schuiven
1980

Laat de dokter maar schuiven

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies