Dix, Richard

Richard Dix
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Richard Dix

Name	Dix, Richard Gender: M
Birthname	Brimmer, Ernest Carlton
born on	18 July 1895 at 21:50 (= 9:50 PM )
Place	St. Paul MN, USA, 44n56, 93w05
Timezone	LMT m93w05 (is local mean time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	26°12' 14°44 Asc. 18°55'

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Biography

American actor; durable cowboy star from 1921, the image of a rugged macho male. His film "Cimarron," in 1931 was nominated for an Oscar. Other films include "Devil's Squadron," and "Man Of Conquest." He was last seen in 1949 in "The Fountainhead."

Dix was attending the University of Minnesota as a medical student when he began acting in campus plays, giving up the idea of a medical practice to pursue acting. After some experience in stock and service in WW I, he made his Broadway debut in 1919. Tall, rugged and square-jawed, he often played the strong, silent type and enjoyed considerable popularity during the 20s. After the film "Cimarron," with huge financial and critical success, he found himself drifting into mostly B features.

Died of heart failure, 1949.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Death by Heart Attack 1949 (Heart failure, age 53-54)
• Work : New Career 1921 (Began work in film)

• Work : Gain social status 1931 (Nominated for Oscar in "Cimarron")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1949 (Last film appearance)

• Work : New Career 1919 (Broadway debut)

Source Notes

Church of Light quotes him

Categories

• Vocation : Engineer : Industrial (Nuclear)

• Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)

• Vocation : Military : Military service (WW I)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Successful film star, mostly silents)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Broadway, legitimate theater)