Bruce Bennett
Acting
Born: May 19, 1906 · Tacoma, Washington, USA
Died: February 24, 2007 (aged 100)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
Mildred Pierce
1945
Dark Passage
1947
Sahara
1943
Sudden Fear
1952
Perry Mason
1957
The More the Merrier
1943
Love Me Tender
1956
Treasure Island
1934
Lassie
1954
Mystery Street
1950
The Alligator People
1959
Photos (1)
Movies (122)
Riptide
Man at Cannes Bar (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
James Cody
Mildred Pierce
Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Angels in the Outfield
Saul Hellman
Dark Passage
Bob
Three Violent People
Commissioner Harrison
Treasure Island
Man at Tavern (uncredited)
Love Me Tender
Maj. Kincaid
Mystery Street
Dr. McAdoo
Sahara
Waco Hoyt
A Stolen Life
Jack R. Talbot
College Humor
Student
The More the Merrier
FBI Agent Evans
Sudden Fear
Steve Kearney
Silver River
Stanley Moore
The Last Outpost
Col. Jeb Britton
My Son Is Guilty
Lefty
Invisible Stripes
Rich Man (uncredited)
Strategic Air Command
Gen. Espy
The Alligator People
Dr. Eric Lorimer
The Man with Nine Lives
State Trooper (uncredited)
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Marty Fain
Flying Fists
Hal "Chopper' Donovan, aka Hal Smith
The Doctor and the Girl
Dr. Alfred Norton
Shadow of Chinatown
Martin Andrews
Before I Hang
Dr. Paul Ames
The Man I Love
San Thomas
The Outsider
Gen. Bridges
Million Dollar Legs
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Dr. Joel Merriam
Cheyenne
Ed Landers
Dream Wife
Charlie Elkwood
The New Adventures of Tarzan
Tarzan
Honolulu Lu
Skelly
Robbers' Roost
'Bull' Herrick
Sabotage Squad
Lieutenant John Cronin
Meet the Baron
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Deadhead Miles
Johnny Mesquitero
Beer Barrel Polecats
Prison Guard (archive footage)
Undertow
Reckling
To the Victor
Henderson
Without Honor
Fred Bandle
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
James Cody (archive footage)
Death on the Diamond
Man on Ticket Line (uncredited)
Lassie: Well of Love
Bert Daniels
Island of Doomed Men
Hazen - Guard (uncredited)
The Bottom of the Bottle
Brand
The Lone Ranger
Bert Rogers
Shakedown
David Glover
No Census, No Feeling
Football Player #20 (uncredited)
The Younger Brothers
Jim Younger
Babies for Sale
Policeman
Dragonfly Squadron
Dr. Stephen Cottrell
Three Girls About Town
Reporter
Danger Signal
Dr. Andrew Lang
Tarzan and the Green Goddess
Tarzan
Movie Crazy
Dinner Guest (Uncredited)
Escape to Glory
Ship's gunnery officer
Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer
Daniel Boone
Atlantic Convoy
Capt. Morgan
Murder in Times Square
Supai George
Student Tour
Hercules
Boobs in the Woods
Park Ranger (uncredited)
U-Boat Prisoner
Archie Gibbs
The House Across the Street
Matthew J. Keever
Amateur Crook
Jimmy Baxter
The Big Tip Off
Bob Gilmore
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Cafe Hostess
Budge
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Prison Warden
Fiend of Dope Island
Charlie Davis
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Lieutenant Frank Corby
The Cosmic Man
Dr. Karl Sorenson
Danger Patrol
Joe
Submarine Raider
1st Office Russell
Underground Agent
Lee Graham
With This Ring
Frederick C. Miller
Silks and Saddles
Jimmy Shay
The Clones
Clone Lab Assistant
Five Little Peppers at Home
Jim - King's Chauffeur
Dutiful But Dumb
Vulgarian Soldier in General's Office (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
Frank Molloy
The Secret Seven
Patrick Norris
West of Abilene
Frank Garfield
Hidden Guns
Stragg
Glamour for Sale
Cop (uncredited)
The Second Face
Paul Curtis
The Officer and the Lady
Bob Conlon
Convicted Woman
Reporter (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Tiny Dawson
Two Latins from Manhattan
Federal Agent
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Tom - King's Chauffeur
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Scotty
The New Adventures of Tarzan
Tarzan
A Million to One
Johnny Kent
Frontier Fury
Clem Hawkins (uncredited)
Shadow of Chinatown
Martin Andrews
The Great Missouri Raid
Cole Younger
The Taming of the Snood
Detective
So Long Mr. Chumps
Prison Guard / Truck Driver (uncredited)
Hawk of the Wilderness
Lincoln Rand Jr / Kioga
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
McManus
Girls of the Road
Officer Sullavan
Hi-Yo Silver
Bert Rogers
The Three Outlaws
Charlie Trenton
Blazing Six Shooters
Geologist Winthrop
The Spook Speaks
Mordini's former assistant
Ain't No Time for Glory
Lt. Col. Steven Granville
The Phantom Submarine
Paul Sinclair
Flaming Frontier
Capt. Jim Hewson
Million Dollar Racket
Larry Duane
Two Minutes to Play
Martin Granville
Land of Fighting Men
Fred Mitchell
I'm from Arkansas
Bob Hamlin
Sky Racket
Eric Lane - Agent 17
Laat de dokter maar schuiven
John
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Tarzan (archive footage)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Tommy Lydel
Torpedo of Doom
Lt. Frank Corley
How High Is Up?
Workman with Leaky Lunchpail (uncredited)
The Heckler
Ole Margarine
TV Shows (17)
Perry Mason
Lawrence Balfour · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Dan Morgan · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Matt Lambert · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Malone · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Reve Watson · 1 eps
Lassie
4 eps
The Virginian
Silas Graham · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
Branded
1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gen. Adams · 1 eps
The Texan
1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Abe Lincoln · 1 eps
West Point
1 eps
Panic!
1 eps
Stories of the Century
William Clark Charles Quantrill · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Seth Ranson · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Judge Paul Maston · 1 eps