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person_profile-Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett Died at age: 100

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bruce Bennett

Date of Birth:

May 19, 1906

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 24, 2007

Biography of

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.

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Bruce Bennett

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Filmography of

Bruce Bennett

Found 108 Movies in total

... 2003

... 1980

The Clones

Clone Lab Assistant ( Actor )

... 1973

Deadhead Miles

Johnny Mesquitero ( Actor )

... 1972

Torpedo of Doom

Lt. Frank Corley ( Actor )

... 1966

The Outsider

Gen. Bridges ( Actor )

... 1961

Fiend of Dope Island

Charlie Davis ( Actor )

Writer

... 1961

The Alligator People

Dr. Eric Lorimer ( Actor )

... 1959

The Cosmic Man

Dr. Karl Sorenson ( Actor )

... 1959

Flaming Frontier

Capt. Jim Hewson ( Actor )

... 1958

Three Violent People

Commissioner Harrison ( Actor )

... 1956

Love Me Tender

Maj. Kincaid ( Actor )

... 1956

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

Daniel Boone ( Actor )

... 1956

The Three Outlaws

Charlie Trenton ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

Hidden Guns

Stragg ( Actor )

... 1956

Strategic Air Command

Gen. Espy ( Actor )

... 1955

Robbers' Roost

'Bull' Herrick ( Actor )

... 1955

The Big Tip Off

Bob Gilmore ( Actor )

... 1955

Dragonfly Squadron

Dr. Stephen Cottrell ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Dream Wife

Charlie Elkwood ( Actor )

... 1953

Sudden Fear

Steve Kearney ( Actor )

... 1952

Angels in the Outfield

Saul Hellman ( Actor )

... 1951

The Last Outpost

Col. Jeb Britton ( Actor )

... 1951

The Great Missouri Raid

Cole Younger ( Actor )

... 1951

The Second Face

Paul Curtis ( Actor )

... 1950

Shakedown

David Glover ( Actor )

... 1950

Mystery Street

Dr. McAdoo ( Actor )

... 1950

Undertow

Reckling ( Actor )

... 1949

Without Honor

Fred Bandle ( Actor )

... 1949

The Doctor and the Girl

Dr. Alfred Norton ( Actor )

... 1949

The House Across the Street

Matthew J. Keever ( Actor )

... 1949

The Younger Brothers

Jim Younger ( Actor )

... 1949

To the Victor

Henderson ( Actor )

... 1948

Smart Girls Don't Talk

Marty Fain ( Actor )

... 1948

Silver River

Stanley Moore ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1948

Dark Passage

Bob ( Actor )

... 1947

Cheyenne

Ed Landers ( Actor )

... 1947

Nora Prentiss

Dr. Joel Merriam ( Actor )

... 1947

The Man I Love

San Thomas ( Actor )

... 1946

A Stolen Life

Jack R. Talbot ( Actor )

... 1946

Danger Signal

Dr. Andrew Lang ( Actor )

... 1945

Mildred Pierce

Albert 'Bert' Pierce ( Actor )

... 1945

I'm from Arkansas

Bob Hamlin ( Actor )

... 1944

U-Boat Prisoner

Archie Gibbs ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1943

Sahara

"Waco" Hoyt ( Actor )

... 1943

Frontier Fury

Clem Hawkins (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The More the Merrier

FBI Agent Evans ( Actor )

... 1943

Murder in Times Square

Supai George ( Actor )

... 1943

Underground Agent

Lee Graham ( Actor )

... 1942

Sabotage Squad

Lieutenant John Cronin ( Actor )

... 1942

Atlantic Convoy

Capt. Morgan ( Actor )

... 1942

Submarine Raider

1st Office Russell ( Actor )

... 1942

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

Tommy Lydel ( Actor )

... 1942

Honolulu Lu

Skelly ( Actor )

... 1941

Three Girls About Town

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1941

The Officer and the Lady

Bob Conlon ( Actor )

... 1941

Two Latins from Manhattan

Federal Agent ( Actor )

... 1941

The Phantom Submarine

Paul Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Glamour for Sale

Cop (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Before I Hang

Dr. Paul Ames ( Actor )

... 1940

The Secret Seven

Patrick Norris ( Actor )

... 1940

Girls of the Road

Officer Sullavan ( Actor )

... 1940

Babies for Sale

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Island of Doomed Men

Hazen - Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Escape to Glory

Ship's gunnery officer ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds

Prison Warden ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man with Nine Lives

State Trooper (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Hi-Yo Silver

Bert Rogers ( Actor )

... 1940

Blazing Six Shooters

Geologist Winthrop ( Actor )

... 1940

Five Little Peppers at Home

Jim - King's Chauffeur ( Actor )

... 1940

Convicted Woman

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Cafe Hostess

Budge ( Actor )

... 1940

Invisible Stripes

Rich Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

My Son Is Guilty

Lefty ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Mason's Chauffeur (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

Tom - King's Chauffeur ( Actor )

... 1939

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Tiny Dawson ( Actor )

... 1939

Hawk of the Wilderness

Lincoln Rand Jr / Kioga ( Actor )

... 1938

Land of Fighting Men

Fred Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1938

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Lieutenant Frank Corby ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1938

The Lone Ranger

Bert Rogers ( Actor )

... 1938

Amateur Crook

Jimmy Baxter ( Actor )

... 1937

Danger Patrol

Joe ( Actor )

... 1937

Sky Racket

Eric Lane - Agent 17 ( Actor )

... 1937

Million Dollar Racket

Larry Duane ( Actor )

... 1937

Flying Fists

Hal "Chopper' Donovan, aka Hal Smith ( Actor )

... 1937

A Million to One

Johnny Kent ( Actor )

... 1936

Silks and Saddles

Jimmy Shay ( Actor )

... 1936

Two Minutes to Play

Martin Granville ( Actor )

... 1936

Shadow of Chinatown

Martin Andrews ( Actor )

... 1936

Shadow of Chinatown

Martin Andrews ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1935

... 1935

Student Tour

Hercules ( Actor )

... 1934

Death on the Diamond

Man on Ticket Line (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Treasure Island

Man at Tavern (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Riptide

Man at Cannes Bar (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Meet the Baron

Train Passenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

College Humor

Student ( Actor )

... 1933

Movie Crazy

Dinner Guest (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Million Dollar Legs

Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932