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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1107
- Address:
1702 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
- GPS location:
34.101820, -118.326543
Tom Mix
Biography
Thomas Edwin “Tom” Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Fact file
- Born: Thomas Hezikiah Mix January 6, 1880 Mix Run, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died: October 12, 1940 (aged 60) Florence, Arizona, U.S.
- Other names: Thomas Edwin Mix
- Occupation: Actor
- Years active: 1909–1935
- Spouse: Grace I. Allin (1902–1903) Kitty Jewel Perinne (1905–1906) Olive Stokes (1907–1917) Victoria Forde (1918–1931) Mabel Hubbard Ward (1932–1940)
Read more about Tom Mix at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
In the news
Arts, Briefly: Screen Cowboys Lassoed for New Postage Stamps
NY Times Movies, 2009-12-31 06:09:05
On Wednesday the United States Postal Service announced the designs for its 2010 stamps — you know, those little stickers you put on the corners of your tangible, nonelectronic correspondence — and several pay tribute to well-known cultural figures. The film actors Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tom Mix and William ...
Vine St, east side, between Hollywood and Yucca
Nearby you will also find Frank Luther, Molly O'Day, Eleanor Steber, Kay Kyser, and many others.