His first appearance was in a short film, The Cowboy Millionaire, released on October 21, 1909. In 1910, he appeared as himself in a short documentary film, Ranch Life in the Great Southwest, …

Apr 21, 2025 · On October 12, 1940, cowboy-movie star Tom Mix is killed when he loses control of his speeding Cord Phaeton convertible and rolls into a dry wash (now called the Tom Mix …

Tom Mix was an American film actor, a celebrated star of western cowboy films during the silent era. Mix worked as a cowhand in Texas, Arizona, Wyoming, and Montana and served in the …

Tom Mix (1880–1940) was an American motion picture actor, director, and writer whose career spanned from 1910 to 1935. [1] During this time he appeared in 270 films and established …

Feb 22, 2024 · Mix had the supercharged Cord at 80 miles an hour and his siren blaring that Saturday afternoon when he passed two Midwestern boys driving north on the unpaved …

His popularity eclipsed all other great cowboy stars (Hoot Gibson and even the legendary William S. Hart) of the silent era and he earned--and spent--millions. In addition to Mix's riding and …

Dec 21, 2020 · Tom Mix was the silent screen’s King of the Cowboys. On the south side of town in Oklahoma’s former territorial capital of Guthrie, there’s a building that once housed the Blue …

"King of the Cowboys" – not Gene Autry, Roy Rogers or John Wayne, but Tom Mix bore this epithet during his movie career. As cowboy superstar of the silent screen, he was the matinee …

Apr 20, 2025 · Actor Tom Mix made his feature film debut, as far as film scholars have been able to determine, in the 1909 Western "The Cowboy Millionaire" (directed by Francis Boggs and …

On October 11, 1940, the famous cowboy actor Tom Mix is killed in a freak car accident near his ranch in Florence, Arizona. He was driving his single-seat roadster with luggage on the rear …

Silent-film star Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was the most flamboyant and popular of all the early movie cowboys. His colorful clothing and action-filled plots set a pattern for a generation of "B" …

Apr 13, 2010 · Richard D. Jensen writes in The Amazing Tom Mix: The Most Famous Cowboy of the Movies that Tom worked as a night marshal in Oklahoma territory rounding up …

Jun 22, 2020 · Tom Mix was one of the first Cowboy stars who was famous for doing his stunts and bringing the love of cowboys to the main screens. Here is a look into the life of the late …

May 26, 2022 · Tom Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix) was Hollywood's biggest western star...until his death in 1940. He was also the first cowboy star in Hollywood before we even had "talking …

Jan 10, 2014 · Tom Mix, king of the silent-film cowboys, has been dead for 74 years, but his tricked-up car with a revolver holstered under the dash keeps his legend alive.

Mar 4, 2023 · Cowboy actor Tom Mix - the horse-riding hero of scores of western thrillers of the silent film era - left a lasting legacy after he died in a single-car crash on a highway detour in …

Mix was the biggest Western star of the early 20th Century and “the most radiant of movie cowboys,” one critic wrote in 1983. Today, he is too often overlooked, but this January on his …

Rodeo performer who became one of the leading cowboy stars and top personalities of the silent era, appearing in, directing and producing over 100 two-reelers for Selig Polyscope in the …

Although Tom was good with horses he had never worked as a cowboy and the Miller brothers gave him his first ranch job. This proved to be a significant turning point in Tom's life as his …

Tom Mix was the top cowboy of American silent films. Mix was originally known for his daring stunts, but as years passed he became equally famous for his elaborate cowboy outfits; he's …

Thomas Edwin Mix was a celebrated American actor, writer, and director from 1910 to 1935. Tom Mix established himself as the most popular cowboy star on the screens during the silent era. …