The native of Mix Run, Pa., became a star with his first feature, 1910’s “Ranch Life in the Great Southwest.” An expert shot, cattle wrangler and horseman, Mix made some 160 cowboy silent Saturday matinee films in the 1920s always playing the man in the white hat who saved the day. Even his trusty steed Tony “The Wonder Horse” became a superstar receiving countless fan mail from kids. In 1932, he returned to films, making nine talkies at Universal. His last screen appearance was in the 1935 15-part serial, “The Miracle Rider.” In 1940, he died at age 60 in a car crash in Arizona. A memorial is at the site of his death on California 79 near Florence. “The Wonder Horse” died two years later.
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
(Self (uncredited))
Teeth
(Dave Deering)
Oh, You Tony!
(Tom Masters)
The Trouble Shooter
(Tom Steele)
The Heart Buster
(Tod Walton)
Ladies to Board
(Tom Faxton)
Eyes of the Forest
(Bruce Thornton)
Mile-a-Minute Romeo
(Lucky Bill)
Stepping Fast
(Grant Malvern)
Arabia
(Billy Evans)
Romance Land
('Pep' Hawkins)
Ace High
(Jean Rivard)
Who's Your Father?
(Tom Hartrigger)
Fame and Fortune
(Clay Burgess)
Hell-Roarin' Reform
(Tim)
Fighting for Gold
(Jack Kilmeny)
The Coming of the Law
(Kent Hollis)
The Speed Maniac
(Billy Porter)
The Feud
(Jere Lynch / John Smith)
The Daredevil
(Timothy Atkinson)
The Terror
(Bat Carson)
Desert Love
(Buck Marston Jr.)
The Untamed
(Whistling Dan)
The Road Demon
(Hap Higgins)
A Ridin' Romeo
(Jim Rose)
After Your Own Heart
(Herbert Parker)
The Law North of 65
(Ralph)
The Rustler's Vindication
Tom and Jerry
(The Foreman)
Durand of the Bad Lands
(Clem Alison)
A Soft Tenderfoot
(The Tenderfoot)
Six Cylinder Love
(Buck Saunders)
Knight of the Saddle
A Roman Cowboy
(Bud Ballard)
The Saddle Girth
(Tom, a Cowpuncher)
Delayed in Transit
(Dell Hawkins)
The Luck That Jealousy Brought
(Joe Barr)
Starring in Western Stuff
(Tom Sage)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
(Self)
Do and Dare
(Kit Carson Boone / Henry Boone)
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker
(Bill)
For Big Stakes
('Clean-up' Sudden)
Up and Going
(David Brandon)
In the Days of Daring
Twisted Trails
(Tom Snow)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(Tom, the Stagecoach Driver)
Mistakes Will Happen
(Tom Warner)
The Sheriff's Blunder
(Hal Whitcomb / Steve Whitcomb)
Tom's Sacrifice
(Tom Miller)
A Close Call
(Dick Masters)
An Eventful Evening
(Jack Winton)
Told in Colorado
(Bill Higgins, a Miner)
The Rustler's Roundup
(Tom Lawson)
Pals in Blue
(Tom)
The Heart of the Sheriff
(Sheriff Martin)
The Legal Light
(Pete)
The Raiders
(Tom Gardner)
A Corner in Water
(Tom Smith)
The Pony Express Rider
(Tom Orbig)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(Tom Merrill)
Tom's Strategy
(Tom Miller)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(The Sheriff)
Roping a Sweetheart
(Tom Walker, a Cowpuncher)
A Western Masquerade
(Tom Bruce)
Shooting Up the Movies
(Tom Travis)
Some Duel
(Tom)
The Girl of Gold Gulch
(Jack Wallace)
Taking a Chance
(Tom Manton)
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(Tom Meyers)
The Man Hunt!
(Lionel)
Going West to Make Good
(Tom Gilmore)
Slim Higgins
(Slim Higgins)
Bill Haywood, Producer
(Bill Haywood)
Forked Trails
(Bob Davis)
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race
(1st Cowboy Suitor)
Harold's Bad Man
Finish
Crooked Trails
(Dick Taylor)
Too Many Chefs
(Tom Forde)
Along the Border
(Tom Martin)
The Big Diamond Robbery
(Tom Markham)
Horseman of the Plains
(Tom Swift)
Daredevil's Reward
(Tom Hardy)
$5,000 Reward
My Own Pal
(Tom O'Hara)
The Man Within
(Tom Melford)
Chasing the Moon
(Dwight Locke)
The Arizona Wildcat
(Tom Phelan)
Silver Valley
(Tom Tracey)
Tumbling River
(Tom Gieer)
The Broncho Twister
(Tom Mason)
The Canyon of Light
(Tom Mills)
Tony Runs Wild
(Tom Trent)
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(Tom Gordon)
On the Eagle Trail
(Tom Merry)
The Impersonation of Tom
(Tom Graves)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
(Tommy - the Tenderfoot)
The Chef at Circle G
(Tom - the Ranch Cook)
The Everlasting Whisper
(Mark King)
Athletic Ambitions
(Tom - the Wild Man)
The Race for a Gold Mine
(Tom Cummins)
The Stagecoach Guard
(Tom - the Stagecoach Guard)
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(Tom Martin)
The Foreman's Choice
(Tom Hickson)
The Girl and the Mail Bag
(Tom Chester)
Her Slight Mistake
(Bill)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(Tom)
How Weary Went Wooing
(Weary)
Never Again
(Tom)
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
(Tom Wallace)
With the Aid of the Law
(Lee Russell)
Saved by Her Horse
(Tom Golden)
The Conversion of Smiling Tom
(Smilin Tom)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(Buck Martin)
Getting a Start in Life
(Tom)
Ma's Girls
(The Gambler)
The Taming of Texas Pete
(The Half-Breed)
The Outlaw's Bride
(Richard Sharpe)
Made a Coward
(Pete)
Sallie's Sure Shot
(Injun Sam)
The Marshal's Capture
(The Halfbreed)
Taming a Tenderfoot
(Bud Morris)
The Only Chance
(The Engineer)
Religion and Gun Practice
(Kill Kullen)
His Father's Deputy
(Ed Hanley (Sam's partner))
That Mail Order Suit
(Slim)
Saved by a Watch
(Tom)
The Rival Stage Lines
(Harding Martin)
The Man from the East
(Tom Bates)
The Scapegoat
(Tom Jackson, the Scapegoat)
The Sheriff's Reward
(The Sheriff)
The Life Timer
(The Sheriff)
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
(Apache Frank (crooked gambler))
Juggling with Fate
(Andrews the Marshal / Morgan the Outlaw)
The Range Law
(Cowpuncher)
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
(The Stage Driver)
The 'Diamond S' Ranch
The Scapegoat
(Tom Mason - the Scapegoat)
A Cowboy's Best Girl
(Bull Stokes, a Rough Cowboy)
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
(Pop Lynd, Owner of Bingo Gulch Ranch)
A Romance of the Rio Grande
(Tom Wilson, a Texas Ranger)
Western Hearts
(Sheriff Strong)
Dad's Girls
(Tom Ralston, the Gambler)
The Ranger's Romance
(The Ranger)
The Telltale Knife
(Tom Mason)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
(Jimmy Hayes)
The Mexican
(The Mexican)
The Way of the Redman
(The Redman)
In Old California When the Gringos Came
The Cowboy and the Shrew
(The Sheriff)
Two Boys in Blue
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(Luke Barns)
Lost in the Soudan
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(Wallace Carey)
The Range Riders
Trimming of Paradise Gulch
(One of the Paradise Gulch cowboys)
When the West Was Young
(Indian Chief)
The White Mouse
(Sergeant Brokaw, N.W.M.P.)
Willie
(Cowpuncher)
Etienne of the Glad Heart
(Peter - an Indian)
When the Cook Fell Ill
(Chip)
The Wilderness Mail
(The Outlaw)
In Defiance of the Law
(Cpl. Nome)
The Little Sister
(Second Prospector)
A Friend in Need
(The Ranch Foreman)
Briton and Boer
By Unseen Hand
(Chief Jackson)
Mother Love vs Gold
(Pete Jackson)
Yesterday and Today
((archive footage))
Life in Hollywood No. 4
The Great K&A Train Robbery
(Tom Gordon)
Riders of the Purple Sage
(Jim Carson)
Sky High
(Grant Newbury)
Dick Turpin
(Dick Turpin)
The Escape of Jim Dolan
(Jim Dolan)
The Miracle Rider
(Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
(Self)
Destry Rides Again
(Tom Destry)
My Pal, the King
(Tom Reed)
The Rider of Death Valley
(Tom Rigby)
The Man from Texas
(Texas)
The Texan
(Tex Benton)
Prairie Trails
(Tex Benton)
The Son of the Golden West
(Tom Hardy)
The Last Trail
(Tom Dane)
Just Tony
(Jim Perris)
The Fighting Streak
(Andrew Lanning)
The Texas Bad Man
(Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop)
Gordon of Ghost City
(Rider (archive footage))
Western Blood
(Tex Wilson)
King Cowboy
(Tex Rogers)
Painted Post
(Tom Blake)
Flaming Guns
(Tom Malone)
Mr. Logan, U.S.A.
(Jim Logan)
Rough-Riding Romance
(Phineas Dobbs)
Cupid's Round Up
(Larry Kelly)
Hard Boiled
(Tom Bouden)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
(himself)
The Deadwood Coach
(Tom)
Rodeo Dough
(Tom Mix)
Terror Trail
(Tom Munroe)
The Law and the Outlaw
(Dakota Joe Wilson)
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
(Rider (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Best Bad Man
(Hugh Nichols)
Using HIs Brain
(Tom)
Treat 'Em Rough
(Ned Ferguson)
North of Hudson Bay
(Micheal Dane)
Back to the Primitive
Trailin'
(Anthony Woodbury)
An Angelic Attitude
(Tom Miller)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(Tom)
An Arizona Wooing
(Tom Warner)
A Child of the Prairie
(Square Deal Tom)
Saved by the Pony Express
(The Pony Express Rider)
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
(Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian)
The Rainbow Trail
(John Shefford)
Tom and the Sheriff
(Tom)
Up for Ransom
(Tom)
Cyclone Tom
(Tom)
Western Life
(Tom)
Celebrating the Fourth
(Tom)
Sage Brush Tom
(Sage Brush Tom)
Captain Kate
(Loyal Native)
Roping a Bride
(Tom)
The Fourth Horseman
(Tom Martin)
Hearts and Saddles
Legal Advice
(Tom)
The Cyclone
(Sergeant Tim Ryerson)
No Man's Gold
(Tom Stone)
The Lucky Horseshoe
(Tom Foster)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
(Himself)
The Circus Ace
(Tom Terry)
The Film Parade
((archive footage) (uncredited))
Life on the Border
(Indian Chief)
The Lone Star Ranger
(Duane)
Hello Cheyenne!
(Tom Remington)
Outlaws of Red River
(Tom Morley)
The 10 from Texas
((archive footage))
Hidden Gold
(Tom Marley)
Three Jumps Ahead
(Steve McLean)
Big Town Round-Up
(Larry McBride)
Outlawed
(Tom Manning)
The Last of the Duanes
(Buck Duane)
Chip of the Flying U
(Claude Bennett aka Chip)
It's Showtime
(Self (archive footage))
Hands Off!
(Tex Roberts)
A Bear of a Story
(Tom Wilson)
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
(Tom Mingle)
Soft Boiled
(Tom Steele)
The Yankee Señor
(Paul Wharton)
The Drifter
(Tom McCall)
The Rough Diamond
(Hank Sherman)
The Wilderness Trail
(Donald MacTavish)
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl
(Cactus Jim)
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch
(Tom)
5,000 Dollar Elopement
(Tom)
The Golden Thought
(Tom Daton)
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(Tom Champion)
Six-Shooter Andy
(Andy Crawford)
Catch My Smoke
(Bob Stratton)
The Heart of Texas Ryan
(Single Shot Parker)
The Night Horsemen
(Whistling Dan)
Arena
(Self (archive footage))
The Golden Thought
(Director)
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(Director)
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(Writer)
The Escape of Jim Dolan
(Story)
The Man from Texas
(Director)
$5,000 Reward
(Director)
The Man Within
(Director)
Chasing the Moon
(Story)
Arabia
(Story)
Crooked Trails
(Director)
Crooked Trails
(Story)
Too Many Chefs
(Director)
Too Many Chefs
(Writer)
Along the Border
(Director)
Along the Border
(Story)
Who's Your Father?
(Director)
The Man from Texas
(Writer)
The Daredevil
(Director)
The Daredevil
(Story)
The Terror
(Story)
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(Director)
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(Writer)
On the Eagle Trail
(Director)
The Impersonation of Tom
(Director)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
(Director)
The Chef at Circle G
(Director)
Athletic Ambitions
(Director)
Athletic Ambitions
(Scenario Writer)
The Race for a Gold Mine
(Director)
Desert Love
(Story)
The Stagecoach Guard
(Director)
The Stagecoach Guard
(Story)
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(Director)
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(Story)
The Foreman's Choice
(Director)
A Ridin' Romeo
(Story)
The Girl and the Mail Bag
(Director)
Her Slight Mistake
(Director)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(Director)
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(Story)
How Weary Went Wooing
(Director)
How Weary Went Wooing
(Scenario Writer)
Never Again
(Director)
Never Again
(Story)
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
(Director)
With the Aid of the Law
(Director)
With the Aid of the Law
(Scenario Writer)
Saved by Her Horse
(Director)
Saved by Her Horse
(Scenario Writer)
The Conversion of Smiling Tom
(Director)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(Director)
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(Story)
Getting a Start in Life
(Director)
Ma's Girls
(Director)
Ma's Girls
(Story)
After Your Own Heart
(Adaptation)
After Your Own Heart
(Story)
The Law North of 65
(Scenario Writer)
Tom and Jerry
(Director)
Tom and Jerry
(Writer)
A Soft Tenderfoot
(Director)
A Soft Tenderfoot
(Story)
Six Cylinder Love
(Director)
Six Cylinder Love
(Story)
The Outlaw's Bride
(Director)
Knight of the Saddle
(Director)
A Roman Cowboy
(Director)
A Roman Cowboy
(Story)
The Saddle Girth
(Director)
The Saddle Girth
(Writer)
The Luck That Jealousy Brought
(Director)
Starring in Western Stuff
(Director)
Starring in Western Stuff
(Story)
Up and Going
(Story)
Twisted Trails
(Director)
Twisted Trails
(Story)
Twisted Trails
(Scenario Writer)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(Director)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(Story)
A Bear of a Story
(Story)
Mistakes Will Happen
(Director)
Mistakes Will Happen
(Story)
The Sheriff's Blunder
(Director)
The Sheriff's Blunder
(Story)
Tom's Sacrifice
(Director)
Tom's Sacrifice
(Story)
A Close Call
(Director)
A Close Call
(Story)
An Eventful Evening
(Director)
Pals in Blue
(Director)
Pals in Blue
(Writer)
The Heart of the Sheriff
(Director)
The Heart of the Sheriff
(Writer)
The Legal Light
(Director)
The Raiders
(Director)
The Raiders
(Story)
A Corner in Water
(Director)
A Corner in Water
(Writer)
The Pony Express Rider
(Director)
The Pony Express Rider
(Writer)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(Director)
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(Writer)
Sage Brush Tom
(Story)
Tom's Strategy
(Director)
Tom's Strategy
(Story)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(Director)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(Writer)
Roping a Sweetheart
(Director)
Roping a Sweetheart
(Writer)
A Western Masquerade
(Director)
A Western Masquerade
(Writer)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(Writer)
Shooting Up the Movies
(Director)
Shooting Up the Movies
(Writer)
Some Duel
(Director)
Some Duel
(Writer)
The Girl of Gold Gulch
(Director)
Taking a Chance
(Director)
Taking a Chance
(Story)
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker
(Director)
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(Director)
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(Story)
The Man Hunt!
(Director)
The Man Hunt!
(Writer)
Going West to Make Good
(Director)
Going West to Make Good
(Story)
A Child of the Prairie
(Story)
Slim Higgins
(Director)
Slim Higgins
(Writer)
Bill Haywood, Producer
(Director)
Forked Trails
(Director)
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race
(Director)
Harold's Bad Man
(Director)
Saved by a Watch
(Director)
Saved by a Watch
(Story)
The Rival Stage Lines
(Director)
The Man from the East
(Director)
The Man from the East
(Story)
The Scapegoat
(Director)
The Scapegoat
(Writer)
The Sheriff's Reward
(Director)
The Sheriff's Reward
(Story)
The Ranger's Romance
(Director)
The Ranger's Romance
(Story)
The Telltale Knife
(Director)
The Telltale Knife
(Story)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
(Director)
The Mexican
(Director)
The Mexican
(Story)
The Way of the Redman
(Director)
The Way of the Redman
(Story)
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(Director)
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(Story)
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(Director)
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(Scenario Writer)
An Angelic Attitude
(Director)
An Angelic Attitude
(Writer)
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(Director)
An Arizona Wooing
(Director)
A Child of the Prairie
(Director)
Sage Brush Tom
(Director)
Roping a Bride
(Director)
Hearts and Saddles
(Director)
Legal Advice
(Director)
Legal Advice
(Writer)
Using HIs Brain
(Director)
Using HIs Brain
(Writer)
A Bear of a Story
(Director)
The Rough Diamond
(Story)
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl
(Director)
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch
(Director)
5,000 Dollar Elopement
(Director)