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