Richard Dix

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American actor film actor human silent film actor

Richard Dix was an American leading man of the silent and early sound film era, best known for his rugged roles in dramas and Westerns and for earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

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Label Occurrences
Richard Dix canonical 3
Richard Dix Jr. 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
silent film actor ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
birthName W. S. Van Dyke ⓘ
surface form: Ernest Carlton Brimmer
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Richard Dix self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Dix Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-07-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1949-09-20 ⓘ
education St. Paul Central High School ⓘ
employer RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Western film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
height 6 ft 0 in ⓘ
knownFor early sound film performances ⓘ
rugged leading man roles ⓘ
silent film era performances ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryService Army Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Reserve
name Richard Dix self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award nomination for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor for Cimarron
notableWork Cimarron ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Virginia Webster ⓘ
Winifred Coe ⓘ
starredIn Cimarron (1931 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1923 film) ⓘ
The Thirteenth Hour (1947 film) ⓘ
The Vanishing American (1925 film) ⓘ
The Whistler (1944 film) ⓘ
workedIn silent film ⓘ
sound film ⓘ
yearsActive 1910s–1940s ⓘ

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The Ten Commandments (1923 film) → starredActor → Richard Dix ⓘ
Richard Dix → name → Richard Dix self-link ⓘ
Richard Dix → child → Richard Dix self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Dix Jr.
The Ghost Ship → starredActor → Richard Dix ⓘ