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.
Known For
Zelig
(1983)
Self - At San Simeon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Briton and Boer
(1909)
Two Boys in Blue
(1910)
Lost in the Soudan
(1910)
The Range Riders
(1910)
Trimming of Paradise Gulch
(1910)
One of the Paradise Gulch cowboys
Back to the Primitive
(1911)
Saved by the Pony Express
(1911)
The Pony Express Rider
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
(1911)
Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian
Captain Kate
(1911)
Loyal Native
Life on the Border
(1911)
Indian Chief
Told in Colorado
(1911)
Bill Higgins, a Miner
The Bully of Bingo Gulch
(1911)
Pop Lynd, Owner of Bingo Gulch Ranch
A Romance of the Rio Grande
(1911)
Tom Wilson, a Texas Ranger
Western Hearts
(1911)
Sheriff Strong
Dad's Girls
(1911)
Tom Ralston, the Gambler
In Old California When the Gringos Came
(1911)
The Cowboy and the Shrew
(1911)
The Sheriff
The 'Diamond S' Ranch
(1912)
The Scapegoat
(1912)
Tom Mason - the Scapegoat
A Cowboy's Best Girl
(1912)
Bull Stokes, a Rough Cowboy
The Law and the Outlaw
(1913)
Dakota Joe Wilson
Mother Love vs Gold
(1913)
Pete Jackson
The Taming of Texas Pete
(1913)
The Half-Breed
Made a Coward
(1913)
Pete
Sallie's Sure Shot
(1913)
Injun Sam
The Marshal's Capture
(1913)
The Halfbreed
Taming a Tenderfoot
(1913)
Bud Morris
The Only Chance
(1913)
The Engineer
Religion and Gun Practice
(1913)
Kill Kullen
His Father's Deputy
(1913)
Ed Hanley (Sam's partner)
That Mail Order Suit
(1913)
Slim
The Life Timer
(1913)
The Sheriff
The Sheriff of Yavapai County
(1913)
Apache Frank (crooked gambler)
Juggling with Fate
(1913)
Andrews the Marshal / Morgan the Outlaw
The Range Law
(1913)
Cowpuncher
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
(1913)
The Stage Driver
The Escape of Jim Dolan
(1913)
Jim Dolan
Chip of the Flying U
(1914)
Claude Bennett aka Chip
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
(1914)
Tom Mingle
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(1914)
The Sheriff
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker
(1914)
Bill
Finish
(1914)
Saved by a Watch
(1914)
Tom
The Rival Stage Lines
(1914)
Harding Martin
The Man from the East
(1914)
Tom Bates
The Scapegoat
(1914)
Tom Jackson, the Scapegoat
The Sheriff's Reward
(1914)
The Sheriff
The Ranger's Romance
(1914)
The Ranger
The Telltale Knife
(1914)
Tom Mason
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
(1914)
Jimmy Hayes
The Mexican
(1914)
The Mexican
The Way of the Redman
(1914)
The Redman
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(1914)
Luke Barns
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(1914)
Wallace Carey
When the West Was Young
(1914)
Indian Chief
The White Mouse
(1914)
Sergeant Brokaw, N.W.M.P.
Willie
(1914)
Cowpuncher
Etienne of the Glad Heart
(1914)
Peter - an Indian
When the Cook Fell Ill
(1914)
Chip
The Wilderness Mail
(1914)
The Outlaw
In Defiance of the Law
(1914)
Cpl. Nome
The Little Sister
(1914)
Second Prospector
A Friend in Need
(1914)
The Ranch Foreman
By Unseen Hand
(1914)
Chief Jackson
The Man from Texas
(1915)
Texas
An Arizona Wooing
(1915)
Tom Warner
Sage Brush Tom
(1915)
Sage Brush Tom
Roping a Bride
(1915)
Tom
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl
(1915)
Cactus Jim
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch
(1915)
Tom
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(1915)
Tom Champion
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(1915)
Tom, the Stagecoach Driver
Pals in Blue
(1915)
Tom
The Heart of the Sheriff
(1915)
Sheriff Martin
The Legal Light
(1915)
Pete
The Man Hunt!
(1915)
Lionel
On the Eagle Trail
(1915)
Tom Merry
The Impersonation of Tom
(1915)
Tom Graves
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
(1915)
Tommy - the Tenderfoot
The Chef at Circle G
(1915)
Tom - the Ranch Cook
Athletic Ambitions
(1915)
Tom - the Wild Man
The Race for a Gold Mine
(1915)
Tom Cummins
The Stagecoach Guard
(1915)
Tom - the Stagecoach Guard
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(1915)
Tom Martin
The Foreman's Choice
(1915)
Tom Hickson
The Girl and the Mail Bag
(1915)
Tom Chester
Her Slight Mistake
(1915)
Bill
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(1915)
Tom
How Weary Went Wooing
(1915)
Weary
Never Again
(1915)
Tom
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
(1915)
Tom Wallace
With the Aid of the Law
(1915)
Lee Russell
Saved by Her Horse
(1915)
Tom Golden
The Conversion of Smiling Tom
(1915)
Smilin Tom
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(1915)
Buck Martin
Getting a Start in Life
(1915)
Tom
Ma's Girls
(1915)
The Gambler
The Outlaw's Bride
(1915)
Richard Sharpe
Slim Higgins
(1915)
Slim Higgins
Bill Haywood, Producer
(1915)
Bill Haywood
Forked Trails
(1915)
Bob Davis
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race
(1915)
1st Cowboy Suitor
Harold's Bad Man
(1915)
Using HIs Brain
(1915)
Tom
An Angelic Attitude
(1916)
Tom Miller
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(1916)
Tom
Legal Advice
(1916)
Tom
A Bear of a Story
(1916)
Tom Wilson
5,000 Dollar Elopement
(1916)
Tom
The Golden Thought
(1916)
Tom Daton
$5,000 Reward
(1916)
The Man Within
(1916)
Tom Melford
In the Days of Daring
(1916)
Twisted Trails
(1916)
Tom Snow
Mistakes Will Happen
(1916)
Tom Warner
The Sheriff's Blunder
(1916)
Hal Whitcomb / Steve Whitcomb
Tom's Sacrifice
(1916)
Tom Miller
A Close Call
(1916)
Dick Masters
An Eventful Evening
(1916)
Jack Winton
The Raiders
(1916)
Tom Gardner
A Corner in Water
(1916)
Tom Smith
The Pony Express Rider
(1916)
Tom Orbig
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(1916)
Tom Merrill
Tom's Strategy
(1916)
Tom Miller
Roping a Sweetheart
(1916)
Tom Walker, a Cowpuncher
A Western Masquerade
(1916)
Tom Bruce
Shooting Up the Movies
(1916)
Tom Travis
Some Duel
(1916)
Tom
The Girl of Gold Gulch
(1916)
Jack Wallace
Taking a Chance
(1916)
Tom Manton
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(1916)
Tom Meyers
Going West to Make Good
(1916)
Tom Gilmore
Crooked Trails
(1916)
Dick Taylor
Too Many Chefs
(1916)
Tom Forde
Along the Border
(1916)
Tom Martin
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(1916)
Tom Gordon
Hearts and Saddles
(1917)
The Heart of Texas Ryan
(1917)
Single Shot Parker
The Law North of 65
(1917)
Ralph
The Rustler's Vindication
(1917)
Tom and Jerry
(1917)
The Foreman
Durand of the Bad Lands
(1917)
Clem Alison
A Soft Tenderfoot
(1917)
The Tenderfoot
Six Cylinder Love
(1917)
Buck Saunders
Knight of the Saddle
(1917)
A Roman Cowboy
(1917)
Bud Ballard
The Saddle Girth
(1917)
Tom, a Cowpuncher
Delayed in Transit
(1917)
Dell Hawkins
The Luck That Jealousy Brought
(1917)
Joe Barr
Starring in Western Stuff
(1917)
Tom Sage
Western Blood
(1918)
Tex Wilson
Cupid's Round Up
(1918)
Larry Kelly
Mr. Logan, U.S.A.
(1918)
Jim Logan
Six-Shooter Andy
(1918)
Andy Crawford
Ace High
(1918)
Jean Rivard
Who's Your Father?
(1918)
Tom Hartrigger
Fame and Fortune
(1918)
Clay Burgess
Rough-Riding Romance
(1919)
Phineas Dobbs
Treat 'Em Rough
(1919)
Ned Ferguson
The Wilderness Trail
(1919)
Donald MacTavish
Hell-Roarin' Reform
(1919)
Tim
Fighting for Gold
(1919)
Jack Kilmeny
The Coming of the Law
(1919)
Kent Hollis
The Speed Maniac
(1919)
Billy Porter
The Feud
(1919)
Jere Lynch / John Smith
The Texan
(1920)
Tex Benton
Prairie Trails
(1920)
Tex Benton
The Cyclone
(1920)
Sergeant Tim Ryerson
The Daredevil
(1920)
Timothy Atkinson
The Terror
(1920)
Bat Carson
Desert Love
(1920)
Buck Marston Jr.
The Untamed
(1920)
Whistling Dan
Trailin'
(1921)
Anthony Woodbury
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
(1921)
Himself
Big Town Round-Up
(1921)
Larry McBride
Hands Off!
(1921)
Tex Roberts
The Rough Diamond
(1921)
Hank Sherman
The Night Horsemen
(1921)
Whistling Dan
The Road Demon
(1921)
Hap Higgins
A Ridin' Romeo
(1921)
Jim Rose
After Your Own Heart
(1921)
Herbert Parker
Sky High
(1922)
Grant Newbury
Just Tony
(1922)
Jim Perris
The Fighting Streak
(1922)
Andrew Lanning
Catch My Smoke
(1922)
Bob Stratton
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
(1922)
Self
Chasing the Moon
(1922)
Dwight Locke
Arabia
(1922)
Billy Evans
Do and Dare
(1922)
Kit Carson Boone / Henry Boone
For Big Stakes
(1922)
'Clean-up' Sudden
Up and Going
(1922)
David Brandon
North of Hudson Bay
(1923)
Micheal Dane
The Lone Star Ranger
(1923)
Duane
Three Jumps Ahead
(1923)
Steve McLean
Soft Boiled
(1923)
Tom Steele
Eyes of the Forest
(1923)
Bruce Thornton
Mile-a-Minute Romeo
(1923)
Lucky Bill
Stepping Fast
(1923)
Grant Malvern
Romance Land
(1923)
'Pep' Hawkins
The Deadwood Coach
(1924)
Tom
The Last of the Duanes
(1924)
Buck Duane
Teeth
(1924)
Dave Deering
Oh, You Tony!
(1924)
Tom Masters
The Trouble Shooter
(1924)
Tom Steele
The Heart Buster
(1924)
Tod Walton
Ladies to Board
(1924)
Tom Faxton
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1925)
Jim Carson
Dick Turpin
(1925)
Dick Turpin
The Best Bad Man
(1925)
Hugh Nichols
A Child of the Prairie
(1925)
Square Deal Tom
The Rainbow Trail
(1925)
John Shefford
The Lucky Horseshoe
(1925)
Tom Foster
The Everlasting Whisper
(1925)
Mark King
The Great K&A Train Robbery
(1926)
Tom Gordon
Hard Boiled
(1926)
Tom Bouden
No Man's Gold
(1926)
Tom Stone
The Yankee Señor
(1926)
Paul Wharton
My Own Pal
(1926)
Tom O'Hara
The Canyon of Light
(1926)
Tom Mills
Tony Runs Wild
(1926)
Tom Trent
The Last Trail
(1927)
Tom Dane
The Circus Ace
(1927)
Tom Terry
Outlaws of Red River
(1927)
Tom Morley
The Arizona Wildcat
(1927)
Tom Phelan
Silver Valley
(1927)
Tom Tracey
Tumbling River
(1927)
Tom Gieer
The Broncho Twister
(1927)
Tom Mason
Life in Hollywood No. 4
(1927)
The Son of the Golden West
(1928)
Tom Hardy
King Cowboy
(1928)
Tex Rogers
Painted Post
(1928)
Tom Blake
Hello Cheyenne!
(1928)
Tom Remington
Horseman of the Plains
(1928)
Tom Swift
Daredevil's Reward
(1928)
Tom Hardy
Outlawed
(1929)
Tom Manning
The Drifter
(1929)
Tom McCall
The Big Diamond Robbery
(1929)
Tom Markham
Destry Rides Again
(1932)
Tom Destry
My Pal, the King
(1932)
Tom Reed
The Rider of Death Valley
(1932)
Tom Rigby
The Texas Bad Man
(1932)
Tom Logan - Posing as Dan Bishop
Flaming Guns
(1932)
Tom Malone
The Fourth Horseman
(1932)
Tom Martin
Hidden Gold
(1932)
Tom Marley
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
(1932)
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
(1932)
Self (uncredited)
Terror Trail
(1933)
Tom Munroe
Gordon of Ghost City
(1933)
Rider (archive footage)
The Film Parade
(1933)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Rustler's Roundup
(1933)
Tom Lawson
The Miracle Rider
(1935)
Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
The Adventures of the Masked Phantom
(1939)
Rider (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Tom Mix
Yesterday and Today
(1953)
(archive footage)
The 10 from Texas
(1961)
(archive footage)
It's Showtime
(1976)
Self (archive footage)
Zelig
(1983)
Self - At San Simeon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
(1990)
himself
Writing
The Escape of Jim Dolan
(1913)
Story
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(1914)
Writer
Saved by a Watch
(1914)
Story
The Man from the East
(1914)
Story
The Scapegoat
(1914)
Writer
The Sheriff's Reward
(1914)
Story
The Ranger's Romance
(1914)
Story
The Telltale Knife
(1914)
Story
The Mexican
(1914)
Story
The Way of the Redman
(1914)
Story
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(1914)
Story
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(1914)
Scenario Writer
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(1915)
Writer
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(1915)
Story
Pals in Blue
(1915)
Writer
The Heart of the Sheriff
(1915)
Writer
Sage Brush Tom
(1915)
Story
The Man Hunt!
(1915)
Writer
The Man from Texas
(1915)
Writer
Athletic Ambitions
(1915)
Scenario Writer
The Stagecoach Guard
(1915)
Story
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(1915)
Story
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(1915)
Story
How Weary Went Wooing
(1915)
Scenario Writer
Never Again
(1915)
Story
With the Aid of the Law
(1915)
Scenario Writer
Saved by Her Horse
(1915)
Scenario Writer
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(1915)
Story
Ma's Girls
(1915)
Story
Slim Higgins
(1915)
Writer
Using HIs Brain
(1915)
Writer
An Angelic Attitude
(1916)
Writer
Legal Advice
(1916)
Writer
Twisted Trails
(1916)
Story and Scenario Writer
A Bear of a Story
(1916)
Story
Mistakes Will Happen
(1916)
Story
The Sheriff's Blunder
(1916)
Story
Tom's Sacrifice
(1916)
Story
A Close Call
(1916)
Story
The Raiders
(1916)
Story
A Corner in Water
(1916)
Writer
The Pony Express Rider
(1916)
Writer
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(1916)
Writer
Tom's Strategy
(1916)
Story
Roping a Sweetheart
(1916)
Writer
A Western Masquerade
(1916)
Writer
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(1916)
Writer
Shooting Up the Movies
(1916)
Writer
Some Duel
(1916)
Writer
Taking a Chance
(1916)
Story
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(1916)
Story
Going West to Make Good
(1916)
Story
Crooked Trails
(1916)
Story
Too Many Chefs
(1916)
Writer
Along the Border
(1916)
Story
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(1916)
Writer
The Law North of 65
(1917)
Scenario Writer
Tom and Jerry
(1917)
Writer
A Soft Tenderfoot
(1917)
Story
Six Cylinder Love
(1917)
Story
A Roman Cowboy
(1917)
Story
The Saddle Girth
(1917)
Writer
Starring in Western Stuff
(1917)
Story
The Daredevil
(1920)
Story
The Terror
(1920)
Story
Desert Love
(1920)
Story
The Rough Diamond
(1921)
Story
A Ridin' Romeo
(1921)
Story
After Your Own Heart
(1921)
Adaptation and Story
Chasing the Moon
(1922)
Story
Arabia
(1922)
Story
Up and Going
(1922)
Story
A Child of the Prairie
(1925)
Story
Directing
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
(1914)
Director
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker
(1914)
Director
Saved by a Watch
(1914)
Director
The Rival Stage Lines
(1914)
Director
The Man from the East
(1914)
Director
The Scapegoat
(1914)
Director
The Sheriff's Reward
(1914)
Director
The Ranger's Romance
(1914)
Director
The Telltale Knife
(1914)
Director
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel
(1914)
Director
The Mexican
(1914)
Director
The Way of the Redman
(1914)
Director
The Moving Picture Cowboy
(1914)
Director
The Real Thing in Cowboys
(1914)
Director
The Man from Texas
(1915)
Director
An Arizona Wooing
(1915)
Director
Sage Brush Tom
(1915)
Director
Roping a Bride
(1915)
Director
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl
(1915)
Director
The Auction Sale of Run-Down Ranch
(1915)
Director
A Matrimonial Boomerang
(1915)
Director
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
(1915)
Director
Pals in Blue
(1915)
Director
The Heart of the Sheriff
(1915)
Director
The Legal Light
(1915)
Director
The Man Hunt!
(1915)
Director
On the Eagle Trail
(1915)
Director
The Impersonation of Tom
(1915)
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
(1915)
Director
The Chef at Circle G
(1915)
Director
Athletic Ambitions
(1915)
Director
The Race for a Gold Mine
(1915)
Director
The Stagecoach Guard
(1915)
Director
The Brave Deserve the Fair
(1915)
Director
The Foreman's Choice
(1915)
Director
The Girl and the Mail Bag
(1915)
Director
Her Slight Mistake
(1915)
Director
The Range Girl and the Cowboy
(1915)
Director
How Weary Went Wooing
(1915)
Director
Never Again
(1915)
Director
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
(1915)
Director
With the Aid of the Law
(1915)
Director
Saved by Her Horse
(1915)
Director
The Conversion of Smiling Tom
(1915)
Director
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks
(1915)
Director
Getting a Start in Life
(1915)
Director
Ma's Girls
(1915)
Director
The Outlaw's Bride
(1915)
Director
Slim Higgins
(1915)
Director
Bill Haywood, Producer
(1915)
Director
Forked Trails
(1915)
Director
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race
(1915)
Director
Harold's Bad Man
(1915)
Director
Using HIs Brain
(1915)
Director
An Angelic Attitude
(1916)
Director
Local Color on the A-1 Ranch
(1916)
Director
Legal Advice
(1916)
Director
A Bear of a Story
(1916)
Director
5,000 Dollar Elopement
(1916)
Director
The Golden Thought
(1916)
Director
$5,000 Reward
(1916)
Director
The Man Within
(1916)
Director
Twisted Trails
(1916)
Director
Mistakes Will Happen
(1916)
Director
The Sheriff's Blunder
(1916)
Director
Tom's Sacrifice
(1916)
Director
A Close Call
(1916)
Director
An Eventful Evening
(1916)
Director
The Raiders
(1916)
Director
A Corner in Water
(1916)
Director
The Pony Express Rider
(1916)
Director
The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(1916)
Director
Tom's Strategy
(1916)
Director
Roping a Sweetheart
(1916)
Director
A Western Masquerade
(1916)
Director
Shooting Up the Movies
(1916)
Director
Some Duel
(1916)
Director
The Girl of Gold Gulch
(1916)
Director
Taking a Chance
(1916)
Director
The Cowpuncher's Peril
(1916)
Director
Going West to Make Good
(1916)
Director
Crooked Trails
(1916)
Director
Too Many Chefs
(1916)
Director
Along the Border
(1916)
Director
The Canby Hill Outlaws
(1916)
Director
Hearts and Saddles
(1917)
Director
Tom and Jerry
(1917)
Director
A Soft Tenderfoot
(1917)
Director
Six Cylinder Love
(1917)
Director
Knight of the Saddle
(1917)
Director
A Roman Cowboy
(1917)
Director
The Saddle Girth
(1917)
Director
The Luck That Jealousy Brought
(1917)
Director
Starring in Western Stuff
(1917)
Director
Who's Your Father?
(1918)
Director
The Daredevil
(1920)
Director
A Child of the Prairie
(1925)
Director