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.
Movies
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 Self (uncredited)
Oh, You Tony! Tom Masters
Teeth Dave Deering
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 Feud Jere Lynch / John Smith
The Coming of the Law Kent Hollis
The Daredevil Timothy Atkinson
The Speed Maniac Billy Porter
The Terror Bat Carson
Desert Love Buck Marston Jr.
The Rustler's Vindication
A Ridin' Romeo Jim Rose
Tom and Jerry The Foreman
The Law North of 65 Ralph
After Your Own Heart Herbert Parker
The Untamed Whistling Dan
The Road Demon Hap Higgins
A Soft Tenderfoot The Tenderfoot
Six Cylinder Love Buck Saunders
Knight of the Saddle
Durand of the Bad Lands Clem Alison
A Roman Cowboy Bud Ballard
The Saddle Girth Tom, a Cowpuncher
The Luck That Jealousy Brought Joe Barr
Delayed in Transit Dell Hawkins
Starring in Western Stuff Tom Sage
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 Self
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker Bill
Do and Dare Kit Carson Boone / Henry Boone
Up and Going David Brandon
For Big Stakes 'Clean-up' Sudden
In the Days of Daring
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl Tom, the Stagecoach Driver
Told in Colorado Bill Higgins, a Miner
Mistakes Will Happen Tom Warner
Twisted Trails Tom Snow
Tom's Sacrifice Tom Miller
A Close Call Dick Masters
An Eventful Evening Jack Winton
The Sheriff's Blunder Hal Whitcomb / Steve Whitcomb
Pals in Blue Tom
The Rustler's Roundup Tom Lawson
The Heart of the Sheriff Sheriff Martin
The Legal Light Pete
The Pony Express Rider Tom Orbig
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor The Sheriff
The Raiders Tom Gardner
The Taming of Grouchy Bill Tom Merrill
Tom's Strategy Tom Miller
A Corner in Water Tom Smith
Roping a Sweetheart Tom Walker, a Cowpuncher
The Girl of Gold Gulch Jack Wallace
Taking a Chance Tom Manton
Some Duel Tom
A Western Masquerade Tom Bruce
Shooting Up the Movies Tom Travis
The Cowpuncher's Peril Tom Meyers
Going West to Make Good Tom Gilmore
The Man Hunt! Lionel
Finish
Bill Haywood, Producer Bill Haywood
Forked Trails Bob Davis
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race 1st Cowboy Suitor
Harold's Bad Man
Slim Higgins Slim Higgins
Too Many Chefs Tom Forde
Along the Border Tom Martin
Crooked Trails Dick Taylor
Horseman of the Plains Tom Swift
The Big Diamond Robbery Tom Markham
My Own Pal Tom O'Hara
Daredevil's Reward Tom Hardy
$5,000 Reward
The Man Within Tom Melford
Chasing the Moon Dwight Locke
The Arizona Wildcat Tom Phelan
Tumbling River Tom Gieer
Silver Valley Tom Tracey
The Broncho Twister Tom Mason
The Canyon of Light Tom Mills
Tony Runs Wild Tom Trent
The Impersonation of Tom Tom Graves
The Canby Hill Outlaws Tom Gordon
The Everlasting Whisper Mark King
The Chef at Circle G Tom - the Ranch Cook
On the Eagle Trail Tom Merry
The Tenderfoot's Triumph Tommy - the Tenderfoot
Athletic Ambitions Tom - the Wild Man
The Foreman's Choice Tom Hickson
The Race for a Gold Mine Tom Cummins
The Brave Deserve the Fair Tom Martin
The Stagecoach Guard Tom - the Stagecoach Guard
The Girl and the Mail Bag Tom Chester
Never Again Tom
Her Slight Mistake Bill
With the Aid of the Law Lee Russell
The Range Girl and the Cowboy Tom
The Conversion of Smiling Tom Smilin Tom
How Weary Went Wooing Weary
Ma's Girls The Gambler
The Marshal's Capture The Halfbreed
Made a Coward Pete
Sallie's Sure Shot Injun Sam
Taming a Tenderfoot Bud Morris
His Father's Deputy Ed Hanley (Sam's partner)
The Outlaw's Bride Richard Sharpe
The Only Chance The Engineer
Getting a Start in Life Tom
Religion and Gun Practice Kill Kullen
Mrs. Murphy's Cooks Buck Martin
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch Tom Wallace
Saved by Her Horse Tom Golden
The Taming of Texas Pete The Half-Breed
That Mail Order Suit Slim
Saved by a Watch Tom
The Rival Stage Lines Harding Martin
The Man from the East Tom Bates
The Sheriff's Reward The Sheriff
The Scapegoat Tom Jackson, the Scapegoat
The Sheriff of Yavapai County Apache Frank (crooked gambler)
The Life Timer The Sheriff
The Range Law Cowpuncher
Juggling with Fate Andrews the Marshal / Morgan the Outlaw
A Cowboy's Best Girl Bull Stokes, a Rough Cowboy
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver The Stage Driver
The 'Diamond S' Ranch
The Scapegoat Tom Mason - the Scapegoat
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 Telltale Knife Tom Mason
The Ranger's Romance The Ranger
Lost in the Soudan
The Way of the Redman The Redman
In Old California When the Gringos Came
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel Jimmy Hayes
The Real Thing in Cowboys Wallace Carey
Two Boys in Blue
The Cowboy and the Shrew The Sheriff
The Moving Picture Cowboy Luke Barns
The Range Riders
The Mexican The Mexican
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 Little Sister Second Prospector
The Wilderness Mail The Outlaw
In Defiance of the Law Cpl. Nome
Briton and Boer
By Unseen Hand Chief Jackson
A Friend in Need The Ranch Foreman
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
The Rose of Old St. Augustine Black Hawk, a Seminole Indian
Saved by the Pony Express The Pony Express Rider
The Rainbow Trail John Shefford
Cyclone Tom Tom
Western Life Tom
Up for Ransom Tom
Celebrating the Fourth Tom
Tom and the Sheriff 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
The 10 from Texas (archive footage)
Outlaws of Red River Tom Morley
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)
A Bear of a Story Tom Wilson
Hands Off! Tex Roberts
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
Shows
Arena Self (archive footage)
