Bruce Bennett
Biography
Bruce Bennett was an American film and television actor. Born Harold Herman Brix in Tacoma, Washington, he was a college football player and track star who won a silver medal in the shot put at the 1928 Olympics. After moving to Los Angeles, he was cast as Tarzan in the 1935 serial The New Adventures of Tarzan, then signed with producer Sam Katzman and later starred in Republic serials. In 1939 he adopted the screen name Bruce Bennett while joining Columbia Pictures' stock company. He became known for adventurer, explorer and cowboy roles and appeared in films such as Sahara (1943), Mildred Pierce (1945), Dark Passage (1947), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Angels in the Outfield (1951), Sudden Fear (1952), and Strategic Air Command (1955). He also guest-starred on television series including Perry Mason and Science Fiction Theatre, co-wrote Fiend of Dope Island and starred in it, and died in 2007.
100years old at death
- Born Tacoma
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Harold Herman Brix (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 30
- Career span
- 27 years1932 to 1959
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A first
Bennett took part in the 1928 Olympic Games held in Amsterdam, and there he earned the silver medal in the shot put event.
Big break
Bruce Bennett, then known as Herman Brix, moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after an invitation to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club. There he befriended Douglas Fairbanks, who arranged a Paramount screen test for him.
About the name
Bennett took the screen name Bruce Bennett in 1939 when he joined Columbia Pictures' stock company, having found himself typecast as Tarzan.
Own stunts
Bennett did his own athletic stunts as Tarzan in The New Adventures of Tarzan, which began production on location in Guatemala and was completed in Hollywood for better sound recording.
Behind the camera
Bennett starred in Fiend of Dope Island and also helped write it. The film was made in 1959 and came out in 1961.
Bruce Bennett movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Raoul Walsh directed two of these films, Nick Grinde two. Bess Flowers appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bess Flowers's page
Humphrey Bogart's page
Barton MacLane's page
Ernie Adams's page
Don Beddoe's page
John Ridgely's page
All films by Raoul Walsh
Nick GrindeDirector, 2 films, 1940
All films by Nick Grinde
Also three films together2 more actors
- Douglas KennedyThe Alligator People (1959), Dark Passage (1947) and Nora Prentiss (1947)
- Kenneth MacDonaldThree Violent People (1956), Before I Hang (1940) and Island of Doomed Men (1940)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Bruce Bennett's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$24.7 million
5 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 30 films: 5 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 22 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 22Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$9.0M36.5% of the total
- 2$5.6M22.8% of the total
- 3$4.3M17.5% of the total
- 4$3.4M13.9% of the total
- 5$2.3M9.3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.