Tom Mix

Thomas E. Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 11, 1940) was an American film actor, the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but 9 of them silent features. In the process he became Hollywood?s first larger-than-life Western megastar, and defined the genre for all actors that followed.

Honors

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Tom Mix has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. He has his cowboy boot prints, palm prints and his famous horse Tony's hoof prints in Grauman's Chinese Theatre at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1958, he was inducted posthumously into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. There is a Tom Mix museum in Dewey, Oklahoma and another in Mix Run, Pennsylvania.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame - Grauman's Chinese Theatre - Western Performers Hall of Fame - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Dewey - Oklahoma - Mix Run - Pennsylvania

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Daryl Ponicsan's novel Tom Mix Died for Your Sins (1975) evokes the life and personality of the star.

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Daryl Ponicsan - 1975

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