Robert Warren Brimmer (May 8, 1935 – August 6, 2018), known professionally as Robert Dix, was an American film actor. He appeared in 35 films between 1954 and 1974.
Biographic data
Dix was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Richard Dix. As a teenager, he left home after his mother remarried.
Dix initially was billed as Bob Brimmer, using his legal name. For a year, he worked with the National Academy of Theater Arts in New York City. Following that experience, he gained a two-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He later appeared in Forbidden Planet (1956), Forty Guns (1957), and other films including a lead role in Maury Dexter's Air Patrol. In the 1960s he appeared in a string of b-movies by Al Adamson including Hell's Bloody Devils, Satan's Sadists, Blood of Dracula's Castle, and Five Bloody Graves. His last role was a doomed agent in Roger Moore's first James Bond Feature, Live And Let Die, being killed before the opening credits during a marching New Orleans funeral that turns out to be his own.
On May 31, 1956, Dix married actress Janet Lake in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1959. Later he was married to Anna May Slaughter, a nightclub singer, and Darlene Lucht. Dix owned a home near Demuth Park in Palm Springs, California. He died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, at age 83. He was buried at the Russellville–Dragoon Cemetery in Cochise County, Arizona.
Television appearances
In 1961, Dix played the part of Jamie, a lieutenant in the US Cavalry on the television program Gunsmoke and later that same year as “Spotted Wolf”, a love torn Indian hunted by the Cavalry in the S7E10 “Indian Ford”.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1954 Athena Reporter Uncredited1955 Hit the Deck Naval Officer Uncredited1955 The Glass Slipper Young Man Uncredited1955 Interrupted Melody Man on Beach Uncredited1955 Love Me or Leave Me Assistant Director Uncredited1955 The Scarlet Coat Lt. Evans Uncredited1955 The King's Thief Husky 1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow Henry Uncredited1956 Diane Young Officer Uncredited1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas New Frontier Player Uncredited1956 Forbidden Planet Crewman Grey 1956 Screaming Eagles Pvt. Peterson 1957 Forty Guns Chico Bonell 1958 Thundering Jets Lt. Jimmy Erskine 1958 Frankenstein's Daughter Police Det. Bill Dillon 1959 Lone Texan Carpetbagger 1959 Frontier Doctor Corporal Travis Episode: "Superstition Mountain"1960 13 Fighting Men Lt. Wilcox 1960 Young Jesse James Frank James 1961 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Caleb Turner 1962 Air Patrol Sgt. Bob Castle 1965 Deadwood '76 Wild Bill Hickok 1968 The Road Hustlers Mark Reedy 1968 Las Vegas Strangler Jeff Murray aka: No Tears for the Damned1969 Blood of Dracula's Castle Johnny 1969 Satan's Sadists Willie 1969 Wild Wheels King 1969 Five Bloody Graves Ben Thompson 1970 Hell's Bloody Devils Cunk 1970 Cain's Cutthroats Amison – Gang Leader 1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Dr. Manning 1970 The Rebel Rousers Miguel 1970 The Red, White, and Black Walking Horse 1971 The Killers Rick Wilson 1973 Live and Let Die Hamilton Uncredited (dubbed by Shane Rimmer)
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