Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett was born on May 19, 1906 in USA. Bruce Bennett's big-screen debut came with Touchdown! directed by Norman Z. McLeod in 1931, strarring Football Player (uncredited). Bruce Bennett is known for The Outsider directed by Delbert Mann, Tony Curtis stars as Ira Hayes and James Franciscus as James Sorenson. The upcoming new movie Bruce Bennett plays is Le héros d'Iwo-Jima which will be released on May 25, 1962.
Herman Brix was a star shot-putter in the 1928 Olympics. After losing the lead in MGM's Tarzan, l'homme singe (1932) due to a shoulder injury, he was contracted by Ashton Dearholt for his independent production of Les Nouvelles Aventures de Tarzan (1935), a serial and the only Tarzan film between the silents and the 1960s to present the character accurately, as a sophisticated, educated English nobleman who preferred living in the jungle and was able to speak directly with animals in their own language. He subsequently found himself typecast and confined to starring roles in other serials and character and even bit parts in poverty row features and two-reeler comedies. After starring in the Republic Pictures serial Les vautours de la jungle (1938) as the Tarzan-like Kioga, he dropped out of films for a few years, took acting lessons, and changed his name to Bruce Bennett. He made many movies after that, gaining fame as a leading man in many Warners products. In 1960, he retired from acting and went into business, becoming sales manager of a major vending machine company, making only occasional TV guest appearances. A reclusive man, he eschewed interviews, although he did appear at one Burroughs-oriented convention in the 1970s and discussed some of his experiences during the making of his Tarzan serial. In 2001, he allowed himself to be interviewed for a slender biography by a Mike Chapman, and held signings at local bookstores, enjoying his "rediscovery" by the general public in the few years remaining before his death.
Birthday
May 19, 1906Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
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