Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 â€"
October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many
early Western movies between 1909 and 1935. Mix appeared in 291 films,
all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first
Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early
days of the cinema.Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880, in
Mix Run, Pennsylvania, about 62 miles (100 km) north of State College,
Pennsylvania, to Edwin Elias Mix and Elizabeth Heistand. He grew up in
nearby DuBois, Pennsylvania, where his father, a stable master for a
wealthy lumber merchant, taught him to ride and love horses. He spent
time working on a local farm owned by John DuBois, a lumber
businessman. He had dreams of being in the circus and was rumored to
have been caught by his parents practicing knife-throwing tricks
against a wall, using his sister as an assistant.In April 1898, during
the Spanishâ€"American War, he enlisted in the Army under the name
Thomas E. (Edwin) Mix. His unit never went overseas, and Mix later
failed to return for duty after an extended furlough when he married
Grace I. Allin on July 18, 1902. Mix was listed as AWOL on November 4,
1902, but was never court-martialed nor apparently even discharged.
His marriage to Allin was annulled after one year. In 1905, Mix
married Kitty Jewel Perinne, but this marriage also ended within a
year. He next married Olive Stokes on January 10, 1909, in Medora,
North Dakota. On July 13, 1912, Olive gave birth to their daughter
Ruth. Tom Mix Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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