Bennett in Sudden Fear

Actor Bruce Bennett (born, and originally credited as, Herman Brix) was a movie and television actor, born May 16, 1906, in Tacoma, Washington. His first career was as an athlete, and he won the Silver medal shot-putter in the 1928 Olympics. Eventually, he was picked by Ashton Dearholt of Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc. to star in the 1935 movie serial, The New Adventures of Tarzan following in the footsteps of fellow Olympic stars Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. He was actually set to take over the role years earlier in 1932 at MGM but was injured and replaced by Weissmuller. Image File history File links Actor Bruce Bennett in Sudden Fear This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links Actor Bruce Bennett in Sudden Fear This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Sudden Fear is a 1952 film noir which tells the story of an actor who attempts to seduce a female film director in order to prove to her that he can play a romantic lead. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background This page is about the city in Washington. ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The New Adventures of Tarzan is a 1935, American, English language, black-and-white jungle film serial in 12 episodes. ... Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austrian-born American swimmer and actor. ... Larry Buster Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s. ...

After a number of serials and b-movies, and finding himself still typecast as "Tarzan" in the minds of major producers, following time in service during World War II Brix changed his name to "Bruce Bennett. He appeared in many top-notch films in the 1940s and early 1950s including Sahara (1943), Mildred Pierce (1945), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and Sudden Fear (1952). The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ... Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the... Mildred Pierce is a novel (1941) by James M. Cain; and a feature film (Michael Curtiz; US, 1945) starring Joan Crawford which is based upon this novel. ... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the directors father) to prospect for... Sudden Fear is a 1952 film noir which tells the story of an actor who attempts to seduce a female film director in order to prove to her that he can play a romantic lead. ...

From the mid 1950s on he manly appeared in lesser films, such as The Alligator People (1959), and on television in guest starring roles. Bennett was born May 16, 1906 in Tacoma, Washington. He was a very successful business man during the 60s outside of acting. The Alligator People was a film released by Twentieth Century Fox in Cinemascope in 1959, directed by Roy Del Ruth with a screenplay by Orville H. Hampton. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background This page is about the city in Washington. ...