
Bruce Bennett
Actor · Died February 24, 2007, aged 100 · Tacoma, Washington, USA
Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix) was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. His first career was as an athlete. At the University of Washington, where he majored in economics, he played football (tackle) in the 1926 Rose Bowl and was a track-and-field star. Two years later, he won the Silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympic Games. Brix moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected Brix to play the title character. Brix, however, broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football film Touchdown, so swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. He was mannered, cultured, soft-spoken, a well educated English lord who spoke several languages, and didn't grunt."[4] Brix shown in the opening credits of the serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935). Due to financial mismanagement, Dearholt had to complete filming of much of the serial back in Hollywood, and Brix, although his travel and daily living expenses in Guatemala were covered throughout the shoot, never received his contracted salary, along with the rest of the cast. The finished film, The New Adventures of Tarzan, was released in 1935 by Burroughs-Tarzan, and offered to theatres as a 12-chapter serial or a seven-reel feature. A second feature, Tarzan and the Green Goddess, was culled from the footage in 1938.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 19, 1906
- February 24, 2007 (aged 100)
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Actor
- 52 on MovieCove · 137 credits in all
What are Bruce Bennett's films like?
Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 37
Light 14 · Serious 16 · Dark 9
A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 3
Gentle 7 · Charged 22 · Intense 10
Steady 17 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 4
Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 2
Casual 24 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 16 · Affecting 19 · Heavy 4
Resolved 33 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 8 of 23 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Tarzan in The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
- Heroas Martin Andrews in Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
- Heroas Jimmy Shay in Silks and Saddles (1936)
- Heroas Martin Granville in Two Minutes to Play (1936)
- Heroas Eric Lane - Agent 17 in Sky Racket (1937)
- Heroas Tarzan in Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1937)
- Allyas Lieutenant Frank Corby in The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
- Heroas Tiny Dawson in Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
- Allyas Supai George in Murder in Times Square (1943)
- Allyas Waco Hoyt in Sahara (1943)
- Allyas FBI Agent Evans in The More the Merrier (1943)
- Mentoras Bert Pierce in Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Shapeshifteras San Thomas in The Man I Love (1946)
- Allyas Dr. Joel Merriam in Nora Prentiss (1947)
- Mentoras Ed Landers in Cheyenne (1947)
- Heraldas Cody in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Shadowas Marty Fain in Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
- Mentoras Dr. McAdoo in Mystery Street (1950)
- Allyas Col. Jeb Britton in The Last Outpost (1951)
- Heraldas 'Bull' Herrick in Robbers' Roost (1955)
- Heroas Daniel Boone in Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)
- Mentoras Daniel Boone in Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)
- Threshold guardianas Commissioner Harrison in Three Violent People (1956)
Moods and endings
- Happy17
- Bittersweet13
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bruce Bennett's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 52 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- Sudden Fear (1952) · actor · free
- Dark Passage (1947) · actor · free
- Sahara (1943) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- The Loretta Young Show (1953) · actor · free
- Cheyenne (1947) · actor · free
- Love Me Tender (1956) · actor · free
- Without Honor (1949) · actor · free
- The Last Outpost (1951) · actor · free
- I'm from Arkansas (1944) · actor · free
- Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1937) · actor · free
- Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) · actor · free
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Subscription and free streaming for Bruce Bennett's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
137 credits, 52 with a MovieCove page.

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Laat de dokter maar schuiven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Clones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Deadhead Miles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Lassie: Well of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Torpedo of Doom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Outsider(1961)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Fiend of Dope Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Alligator People(1959)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Cosmic Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Flaming Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Ain't No Time for Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Panic! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Three Violent People(1956)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Love Me Tender(1956)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
West Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Three Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Bottom of the Bottle(1956)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Hidden Guns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Robbers' Roost(1955)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all filmsDamon Runyon Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Strategic Air Command(1955)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Big Tip Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Lassie(1954)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Dragonfly Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Stories of the Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

With This Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Loretta Young Show(1953)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Dream Wife(1953)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Cavalcade of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Sudden Fear(1952)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Angels in the Outfield(1951)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Last Outpost(1951)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Great Missouri Raid(1951)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Second Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Shakedown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Mystery Street(1950)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Undertow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Without Honor(1949)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Doctor and the Girl(1949)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The House Across the Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Younger Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

To the Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Smart Girls Don't Talk(1948)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Silver River(1948)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Dark Passage(1947)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Cheyenne(1947)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Nora Prentiss(1947)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Man I Love(1946)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
A Stolen Life(1946)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Beer Barrel Polecats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Danger Signal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

Mildred Pierce(1945)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
I'm from Arkansas(1944)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
U-Boat Prisoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

There's Something About a Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Sahara(1943)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Frontier Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

The More the Merrier(1943)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Murder in Times Square(1943)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Underground Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Sabotage Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Atlantic Convoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Submarine Raider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Honolulu Lu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Three Girls About Town(1941)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Officer and the Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Two Latins from Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Dutiful But Dumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

So Long Mr. Chumps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

The Phantom Submarine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

West of Abilene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

No Census, No Feeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Glamour for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Spook Speaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Before I Hang(1940)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Secret Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

How High Is Up? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Girls of the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Taming of the Snood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Babies for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Boobs in the Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Escape to Glory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Island of Doomed Men(1940)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Man from Tumbleweeds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Man with Nine Lives(1940)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Blazing Six Shooters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Hi-Yo Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Heckler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Five Little Peppers at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Convicted Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Cafe Hostess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Invisible Stripes(1939)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
My Son Is Guilty(1939)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Blondie Brings Up Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Hawk of the Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Land of Fighting Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

The Fighting Devil Dogs(1938)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Lone Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Amateur Crook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

Danger Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

Sky Racket(1937)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Million Dollar Racket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

Flying Fists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

A Million to One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

Silks and Saddles(1936)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Two Minutes to Play(1936)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Shadow of Chinatown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

Shadow of Chinatown(1936)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The New Adventures of Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Student Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

Death on the Diamond(1934)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Treasure Island(1934)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Riptide(1934)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Meet the Baron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

College Humor(1933)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Movie Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

Million Dollar Legs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 137 titles from 1932 to 2017.

Biggest box office
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Highest rated
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Film career
Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles.
- 1932Screen debut· Movie Crazy
- 1948Career best· The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- 1954Career best· Lassie
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Bruce Bennett's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 48; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th16
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
22 of their 52 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Bruce Bennett's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Bruce Bennett work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bruce Bennett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Max Steiner shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Robert F. HillShared titles: Sky Racket (1937), Shadow of Chinatown (1936), Silks and Saddles (1936), Two Minutes to Play (1936)See all 4 shared titles with Robert F. Hill

- Raoul WalshShared titles: Silver River (1948), Cheyenne (1947), The Man I Love (1946)See all 3 shared titles with Raoul Walsh

- Curtis BernhardtShared titles: The Doctor and the Girl (1949), A Stolen Life (1946)See all 2 shared titles with Curtis Bernhardt

- Lew LandersShared titles: I'm from Arkansas (1944), Murder in Times Square (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Lew Landers

Writers
- Catherine TurneyShared titles: A Stolen Life (1946), The Man I Love (1946), Mildred Pierce (1945)See all 3 shared titles with Catherine Turney

- William BuchananShared titles: Shadow of Chinatown (1936), Silks and Saddles (1936), Two Minutes to Play (1936)See all 3 shared titles with William Buchanan
- Maurice GeraghtyShared titles: Love Me Tender (1956), Robbers' Roost (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Maurice Geraghty
- Sydney BoehmShared titles: The Bottom of the Bottle (1956), Mystery Street (1950)See all 2 shared titles with Sydney Boehm
Actors
- Barton MacLaneShared titles: Three Violent People (1956), Silver River (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Cheyenne (1947)See all 4 shared titles with Barton MacLane

- John RidgelyShared titles: The Last Outpost (1951), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Man I Love (1946)See all 3 shared titles with John Ridgely

- Glenn FordShared titles: The Doctor and the Girl (1949), A Stolen Life (1946), My Son Is Guilty (1939)See all 3 shared titles with Glenn Ford

- Humphrey BogartShared titles: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Dark Passage (1947), Sahara (1943)See all 3 shared titles with Humphrey Bogart

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Max SteinerShared titles: Without Honor (1949), Silver River (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Cheyenne (1947), A Stolen Life (1946), Mildred Pierce (1945)See all 6 shared titles with Max Steiner

- Sidney HickoxShared titles: Silver River (1948), Cheyenne (1947), Dark Passage (1947), The Man I Love (1946)See all 4 shared titles with Sidney Hickox

- William HyerShared titles: Sky Racket (1937), Shadow of Chinatown (1936), Silks and Saddles (1936), Two Minutes to Play (1936)See all 4 shared titles with William Hyer
- Owen MarksShared titles: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Man I Love (1946)See all 3 shared titles with Owen Marks
Producers
- Jack L. WarnerShared titles: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Dark Passage (1947), Nora Prentiss (1947), A Stolen Life (1946), The Man I Love (1946), Mildred Pierce (1945)See all 6 shared titles with Jack L. Warner

- Sam KatzmanShared titles: Sky Racket (1937), Shadow of Chinatown (1936), Silks and Saddles (1936), Two Minutes to Play (1936)See all 4 shared titles with Sam Katzman

- Jerry WaldShared titles: Dark Passage (1947), Mildred Pierce (1945)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Wald

- Robert M. BecheShared titles: Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939), The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Robert M. Beche
Mixed roles
- Robert BucknerShared titles: Love Me Tender (1956), Cheyenne (1947)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Buckner
- Rudolph MatéShared titles: Three Violent People (1956), Sahara (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Rudolph Maté

- Lewis R. FosterShared titles: The Last Outpost (1951), The More the Merrier (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Lewis R. Foster





