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Bruce Bennett
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| Known for: | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Mildred Pierce, Sahara |
| Birth name: | Herman Brix |
| Birthday: | 19 May 1906, Tacoma, Washington, USA |
| Height: | 6' 3" (1.91 m) |
Trivia
He won a silver medal in the 1928 Olympics for the shot put.
He attended the "Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show", at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, in North Hollywood, California.
Considered Edgar Rice Burroughs' favorite to play Tarzan, Bruce lost the jungle film series in 1932 when he suffered a separated shoulder from a tackle in the gridiron flick Touchdown (1931). Of course, Johnny Weissmuller became a big star when he won the role. Bruce recuperated and did get to play Tarzan in the serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935).
His father was a lumber man who owned a couple of different logging camps. Bruce built up his physique working in these lumber camps as a youth.
Retired from acting in the 60s and became commercially employed. *
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