---
name: "Robert Dix"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-dix"
fi1m_id: "robert-dix"
imdb_id: "nm0228718"
tmdb_id: 12315
wikidata_id: "Q56162387"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 May 1935"
died: "6 August 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:41:17.974541+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Dix

## Identity

Robert Dix

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-dix
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-dix
- **IMDb ID:** nm0228718
- **TMDB ID:** 12315
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56162387
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dix, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56162387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12315

Actor. Born 8 May 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 6 August 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1935, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 August 2018
- **Active:** 1956–1973
- **Also known as:** Robert Warren Brimmer
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 81 (1), 1970s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dix, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56162387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12315

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Forbidden Planet*](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md) (81)

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## Biography

Robert Dix, born Robert Warren Brimmer, was an American film actor. The son of actor Richard Dix, he appeared in around 35 films between 1954 and 1974, often credited as Bob Dix or Bob Brimmer early in his career. He trained briefly with the National Academy of Theater Arts in New York and held a two-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

His credits include the role of Crewman Grey in *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Chico Bonell in *Forty Guns* (1957), Frank James in *Young Jesse James* (1960) and an uncredited part in *Live and Let Die* (1973). He also appeared in several low-budget horror films in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and worked as a writer and assistant director on some projects.

Dix died on 6 August 2018 in Tucson, Arizona, aged 83.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Fi1m 66, as Hamilton — [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Fi1m 81, as Crewman Grey — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Last Frankenstein* (2021), as Roger Frankenstein
- *Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson* (2019), Actor
- *Richard Dix's Number One Fan* (1999), as CIA Agent
- *The Werewolf of Woodstock* (1975), as Officer Best (as Bob Dix)
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), as Hamilton — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)
- *The Ballad of Billie Blue* (1972), Writer
- *The Killers* (1971), as Rick Wilson
- *The Red, White, and Black* (1970), as Walking Horse
- *Hell's Bloody Devils* (1970), as Cunk
- *Rebel Rousers* (1970), as Miguel
- *Cain's Cutthroats* (1970), as Amison - Gang Leader
- *Horror of the Blood Monsters* (1970), as Dr. Manning
- *Five Bloody Graves* (1969), as Ben Thompson · Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
- *Blood of Dracula's Castle* (1969), as Johnny
- *Wild Wheels* (1969), as King
- *Satan's Sadists* (1969), as Willie
- *The Las Vegas Strangler* (1968), as Jeff Murray
- *The Road Hustlers* (1968), as Mark Reedy
- *Deadwood '76* (1965), as Wild Bill Hickok
- *Air Patrol* (1962), as Sgt. Bob Castle
- *The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come* (1961), as Caleb Turner
- *Young Jesse James* (1960), as Frank James
- *13 Fighting Men* (1960), as Lt. Wilcox
- *Lone Texan* (1959), as Carpetbagger
- *Frankenstein's Daughter* (1958), as Police Det. Bill Dillon
- *Thundering Jets* (1958), as Lt. Jimmy Erskine
- *Forty Guns* (1957), as Chico Bonell
- *Screaming Eagles* (1956), as Pvt. Peterson
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), as Crewman Grey — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Diane* (1956), as Young Officer (uncredited)
- *The King's Thief* (1955), as Husky
- *The Scarlet Coat* (1955), as Lt. Evans
- *Man on a Bus* (1955), as tractor driver

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