Trivia

Son of actor Richard Dix.

His father was legendary actor Richard Dix. He had a twin brother Richard Dix Jr who died in a logging accident in 1953.

As a youngster, he worked at the local market, delivering groceries to the likes of Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Durante and Robert Cummings.

He was best remembered for his role of Crewman Grey, who gets zapped by the id monster, in the groundbreaking Science Fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956).

In July 2007 he was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, NC, along with Lana Wood, Jacqueline Scott, Lynn Borden, Betty Lynn, Joyce Meadows, Brett Halsey and Rick Lenz.

Dix studied acting at the National Academy of Theater Arts in Pleasantville, New York, then, through his comrade Tom Tannenbaum, the son of the mayor of Beverly Hills who had become an MGM executive, was signed to a seven-year deal at the studio when he was 18.

For his role in Deadwood '76 (1965), Dix said he went to the Western Costume Co. in Hollywood and got the same coat and vest that his father had worn in Badlands of Dakota (1941).

Was good friends with Roger Moore going back to 1950's television. His last role was an undercover agent in the James Bond film Live And Let Die (his character is killed in New Orleans and placed in a mobile coffin during a parade/funeral... which turned out to be his).

He is buried at Russellville-Dragoon Cemetery in Cochise County, Arizona.

Interviewed in "Wild Beyond Belief: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s" by Brian Albright (McFarland & Co.).

Father with first wife Janet Lake of daughter Jana Brimmer who was born on December 5, 1957 in Los Angeles and with his third wife Darlene Lucht a son Robert G Brimmer who was born on January 19, 1969 in Los Angeles, California.

Interviewed twice by James M. Tate and Laura Wagner on the Cult Film Freak podcast. Once along with fellow actor Gary Kent and Scott Brady's son, Tim Tierney; another time by himself.

Interviewed in "Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 2005).